Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'loupiniella'
August 31, 2008
The 1977 Yankee season has been not only written about, but also had an ESPN mini-series made about it. Many of its stories are well known, but there is a strange tale from the season that few know about. Well, unless you collected baseball cards. In 1977, Burger King restaurants in the Tri-State area issued a set of twenty-two New York Yankees baseball cards plus a checklist card, free with the purchase of selected......
Continue Reading "The Curious Case of the 23rd Card in a Series of 22"October 17, 2006
Perhaps the best news so far this off-season for the Yankees is the hiring of Lou Piniella by the Chicago Cubs. While that has no direct consequence on the Yankees right now, there are reports that Piniella wants the Cubbies to "aggressively pursue" the beleaguered Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. While A-Rod has a no trade clause and says he wants to remain with the Yankees, moving to the Cubs (who are accustomed to......
Continue Reading "Sweet Lou to Take A-Rod Off Yankee Hands?"October 9, 2006
So you're George Steinbrenner and you just blew more than $200 million on a team that didn't advance past the first round of the playoffs. What are you to do? Do you fire your manager, who has guided the team through 11 years, to six World Series appearances, and four Championships? Or do you direct your general manager to make a roster move to cut the dead weight that has underperformed in the playoffs?......
Continue Reading "Wasting Money Hand Over Fist, What is a Boss to Do?"September 14, 2004
With our expectations low for yesterday's doubleheader against the Braves, the Mets pulled out a 9-7 (box score) win in the first game of the twi-night doubleheader. Aaron Heilman picked up his first win of the season in game one in six innings of work. Heilman gave up four runs and the Mets offense came alive to take the lead in the sixth inning. In game two, the Mets didn't fare quite as well. Paul......
Continue Reading "Mets Split Two, Howe to Go?"
