Perfection is a word that must be used cautiously.
And perfection in the sense intended here does not mean always perfect.
Every fan of the New York Yankees can remember a base hit in the bottom half of a ninth inning of a seventh game of a World Series in 2001 when we all felt our team would win because Mo was closing.
We can also remember home runs in crucial games in Fenway Park which we could not believe Number 42 had actually given up.
But Mariano Rivera is perfection.
Mariano Rivera is the perfect ...
The World Champion New York Yankees hung their 27th banner yesterday and passed out some very large rings.
But now we leave '09 in the rear view and look to what the new season holds in store.
After seven games in an odd 10 days that saw a forgiving schedule with three off days, the Yankees hold a 5-2 record.
Derek Jeter has started as hot as he played last year. Through seven games Jete has scored five runs and has 10 hits. Over a 162 game average that would give the ...
The New York Yankees started the season with two road series against their biggest rivals in the American League East.
They won both series, after dropping the first game in each series, and opened at home yesterday with a 4-2 record.
Brett Gardner was key in some of the Yankee wins in this first road trip of the year. But in the finale Sunday afternoon in Tampa Bay, Gardner failed to get on base for the first time this season.
Gardner went 0-for-4 with one strikeout, while hitting ninth in the lineup.
With the start against ...
It was a cool, partly cloudy afternoon in the Bronx on Tuesday: the perfect weather for Opening Day at the new Yankee Stadium.World Series rings were given out, a prank was played on Hideki Matsui (known by his New York faithful as "Gozilla"), and good ol' Jerry Hairston Jr. even stopped by.The General of the Yankees rotation, Andy Pettitte, took the mound, and from the first pitch on, the game went according to plan:Derek Jeter hit a home run.Jorge Posada had three hits and an RBI.Andy Pettitte pitched six ...
Tuesday afternoon's game between the Yankees and Angels was certainly more meaningful than just a regular opening game at Yankee Stadium.
Last year in 2009, they opened the brand new ballpark, replacing the one that stood for 85 years.
This year in 2010, the Yankees celebrated it by receiving their 2009 World Series Championship rings in a pre-game ceremony.
On hand were former Yankees Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra, who helped pass out the rings. Also on hand was former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to receive his ring from Joe Girardi and Derek ...
The Yankees had a special guest on hand for their ring ceremony Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't Yogi Berra, it wasn't Whitey Ford, and it wasn't George Steinbrenner—although they were all there.
Hideki Matsui was the true guest of honor in the house that the Core Four built.
Although Matsui wasn't with the likes of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, or Andy Pettitte back when the group won their first four rings in the 90s, he still feels like a true Yankee who has been there forever.
The fact that he finally got ...
It was a great day for the Yankees.
They got their rings, and were up big on the Angels going into the ninth.
That's when David Robertson came in to pitch.
Last year, young Robertson was very effective out of the pen, going 2-1 with 63 strikeouts.
A good fastball and a great curve make Robertson an ideal guy that you would want coming out of the pen.
But then again, everyone has those days.
You know.
The oh-crap-this-day-sucks-I-can't-wait-for-it-to-be-over days. Everyone has them.
So do you. Get real.
Maybe today was one of those games for Robertson, because everything ...
The Yankees celebrated their 2009 World Series victory by receiving their championship rings. Then, New York went out and earned their third straight win with a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. It was the 12th win in the last 13 Yankee home openers dating back to 1998. Prior to the game, the Yankees received their World Series rings after claiming their 27th World Series title last November. One of the biggest ovations was for World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, now ...
The Yankees celebrated their 27th World Championship this afternoon in their home opener. As usual, the team overdid it in an arrogant fashion when it came to the pomp and circumstances of this achievement.
Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford handed out rings to the players. The team raised the World Championship flag. Michael Kay went overboard with the introductions. The national anthem took forever to end.
This took as long as it really had to be.
The Yankees got that right. When a team wins, they can celebrate whatever they want. There is ...
For those who don't know, I live outside Philadelphia.
It's a big city, and it's pretty cool: the history, the activity, the cheese steaks.
But it's by no means the greatest place on Earth.
Because that's New York City.
In New York, there's an energy. There's more to it than people buzzing around and tall buildings.
It's got a feeling like no other city.
You coudn't be done with just Times Square in a day. There's everything to do, and then some.
I've been to the big city a few times, and I love it. I mean, ...