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The Pride and The Pressure
Michael Morrissey's newest book, The Pride and the Pressure, examines the highs and lows of being a New York Yankee.
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Opening Day 2007 Pitching Injuries
2007 MLB spring training injuries to Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte, and Kenny Rogers threaten some of baseball's best teams.
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The Top 10 Baseball Teams of All Time
Many great teams have come and gone over the past 140 years of major league baseball. Here is our list of the ten best baseball teams of all time.
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Fantasy Baseball Injury Update
Keep on top of all important fantasy baseball injuries with daily flash reports and a weekly health status on dozens of key Major League players.
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The 1927 New York Yankees
According to many, this was the greatest team in baseball history. Here is a brief summary of the players that led the team to eternal greatness.
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The 1998 New York Yankees
The New York Yankees have had many great seasons over the years, but their 1998 edition was at least the second best team ever, if not the best.
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The Comeback Crew
After coming back from two outs and two-game losses all year, the Mariners continue to make comebacks in the post season. This could help them in the ALCS.
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The New York Yankees Next Manager
The New York Yankees are looking for a new skipper for the first time in 12 seasons. Who is going to take over for Joe Torre?
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What About the Other Guy?
It was just a wedding in June, that’s all that it was, but oh what it seemed to be. It was just trading Alfonso Soriano for Alex Rodriguez in February, that’s all that it was, but oh what it really might be (2).
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But We Beat the Red Sox
Winners are not concerned with the goals and accomplishments of others. Winners go out and do what they must.
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Big John
He is rarely mentioned anymore but he is one of the all-time greats. Most Yankees’ fans today have probably never even heard of him but those few who have still appreciate what he did and when he did it. He had a Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals, hit 51 home runs for the 1947 New York Giants, and his lifetime batting average was .312. Then he joined the Yankees.
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Bizarre
Last night, Yankees fans watched “their” team on channel 9. Mets fans watched “their” team on channel 11. How surrealistic.
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Bye Bye Curse - What will Bosox fans have to moan about now?
Something had to take place first, either Armageddon or else the end of the Curse of the Bambino. With George W. Bush remaining in the White House, can the former be far off into the future? With the latter now accomplished, should we now start preparing for the upcoming reign of the Chicago Cubs?
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Jeter and A-Rod Must Win in 2007
After three years together and no championships, the New York Yankees look to their $441 million combination of A-Rod and Jeter to lead the team to a title.
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Runaway Baseball Team
All’s well that ends well, or at least that seems to be the case. In one of the most bizarre incidents ever in American sports, the AWOL New York Yankees American League Baseball Club has been found safe and sound in New Mexico.
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Sam
Sam sat down as Mariano Rivera entered the game even though it wasn’t a save situation. After Bernie retired and Posada was sent to Arizona as part of the package that brought Randy Johnson to New York, only Rivera and Jeter remained from the last championship team. Rivera retired four straight batters to preserve the win.
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We Lost a Few
There are some things that they don't want us to know or want us to forget, not that those of us who really care ever could. The Yankees have lost more World Series than any other franchise in baseball history.
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What Would George Have Done?
What would George Steinbrenner have done if he were the Yankees owner in 1951? Well, it is interesting to speculate based upon past performance.
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Major League Baseball Uniforms
From the Knickerbockers' pantaloons, ties, and straw hats to the Pittsburgh Pirates' pullover double-knits, the baseball uniform has been anything but uniform.
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Baseball's Top 5 Pitchers
Here are the statistics and biographical sketches of the final five of the Top 10 MLB pitchers since 1950. These are some of the truly great MLB pitchers of all time.
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Who Was Mickey Mantle?
Mickey Mantle was one of the all-time greats in baseball history. As great as he was, some say he never reached his full potential. Here's a part of his story.
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2007 MLB Fantasy First Basemen
The first baseman is often the best player on a MLB Fantasy Team. This article will help you choose the best player for your squad.
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2007 MLB Power Rankings
The first week of the MLB season delivered both surprise and disappointment. Will these top 10 MLB teams be able to hold their rankings all season? Don't count on it.
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2007 MLB Trade and Injury Report
Major League baseball teams scramble to deal with injuries and manpower shortage for the 2007 MLB season.
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A Whole Team that Belongs in the Hall
Why the New York Yankees deserve their own wing in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Baltimore and Baseball
Enjoy Eutaw Street with some Boog's BBQ, a little right field boogie and you have hit the home run of good times. No strike-outs here!
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Baseball Bounces Back From War
High expectations, surprising achievements, and baffling disappointments marked the return of baseball's top stars from the war.
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Baseball is Back
Major League baseball steps up the plate with an April 1st season opener. Will the Astros, Braves, Marlins, Rangers or Rays be at the October's World Series?
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Baseball's Top 10 Pitchers
The baseball world has gotten a lot tougher on pitchers since 1950. Shorter fences, lower mounds and bigger hitters make these greats so much more impressive.
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First Week 2007 Fantasy MLB Update
A lot of big dollar fantasy MLB players, and a few cheaper sleepers, delivered during the first ten days of the 2007 baseball season.
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Henry Thompson
Who was the first black player to have played in both major leagues? Who was the first black batter to face a black pitcher? Who were the first two opposing black players to appear on the field at the same time? Which three black players comprised the first all-black outfield---in the World Series no less? One player is part of all of the above.
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It Wasn't That Easy
But winning teams do what is necessary to win and that is just what the 1961 Yankees did. Not only wasn’t it as easy as some make it appear to have been---it wasn’t easy at all. It never is.
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Jackie Robinson's 1947 Season
As baseball approaches the 60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic debut, the great man's career and life should be celebrated by all baseball fans.
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Raising Them Right
How I know I raised my daughet right.
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Say Hey
If Willie Mays played today, he would be the best player in the game. Virtually every day he played, Mays demonstrated how great he was, greatness that no statistical formulas can ever reveal.
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The Conclusion is No
If one accepts the modern criteria that have allowed Carlton Fisk and Gary Carter entry into the Hall of Fame, then Munson belongs. If one believes that the standards set by those who selected Bill Dickey, Mickey Cochrane, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella and Johnny Bench should be used, then Munson does not belong. Neither do Carter or Fisk
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The Five Best MLB General Managers
Inside Profiles and Rankings for each of the five best general managers in Major League Baseball.
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Too Good to be True? The Saga of Roy Jones Jr.
Has anyone in the history of sports ever taken so much heat for the sin of being so much better than everyone else? Such is the plight of boxer extraordinaire, Roy Jones Jr.
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Top 10 Baseball Nicknames
Almost everybody who plays in the MLB gets a nickname at some point. Here are ten of the best baseball nicknames along with the origin and meaning behind each one.
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We Let George Do It---For Two Seasons
The New York Times, September 16, 1958. Following are the sketches of the identified dead persons and those believed to be missing in the Jersey Central train accident yesterday:
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What is a Designated Hitter?
As the designated hitter enters its 35th season, baseball fans continue to debate its overall value to the game of baseball.
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Five Best World Series Since 1950
These five championship series were the best since the dawn of baseball's television age.
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2007 American League Stat Leaders
The hitting and pitching statistical leaders from the 2007 American League baseball season.
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The 1928 Philadelphia Athletics
The lineup card for the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics reads like the player's directory to the Baseball Hall of Fame. So why did they finish in second place?
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Waldman to be the Fifth Starter?
In a stunning move that shocked the sports world, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner announced that former YES sportsperson Suzyn Waldman had been signed as a free agent pitcher to replace the departed Jon Leiber. Waldman, who was the first non male full time sportsperson for the Mets propaganda arm, WFAN, will become the Yankees number five starter in a rotation that is in urgent need of overhauling.
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AL East Preview
Look at how the American League East will unfold. After seven weeks, this column has mentioned the NBA more than John Rocker.
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Some Old Friends Are Back On Top Of The Ratings
Ratings for "reality" shows are down; "Alias" is a winner on ABC; Baseball playoff ratings are down; Read about "this week in television history"; enter my trivia contest about "The Simpsons."
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Game 6 of the 1986 World Series
With the 106th World Series set to begin on October 23, Suite 101 Baseball takes a look at the ten greatest games in Fall Classic History.
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Is A-Rod Worth a Billion Dollars?
One day after his client helped the Yankees lose to the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS, Scott Boras says that A-Rod is worth between $500 Million and $1 Billion.
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The 1995 A.L. Divisional Series
Reeling from the previous year's strike that cancelled the World Series, baseball bounced back with a new round of playoffs that gave the game a classic series.
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