Articles by paperbacklou

Tampa 2nd baseman Mike Brosseau, who had just been BUZZED by several pitches including a controversial 100-mph fastball behind his head by Aroldis Chapman the night before — before striking out for the final out […]

Aroldis Chapman got the save — but threw a 100 mph fastball wild and high behind Tampa pinch hitter Michael Brosseau just before the final swing-and-miss strikeout, which caused both dugouts to empty as the […]

In a show-down of aces, Tyler Glasnow scintillated — no hitting the Yanks thru 5 innings and finishing with 6 shutout innings, 2 hits, and 9 strikeouts. Yank ‘ace’ Gerrit Cole didn’t — he immediately […]

“WORLD SERIES BACK ON BABY” — Hoodie O’Neil on Twitter. What a day for the Yankees. What a turn of events. Down 7-2 in the first game of the doubleheader, having just broken a 7-game […]

Dellin Betances threw a wild pitch back to the screen allowing Clint Frazier to score from 3rd base in a walkoff, bottom-of-9th-inning win for the Yanks, 2-1, to break their 7-game losing streak. Frazier had […]

It is difficult to say which was the worse blown loss to the Mets: the 1st game where the Yanks wasted a 4-0 lead and excellent start from Jordan Montgomery, or the 2nd game, where […]

No offense taken. Except Luke Voit with his 11th homer (in his 77th at bat this year) in the first game, and a sac fly by Tyler Wade in the 2nd game. That’s it. That’s […]

Tampa swept the Yanks in the 3-game set, crushing them in this final game, to launch ahead of the Yanks in the standings and into 1st place with a 17-9 record to the Yankees now […]

In a rare off outing for him, Zack Britton blew the game and his hamstring in the 8th inning, with a leadoff error, wild pitch, walk, fielder’s choice to catch the runner from 3rd trying […]

Earl Weaver, manager of the great Baltimore Orioles teams of the early 70’s, once famously said, “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, defense, and 3-run homers”. And that’s precisely how 2nd-place Tampa beat […]