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Why Andrew Friedman is the Man to Fix the Mets

Over the past few days or so, we have heard a number of conflicting reports on the future of our embattled General Manager Omar Minaya...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 4 months ago 8 reads 0 comments
Best Current Baseball Players by Uniform Number 11-20

Some of the best players in baseball history have been identified by the uniform number they wore. Mickey Mantile was number seven, Ted Williams was number nine, Joe DiMaggio was number five and of course Babe ruth was number three...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 4 months ago 1,122 reads 115 comments
Best Current Baseball Players by Uniform Number 1-10

Some of the best players in baseball history have been identified by the uniform number they wore. Mickey Mantile was number seven, Ted Williams was number nine, Joe DiMaggio was number five and of course Babe ruth was number three...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 5 months ago 1,266 reads 152 comments
Top Five: How the Mets Will Be Successful This Week

We heard about it for weeks. The Phillies and Yankees are coming. We have thought about it. The Phillies and Yankees are coming. And now the week of games we have heard about so much is finally here...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 5 months ago 84 reads 32 comments
Off to Battle with the New York Mets

As the New York Mets continue to frustrate me to no end, I’m wondering if there is a light at the end of the tunnel...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 5 months ago 139 reads 36 comments
The Day I Knew The '96 Yankees Were Special

Nothing bothers me more then watching the highlights of Edgar Martinez hitting the game winning double to drive in Ken Griffey Jr. to win the American League Division Series in 1995...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 6 months ago 124 reads 31 comments
Walter Johnson: The Train Nobody Could Stop

Throughout the grand history of baseball, we have heard of legends that have come and gone. The players who touched the lives of generations of baseball fans from across this great nation. In the city of Washington D...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 6 months ago 138 reads 29 comments
Top Five: How To Fix The Yankees

Well, the fans and media that occupy Yankee-land have started to push the panic button. After a two game sweep on Monday and Tuesday, the Yankees have now lost five in a row to the Boston Red Sox...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 6 months ago 597 reads 32 comments
Is It Time for Joe Girardi to be Fired?

We all remember where we were when it happened. The third inning of Game 6 of the 1996 World Series against the Defending Champion Atlanta Braves, Greg Maddux on the mound, the Yankees and their ...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 171 reads 18 comments
Top Five Yankee Moments vs. Red Sox at Yankee Stadium

Well, after the embarrassing sweep at the hands of the Red Sox two weekends ago up at Fenway Park, the Sawx travel down to the Bronx for their first games in the New Yankee Stadium...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 287 reads 49 comments
Top 10 Athletes that New Yorkers Hate

Over the years, athletes on other teams have come to New York and have gone above and beyond their abilities to have them become legends for being NY Team Killers...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 378 reads 85 comments
The Return of Philip Hughes

The Yankees were in a slump that although it was only April, was sending shock waves all across the Tri-State area. After being swept by the Red Sox, which included the now infamous slap to ...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 91 reads 14 comments
What Is Your Field of Dreams?

While watching the 1989 baseball film "Field of Dreams" starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta and James Earl Jones, I thought about what the movie meant to me and what my dream would be...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 66 reads 10 comments
Top Five: Red Sox Players Hated by Yankee Fans

This is the kind of weekend that has the suits at Fox Baseball salivating. The New York Yankees will make the trip up I-95 to Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox. Over the years, this rivalry has been as hot as ever before...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 277 reads 34 comments
Nobodies who became New York Yankees

In honor of just finding out that Yankee folk hero Clay Bellinger grew up in our college town of Oneonta NY, I decided to make the most important list you will ever see...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 373 reads 10 comments
The Return of the Giambino

For a lot of fans of sports teams, when a former player comes back after leaving as a free agent, it brings back memories that are either good or bad...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 82 reads 8 comments
Turkeys, Ducks, and Chickens Beware: John Madden Has Retired (Humor)

This Article was Written by Smoking With Hank Co-Creator and Blogger Brenden Monroe John Madden announced his retirement today. The football, and most importantly video game legend will no longer be bumbling and tele-strating alongside Al Michaels...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 64 reads 0 comments
Top Five: Curses Still Looking To Be Broken

We have all heard this song and dance before when it comes to sports curses. The Red Sox and Babe Ruth, The White Sox and Shoeless Joe Jackson, The Rangers and 54 Years without a Cup, the KFC ...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 121 reads 3 comments
The House that Hank Smokes In

Well, it was quite a day yesterday, as the new Yankee Stadium opened up for business for the first time during the regular season...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 78 reads 2 comments
Math….Baseball Style

The Major League Baseball season is underway and while watching the season at its infancy, I thought about some the Math equations that are involved with baseball and its teams during the upcoming season...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about 7 months ago 45 reads 0 comments
New York Rangers Sign Naslund and Kalinin, Say Goodbye to Jagr

Longtime Vancouver Canucks' captain Markus Naslund has agreed to terms Thursday with the Rangers on a two-year deal. Naslund, who scored 25 goals and added 30 assists last season, leaves Vancouver after 12 seasons with the last eight as the captain...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about about 1 year ago 363 reads 2 comments
Nikolai Zherdev Dealt to New York Rangers

Day two of the NHL Free Agency period has come and gone and the New York Rangers were once again busy, this time on the trade market...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about about 1 year ago 421 reads 0 comments
NEW YORK RANGERS SIGN REDDEN AND ROZSIVAL TO NEW DEALS

As Free Agents, Marian Hossa, Mats Sundin, Jaromir Jagr and, Sean Avery all were waiting for the New York Rangers to meet their demands for new contracts, Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival's demands were met...

Written by Matthew Falkenbury about about 1 year ago 138 reads 1 comments

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Matthew Falkenbury Article Archive

Why Andrew Friedman is the Man to Fix the Mets

Best Current Baseball Players by Uniform Number 11-20

Best Current Baseball Players by Uniform Number 1-10

Top Five: How the Mets Will Be Successful This Week

Off to Battle with the New York Mets

The Day I Knew The '96 Yankees Were Special

Walter Johnson: The Train Nobody Could Stop

Top Five: How To Fix The Yankees

Is It Time for Joe Girardi to be Fired?

Top Five Yankee Moments vs. Red Sox at Yankee Stadium

Top 10 Athletes that New Yorkers Hate

The Return of Philip Hughes

What Is Your Field of Dreams?

Top Five: Red Sox Players Hated by Yankee Fans

Nobodies who became New York Yankees

The Return of the Giambino

Turkeys, Ducks, and Chickens Beware: John Madden Has Retired (Humor)

Top Five: Curses Still Looking To Be Broken

The House that Hank Smokes In

Math….Baseball Style

New York Rangers Sign Naslund and Kalinin, Say Goodbye to Jagr

Nikolai Zherdev Dealt to New York Rangers

NEW YORK RANGERS SIGN REDDEN AND ROZSIVAL TO NEW DEALS

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