NY Yankees

The big winner these days in sports wagering is the State of New York. In the gambling report released by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Wednesday, it revealed that the Empire State is far exceeding expected tax revenues from sports wagering. Sounds great? Well, there is a good side and a bad side to every story.

The 2023 MLB season was an ugly one for New York's baseball teams, but amidst the sadness and chaos, fans were able to enjoy these ten positive storylines.

You will get little argument from anyone that Buck Showalter knows the game of baseball inside-and-out. At 67, Showalter could easily get another thankless MLB managerial job, dependent on over-paid players, under the microscope of social media's thirst for coaches' blood. Sounds fun?

Brooks Robinson was considered one of the greatest third baseman to have ever played the game of baseball. The Arkansas native became a first ballot Hall of Famer in 1983 and never stopped coming to Cooperstown.

New York Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman is going to have a busy off-season. Never has the baseball executive's leadership of the storied franchise been more in question. Are the Bronx Bombers stale? Is their organizational strategy antiquated? Does the front office need help fixing this team?

The saying goes something like 'you can take the New Yorker out of New York but you can't the New York out of...' Well, you get the idea. Now let's apply that same philosophy to the "Charlie Brown" of major sports franchises, the New York Mets. Can anyone really save the Mets from themselves? David Stearns, a Mets fan from Manhattan, will be next up to have that unenviable task.

Documents obtained by ESPN contained bombshell information about former New York Yankees' slugger Alex Rodriguez, who allegedly ratted out other steroid users.

New York Yankees' fans have not always been so kind to their $324 million pitcher, Gerrit Cole. With big contracts, come big expectations, namely a World Series championship.

Jasson 'The Martian' Dominguez has been on a rocket-ship ride since landing in the New York Yankees line-up, against, appropriately, the Houston Astros on September 1st.

In July of 2020, I interviewed long-time New York sportswriter Bill Madden. The popular baseball reporter had just written a book about legendary Mets' pitcher, Tom Seaver. I was struck by Madden's continuous enthusiasm while describing Seaver's passion for his vineyard.

The New York Yankees let Harrison Bader, a native of The Bronx, find out he was being put on waivers via the television, and shouldn't be acceptable.

The New York Yankees have had quite the failure of a season. They have been a below .500 team now for a few weeks.