‘A Franchise On The Rise’ Author Amore Talks Highlanders
by The excellent new book A Franchise on the Rise: The First Twenty Years of the New York Yankees (2018, Sports Publishing, 308 pps, $27.99) tells the story …
Category: New York Yankees
Judge Is The Yankees Cespedes
by Lost in the era of advanced stats and metrics is just how much a particular player has the ability to drive a team to success. …
Yankees Bludgeon Price and the Red Sox: Weekend Takeaways
by The Yankees and Red Sox wrapped up their final matchup before the All-Star break, with New York bludgeoning Boston en route to an 11-1 victory …
Rosario v. Torres Should Not Be A Debate
Back in 1996, the City of New York had two rookie shortstops which excited their respective fanbases – Rey Ordonez and Derek Jeter. Because narratives …
Cliff Mapes’ 1949 New York Yankees World Series Ring Auctioned for $33,000
Cliff Mapes won’t go down in the annals of Yankees history as one of the franchise’s all-time greats. A mostly platoon outfielder over parts of …
Sir Didi The Great?
Unless your name is Mike Trout or Bryce Harper, you’d be hard-pressed to argue there is a better baseball player right now than Yankees shortstop …
Yankees Biggest Flaws Getting Exposed Early
With the Yankees coming within a game of the World Series last year, and the team adding Giancarlo Stanton to an already potent lineup, there …
Process (Mostly) Sound; Results To Follow
by There are a million and one excuses for the Yankees’ sluggish start. It doesn’t help that Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, and, …
Tyler Austin, Joe Kelly and the Myth of the Reborn Yanks-Sox Rivalry
“This certainly looks more like old-fashioned Sox, Yankees at Fenway Park!” NESN announcer Dave O’Brien bellowed during a third-inning bench clearing that could be best …
Focus Soon Shifts to Mets and Yankees New Managers
With Opening Day a day away, each New York team has quite similar question marks. Will their respective starting rotations hold up? Will their power …