Archive for October 7th, 2006
Glum Yankees arrive home at quiet Yankee Stadium (AP)
Four hours after they were eliminated by the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees pulled up to Yankee Stadium in three buses late Saturday night, greeted by fewer than a dozen fans. With as many police as supporters on hand, most of the players quickly went to their cars and drove away. Manager Joe Torre […]
Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Leyland has all the right moves in Detroit
While the Yankees have been sent packing early again, the Tigers are moving on to face Oakland in the ALCS. Ken Rosenthal says it’s mostly because their manager, Jim Leyland, knows how to make all the right moves.
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Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Yankees’ issues are clear for all to see
Yankee haters who are also adherents to the Gregorian calendar will be pleased to know this: The Yankees still haven’t won a World Series in the current millennium. (Yes, the 2000 season was last century and last millennium.)
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Beimel apologizes to teammates (AP)
Joe Beimel knows he blew it, and told his teammates so Saturday. “Joe Beimel came in today and addressed the team, and that’s all I’m saying,” Dodgers manager Grady Little said Saturday before Los Angeles faced the Mets in Game 3 of their NL division series. “He apologized for his actions. That’s all I’m saying.
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Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Tigers 8, Yankees 3
Three years ago, they lost 119 games and were a punchline. You know, the Detroit Tigers … ha, ha, ha.
Funny game, baseball.
The Tigers are the ones laughing loudest now. And the New York Yankees? Well, they’re the joke.
Jeremy Bonderman was perfect for five innings and sublime for 8 1-3 in leading Detroit to an 8-3 […]
Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Bud Selig laments death of Buck O’Neil (AP)
Commissioner Bud Selig lamented the death of Buck O’Neil on Saturday, calling the former Negro Leagues star an extraordinary human being. O’Neil died Friday night at Research Medical Center in Kansas City from complications of congestive heart failure and recently diagnosed bone marrow cancer, said Bob Kendrick, marketing director for the Negro Leagues museum.
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Yankees complete collapse in Detroit
Alex Rodriguez had big black marks under his eyes. Nothing will deflect the glare of another postseason bust for A-Rod and the New York Yankees.
Just like last year, A-Rod was AWOL when the Yankees needed him most, going 1-for-14 with no RBIs as the Yankees were eliminated in four games by the Detroit Tigers, the […]
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Yankees complete collapse, knocked out of playoffs
Alex Rodriguez had big black marks under his eyes. Nothing will deflect the glare of another postseason bust for A-Rod and the New York Yankees.
Just like last year, A-Rod was AWOL when the Yankees needed him most, going 1-for-14 with no RBIs as the Yankees were eliminated in four games by the Detroit Tigers, the […]
Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Yankees complete collapse, knocked out of playoffs (AP)
Alex Rodriguez had big black marks under his eyes. Nothing will deflect the glare of another postseason bust for A-Rod and the New York Yankees. Just like last year, A-Rod was AWOL when the Yankees needed him most, going 1-for-14 with no RBIs as the Yankees were eliminated in four games by the Detroit Tigers, […]
Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Tigers roll over Yanks, win series
Three years ago, they lost 119 games and were a punchline. You know, the Detroit Tigers … ha, ha, ha.
Funny game, baseball.
The Tigers are the ones laughing loudest now - and dancing their way to the AL championship series.
And the New York Yankees? Well, they’re the joke.
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Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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