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New York Yankees and Joe Girardi Are Delusional About Phil Hughes
September 1, 2011
It becomes more ridiculous daily. The rationalizing is disgusting.Joe Girardi and the New York Yankees refuse to acknowledge the fact that Phil Hughes' performances make one want to puke. They ...MLB: If Ford Hadn’t Started Game 6, the Yankees Might Have Won the 1960 WS
August 31, 2011
Casey Stengel was excoriated by the “experts” for not starting Whitey Ford in the opening game of the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Surprisingly, the experts were right. ...MLB: Why Mickey Mantle Almost Gave Up Switch-Hitting in 1960
August 31, 2011
Mickey Mantle's pursuit of greatness was hampered greatly by his leg injuries, but it was a shoulder injury that might have been more significant in hamstringing his career. It was ...MLB: Art Ditmar Saved Whitey Ford in 1958 but No One Saved Ditmar in 1960
August 30, 2011
New York Yankees fired manager Casey Stengel after the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates. One of the major reasons the Yankees lost was because Stengel ...MLB: Tim Raines Was the Second-Best Switch-Hitter to Play for the Yankees
August 30, 2011
Let's get one thing straight: We are attempting to determine the second-greatest switch-hitter to have played for the New York Yankees.We are not limiting it only to his Yankees years. ...1957 WS: Sal Maglie Makes Amends for Beating Whitey Ford in the 1956 WS
August 27, 2011
It was vintage Whitey Ford, although some didn't think so.The only run the Milwaukee Braves managed came in the seventh inning when Wes Covington doubled and came home on a ...1956 World Series: The Brooklyn Dodgers Rough Up Whitey Ford in Opening Game
August 26, 2011
In front of an Ebbets Field crowd of 34,479 fans, including President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Whitey Ford lasted only three innings in the opening game of the 1956 World Series. ...1955 World Series: Whitey Ford Almost Beat the Brooklyn Dodgers Single-Handedly
August 26, 2011
The fact that former Yankee great Whitey Ford failed to complete the first game of the 1955 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium was a negative, but ...New York Yankees Didn’t Expect To Win the 1955 Pennant or World Series
August 25, 2011
It has taken almost 56 years, but I have just discovered that my friends and I were more upset that the New York Yankees lost the 1955 World Series than ...MLB: Mickey Mantle’s Bat Beat Brooklyn but Mickey Didn’t Bat
August 25, 2011
Mickey Mantle's torn hamstring muscle in his right thigh prevented him from playing in the opening game of the 1955 World Series, but his bat still beat the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...Yankee Tickets
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