Author Archives: Aaron Yorke

Friday night preview: Big Ten basketball is here?!

It’s Friday night and I feel alright. That’s what happens when you get your food shopping done during the day and get to watch speed runs of Pokemon Gold all afternoon. The NFL Playoffs continue tomorrow with a couple of … Continue reading

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Penn State drops to 0-5 in Big Ten play after road loss at Nebraska

Even an NIT bid is starting to look out of reach for Penn State basketball. The team is now 0-5 in Big Ten play and 7-9 overall after losing to Nebraska on Thursday night. Yes, it was nice to see … Continue reading

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The National League East at the break

Here’s some fun stats and facts/opinions about the National League East teams and their performance in the 2013 season. The “fWAR” stands for “FanGraphs WAR.” Atlanta Braves Batting: .250/.324/.412 = .736 OPS is third in the National League. Pitching/Defense: 3.29 … Continue reading

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Can we talk some more about how awesome Dillon Gee is?

Party time. The Mets beat the Yankees for the fourth straight time last night. This time the score was 3-1 and the starting pitcher was Dillon Gee. Marlon Byrd hit another home run and it wasn’t only because Yankee Stadium … Continue reading

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Tejada, Niese hurt for Mets, Quintanilla called up

There’s apparently been too much good news for the Mets this week, so today we started to hear some bad news. First it was reported that Ruben Tejada had suffered a quad strain last night and was going on the … Continue reading

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Mets blow past bombers 9-4, close in on sweep

Yes, somehow the Mets continued their winning streak on Wednesday night in the Bronx. They took the lead quickly and didn’t look back en route to a 9-4 win. John Buck, Marlon Byrd, and even Ike Davis had two RBI … Continue reading

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Wednesday Night Baseball: Mets take on Yankees in Yankee Stadium

Ruben Tejada is batting leadoff again, despite reports that he is just as close as Ike Dave to being sent down to Triple-A. Andy Martino of the Daily News uses Omar Quintanilla’s success in Las Vegas this season as a … Continue reading

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Rangers oust John Tortorella

I was met with some good news around lunchtime today when I heard on WFAN that the New York Rangers had fired head coach John Tortorella. I almost threw myself a pants party. “Torts,” as he was sometimes known, took … Continue reading

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Duda, Mets defeat Rivera once again, top Yanks 2-1

Wowee zowee. I don’t know which part of tonight’s Yankees vs. Mets game is harder to believe. The fact that the Mets trailed after eight innings despite a brilliant Matt Harvey outing (okay, definitely not that part)? The fact that … Continue reading

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Yankees vs. Mets meet at Citi Field again

Terry Collins has dropped Ike Davis to eighth in the batting order against the right-handed Hiroki Kuroda. Strangely, Marlon Byrd is batting fifth. Here’s the Yankees lineup: The Mets get to see Reid Brignac for the first time this season, … Continue reading

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