‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Yankees Interested in IFA’s Anderson, Ruiz, and »
There have been a few rumors about international free agents lately and the Yankees are involved in three of them: Dominican righty Rafael DePaula and a pair of Cuban first basemen Leslie Anderson , who can also play all three outfield positions, and Jose Julio Ruiz . Here are scouting reports and the most recent rumors on the trio: Quick scouting [...]
New York Yankees Minor League Injury Updates »
Alan Horne (Photo by: Mike Ashmore). The Yankees had a couple of minor league pitchers go down with some major injuries last season, like Dellin Betances, Alan Horne, and Jairo Heredia among others. Chad Jennings of the Journal News had some updates for us yesterday that were important enough to pass along. From LoHud Alan Horne, coming [...]
Derek Jeter Discusses Future in Press Conference »
Derek Jeter held a press conference yesterday so that he could address questions about his contract situation and wouldn’t have to be pestered by each reporter individually. There were no great revelations during the conference, but there were some interesting quotes that I thought I’d point out. On not dealing with his contract until [...]
Derek Jeter: Enough with the Contract Talk! »
Only the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl rival spring training in terms of useless news and information. During the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, we hear stories like X player reads the Harry Potter books or Y player eats four egg whites and two slices of whole wheat toast before every game. When it comes to spring training, we hear [...]
The Not-Quite-Legendary in New York Sports History: »
We all know about the great athletes in New York sports history–Babe Ruth , Tom Seaver, Lawrence Taylor , Joe Namath , Mark Messier , Walt Frazier –and even the busts–Ed Whitson , Mo Vaughn , Roberto Alomar , Stephon Marbury , and Scott Gomez . But what about the slightly-to-highly-above-average athlete? The kind-of-great [...]
The Great New York Yankees’ Clinching on Sept. »
Although he was born in the Bronx, right in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, Rich Chaynee never liked the New York Yankees. He complained that the crowds disrupted his life. The worst part was there were too many times during the baseball season that Rich couldn't a decent corned beef sandwich because the two delicatessens on 161 St, were too [...]
Five Burning Questions Facing the Yankees in Spring »
The Yankees experienced a magical 2009 season that resulted in their 27th championship. Everything fell into place in just the right way, and they avoided any and all unfortunate mishaps. Alex Rodriguez was able to break out of his October nightmare, even after a crippling hip injury nearly derailed his season before it began. Every season is [...]
Derek Jeter and The New York Yankees: Time To Talk »
Why would the New York Yankees neglect to re-sign Derek Jeter before now? At the end of this season he will be a free agent. This is the final year of a 10-year $189M contract. It is not good to send you franchise hit leader into Spring Training with the thought of free agency on his mind. There is more than one team that would be delighted to [...]
Billy Martin Should Be Scorned Not Beloved »
With exhibition games starting in March, MSG aired ESPN's hit miniseries "The Bronx Is Burning" this week as an appetizer for the fans. This eight-series drama centered around Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Gabe Paul, Thurman Munson, Mickey Rivers and Fran Healy. Martin stood out more than the rest with his crazy [...]
8 Reasons I Hate the Yankees »
"Behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land." The wise king Solomon, the poet/lover once uttered these words - giving voice to the warm fuzzies that overtake us all with the advent of spring. It's not Solomon's fault [...]