Babe Ruth sparko…
...in right field. Nope, not the effects of a heavy night but pile driving into the wall chasing a foul ball on July 5th, 1924. ...read this Blog post →
The old 4-6-5-6-5-3-4…
...triple play. The New York Yankees get a triple play in their 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Cleveland Indians, MLB, New York, New York Yankees, video, Yankees
Say it ain’t so, Mo…
...exit sandman. Number 42, the greatest of all time, Mariano Rivera, is bowing out at the end of the 2013 season. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → 42, Baseball, Mariano Rivera, New York, New York Yankees
Go go Godzilla…
...gone. Yesterday former Yankee Hideki Matsui announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, aged 38, after a decade long career in the States which followed a decade playing in his native Japan. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Grand Slam, Hideki Matsui, Home Runs, Japan, MVP, New York, New York Yankees, Porn, World Series, Yankee Stadium
Goodbye Jorge…
...and thanks for the memories. Well that's 50% of the Core Four gone as Jorge Posada officially joins Andy Pettitte in retirement. Does his numbers stack up to greatness? ...read this Blog post →
In the presence of greatness…
...in Mo we trust. Mariano Rivera breaks the regular season record for saves in the Yankees victory over the Twins. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Mariano Rivera, New York, New York Yankees, saves, Sport
Mariano Rivera Mr. 600…
...what more needs to be said. Mariano Rivera get's his 600th save in the New York Yankees 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Mariano Rivera, New York, New York Yankees, Sport, Sports
Captain 3000…
...does it in style. New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter's second hit out of five just happens to be his 3000th. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, captain, Derek Jeter, New York, New York Yankees, Yankee Stadium, Yankees
Goodnight and thanks for…
...the memories...Andrew Eugene Pettitte...who will announce his retirement from baseball at Yankee Stadium today. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Andy Pettitte, Baseball, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankee Stadium, Yankees
Number 600…
...should have been another step in wiping Barry Bonds' name from the record books, OK wiping it down to 2nd. But A Rod admitted to taking certain substances when he was outed so it's just another roider hitting homers. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Hank Aaron, Home Runs, MLB, New York Yankees, Yankees
R.I.P. The Boss…
...George Michael Steinbrenner III. Three and a half months into the season and only my second post about baseball and it's about the death of the man who put the Yankees where they are now...oh and fired Billy five times. ...read this Blog post →
Three games in…
...and one series win later. I hadn't blogged about any of the New York Yankees off-season moves but I was very happy at the arrival of Curtis Granderson even before his game and series winning homer against the Sux last night. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Curtis Granderson, Home Runs, Johnny Damon, MLB, New York Yankees, Sport, Sports, World Series, Yankees
Number 27 means the end of the Toxic…
...Curse. As Mariano Rivera induced Victorino to ground out to Cano for the final out of the 2009 World Series the Yankees had won and finally ended the Toxic Curse. ...read this Blog post →
Captain…
...Anytime you tie Lou Gehrig is a special time now Derek Jeter has just got to get one more hit to pass the great man's record. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, captain, Derek Jeter, Lou Gehrig, New York, New York Yankees, Yankees
Today I consider myself the luckiest man…
...on the face of the earth. It's 70 years ago today that Lou Gehrig gave that speech in front of 61,808 fans at Yankee Stadium. ...read this Blog post →