‘NY Yankees’ Archives
The New York Yankees: Old Heroes and New Redemption »
When New York Yankees fans wake up tomorrow morning, they will feel something very strange; something they have not felt in almost a decade. It is not the heartbreak of Game Seven of the 2001 World Series. It is not Game Six of the 2003 World Series. And it will certainly not feel like the 2004 ALCS. No, this is something Yankees fans, after [...]
Worth the Wait: New York Yankees Win First World »
On the night of Nov. 1, 2001, I was sitting alone in the second-floor lounge of Shaw Hall on the campus of Syracuse University, having been banished there after cheering too loudly in the room of two Red Sox fans following Scott Brosius' game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth. After Alfonso Soriano singled home Chuck Knoblauch in the [...]
For Mike Mussina, Today Is Not a Good Day »
Mike Mussina is one hell of a guy. High school valedictorian and Stanford graduate with a wife and kids, he even runs his own charitable organization, the Mike Mussina Foundation. He was also a great Major League Baseball pitcher, but you knew that part already. But today is just not a good day for him. Mussina, who may just make it to the Hall [...]
Hideki Matsui Powers New York Yankees to World Series »
If Mark Teixeira doesn’t beat you, then Alex Rodriguez will. If Alex Rodriguez doesn’t beat you, then Jorge Posada will. And if Teixeira, Rodriguez, and Posada don’t beat you, then Hideki Matsui will. Playing in perhaps his final game as a New York Yankee, Matsui went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, a single, and six RBI, as the Yankees [...]
Baseball’s Captain: Why Derek Jeter Deserves to »
In Major League Baseball, the MVP award goes out at the end of the regular season. It goes to the athlete who has stood out as being the most valuable, above all the rest. To an individual player, it is a huge accomplishment and honor considered being the elite in your field. Within baseball, two players, one from the American League and one from [...]
$200 Million Buys the Yankees a World Series »
Very quickly, congratulations to the New York Yankees on becoming World Series champs. There was nothing overly dramatic about Game Six or the series in general; however, good for the Yankees for coming out on top. But for the New York Yankees organization, anything less than a championship this year would have been an utter disappointment. So [...]
Yankees Win 27th World Series: Boss Man, This One Is »
As the quote goes, "You can't script October." Well, that may be true, but there is no doubt this was the way for the Yankees to win their 27th World Series in franchise history. Andy Pettitte is baseball's Brett Favre, except without the diva portion. He is a great player who still looks and plays like he's 22. Mariano Rivera is the one man [...]
Yankees, World Champs: What Is Going Through My Mind »
The Yankees are once again World Series Champions. Here is what I'm thinking right now: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, but there are other things too. There's the obvious things: the first win in the new Stadium, A-Rod winning for the first time, and Matsui being the first DH (and Japanese player) to win the World Series [...]
Phillies-Yankees: Game Six Notes, Watching the »
Coming into tonight's game, despite my love for Pedro Martinez, I knew that a win was going to be all on the offense. They weren't ever going to win a 2-1 game in New York, not against this offense, and not with this bullpen. There was hope that they could slug their way to a win, of course; the Yankee starters weren't used to working on three [...]
New York Yankees: Inside the Number 27 »
First off, let me congratulate the Yankees on winning their 27th World Championship by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game Six at the new Yankee Stadium. The point of this article is to go in depth into the number 27, and even using the two and the seven in a math equation to bring up a significance. I hope you enjoy. 27 = The number [...]