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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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

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posted 11 hours ago by The Yankee Clapper to aging, great baseball players, injuries, pennant race, veteran leadership, yankees | 13 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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51. boteman posted on September 24, 2012 at 08:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Chen not exactly impressive, either. Orioles with the bullpen active in the second inning, trailing 4-0. Oy vey.

52. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 24, 2012 at 08:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Chen not exactly impressive, either. Orioles with the bullpen active in the second inning, trailing 4-0. Oy vey.

Long way to go, and they aren't exactly down four to '99 Pedro. In fact, they're down four to a guy who last won when he put the Jays two games above .500 and within four of the O's. I don't think it's panic time.

53. escabeche posted on September 24, 2012 at 08:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Down two, you mean. This team does not give up.

54. boteman posted on September 24, 2012 at 08:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Who is a better pitcher:

1) Chris Davis
2) Ricky Romero

55. escabeche posted on September 24, 2012 at 08:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Come on, Teagarden, pretend it's the 21st inning.

56. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Pull Romero!!! He's going to blow to lead. He's already 3/4 of the way there.

57. JJ1986 posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Goddamnit, Endy

58. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeez, did anyone see that snatch and tag play that Martin just made to preserve that 4-0 lead?

59. Good cripple hitter posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Brett Lawrie trying to break his bat over his knee and failing three times in a row really summarizes this Jays season nicely.

60. escabeche posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Orioles have the bases loaded for the third time this game -- will they come up empty again?

61. Good cripple hitter posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

No, because it is absolutely impossible for Ricky Romero to be the winning pitcher in a ballgame.

62. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Andy Pettitte's pitching line tonight: 6 innings, 87 pitches, 7 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts, no runs. That's 11 scoreless innings since he's come off the DL.

And another moon shot by Ibanez. Nothing like some mediocre Minnesota pitching to heat up the Yankee bats.

63. boteman posted on September 24, 2012 at 09:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

J.J. Hardy way you take that swing
gonna make you win, gonna make you sing

But, yes, the Os waste another bases-loaded opportunity. And good Arrieta left during that last half-inning and is replaced by bad Arrieta.

edit: Good night!

64. Mayor Blomberg posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:09 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Now 1/2 game behind the Yankees going into game 2 of the double-header in Charm City. They will end the night either 1/2 game back or 1/2 game ahead. Fasten your seatbelts.

there is a third possibility, tho it is the Jays.

65. Weekly Journalist_ posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's looking like it will be a 1.5 game lead for the Yankees. I can't remember the last time the lead was more than a game.

66. boteman posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

there is a third possibility, tho it is the Jays.

I had thought about that right as I punched the Submit button, but I was thinking positively at the time. Now with the Yanks leading the Twinkies 6-0 and the Orioles rolling over quietly that third outcome seems inevitable. I hope to awake tomorrow to better news.

67. Bitter Calculus Instructor posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:51 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Game ending triple play!

68. The Yankee Clapper posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It's looking like it will be a 1.5 game lead for the Yankees. I can't remember the last time the lead was more than a game.

Reportedly, it's been 1 game or less since September 3rd, a span of 21 games - a game less than the record set by the 1889 New York Giants and Boston Beaneaters.

69. Spivey posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

ADRIAN ####### BELTRE

70. Belfry Bob posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

71. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Did take the Intercounty, so leaving Gaithersburg at 3:15, I parking at Lexington Market, got my chicken wings doused in hot sauce, and sat down at The Yard at 4:20. Unfortunately, I cursed the O's into a split, making my Sept record 2-4.

Bad news is, I'm going to every game this week.

Let's Go O's Anyway!

A high school friend and I once took the bus from DC to Baltimore for consecutive twi-night and day-night doubleheaders back in 1962, long before I-95 connected the two cities. Being total Yankee fans, we were totally not thrilled when the Orioles swept all four games and then added a fifth on Sunday afternoon. The only consolation is that we snuck into the Saturday night game, although the walk-off ending kind of ruined the occasion, bringing my Yankee record in Memorial Stadium to an embarrassing 1 and 6.

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