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I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back — And I Might Not

Major League Baseball is slowing down at the same time that its formerly slowest team is speeding up. The New York Yankees haven’t dominated the majors since 2002, winning just one world championship over that period. But they’ve dominated MLB rankings for length of game. From 2002 to 2012, the Yankees’ average length of game […]

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I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back — And I Might Not

Major League Baseball is slowing down at the same time that its formerly slowest team is speeding up. The New York Yankees haven’t dominated the majors since 2002, winning just one world championship over that period. But they’ve dominated MLB rankings for length of game. From 2002 to 2012, the Yankees’ average length of game […]

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Yankees vs. Mets: The Battle For New York’s Heart

A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found that, in a hypothetical Yankees vs. Mets World Series, 59 percent of New York City residents would root for the Yankees, and 37 percent would favor the Mets. The Yankees haven’t always had such a large lead on this question. So what influences the balance between Yankees and […]

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Yankees vs. Mets: The Battle For New York’s Heart

A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday found that, in a hypothetical Yankees vs. Mets World Series, 59 percent of New York City residents would root for the Yankees, and 37 percent would favor the Mets. The Yankees haven’t always had such a large lead on this question. So what influences the balance between Yankees and […]

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