The BBWAA Hall of Fame Ballot was announced today, with the electorate set to select from among 15 returners and 20 newcomers for the 2019 class. Several of those on their first ballot have New[…]
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Andujar Wasn’t Even The Yankees Best Rookie
When Shohei Ohtani was selected as the American League Rookie of the Year, there was an uproar among Yankee fans who believed Miguel Andujar deserved the award. The crux of the argument was Andujar was[…]
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Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Jackie Robinson Centennial Celebration in 2019
The http://www.jackierobinson.org/Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) will commemorate the one hundredth birthday of its namesake with a year-long schedule of events in 2019 that will benefit the organization’s scholarship and education programs as well as the future Jackie[…]
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Ruth 1924 Home Run Bat To Auction
In 1924 Babe Ruth hit his first home run of the season off a pitch thrown by Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. That Home Run Bat was signed at the end of the game[…]
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Foley’s Offers ‘The Jay Horwitz’ Burger For Longtime NY Mets PR Man
In honor of Jay Horwitz, the Vice President of Alumni Relations and Team Historian for the New York Mets, Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), has announced the “Jay Horwitz Burger” as[…]
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Monday Mets: The Perfect GM
Amongst the litany of baseball’s unwritten rules is one that suggests that major team announcements should not be made during the World Series by teams other than those who are actually in the World Series.[…]
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Yankees Need A New Shortstop
The 2018 season was the best year of Didi Gregorius‘ seven year Major League career. With the year he was having coupled with the rookie campaigns of Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar, the Yankees did[…]
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Yankees May Not Be True World Series Contenders
The New York Yankees have been eliminated from the postseason. While the Yankees and Red Sox played fairly evenly when matched up head-to-head during the regular season, the eight games separating them in the standings[…]
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Yankees-Athletics Postseason History
If history is any guide, the New York Yankees are going to win the Wild Card Game against the Oakland Athletics because the Yankees always beat the Athletics in the postseason. Really, it seems as[…]
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Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Recap The Season
As Michael Conforto squeezed his glove around Peter O’Brien’s 9th inning line drive, it not only ended the game, it not only secured Noah Syndergaard’s first ever complete game shutout, it also put an end[…]
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