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MLB naming relief awards after Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman
The two closing legends will have the relief award of their respective, career-long leagues named after them.Major League Baseball already had relief awards annually, but they never caught on in the...
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Daily Yankees Predictions 4/9/14: Tanaka Time in the Bronx
Masahiro Tanaka will pitch his first game in the Bronx tonight and the Yankees will try for the series win. I don't think it's too far of a stretch to say that yesterday's game can go eat a you know...
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Jacoby Ellsbury's blazing start
Looks like this guy is really good at baseball!After a less than impressive showing Tuesday afternoon, I didn't have much interest in writing a piece that dwelled on the negative in the Yankees' 4-4...
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Yankees Prospects: Keith Law scouts the Trenton Thunder
Keith Law gives his scouting report on the Yankees' Double-A affiliateKeith Law recently went to go see the Trenton Thunder play the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays Double-A affiliate), where both...
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Baltimore Orioles @ New York Yankees lineups and game notes - April 9
Can the Orioles pull off the first series win of 2014? Doing so against the Yanks will make it sweeter.Boy, the Orioles offense needed that one from yesterday. The offense exploded with 14 runs, which...
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Yankees 4, Orioles 5: Tanaka whiffs ten while Kelley falters in ninth
The Tanaka debut part deux gets spoiled as the Orioles take the three game set.It was a tough start for Masahiro Tanaka in his Yankee Stadium debut, but he certainly impressed the crowd with his ten...
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Orioles 5, Yankees 4: Ninth inning rally seals the win for the O's
In a hard-fought battle that was more tense than an early April game has any right to be, the Orioles prevailed with a two-run rally in the ninth inning. What a game. The Orioles outlasted a good...
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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 4/10/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees 4, Orioles 5: Tanaka whiffs ten while Kelley falters in ninthYankees Prospects: Keith Law scouts the Trenton ThunderJacoby Ellsbury's blazing startDaily Yankees...
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Baby Bomber Recap 4/9/14: Eric Jagielo homers in third straight game as part...
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from April 9th.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:L 6-7 vs. Rochester Red Wings2B Jose Pirela 2-5, double3B Scott Sizemore 2-3, double, 2...
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Fan on the field: Harmless idiots or a disaster in the making?
The Orioles' Adam Jones had some choice words for two Yankee fans who ran on the field during Tuesday's game. Does he have a point or is he overreacting? If you've been to more than a few baseball...
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Pinstripe Alley Podcast Episode 42: In loving memory of Tex's baby wrist
The Yankees actually won some games! They also lost some players... and other games. Time for some #analysis.Regaling the world of the legend of Yangervis Solarte, one day at a time.In the podcast, we...
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To the Mats with Eduardo Nunez hate mail
To the mats with reader mail and Nunez-inspired hostility.On Monday I wrote what I expected to be an innocuous post regarding two New York Yankees transactions: They placed closer David Robertson, one...
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Yankees Prospects: What might a Gary Sanchez trade look like?
With Brian McCann in the fold, its not clear if catching prospect Gary Sanchez has much of a future in the Bronx. What kind of return have prospects of Sanchez's caliber brought back via trade?As the...
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Yankees lineup vs. Red Sox - Jacoby Ellsbury will get his World Series ring...
The Yankees take on the defending champion Boston Red Sox in the first game of a four-game series. Michael Pineda will take the ball for the Yankees in his first game at Yankee Stadium. That's two home...
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Houston Astros (3-6) at Toronto Blue Jays (5-4), 6:07 pm CTT
Astros hope to salvage final game north of the border with Keuchel on the mound. Houston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.TV: CSN Houston, MLB.TV Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AMBlue Jays SBNation Blog: Bluebird...
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Yankees 4, Red Sox 1: Michael Pineda picks up his first win since 2011
Controversy! Michael Pineda made his Yankee Stadium debut and was phenomenal for six innings. Unfortunately, that was all drowned out by the fact that he also had the most obvious pine tar hand in the...
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Daily Red Sox Links: John Lackey, David Ortiz, Johnny Pesky
Today's links look at the future plans for John Lackey, the dominance performance of David Ortiz in high-leverage situations and a Red Sox legend's memorabilia auction. Sox general manager Ben...
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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 4/11/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees 4, Red Sox 1: Michael Pineda picks up his first win since 2011 Yankees lineup vs. Red Sox - Jacoby Ellsbury will get his World Series ring tomorrowYankees Prospects:...
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Baby Bomber Recap 4/10/14: Mason Williams triples in Thunder win
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from April 10th.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:W 7-2 vs. Syracuse Chiefs2B Jose Pirela 1-4, SB3B Scott Sizemore 1-3, BB, K - batting...
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A history of pitchers and foreign substances
Michael Pineda was certainly not the first or last to have a "mysterious" substance on his pitching hand.Because it seems a single Yankees-Red Sox game can't go by without some sort of controversy at...
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