 Offensive failure is becoming a trend with the New York Yankees in the playoffs. It brings up the argument, when are the big names not enough? When do you decide it’s better to build a team of baseball players rather than All-Star names and wanna be superstars? One year after being beaten in the ALCS, [...]...
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 GM. Mike Tannenbaum, one of the best executivesin the league, has his finger close to the pulse of everything NFL.
One would think he’s been kicking himself watching the last3 Eagle games wondering why he held out so long for Nnamdi Asomugha.
Unlike some Jet fans, I did not want the overrated Asomughaon this team and thought it was a mistake
to wait.
Was it worth losing Brayl...
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 Take a moment and rewind back to June 10, 2003. In an otherwise meaningless inter-league game between the New York Mets and Texas Rangers at the Ballpark at Arlington, the Mets were set to drop the curtain on their future. This muggy summer evening marked the Major League debut of a 20-year old, Dominican born [...]...
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 Mariano Rivera’s 600th save was the total antithesis of Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit. For starters, most Yankee fans probably didn’t even see Rivera’s milestone, as it occurred in Seattle on September 13, when it was already September 14 here in New York. Without the benefit of DVR, anyone with a day job most likely missed [...]...
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 When a team faces an all out assault from attacking defensive coordinators such as Rex and Rob Ryan, there are not going to be many holes to run in to began with. When you take a look at the formations that were employed by Schotty, 3 wide sets, with an off-eye formation in the [...]...
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 How many time this year, after each game am I going to have to write about the play calling, and the execution between Sanchez and Schottenheimer during game. How many time this year, are Jets fan going to witness the Jets offense move the ball inside the opponents 40, only to come to a complete [...]...
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 You never want to overreact to the first game of any season. You also never want to say a teams season is over after just one game. However, you can’t blame Giants fans for feeling that way after yesterdays season opening 28-14 loss to the Washington Redskins. This was a game the Giants needed. After [...]...
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 Giants fans are eternal optimists. They feel their team can beat anyone every year. That attitude served them well in 2007 when the Giants had a postseason for the ages, which they defeated the Buccaneers, Cowboys, Packers and the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. They won three postseason games on the road to get [...]...
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 A grand slam is always a good thing, but Robinson Cano’s in yesterday’s rubber match against the Angels proved to be quite fortuitous. Cano’s plate appearance alone in the inning was the result of a little Yankee luck. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and the score tied 2-2, Angels second [...]...
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 7-1 with a 3.09 ERA in his last nine starts. 11-4 with a 3.85 ERA on the season to this point. Aside from the overall ERA being maybe a little high, those are “ace” type numbers. No, they are not the numbers of New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia. They are however, the numbers put [...]...
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