News published by
Nine Things We Learned from the Tigers-Yankees Weekend Series
April 30, 2012
Game 1: Yankees 7, Tigers 6 We learned that Justin Verlander is fallible, particularly when pitching in a ballpark which loves being tickled by baseballs that have been hit to ...Lou Gehrig, Don Mattingly and the Top 10 New York Yankees First Basemen
April 27, 2012
In honor of the passing of New York Yankees 1950s first baseman Moose Skowron, here is a quick ranking of the top 10 Yankees first basemen of all time. This ...Moose Skowron: New York Yankees Great First Baseman Dead at 81
April 27, 2012
One of the felicities of my position as an armchair baseball guy is that sometimes I can get out of the armchair and talk to my heroes.Since the mid-1990s, I’ve ...Yu Darvish Faces Hiroki Kuroda in Tonight’s All-Japan Yankees/Rangers Matchup
April 24, 2012
On Tuesday night in Texas, two natives of Japan will match up when the Yankees’ Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound against the Rangers’ Yu Darvish. Here’s Kuroda (via The LoHud ...Can Derek Jeter’s Hot Start Last?
April 16, 2012
Mike Jaggers-Radolf asks if Derek Jeter can sustain his .366/.395/.610 start: Digging just a little bit into the numbers, Derek’s hot start doesn’t look sustainable. The Yankees have faced an improbably high ...Yanks Must Do More Than Wear No. 42 to Make Up Historic Anti-Integration Stance
April 16, 2012
On Sunday night, Connor Orr of New Jersey’s Star-Ledger wrote of how important the Jackie Robinson Day celebration is to Yankees players. Said Curtis Granderson: This day is the reason I ...New York Yankees: Pitcher Ivan Nova Should Get Used to Failure
April 3, 2012
After getting knocked around by the Mets this afternoon, Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova said that today, "was one of the worst days of my life. I wasn't pitching right."Well, you ...Kentucky Has Won a Championship, so Will the Yankees Win One Too?
April 3, 2012
I prefer to give the NCAA a wide berth; something about being true-to-your-school, Beach Boys fashion, never really grabbed me.Perhaps it was because Rutgers might not have won a football ...Can the Yankees Withstand the Loss of Michael Pineda?
April 2, 2012
Can the Yankees survive the loss of Michael Pineda? The real question is, can they survive the loss of anyone? Among position players, they lack depth. Pitching is a different ...Nick Swisher Not Hurt Badly, But Yankees Lack Depth in Outfield
March 22, 2012
Over at the Pinstriped Bible (full disclosure: I own the damned thing), Rebecca Glass discusses Nick Swisher’s double-groin injury. Parenthetically, in my ignorance of anatomy I tend to think of ...
Yankee Tickets
Shop Yankee
