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Jorge Posada Non-Incident Story Gains Non-Momentum
When captain (cricket followers: the designation of “captain” on a baseball team is not part of the structure of the sport, it is a symbolic overture) Derek Jeter publicly stated he could understand where long-time teammate and “brother” Jorge Posada … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Jeter, Hal Steinbrenner, Jorge Posada, Randy Levine
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The Jorge Posada Non-Incident
“The person said the Yankees had been in contact with the commissioner’s office about a possible penalty. The Yankees could have fined Posada one day’s pay—that would be $71,978 on his $13.1 million salary.” Say, that’s a nice piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Ortiz, Don Baylor, Hank Steinbrenner, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, Randy Levine
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The Jorge Posada Incident
There is a picaresque aspect to baseball. It is played every day and the drama and plot lines of a season build from the long schedule. Tonight the Yankees, a team mired in a slump, were to play an unusually … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Luis Tiant, Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees, Ron Blomberg
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75 Years Ago Today the Man Knew How to Play
On this date, May 3, seventy-five years ago, Joe DiMaggio played his first game for the New York Yankees. He got three hits. Today, there is a player with the Los Angeles Dodgers having hit in 28-straight games: halfway to … Continue reading
Baseball Fans, Welcome to May
May Day. Unions in France. Rockets in Red Square. Maypole dancing in England. The solemnity of Memorial Day. May! In exactly two weeks, it is the date, seventy years ago, on which Joe DiMaggio unknowingly began to make history. Nine … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, Joe DiMaggio, Literature, New York Yankees
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The Greatest Student Batter in New York City History?
The New York Times reports Manny Ramirez’s high-school batting average as .650. The main photo accompanying this Times article shows a determined teenager in 1991. Some of the other legendary batsmen in New York-school history include Hank Greenberg, Ed Kranepool, … Continue reading
I Sit in One of the Dives on 52nd Street Rooting for My Team
Even at this joyous time of year, I (Evander) cannot help remembering the terrible-Yankees years: the tsunami of 1965 (25 games out of first place); 1966 (26.5 games out and in the cellar! just below the Red Sox); 1967 (20 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Cox, Boston Red Sox, Chris Young, E. Michael Burke, Horace Clarke, Jason Bay, Literature, Mickey Mantle, New York Mets, New York Yankees
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A Word about Jim Thorpe
One of the greatest Americans played Major League Baseball for the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds, and (ironically) for the Boston Braves. I’m speaking of Jim Thorpe. Of mixed race (as are today’s Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jim Thorpe, Joba Chamberlain, New York Giants, New York Yankees
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William DeKova White
I (Evander) can hardly wait to read Uppity by Bill White. Easy prediction: Baseball fans will love it. White played for three teams, all National League: the Giants (both in New York and San Francisco, which undoubtedly has something to … Continue reading
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