Chris Isidore

Creator & purveyor of baseball trivia since at least '90. Softball coach since '80. Die-hard Yankees fan since birth. Been at 8 postseason walkoff HRs in Bronx.

[Chris Isidore @YankeesNerd]

Red Sox started 1900s w 5 WS titles before '18, then got cheap, let best player leave for $ reasons. Didn't win again that century. Now start 2000s w/ 4 WS & let best talent leave for $ reasons. Here's hoping my descendants are chanting "20-18!" in Bronx at end of this century.

[Chris Isidore @YankeesNerd]

@TylerKepner Liked your story on 300 win club. Especially like the qualification that club "seems closed." Reminds me of the qualification on Cy Young's HoF plaque. "Only pitcher in first 100 years of baseball to win 500 games."

[Chris Isidore @YankeesNerd]

@joevardon typo in your story about Trump - it refers to New York Knicks Governor James Dolan. Bad enough he’s team owner.

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@yanksweatherman Any intel on when we’ll hear if the game will be played? Looking at radar that suggests the last of rain won’t end until after 10 pm

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My bad. I had missed that the 1908 opener went 12 innings. Which is how the Yankees (actually Highlanders) had an 18-inning scoreless streak that year despite giving up a run in the 7th inning of the 2nd game.

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Hey @RealMichaelKay @dcone36 So with that bottom of 7th the Yankees have held opponents scoreless for the first 16 innings of a season for the first time in franchise history. They had 3 previous seasons that started with 15 scoreless innings, most recently in '51

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@Dare2Sleep @BrendanKutyNJ There will plenty of starts for Dominguez in '26. How many games do you really expect Stanton to play?

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@FolliesBlue @NamethatYank You missed the clue about only playing for Mets and Yanks. Robertson was well traveled. One of a handful of players to pay for Mets, Yanks, Chisox & Cubs (Charley Smith, Tidrow, Lance Johnson, Aardsma.

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@NamethatYank Dellin Betances is the semi-obvious answer. But I'm wondering about the theme for this week's questions? NYC-born Yankees? Very tall Yankees? Players associated with Wells' perfect game? (Betances attended as a fan.)

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@NamethatYank Jim Bouton. Haven’t any of you read Ball Four?!?

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@calliopist @cmaguire2008 Judge and other Yanks won’t wear their AL championship rings from last year. So doubtful he’d carry the trophy.

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Ready for tomorrow night!

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@RealMichaelKay @Yankees @YESNetwork So @RealMichaelKay your time broadcasting Yankees games corresponds to the streak of winning seasons. Coincidence. Better not risk it. Sterling went into his 80s. Need you to hang around just as long.

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Thank you @RealMichaelKay for mentioning this on air today.

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.@RealMichaelKay described today's game as “penultimate.” @dcone36 & @PaulONeillYES laughing about that. In '95 Kay asked Buck about who start in the penultimate game. “That depends,” Buck replied. “Depends on what?” Kay asked. “It depends on what penultimate means,” Buck replied

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To all the Mets fans who reveled in the the 5th inning of Game 5 of the World Series last year because you hate the Yankees and enjoy their fans' pain: Karma's a bitch, ain't it.

[MLB @MLB]

A six-run 5th inning carries the @Marlins over the Mets.

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@RealMichaelKay CC’s 52 will be next # retired. Surprised it didn’t happen Sunday. No one has worn 52. And he has higher Yankee WAR than 4 Yanks w retired #s. Reggie, Maris, Howard & your buddy O’Neill. Guessing it happens ‘26, another CC day. Or OTD when more teammates are there

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@YankeeLibrarian Wells showed similar emotion after tagging out Bichette. BTW as much as we all love Judge, Stanton has better chance of matching Bellinger’s throw than current version of Judge. If Judge was in RF yesterday that game is tied. Maybe we need to keep Judge at DH for a while longer.

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@BrendanKutyNJ Far from a sure thing if he throws home. If you want to point to costly mistake, the WP that could be called PB was the killer. As was Stanton playing a single into a double (if you believe Boone that “no one catches that ball.”) Statcast says 80% chance of catching it.

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I can tell Aaron Boone managed this game like it was a World Series game by the way he blew it

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Has there ever been a T-ball coach who feels as much pressure as their coach? I doubt it.

[JP_YankeesGirl @90syankskid]

STOP IT. Cole and Rodon’s guys are on the same t-ball team. I bet they could beat the Rockies. 😭 #repbx

Per @AshleyRodon