The 1961 New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds in a five game World Series that was closer than the final result indicates.
1961 was one of the finest seasons in Yankees' history, but the passage of time often creates a false reality.
Recently, the host of a sports show discussed the 1961 World Series. It was concluded that beating the Reds was almost a cakewalk. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The World Series opened in New York on Wednesday, October 4. It would be Yankees' 25-game ...
Over the past couple of days Jorge Posada, Nick Johnson, Francisco Cervelli, Damaso Marte, and Alfredo Aceves have all had to deal with minor injuries that left them in question of making the opening day roster.
They must be healthy enough, because the Yankees have set their opening day roster and they are all a part of it. However, whether they’ll each play on opening day is still in question.
Marcus Thames, Sergio Mitre, and Boone Logan were the three players on the bubble, but unfortunately for them not all three made ...
Due to injuries, the Yankees have signed journeyman catcher Chad Moeller and infielder/catcher Robby Hammock to minor league contracts according to Chad Jennings of The Journal News . They are both expected to start the season in Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre.
Moeller, who played with the Yankees in 2008, was released by the Baltimore Orioles two days ago. He is expected to take the place of Mike Rivera, who is expected to be released after he dealt with a bad hamstring and struggled throughout spring training.
Hammock was signed because he can ...
Over the last 15 years, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte have made up the "Yankees Core" of the roster, mostly because they are popular players who were home-grown products out of the Yankees system.
In 2010, one of the core players may be playing in his final season.
In an interview with YES Network's Jack Curry, Pettitte dropped hints that this upcoming season may in fact be the final one for the left-hander.
If Pettitte were to retire, it would make sense. In fact, if Pettitte had retired at ...
Welcome back, sweet baseball. We pray from Seattle to Florida and from Toronto to Texas to you to give us the elixir of October success. Over the next few months we’ll fall back in love with our stadiums—from the Green Monster at Fenway to the Green Monster Ivy at Wrigley. We’ll hope to see a player fall up the hill in Houston, fall over the fence in Arizona, or crash headlong into a superstar at Yankee. We can’t wait to rehash our conversations at the park. Would ...
The MLB regular season starts Sunday night when the New York Yankees travel to Boston and take on the Red Sox.
Fantasy baseball leagues all over the web start with that game as well, including Battle of the Blogs . For those of you that do not know what Battle of the Blogs is, it's a 20-team fantasy baseball league full of sports bloggers battling for bragging rights.
Double G Sports is part of the league. My opponent for Week One is Five ...
The oft-injured Nick Johnson is reminding the Yankees just how brittle he is this spring training. Johnson has already missed time because a bad back earlier this spring and on Friday he left the game early after fouling a ball off of his right knee.
It seems a little too early to tell if he’ll land on the DL or not, but so far it doesn’t seem that this is DL-worthy. He’s already been listed as day-to-day , but he won’t play tomorrow and Joe Girardi said on air during the ...
Just two days until opening day and the Yankees roster is just about set, which means that the Scranton Yankees roster is nearly close to finished as well. Donnie Collins of the Scranton Times-Tribune has a pretty good rundown on what we should expect in the Electric City.
I feel like his Scranton roster is filled more than ever with players who might make it to the Bronx in some form or another. A guy like Jesus Montero could have starting roles by September, and infielders like Kevin Russo or Eduardo ...
Damaso Marte is experiencing discomfort in his pitching shoulder and has been scratched from today’s scheduled relief appearance according to Chad Jennings of the Journal News.
Marte said that it is supposedly not as bad as the shoulder injury he dealt with a year ago in spring training that caused him to have a terrible season—until the postseason that is. He also said he doesn’t expect that this will cause him to land on the DL.
The problem is that even if his shoulder isn’t bad enough to put him on the ...
When Hideki Matsui left via Free Agency, a major hole (28 HRs, 90 RBIs) was created in the Yankee lineup. Matsui has served as vital Alex Rodriguez protection for the past six seasons.
So what are the Yankees going to do to fill that void?
Going into this season, the Yankees have Robinson Cano slated to assume the all-important 5th spot in the lineup. Last season overall, Cano hit .320 with 25 HRs and 85 RBIs.
So what can we expect out of Cano in the ...