April 18, 2013 Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada, two core Yankee players from the Joe Torre era, are long gone. Mariano Rivera, another quiet leader by example, is retiring after this season. Andy Pettitte is near the end. And the Yankee captain, Derek Jeter, won't be back in the lineup until who knows when and is nearing 40. Leadership used to be a huge piece of the Yankees' winning puzzle. That leadership is dwindling away.
April 17, 2013
April 16, 2013 In honoring the victims of the Boston Bombing the New York Yankees proved that at certain moments we can and do come together.
The bitter rivals, who keep no secret of their distaste for each other, just ask the fans, put aside their decades old hatred and played the ultimate Boston sports song, Sweet Caroline, after the 4th inning of the Yanks home game Tuesday night after the 3rd inning of their game against the Diamondbacks, Sweet Caroline is a song Yankee fans loathe as Boston hates Sinatra's New York, New York
April 15, 2013 It seems fitting that the last player in Major League Baseball history to wear #42 is Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer of all-time and one of the top Yankees of all-time. The rest of baseball has retired #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson. Robinson not only fought racism and all sorts of barriers while integrating baseball in 1947, he represented class and dignity and professionalism.
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April 12, 2013 The Yankees' season is a couple weeks deep. Plenty of story lines have taken center stage for the pinstripes. Andy Pettitte is my #1 story line. What is yours? Vote here:
April 12, 2013
April 9, 2013 Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy never panned out. Now, the best in the Yankee farm system is Manny Banuelos, who is out for the minor league year with Tommy John surgery and who knows if Dellin Betances will ever emerge like the Yanks said he would two years ago. The Mets on the other hand...
