After sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series, the New York Yankees had a 12-game winning streak in the Fall Classic. Previously, the Yankees had swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1927 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928. The "experts" were certain that the Yankees would repeat as pennant winners for the next few years, but as is often the case, the experts were wrong. It wasn't until 1936 that the Yankees returned to the World Series. The New York Giants stopped the Yankees' World Series winning streak ...
It may be too early to call Robinson Cano the best second baseman in Yankees history, but he should certainly be considered one of the best.The title of best second baseman in team history most likely goes to the great Tony Lazzeri.Lazzeri sports a career slash line of .293/.379/.467 with 169 home runs and 1,154 RBIs in 12 seasons wearing the pinstripes.Cano, through seven seasons, owns a slash line of .308/.347/.496 with 144 home runs and 621 RBIs. Through his first seven seasons, Lazzeri posted a .306/.384/.487 with 96 home runs ...
Deadspin.com reported yesterday that New York Yankees executive Brian Cashman had a relationship with a woman named Louise Meanwell (also knows as Louise Neathway). According to the website, Meanwell had a voicemail, a recorded phone conversation, a deposit slip and a recommendation letter on Yankees letterhead from Cashman. According to the New York Post, Meanwell said that Cashman called her and visited about twice a week and gave her Yankees tickets. She also showed pajama pants and a toothbrush she claimed Cashman left at her apartment. A few days ago, ...
While big free agent signings can be the dominating factor in a fan’s excitement about a team’s upcoming season, the thought of an electric prospect or those new acquisitions taking said team to a championship is the oh-so-sweetest thought of all. So when those players—who have produced expectations of glory, maybe through promising spring trainings or big contracts—fail to live up to the hype, it becomes a more painful reality fans have to live with. With enhanced scouting and outrageous contracts leading the way for major-league teams to improve, here ...
After the New York Yankees brought in the likes of Hiroki Kuroda (free agency) and Michael Pineda (trade), they find themselves with excess pitching. It's a problem most teams wish they had and it's exactly the problem the Yanks currently have.On the block are both A.J. Burnett and Phil Hughes.Hughes is the more attractive piece of the two. He's a former top prospect of the Bombers and is only 26 years old with a small salary. Burnett, on the other hand, is a lot older and has had two very ...
After being stealthily courted by the Yankees prior to the 2009 season, first baseman Mark Teixeira instantly made a huge impact on the team. He signed an eight-year, $180 million contract that would having him manning first base for the team through 2016.Teixeira gave Yankees fans what they had been missing since the departure of Tino Martinez, an apt-fielding first baseman who could also be a force in the middle of the lineup.Jason Giambi, the successor to Tino Martinez, was a more-than-capable bat in the middle of the lineup during ...
It wasn't arrogance and it wasn't ego, although Babe Ruth could be arrogant and he certainly had a tremendous ego. No, it was naïveté. Ruth was convinced that his visit to Japan during the fall of 1934 had sealed the friendship between the Japanese and the Americans enough to forestall any war between them. When the Japanese attacked the United States on Dec. 7, 1941, Ruth was in his apartment on Riverside Drive. He was absolutely furious. The attack on Pearl Harbor was more than an attack on America. It ...
In the 111-year history of the New York Yankees, no other team has won more World Championships (27 - an average of one every four to five years). In fact, no other franchise in any sport has been as successful as the Bronx Bombers. To achieve such success, an organization has to have a wealth of talent and a long line of great managers to properly use that talent. In this slide show, I will attempt to identify the very best of the best at each position for this proud franchise ...
Like most New York Yankees fans, I live and breathe Yankees. Yankee blood flows through my veins. Over the years since I was a child, I watched my beloved Yankees go through the good, the bad and the ugly. No matter how ugly things became, I always believed in my team. Many athletes have come and gone through the Yankees organization. Some were for a year or two, and some were career-long Yankees. My respect and admiration for all of the athletes who have played for and have become part ...
The calendar has flipped officially to February, and we're about two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training.Baseball is one step closer to being back.It's been a very quiet offseason for the Yankees up until a few weeks ago, mostly because the Yankees already had a playoff-team constructed for 2012.Most people demanded change after the Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers in the 2011 ALDS, but we all forgot that the Yankees also won 97 games and were the top seed in the American League playoffs.Now, the reason ...