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Champs are the Yankees again for a 27th Time

Published: November 5, 2009

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“Boss, this is for you” was the message that flashed on the big video screen in the outfield at the new Yankee Stadium.  George Steinbrenner the owner was home in Tampa watching the festivities unfold as his son, Hal, the managing general partner accepted the trophy on a podium on the infield. The New York [...]

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Lee complete game gem stops Yankees in Phillies game 1 win

Published: October 29, 2009

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BRONX, NY – Cliff Lee was so superb he struck out Alex Rodriguez three times, Mark Teixeira want hitless in four at bats, and the lower part of the New York Yankees batting order could do nothing as Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera went a combined 0-for-9.  The Yankees with CC Sabathia on [...]

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Angels-Yankees Turning Into A Classic Series

Published: October 20, 2009

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By now we know this has been a classic ALCS. Two extra inning games, one that would never end in the Bronx last Saturday evening and the one Monday out in Anaheim  At press time Yankees have the edge 2-1 and the series possibly headed back to the Bronx Saturday evening for a game six. [...]

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Yankees can feel the magic now in their new home taking game 2 over Twins

Published: October 10, 2009

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BRONX, NY – Now it can be said that the New York Yankees have moved all of the magic from across the street to their new ballpark.  Even the Minnesota Twins have to believe there is something of that magnitude when they boarded their plane and headed home, now facing a Sunday elimination game in [...]

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Boxing Notebook

Published: October 10, 2009

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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is already looking at plans for a major boxing card at Madison Square Garden next June on the eve of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade That is where his WBO welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto, is expected to be again, assuming Cotto is successful in his title defense against Manny [...]

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Like old times as Yankees take game 1 over Twins in the Bronx

Published: October 8, 2009

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Derek Jeter came up with the big hit and so did Alex Rodriguez. The new Yankee Stadium with over 49,000 fans was christened with the first playoff game and it was so appropriate that Jeter got the big hit, his 18th career post season home run in the third inning. “It felt like the old [...]

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FOOTBALL LIKE OLD STAYS AT STADIUM

Published: July 21, 2009

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BRONX, NY – Notre Dame Football coach Charlie Weis has been a fan of the New York Yankees and always recalls sitting at the old Yankee Stadium and watching a game. The pillars would always be in front of his face. And when the football Giants played there, Weis as a kid sat in the [...]

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Pettite And Rivera Combine to Win Again

Published: April 21, 2009

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After the twenty home runs hit in four games at the new Yankee Stadium the engineers began the research as to how the winds played a role at the newest launching pad in Major League Baseball. The Yankees made it 21 in five games Tuesday night taking the first game of a rain shortened three- [...]

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