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Category Archives: Great Games

Recounting the great games we’ve been to and seen.

October 19 2000: Fireworks and the Postseason

Thursday, October 19, 2000

I watched the Yankees clinch game 6 of the 2000 ALCS from the living room of a rental house in Orlando, Florida–a mere two blocks, actually, from the house where I watched Game 4 of the 1999 World Series last year (Roger Clemens’ dominant masterpiece that presaged his amazing 15 strike out win just a […]

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June 1 2000: Boy, We Picked A Good One! (Pedro vs. Rocket)

Thursday, June 1, 2000

Anyone who has watched even a little baseball knows that luck has something to do with it. I don’t mean the “oh, it was lucky the wind blew the ball back” kind of luck–I mean the kind of circumstantial chance that creates great drama. Like the luck of the draw that put Pedro Martinez on […]

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April 4 2000: A Battle of Heroes, Old Versus New

Tuesday, April 4, 2000

So, last night the Yanks opened their season with a night game against the Anaheim Angels. The national anthem featured a giant American flag that covered the outfield, red rockets shot their glare out of center, and a bald eagle flew down into the stadium to a trainer on the pitchers mound. A friend (whose […]

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