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Will AJ Burnett’s Self-Inflicted Injury Hurt Yanks?

Published: July 18, 2010

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Bronx, NY —The emotional and poignant Old-Timers’ Day ceremony with additional tributes to the recently deceased Yankees owner George Stenbrenner and former public address announcer Bob Sheppard moved all in the sold-out ballpark on Saturday. The most publicized event of the regularly scheduled contest between the two contenders for the American League East crown in [...]

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FASTBALL WORKED FOR SANTANA SO DID HIS HOME RUN

Published: July 7, 2010

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New York – Joey Votto swung, missed and struck out off a Johan Santana fastball in the first inning.  The Cincinatti Reds would strand Brandon Phillips at third who led off the game with a double. Santana would only get better as the game went along, because his fastball was that good and it allowed [...]

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Gem By Hernandez Good As One Thrown By Lee

Published: July 1, 2010

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Cliff Lee the Seattle Mariners left hander did his job going the route and took care of the New York Yankees the night before. Wednesday night it was Felix Hernandez the right hander pitcher of the Mariners who did his part. He also went the distance but his pitching gem may have been better than [...]

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Mets get another series opening win against Twins

Published: June 26, 2010

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New York – When they get to the dog days of August and the September stretch, the New York Mets will certainly know that winning the first game of a series was important, And it certainly looks like the Mets could have an interesting final two months of the season based on what has been [...]

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ANOTHER SHUTOUT FOR THE METS; THIS TIME TIGERS ARE VICTIMIZED

Published: June 24, 2010

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New York -   R.A. Dickey could have completed the game and after eight innings Wednesday evening at Citi Field he had the ability to do so. The knuckleball was working, and so was the fastball. But New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel had another intention. Bring in closer Francisco Rodriquez for the ninth even though [...]

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Yanks Blank Mets, 4-0

Published: June 21, 2010

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Bronx, NY—The old baseball maxim “good pitching always stops good hitting” was proved true again during the Sunday afternoon, Father’s Day, ballgame at Yankee Stadium between the Yanks and Mets. After being shut out by Mets pitching two days earlier, the Yankees returned the favor as CC Sabathia blanked the Mets for eight innings to [...]

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Pelfrey was off but not Reyes in Mets loss to Yanks

Published: June 20, 2010

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Mike Pelfrey and Phil Hughes both 9-1 coming into Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium have been nothing but spectacular for the Mets and Yankees. The Mets winners of eight straight games, and the Yankees, losers of their last three were hoping for something special from their premiere pitchers. But Jose Reyes of the Mets connected [...]

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2010 Subway Series Begins with a 2-1 Yankees Victory

Published: May 22, 2010

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Before the largest crowd 41,382, in the short history of Citi Field, the Yankees edged the Mets by a score of 2-1 in the first game of the 2010 Subway Series on Friday night. The pitchers’ duel between starters Javier Vazquez and Hisanori Takahashi was a big surprise to most observers at the ballpark. The [...]

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A gem thrown by Piñeiro

Published: June 25, 2009

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NEW YORK-   One can sometimes never figure at times what will happen when a pitcher takes the mound.  A pitch can go one way or the other and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joel Piñeiro certainly has experienced those moments in his seven or so seasons with three teams So, when he took the mound Tuesday [...]

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Santana the Competitor Leads the Mets over Phils

Published: June 11, 2009

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New York – Johan Santana gave the ball to New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel on the mound in the eighth inning.  He tied a career high giving up four home runs in a game to the Philadelphia Phillies and threw a season low 91 pitches. He also had a RBI double in the sixth [...]

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