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• notes from Monday’s Yankees vs. Orioles (lots to say)
  AL BEast Notebook – May 20 In case you missed it, on the day after the fifteenth anniversary of the ’98 Yankees/Orioles brawl, the Yankees defeated the Orioles 6-4 in ten innings in one of the more interesting games of the season. And even if you did catch it, you...
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• AL BEast Weekly Update
  AL BEast Notebook – May 20 ** Another week, another significant injury for the New York Yankees as Andy Pettitte joins the rest of his All-Star teammates on the disabled list. Pettitte has a strained trapezius; it may be the first time I’ve even heard of the muscle. On the...
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• Status Radio 5-12-2013
  Happy Mother’s Day!!! Ok, so I know I said there wouldn’t be a show this morning. I lied! Knicks have me utterly annoyed and I want to talk about it. On this Status Radio I’m talking Knicks, Rangers on the brink, Isles blow their chance at a game 7, Mets………...
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• Passed Ball Show #80 5/14/2013 Part 1
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• baseball Week 6: “Week of the Pitcher”
  It was a week for pitching gems. There may not have been a no-hitter or perfect game but a whole slew of guys came pretty darn close. Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller allowed a leadoff single on Friday, then retired the next 27 batters. The next day, his teammate Adam Wainwright...
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• AL East Team Capsules – Quick News and Numbers
  AL BEast Notebook – May 13 New York Yankees Despite having 11 players on the disabled list (including four third basemen and shortstops), the Yankees stand alone in first place. Since April 7, New York is 22-9. Mariano Rivera has turned back the clock, picking up an AL-best 15 saves...
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• Similarities between 2013 Yankees and 2009 Mets
  The first thought readers will get after reading this headline is how I am knocking the Yankees. It could not be further from the truth. I am actually giving the team credit for its 18-12 start, something that did not seem possible given the amount of injuries the team has...
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• Baseball Power Report: Week 5
  A month is in the books so here is my early May Power Report. For each team I have a ranking and a few interesting stats/observations. Enjoy it, because it took a lot of work! (I do these once a month and prefer little movement. When some “expert” moves a...
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• The MTR Nightcap Launches Tonight at 10
  Sports radio is about to change forever with the debut of MTR’s first nightly program, your postgame destination for all New York and Philadelphia sports. We’ll have instant reactions, expert analysis, and – most importantly – your takes on your teams. Tune in every night at 10:05 for the best...
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• Previewing baseball’s postseason if the season ended yesterday
  One of the things baseball fans are great at is overanalyzing the start of a given season. “Power rankings” are used within the first couple weeks of the year and teams that were given no chance are looked at as sudden postseason contenders. Which is absolutely hypocritical as these are...
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• a lot of Baseball Craziness on Tuesday Night
  Last night may be one of the nuttiest baseball days I can ever remember! Here are the highlights: Rough day for relief pitchers… - Mets’ Jeremy Hefner pitches 8.1 shutout innings, leaves leading 1-0 with a man on third. His reliever Brandon Lyon gives up a single for a run,...
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• baseball Stats n’ Facts: Week 4
  If you saw my previous article written earlier today, you know that the Red Sox have the best record in baseball. After one month, the Red Sox, Royals and Pirates are all alone in first place, and after Colorado lost two to Arizona this weekend, the Rockies and Diamondbacks are...
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• Early Look at AL East Awards
  AL BEast Notebook – April 26 Four weeks into the season isn’t too soon to evaluate award races for the AL East. Well, maybe it is… but it’s still fun. First Month Awards MVP: Chris Davis, Orioles. Davis leads the division in home runs, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage,...
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• Injury updates and recent moves
  AL BEast Notebook – April 26 Here’s an update of injuries and significant transactions (from reputable sources around the teams) all organized nicely to help you keep tabs on what’s going on around the division. New York Yankees - Kevin Youkilis has been out a week with a sore back....
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• Chase Wright’s amazing feat and final career record
  On April 22, 2007, the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the rival New York Yankees, marking the first the first time in 17 years the Red Sox swept the Yankees in Fenway Park. Yankees starting pitcher Chase Wright made his second MLB start, one that turned out to...
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• Feats n’ Facts: Week 3
  Last week you may recall I expressed my agitation with pitchers who can’t throw strikes. I don’t know if umpires uniformly decided on shrinking the strike zone (besides the one from the Rays/Rangers game a couple weeks back) but there have been more walks than I can ever remember. This...
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• greatest day in Northeast sports history?
  For a mid-April Saturday, it has been one of the most incredible sports days in the Northeast I can ever remember. - Red Sox triumphantly return to Fenway with a great ceremony, dramatic three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to win it; Ortiz returns and contributes, Buchholz goes...
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• strange game in the Bronx
  AL BEast Notebook – April 19 Yankees lost to the Diamondback yesterday in one of the strangest games you’ll have all year. - D-Back rookie shortstop Didi Gregorius hit a home run on the first pitch he ever saw in the major leagues - In bottom of eighth inning down...
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• Jeter has a new crack in ankle, out ’til ASB
  AL BEast Notebook – April 18 Well, Eduardo Nunez, this is your chance. After breaking his ankle in the playoffs last October, Derek Jeter set his sights on April 1, Opening Day, to return to the field. When that didn’t work the goal was May 1. Now the time for...
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• What’s the purpose of an off-speed pitch?
  AL BEast Notebook – April 17 In the bottom of the fourth inning on Tuesday, the Yankees were trailing the Diamondbacks 2-0. With one out and runners on first and second, Brandon McCarthy was pitching to Robinson Cano. McCarthy threw a slider outside, another slider in the dirt, then a...
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