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Letter To The Iron Horse

Dear Lou, How are you? Good I hope. How are my parents and grandparents? Yeah, I know. Please tell my mom I'll be quitting smoking this year. Well, it's been a while since I've written to you, so I'll have to bring you up on a few things...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about 2 months ago 13 reads 3 comments
New Season Haunted by Old Demons; Yanks Drop Road Opener to O's

Perhaps the pressure cooker comes in road grey as well as pinstripes. The game was a bit closer than the 10-5 final line belies. The ingredients to this dish seemed like last season's leftovers...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about 7 months ago 26 reads 1 comments
AFC West Shootout: The Chargers, the Broncos, and the Officials

The game that the Chargers should have won on Sept. 14 is a moot point right now. All the games they should have, and could have won, are meaningless. The game the Chargers must win will be kicked off at 8:15 pm EST tomorrow...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about 11 months ago 147 reads 0 comments
San Diego Chargers: A Break-Even Team, or Is There More?

When the fourth-quarter clock reads 00:00, hindsight starts getting clear immediately. Moments after immediately, it becomes 20/20. After six games into the season, hindsight should show the Chargers all they need to progress beyond mediocrity...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 308 reads 2 comments
Yanks Broom Friars with Big Bats, Small Bats, and Well... You Know Who

FriarChick: is the game over? YankeeGuy: more or less. Yankee Guy: it's the top of the 9th, the yanks lead 2-1 and Mariano Rivera is pitching. FriarChick: whatever. YankeeGuy: just fanned Scott Hairston...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 354 reads 0 comments
New York Yankees: Display Murphy's Law Baseball Style

Murphy's Law loosely states that if anything can go wrong, it will. A much more disambiguated definition applies eerily to baseball: "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, ...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 565 reads 0 comments
Swagger: The Yankees Had It, Where Did It Go?

I can still remember the look and feel of the Little League schedule, printed on thick yellow paper; folded and unfolded so many times that the black ink was well worn from each and every crease...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 494 reads 2 comments
Andy Pettitte Shoulders Yanks to Avoid Sweep

There's an oft asked question that bounces around MLB fans every season. Who would you want pitching if (fill in the blank)? Today I fill the blank with 'the Yankees lost the day before...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 403 reads 1 comments
Hits and Misses from the Past Evident in Yankees' Sweep of Rays

The New York Yankees were cruising against the Tampa Bay Rays. I was getting ready for my weekly tournament. As the bottom of the seventh inning began, my babysitter was complaining about not being able to get a ride somewhere...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 278 reads 0 comments
Yanks Win First '08 Series with Pitching

Pitching wins championships. We've heard it before and seen it enough times know how true it is.We've also seen the Yankees try to defy that notion, trying to overcome good consistent ...

Written by Jonnie Forbes about about 1 year ago 445 reads 1 comments

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Jonnie Forbes Article Archive

Letter To The Iron Horse

New Season Haunted by Old Demons; Yanks Drop Road Opener to O's

AFC West Shootout: The Chargers, the Broncos, and the Officials

San Diego Chargers: A Break-Even Team, or Is There More?

Yanks Broom Friars with Big Bats, Small Bats, and Well... You Know Who

New York Yankees: Display Murphy's Law Baseball Style

Swagger: The Yankees Had It, Where Did It Go?

Andy Pettitte Shoulders Yanks to Avoid Sweep

Hits and Misses from the Past Evident in Yankees' Sweep of Rays

Yanks Win First '08 Series with Pitching

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