Power and Pen: Yanks Open with 6-3 Over Tigers

Long Ball and Perfect Relief Highlight the Day (Bronx, NY) – It was only one game but there were some positive signs.  Famously slow-starter Mark Texiera banged a 3-run homer, Russel Martin gathered 2 hits and showed some speed, Granderson showed his impact when healthy with nice defense and a go-ahead solo blast in the [...]

Top 50 Bombers: One List to Consider

(New York, NY) – ESPN NY came up with an interesting list and montage of the 50 greatest Yankees.  One can debate a few of them (I struggle with Dave Winfield at #28) but this post is for you to see it and of course comment as you wish. Click Here to See ESPN List [...]

By The Numbers: Who Was the Best to Wear #5

(New York, NY) – A simple poll.  Cast your vote and make your comments.  Its a little tough as the list is an interesting one.  All Hall of Famers, some power hitters, some great defense.  One still playing so at a little disadvantage.   Best No. 5 ever: DiMaggio, Bench, Pujols, Brett, Robinson, Greenberg, Boudreau, [...]

Breaking Camp: Yanks Finalize Roster, Finish Spring Training

(Tampa, FL) – The Yanks (12-15) play their last spring training game today and then head north for their opener on Thursday March 21 vs. Detroit.  Some final roster decisions were made with both Eric Chavez and Eduardo Nunez making the club.  The bigger surprise is that both Austin Romine and Jesus Montero will return [...]

Value Proposition: Yanks Now Worth $1.7B as a Franchise

#1 again for 14th straight year (New York, NY) – No matter how you look at it, its a lot of hot dogs and cracker jacks.  See this excerpt on the value of the franchise as well as this excerpt from Yahoo Sports: Yankee Global Enterprises is a three-engine money-making machine. The baseball team generated [...]

Garden of Hope: Knicks and Rangers Drive to the Playoffs

MSG Fans May Finally Get Some Action in the Spring (New York, NY) – It’s been 7 long years for Knick fans but the team appears ready to finally join the playoffs.  Meanwhile the Rangers hope to avoid last year’s outcome, where they missed the playoffs by one slot.  With 11 games left they cling [...]

Sorting Things Out: One Man’s Scranton Roster Prediction

The Farm System Continues to Look Promising (New York, NY) – As the Yanks sort out their prospects and get closer to opening day the roster for Scranton looks more predictable.  One blogger has take a shot at forecasting it and the whole article can be read here. In short here are the predictions (from [...]

FNY First: A Sec 430 Member Sees the Yanks in Spring Training

Emmett Shares  some Thoughts and Great Photos (Tampa, FL) – Finally a Friday Night member has made it to Spring training.  Our very own Emmett, his Dad and his brother Sean got to see the Bombers in action this past weekend.  They saw an offense slugfest with the Nationals prevailing over the Yanks by a [...]

Back to the Future: Even Then Uecker Knew

The Legendary Bob Uecker Was a Prophet (New York, NY) – Well it seemed like only yesterday but it was way back in 1989 when the class baseball film ‘Major League’ was introduced.  In it a future star was born, Charlie Sheen as the enigmatic Ricky Vaughn, the original Wild Thing pitcher.  Fast forward 22 [...]

ESPN Special: Disecting Mariano’s Cutter

Excellent Video Piece on Mo and his Cutter (New York, NY) – We’ve watched Mo for years and marvel as to why he is so effective and how he can get by with one pitch.  This excellent video from ESPN explains it all.  It is must see for all Yankee fans but baseball fans as [...]