Yankees vs. Red Sox: Expect Masahiro Tanaka to tame Boston London calling to the faraway towns. Now war is declared … but I wish we were in The Bronx or Beantown. Don’t come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls, because the Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming! Yanks and Red Coats ……
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Minor League history: Middle Atlantic League (1937-1942) In this episode of Minor League history we pay attention to the Middle Atlantic League in the period of 1937-1942. After the 1942 season, MiLB was shut down due to the war effort after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and America was dragged into the war. Cities represented: Akron,…
DetailsWhy Vegas doesn’t think Red Sox will catch Yankees Heading into Major League Baseball’s historic two-game weekend series in London, it’s a great time to ask: Do the Red Sox have a chance to catch the Yankees from nine games back in the American League East? The short answer based on statistical indicators and recent…
DetailsFahrenheit .407 Listen: Ichiro is the Guy Montag of George Sisler. Like many students, I read Ray Bradbury’s dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451, in middle school. Several of its ideas stuck with me for years afterward and I picked up a personal copy not long ago, to keep them fresh. Near its climax, protagonist Guy Montag…
DetailsNo matter where, it’s still Yankees vs. Red Sox LONDON — Because London Stadium was swollen with an October feel on Friday for a workout, it was easy to confuse it with a postseason atmosphere ahead of the initial major league game played in a city where baseball is a curiosity. Starting Saturday, when the…
DetailsYankees’ rising pitching prospect Deivi Garcia is now an All-Star, too LONDON — Right-hander Deivi Garcia, who has dominated at Single-A and Double-A, is the only Yankee to be selected to the All-Star Futures Game, to be played July 7 at Cleveland. The 20-year-old, who is 5-foot-9 and weighs 163 pounds, is 4-4 with a…
DetailsTim Tebow belts second homer of season for Triple-A Syracuse Mets It’s been a rough year in Triple-A for Tim Tebow, but he did blast a homer on Friday night. Tebow, who is still hitting just .159, belted a solo shot over the left-field wall off of Buffalo’s Jacob Waguespack in the second inning, but…
DetailsWhat Yankees’ Gary Sanchez credits for his All-Star turnaround LONDON — Gary Sanchez said hard work is what made him the AL’s starting All-Star catcher this season after the nightmare that was 2018. “It shows the results of the hard work I put in last season and going back to last offseason,’’ Sanchez said Friday…
DetailsMets turning back the clock to honor 1969 champs The timing couldn’t be better to take a look back. With another season on the verge of collapse, the Mets will spend Saturday celebrating one of the proudest times in franchise history, as members from the 1969 championship team return to Queens for the 50th anniversary…
DetailsGary Sanchez unsure if he will accept MLB’s Home Run Derby invite LONDON — Gary Sanchez hasn’t decided if he will participate in the All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby on July 8. “I have to talk to my wife and agent,’’ the Yankees catcher said Friday before the two-game London series this weekend against the…
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