Articles by paperbacklou

In his best performance of the year, manager Aaron Boone called all the right shots with the bullpen, and the bullpen came through. Then he called on Gleyber Torres to pinch hit in the 8th, […]

Jordan Montgomery pitched brilliantly — a 1-hit shutout thru 5 innings — but was given a quick hook with 2 outs in the 6th after a cheap run and only 72 pitches thrown in a […]

All is good in Yankee Universe as the Yankees crushed the Orioles in a doubleheader — for their 3rd straight win — as Gerrit Cole stepped up as Ace and pitched a 7-inning shutout in the […]

All reports at the trade deadline said that for the Yanks to trade for an elite piece to help the team, they would have to give up Deivi Garcia or Clarke Schmidt AND Clint Frazier. […]

The Yanks continued their downward spiral with their 4th straight loss, falling to 21-21 after a 16-6 start to the year. This time they wasted a terrific start by J.A. Happ, who pitched into the […]

This is the way the stock market crashes – stocks are hitting highs and everything is rosy (Yanks’ 16-6 start), then they go down a bit, then down some more, then up a bit (3-game […]

Another game where the Yank starting pitcher did well — this time Masahiro Tanaka. This time the bullpen did not blow it — it was the offense that couldn’t get anything going in the 5-1 […]

Writing these articles is starting to feel like writing up a Knicks game. How did they lose this time? Was Looking Good This time the Yanks had Gerrit Cole on the mound — and he […]

Another day; another 7-inning doubleheader. This one left the Yanks scrounging for pitchers in the 2nd game, for example bringing in high prospect Clarke Schmidt for his major league debut in a high-pressure situation — […]

The Yankees are in a funk. Everything that can go wrong, is going wrong. It is as if they are walking in cement that hasn’t dried and their cell phone just slipped from their hand, […]