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The Yankees, the Orioles and a sloppy game from 1956

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At times in the 2017 season, fans often got on the Yankees for lack of success hitting with runners on base. Looking back on the season, that seems really unfair considering how good the offense was.

If fans got frustrated enough to be mad at this year’s Yankee team, fans of the two teams probably weren’t happy about how the game on July 3, 1956 played out.

Having gotten off to a 47-25 start in 1956, the Yankees sent Rip Coleman to the mound for a start against the Orioles. Coleman allowed a two-out single in the top of the first, but got a groundout to erase that.