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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Washington Post: Tom Boswell: Yankees Are Monuments To Baseball Success

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posted 4 days ago by The Yankee Clapper to aging, great baseball players, injuries, pennant race, veteran leadership, yankees | 15 comment(s)

Boz pays homage to the gritty, gutsy, scrappy, first place 2013 underdog Yankees:

Perhaps for the first time in their history, the Yankees now epitomize exactly the kind of team that always used to try to beat them: a group of inspired-by-adversity, too-old-or-too-young, one-last-chance players who band together to prove that baseball is a team game, not just an aggregation of talent and fat contracts.

Put a few all-star seasons, such as Cano’s 31 RBI, Kiroda’s 1.99 ERA and Rivera’s 16 ...

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1. NTNgod posted on September 21, 2012 at 10:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Brewers are unlikely pull it off, but making the Cards sweat a little with this 24-6 run, given how things looked a month or so ago, is nice :)

2. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on September 21, 2012 at 10:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Very interesting. Cubs need 3 more wins to avoid 100L, why not pick up two more this weekend please?

3. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) posted on September 21, 2012 at 10:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This makes me feel pretty good about Roenicke. I don't recall exactly when he really ripped the pitching staff, but it wasn't too long afterwards (and post Greinke trade) where things really settled down. I agree, not expecting this clip to carry, but heck we all watched last year, and '95 and other years.

4. JoeHova posted on September 21, 2012 at 10:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

That was a real nice 9th inning for the Brewers. Pretty exciting stuff.

5. Sleepy supports unauthorized rambling posted on September 22, 2012 at 02:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Brewers are unlikely pull it off, but making the Cards sweat a little with this 24-6 run, given how things looked a month or so ago, is nice :)

It was definitely a lot more fun being on the other side of the amazing win streak, last year...

6. Jay Z posted on September 22, 2012 at 09:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Brewers odds are up to 17.5%. Cardinals at 73.3%, 9.2% that it's someone else. Of course, the Braves have not clinched yet.

7. Harveys Wallbangers

posted on September 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

ya'know if the braun guy wasn't such a horrible person that game tying single might be considered an mvp type thing

that play at the plate was great despite the outcome. braun made a great slide but the throw and tag were greater

8. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire posted on September 22, 2012 at 12:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Nats need to give Clippard a few days off I think. I was surprised Davey used him twice in one day.

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Washington Post: Tom Boswell: Yankees Are Monuments To Baseball Success

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