New York Yankees Baseball

After playing in the NFL for a decade, former New York Giants' wide receiver Golden Tate is moving to the baseball diamond to pursue his "first love".

Things have gone from bad to worse for NY Yankees' closer Aroldis Chapman, who is rehabbing from an injury, and fighting to get back millions in stolen cash.

Five members of the U.S. Marines were tragically killed in a plane crash, including the son of a former member of the New York Yankees.

On this fateful day 35 years ago, a passionate New York Mets' fan was spit on by a player on the team, causing controversy about who launched the magic loogie.

Major League Baseball can be a cruel business. Sometimes the timing seems awful. A former budding star for the New York Yankees found that out again on Friday at the Stadium.

It's hard to go through a minor league system, spend 11 years with one Major League organization and then just move on. The St. Louis Cardinals were done with Matt Carpenter and bought out his option in November. The 36 year-old utility master, who has played significant time at 1st, 2nd, 3rd, left field and right field, knew someone could use his tools. In addition to his defensive skills, the 3-time All Star has a Silver Slugger Award in that belt.

MLB umpire Angel Hernandez is alleging discrimination against minority umpires by Major League Baseball, and legendary NY Yankees' manager Joe Torre is involved.

Call it a twin, call it a doppelgänger, call it whatever you want. All we know, is that this college baseball player looks almost exactly like a New York superstar.

True New York Mets fans hold their breath, wait for the next shoe to drop, etc, until about the second week in October. When that rare occurrence happens and their beloved team makes the playoffs, they will be generally satisfied and begin to enjoy the winning experience. Until that point, it's early and plenty of bad stuff can and has happened to this franchise.

Before he managed the Dodgers for 20 years, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame, this legend of the diamond struck out 25 playing for a Schenectady, NY team.

When it comes to athleticism, it often runs in the family, and these ten New York athletes owe their fathers a great deal of credit for the success they've had.

Whenever you see a 29 year-old make his Major League debut, it is special. Baseball fans, coaches and players know that you have to endure a lot to crack the big leagues at that later stage. It's even more special when that player grew up in the Capital Region and played his college baseball at Siena.