By: John Jastremski It’s been well documented in this column and throughout town that the New York Yankees have been baseball’s disappointment in the first half of the 2021 season. They are too right handed, too reliant on right handed power and lack the sort of athleticism and balance that is needed to field a […]
By: John Jastremski After the Yankees were humiliated by the Detroit Tigers right before Memorial Day, the entire team stressed the urgency of their most recent home stand. Four games with the Tampa Bay Rays and three games with the Boston Red Sox. To say the Yankees failed miserably in their most recent homestand doesn’t […]
By County Executive Ed Day I remember watching the Yankees play the Pirates in the 1960 World Series when I was growing up in Brooklyn. By all rights, the Yankees should have won that series. They outscored the Pirates 55-27 in the Series, out hit them 91-60, even got two complete-game shutouts from Whitey Ford […]
Late Bloomers McNeil & Voit Shine for Locals BY JOE RINI September has finally arrived for New York’s local baseball teams. The arrival of Suspense is yet to be announced. The fortunes of the 2018 Mets and Yankees have split like a fork in the road with the Yankees soaring and the Mets sinking, yet […]
Trust the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians to drum up interest ahead of their scheduled games. While other clubs in the league has its own share of following and rivalries, the friendly competition between the Yankees and the Indians have stood the test of time and today, still manages to draw in the crowds. […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER How sad is this? With New York sports in the worst funk it may have ever been in, the team inspiring the most hope amongst its fans and constituents might just be the New York Yankees. The Yankees have made the biggest splash of the offseason (outside of a Prince Fielder trade) […]