The growth potential in the world of premium stadium seating and hospitality has attracted former Madison Square Garden boss David Checketts to join legends Hospitality Management, LL. This appointment was announced Wednesday by the partner organizations.
This a venture founded by the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, and Goldman Sachs to develop the new stadiums, manage food, beverage and merchandise services, and sell premium seating. Checketts succeeds Mike Rawlings of CIC Partners who leaves to become mayor of Dallas.
Coming with Mr. Checketts is his private equity firm, Checketts Partners Investment Fund. Mr. Checketts said in ...
Thanks to the Jesus Montero/Michael Pineda trade, the New York Yankees finally have pitching depth at the cost of a weakened DH position.Prince Fielder is one name, probably the first name, to spring to the minds of Yankee fans as to who should fill that spot. Fielder is probably the best player for that spot, but not necessarily the best option.There are some other names the Yankees should consider in addition to the mighty Prince Fielder. While it would be nice to have Fielder mashing homers over the short porch ...
A paltry 5,210 fans came out to witness the New York Yankees lose their season finale to the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on October 4, 1972. The meaningless fall affair was finished in one hour and 57 minutes, a rather quick game compared to current contests. However, no one knew how quickly the culture of the Yankees was about to change the forthcoming year. On January 3, 1973, CBS sold the Yankees to a group of investors led by George M. Steinbrenner for $10 million. No one had an inkling this ...
While the talk around town has been focused on a reunion with former Yankees Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Carlos Pena (who spent a large part of 2006 with the Yankees' Triple-A team), Manny Ramirez sits at home, patiently waiting to see if he will receive an invite to spring training from any major league team.Ramirez, who turns 40 in May, has played in 95 games since the end of the 2009 season and famously quit on the Tampa Bay Rays last season, announcing his retirement after finding out that ...
Last week, the Seattle Mariners traded their young ace-in-the-making, Michael Pineda, to the New York Yankees for a future-slugging backstop named Jesus Montero. New York also shipped starter Hector Noesi to Seattle in exchange for minor-league righty Jose Campos.Needless to say, this deal is all about Pineda and Montero.The Yankees felt uncomfortable with the club's starting pitching, and the Mariners were uneasy about their offensive potential, so the two matched up. The trade addresses weaknesses on both sides while drawing from each organization's respective strength.From New York's perspective, this move ...
The Boston Red Sox started out as the favorites to win the 2011 World Series after acquiring Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford, the Philadelphia Phillies have their three aces, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson, the Texas Rangers have made two straight World Series' and now the New York Yankees have acquired Hiroki Kuroda and Michael Pineda to give them a dangerous rotation to go with their already potent offense.Who is the World Series favorite in 2012? After all, the Red Sox and Phillies ...
On January 13, the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees pulled off a surprising trade that sent Jesus Montero and pitcher Hector Noesi to Seattle for righties Michael Pineda and Jose Campos.While Montero and Pineda are obviously the centerpieces of the deal, Noesi could end up in the Mariners rotation in 2012 and Campos is a promising 19-year-old to keep track of, even if he doesn't sniff the majors for a couple more years.Let's take a look at the fantasy implications of this big trade. Michael PinedaI admittedly have a man-crush ...
It's no secret that Alex Rodriguez is one of the greatest baseball players of all time. The question looming now is, how good can the 36-year-old be going into his 19th season in the big leagues? Coming off a season filled with multiple injuries that only allowed him to play in 99 games, A-Rod intends to bounce back and get back to his normal self.The 99 games was the first time since he became a regular starter in 1996 that he has played less than 124 games.During the course of the ...
I can still remember two years ago like it was yesterday when I was writing stories similar to this.They all had the same theme that this current story will.Which is simple: bringing Johnny Damon back to the Yankees.In the last week, we've talked about the possible designated hitters the Yankees could bring in.We talked about Carlos Pena, who might be too expensive for them.We talked about Vladimir Guerrero, who we are all 50-50 on because of his disappointing 2011 season.And there's been rumblings about Hideki Matsui making a comeback to ...
It's been 24 hours since the Yankees made by far one of the biggest splashes of the winter. From the moment the season ended until last night, they were extremely quiet and we all wondered if they would make a single move. My gut was telling me that Yankees GM Brian Cashman was going "as is" for 2012. And then, everything changed, and Cashman was just waiting for the right time. First, he traded catcher Jesus Montero and pitcher Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-handed starter ...