While the baseball card industry has seen its share of ups and downs since the days of overproduction, the same has been kind to the New York Yankees.For a big-market team with a rich history and tradition of victory, cardboard boasting ballplayers donned in pinstripes can fetch a pretty penny. In this slideshow, I will highlight seven rookie cards of active Yankees players that fans and collectors should invest in now before prices skyrocket. As a caveat, please understand this list is not all-encompassing, for each ballplayer has several ...
You couldn't have asked for a better night of baseball on Friday night for New Yorkers.It was a sunny, Friday night with nice, clear weather and for the first time in a while, the atmosphere between the Yankees and the Mets had a competitive feel to it.Both teams were within striking distance of being in first place in their respective divisions, so while most of the game's outcome was for bragging rights for the fans, the Yankees and Mets were playing for a chance to move up.On the mound for ...
Derek Jeter currently has 3,163 hits. He will turn 38 years old on June 26. Pete Rose is baseball's all-time hits leader with 4,256. Barring a career-ending injury, the NY Yankees captain will surpass Rose's record.Jeter is the perfect candidate to become baseball's all-time hits king. He has the slight physical frame to continue playing into his 40s without breaking down, he has the burning desire to compete and, as a bachelor, he doesn't have a wife or children to draw him into retirement.Pete Rose retired at the age of 45, ...
Nothing pleases New York Yankees fans more than beating the New York Mets, and it's safe to say Hiroki Kuroda's Subway Series debut was all the diehards could hope for.The 37-year-old was dealing and showed a youthful-looking right arm against the Amazins that was routinely popping Russell Martin's glove with mid-90s heat. Kuroda's dominance took him into the sixth inning with a no-hitter that seemed to have no end in sight.But the Bombers' defense got caught playing shallow, and Omar Quintanilla dropped one in the gap that split Raul Ibanez and Curtis Granderson. Kuroda ...
Derek Jeter is the greatest shortstop we've ever seen. Sure, Honus Wagner is the greatest shortstop in baseball history—but who alive saw old Hans play?After all, Wagner last played 95 years ago, when Woodrow Wilson was President, World War I was being waged and Babe Ruth was still pitching. Wagner won eight National League batting titles, all with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and swiped 722 bases before retiring. In 1917.His career numbers are awesome. But moving on to shortstops who actually played after the Teapot ...
Ken Griffey Jr. had just hit a home run in the top of the 12th inning off John Wettland to give the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 lead. When Edgar Martinez singled, New York Yankees' manager Buck Showalter had seen enough. Mariano Rivera made his first appearance in post-season play. The date was Oct. 4, 1995. Rivera struck out Jay Buhner. Jeff Nelson struck out Randy Velarde for the first out in the Yankees' half of the 12th inning, but he walked Wade Boggs. Jorge Posada (that's not a typographical error) ...
It's that time again in the Major League Baseball. Summer is about to officially begin, baseball is in full swing and the second round of Interleague matchups are set to begin.The New York Yankees face the New York Mets in the Subway Series this weekend, with the series opener taking place tonight.As the MLB.com's Bryan Hoch stated:
The Subway Series has been around since 1997, but as Mark Teixeira said, it's still one of the crown jewels of Interleague play. The years when Joe Torre had to downplay the matchups with ...
Many in the media have deemed this a critical season in the career of the New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes. Some, as Jon Lane of the YESnetwork says in his "Point/Counterpoint" article on the subject, suggest this is a make or break season for the Yankee starter.A closer look will reveal a different conclusion. Since he first set foot onto the diamond this season, the right-hander's performances have been scrutinized more than any other member of the starting rotation. Every misstep has provided fodder for those calling for Hughes's demotion.Given ...
I do not normally make bold predictions. It is usually best to leave that up to the Nostradamus’s of the world.Yet every now and then I get the mosquito itch to pick up the old magic eight ball and shake it. (Hey, please do not judge, for I am only human. After all, the magic eight ball is one addicting fortune-telling contraption) Recently, I begged the question, while shaking the ball like a fresh container of orange juice: Could New York Yankees center field extraordinaire Curtis Granderson sneak up into ...
This weekend is about as good as it gets for the first Subway Series matchup of the season.The New York Yankees will welcome in the New York Mets for three games in the Bronx in a matchup of teams who are among the best in their respective divisions.The Yankees hold the upper hand in the last eight games these two teams have played against each other, entering play on Friday with a 6-2 record. The Mets, however, have not had a team in the past couple years that is meshing ...