Share Jay Ferraro and Hawk Drobnis, talk Yankees-Mets, fantasy baseball and New York sports on a brand new edition of Gotham Baseball LIVE! Jay Ferraro is the Assignment Editor for Gotham Baseball and Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE. He is also the Fantasy Editor for BaseballDigest.com and Gotham Gridiron. Hawk Drobnis is a senior [...]
(13th July, 2010)
Share Yankees principle owner George Steinbrenner has died according to an official NY Yankees press release. Steinbrenner, who turned 80 on July 4, was at his home in the Tampa/St. Pete area when emergency responders were called Monday night. He died at 6:30 a.m. this morning of an apparent heart attack. Click Here To Read [...]
(12th July, 2010)
Share Anyone who attended or participated in a New York Yankees game between 1951 and 2007 came away with one particular lasting impression. It had nothing to do with the game itself or any of the players or fans or the concessions. It had nothing to do with the grand cathedral itself. The one constant [...]
(12th July, 2010)
The first half of the Mets 2010 season has been full of surprises.
(6th July, 2010)
Baseball Digest: Mets Week 13 Recap, Mets Struggle Against Division Foes On The Road | read this item Share A couple tough-to-swallow losses against the Marlins and Nationals made for a down week for the Mets. Week 13 (6/29-7/4) record: 3-4 2010 Season record: 46-36 This week’s positives: David Wright, Jason Bay, Angel Pagan, Josh Thole, Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Francisco Rodriguez (sort of) This week’s negatives: Jose Reyes’ injury, Jeff Francouer, the [...]
(6th July, 2010)
Share Before the seventh game of the 2003 American League Championship Series with the Boston Red Sox, Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees star who is widely considered the greatest relief pitcher in the history of baseball, said a prayer. Rivera, a deeply religious man, prays with his family before every home game. But this [...]
(2nd July, 2010)
Share Charity-minded Yankees fan Chris Scandaglia’s efforts to conquer the disease that took his grandfather’s life have inspired both admiration and generosity, and a rare appearance by a very special piece of hardware, the 2009 World Series Trophy. Scandaglia sponsored a fundraising dinner and sports memorabilia raffle at Bocelli Ristorante in Staten Island, N.Y., on [...]
(1st July, 2010)
Share 6/21–6/27 Record: 4-2 2010 Season Record: 47-28 After a very mediocre and at times scary week, the Yankees did what great teams do best…they got right back to their winning ways. The Yankees returned to form against two NL West rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Yankees went 4-2 despite [...]
(30th June, 2010)
Share Despite two home runs on Monday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jason Bay has simply not been the big bat the Mets sought in free agency. The Canadian-born Bay was among the top three free agents of the 2009 off-season – along with Matt Holliday and John Lackey – after hitting 36 home [...]
(29th June, 2010)
Baseball Digest: Move That Bus! “Extreme Makeover” Dream Includes Yankees Memorabilia | read this item Share “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has been making family’s dreams come true for years, always adding a personal touch to the homes they rebuild. The Lutz family of East Setauket, N.Y., which first found out on June 20 that they would be the recipients of a complete home remodeling courtesy of the ABC-TV program, was [...]