{"id":4618,"date":"2009-10-12T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/yankees-take-that-calvin-griffith.html"},"modified":"2009-10-12T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T10:57:00","slug":"yankees-take-that-calvin-griffith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/yankees-take-that-calvin-griffith\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees: Take that Calvin Griffith!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/12\/sports\/baseball\/12yankees.html?_r=1&#038;ref=sports\"><b>Yankees Sweep Twins to Advance to A.L.C.S. <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Times<\/i><br \/>The New York Yankees 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins means several things. Most importantly, it means the Yankees advance to ALCS to face the The Angels of the Angles of Anaheim. It means the Yankees swept the Twins. It also means that the joke of a baseball venue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/west\/63979207.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU1yDEmP:QMDCinchO7DU\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is finally removed from service<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Star Tribune<\/span>). Thankfully, it also means that the odd attachment that some Nationals bloggers have developed for the former Washington Senators, moved to the Twin Cities because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/06\/why-we-fight-minnesota-twins.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Calvin Griffith was a racist<\/span><\/a>, will come to an end. I simply did not understand cheering for a team that abanndoned D.C. If you want to cheer against the Yankees, just say it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and congratulations to the Boston Red Sox on their 8-0 start against the Yankees this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NewYorkYankees\" rel=\"tag\">New York Yankees<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Yankees\" rel=\"tag\">Yankees<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/MinnesotaTwins\" rel=\"tag\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/CavlinGriffith\" rel=\"tag\">Cavlin Griffith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonSenators\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Senators<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/baseball\" rel=\"tag\">baseball<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/playoffs\" rel=\"tag\">playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yankees Sweep Twins to Advance to A.L.C.S. &#8211; The TimesThe New York Yankees 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins means several things. Most importantly, it means the Yankees advance to ALCS to face the The Angels of the Angles of Anaheim. It means the Yankees swept the Twins. 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