Remembering The Mayor’s Trophy Game
by Before interleague play began in 1997, fans of a certain age can remember the annual Mayor’s Trophy Game, a mid-season exhibition contest played by the …
Category: New York Yankees
Dismissing Derek Jeter?
During a Red Sox broadcast earlier this week, former Red Sox slugger and repeat PEDs offender Manny Ramirez made the following comment: “It’s like if …
Gotham Baseball Tonight
Both the Mets and Yankees are on the schedule for Monday, April 11. It’s only the first month of the 2022 season, but both of Gotham’s …
Yankees Announce 2022 Coaching Staff
The Yankees have announced their coaching staff for the 2022 season. Joining Aaron Boone for his fifth season as Yankees manager will be bench coach Carlos Mendoza, …
Door Is Finally Open For Mets, Yankees To Deal
For the first time since 2002, the New York Mets’ baseball operations department is being run by professionals. The Yankees, at least since 1990, have …
Yankees Announce Non-Roster Invites
The New York Yankees have invited 32 players to 2021 Major League spring training. The number of players scheduled to report to spring training is …
The Longest-Tenured Player On Each Gotham Club
Our friend Will Leitch has a great piece over at MLB.com this morning, looking at the longest-tenured players on each MLB club: Though the Hot …
Another Legend Leaves Us
Maybe it’s because I am so New York-centric when it comes to baseball, but when I heard that Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro died …
Author Talk: Mark C. Healey
Please join me, the author of Gotham Baseball: New York’s All-Time Team for an Author Talk on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. …
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers Whitey Ford
“To think when I was 21 years old, I’d be playing with DiMaggio and Berra, against guys like Stan Musial and Roy Campanella, it’s just …