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Yanks leave Sox in 'aughts' dust
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...thing because Wells has some choice words for Mel Stottlemyre and Joe Torre regarding the 2003 World Series. But I want to revisit this team-of-the-decade thing, since I first addressed it...
Blog | November 06, 2009Yes, the Yankees are filthy rich
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...at those numbers! In four other seasons -- seasons in which the Yankees did not win the World Series -- the gap between the Yankees and the No. 2 team was larger than it was this...
Blog | November 06, 2009Where Hermida fits with Red Sox
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Boston" heads into 2010 aiming for anything less than 95 wins and a trip to the World Series. If Jason Bay's not re-signed and Hermida winds up in left field, he'll...
Blog | November 06, 2009More on a rumored trade
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...quickly turned into a trade rumor: Merely hours after the New York Yankees secured their 27th World Series title, a report claimed the Royals have agreed to send outfielder Mark Teahen to the Chicago...
Blog | November 05, 2009What's next for Phillies?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...was clear: This isn't the last we'll see of his Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. "I'm gonna tell you something. We will be back," Manuel said. "As MacArthur said, I...
Blog | November 05, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...runs to essentially beat the Phillies all by his lonesome. It might not be the greatest World Series game by a Yankee, but it might wind up being the best game ever by a...
Blog | November 04, 2009To be 'right,' Girardi has to win
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...is the great Mariano Rivera. By now everybody knows that the last team to win a World Series going with just three starters was the '91 Twins. Josh Beckett went on three days' rest...
Blog | November 04, 2009Chase Utley: Great ... or Greatest?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...in point: Utley Given that the New York Yankees are soaking up all the World Series oxygen, it's no wonder Philadelphia's Chase Utley isn't getting heaps of praise. But...
Blog | November 04, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...with the silly intro. You're better than that. * If Chase Utley's team loses the World Series but he's named World Series MVP, it would be a big surprise ... but he wouldn...
Blog | November 04, 2009Bidding a fond farewell ...
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Murray Chass notes, there's been a sea change in the press box this year: The World Series offers a startling barometer of how critical the health of the newspaper industry is in this...
Blog | November 03, 2009Is Matsui's Yankee career almost over?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...agents, but Matsui looks like the obvious choice: Matsui will be a free agent after the World Series, and the Yankees are eager to open up designated hitter as a place to rest veterans...
Blog | November 03, 2009Slow it down and beautify it
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...CC Sabathia eight times -- in a single inning -- on Sunday night, grinding Game 4 of the World Series to a standstill. Agitated Phillies fans booed each trip. MLB vice president of umpiring Mike Port...
Blog | November 03, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 5
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Chase Utley, who hit two more home runs in Game 5, giving him five for the World Series and tying Reggie Jackson for the all-time Series record. Goat: In Game 2, A.J...
Blog | November 02, 2009Revisiting that pesky TV camera
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...inside my fool head ... A day after Alex Rodriguez prompted the first video replay review in World Series and postseason history, the outfield landscape at Citizens Bank Park changed. Major League Baseball and FOX...
Blog | November 02, 2009Umpiring is better ... but not better enough
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...I happened to run across this, from Bill James' notes (subscription) upon recently watching a 1974 World Series game on TV: 2. The umpiring is bad, and the announcers don't say anything about...
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