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A Mets Fan's Lament

Eric Trager | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York


Eric Trager

Mets fans are diametrically opposed to baseball's Goliath. We cannot root for the Yankees any more than Christians can cheer on Satan.

Change in Yankees Brings World Series Return

Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York


Eugene Michael Santiago

Now there are players who are excited to be Yankees, and to play for their first World Series appearance. Sure, they too got big checks in the off season, but they wanted to play for a team.

Yankees Win Pennant: World Series Trip For Yankees After Beating Angels 5-2

AP | MIKE FITZPATRICK | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — The New York Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the ...

Yankees Angels Game 5: Los Angeles Beat New York, Extend ALCS

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York


ANAHEIM, Calif. — Chone Figgins and the Los Angeles Angels know they're heading straight into more than one kind of storm, and they can't wait t...

Yankees-Angels Game 5: ALCS Showdown Features AJ Burnett, John Lackey (UPDATE)

Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


UPDATE: The Angels defeated the Yankees 7-6. EARLIER: ANAHEIM, Calif. -- (Associated Press) After an off day, the Yankees will try to close out the...

Sabathia, Kazmir Square-Off In American League Series Game 4

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Rodriguez has done something remarkable in every game of his charmed October. CC Sabathia is settling for every time he t...

Yankees-Angels Game 3: Jeff Mathis Drives Home Winning Run In Extra Innings

AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


ANAHEIM, Calif. — After 261 minutes, 14 pitchers, six homers and several big blunders all led to a winning hit by a backup catcher, the Los Ange...

Buffs, Yanks And A Night To Remember

Michael Conniff | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver


Michael Conniff

To be a true sports fan -- and you know who you are -- you have to sit through loads of dreck. But the good news is every now and again you are rewarded for your patience as never before.

Yankees Angels Game 2: Yankees Win Off Maicer Izturis Error, Alex Rodriguez Homer

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Maicer Izturis' throw zipped by second base, the ball careening out of control like a wet bar of soap, and headed toward somewhere near t...

Palin Likens Her Supporters to the Worst Fans in Baseball

Disgrasian | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


Disgrasian

As if I needed one more reason to loathe Sarah Palin, here's another: she likened the Republican presidential ticket to the Tampa Bay Rays.