‘Almost Yankees’ Were Champion Clippers Nearly Four Decades Ago
by In 1979, the Yankees switched AAA affiliates from Tacoma (a one year stop) after more than a decade in Syracuse, to Columbus, Ohio, in the …
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Gotham Baseball LIVE: Ray Negron and “Yankee Miracles”
by For Ray Negron, a chance “meeting” with George Steinbrenner changed the course of his life. In his new book, “Yankee Miracles”, Negron recalls how the encounter, “saved my life.” In return, he’s now trying to help others believe that anything is possible.
1976: The Yankees Renaissance
by They called them the “CBS Years,” the dark, dismal time when CBS owned the Yankees and the team floundered in mediocrity from 1965-1972. In 1973, …