Forever The Kid: Gary Carter Loses His Battle With Cancer

A True Competitor, NY Remembers Him and ’86 (New York, NY) – The sad news finally came.  Gary Carter lost his cancer fight and passed away today at the young age of 57.  A former champion and 2003 Hall of Fame inductee, he will always be remembered for his love of life and his love [...]

Hip Hip Jorge! Posada Retires, A Yankee Forever

A Yankee Catcher for the Ages (New York, NY) – After 17 years, 4 World Series titles, many divisional titles  and countless innings squatted behind home plate, #20 hangs up his cleats.  He was a five-time All-Star and retires with a .273 batting average, 1,065 runs batted in and 275 home runs in 1,829 games.  [...]

Milestone Mo: Yanks Top Twins 6-4, Rivera Sets All-Time Career Save Mark at 602

#600, #601, #602 Mo gets 3 in a Row! (New York, NY) – In the end it was a vintage Mariano inning, with the last out coming on a classic cutter for strike 3 and the greatest closer in the history of the game made it even more official as he picked up the career [...]

Stadium Slamfest: Yanks Hit 3 Grand Slams vs Oakland, Win 22-9

First team in MLB History to Accomplish Feat in One Game (New York, NY) – Given their rich history it seems only fitting that the Yanks (78-50) would add another historical fact to the books.  With Cano, Martin and Granderson all going deep with the bases loaded the Bombers are now the only team in [...]

History! Jeter Homers for His 3,000th Hit

First Yankee to Achieve the Milestone (New York, NY) – Well fortunately DJ ended the drama early with a single in his first at bat and a towering homer into the left field stands his next time up to reach the famous 3,000 hit plateau.  His 3rd homer of the season tied the game at [...]

Milestone Mania: Early Single By Jeter Brings Him to Need 1 More

2,999th Hit is a Single Between Short and Third (New York, NY) – Well the FNY Blog is not usually doing live posts and actually has been light on stories of late but this special milestone of the first player in Yankee history to collect 3,000 hits is upon us.  Jeter drove a 3-2 pitch [...]

Historic Walls: Yankee Museum at the Stadium

A Must See for All Fans (New York, NY) – So some of the FNY Sec 430 team got to swing through the museum.  Given that we’ve been going to the new stadium since the opening in 2009 it was high time to actually see all the history grouped nicely in a small space.  See [...]

Legends Look: Phil Rizzuto, #10

(New York, NY) – Philip Francis Rizzuto (September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007), nicknamed “The Scooter”, was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who spent his entire career from 1941 to 1956 with the New York Yankees. He was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 1950 after leading the team to [...]

Why K is used for a strikeout in Baseball

(New York, NY) – Section 430′s very own James K. has come up with some baseball trivia that all will find interesting. The use of the last letter of Struck instead of the first to denote a strikeout dates back to when Henry Chadwick developed the box score in the late 1850′s. Chadwick often used [...]

Feb 4 – A Legend Rests: Thanks for the Memories, Andy

Number 46 Chooses to Retire (New York, NY) – It has been a tough winter in New York this year.  The snow and storms have set records, and the Yanks have not been all that active in the marketplace and many teams around them have improved.  We lost the Cliff lee sweepstakes and deep down [...]