Growing up playing hockey in Canada, Russell Martin had to deal with injuries and play through to keep in the game. He’s carried that same mentality into this season with the Yankees. Whether it’s broken toes, back ailments, getting run over at the plate or taking a bat to the side of the head, Russell has played through a multitude of minor injuries this season and has been a staple in the Yankees batting order. It’s been most surprising given the battles he had staying healthy for the Los Angeles ...
Derek Jeter has been in the news lately for a myriad of reasons—underproduction, injury, and when his date with destiny (3000 hits) will come.You see, Derek Jeter is an aging ballplayer, but not just any aging ballplayer. Jeter is an aging baseball star, a perennial champion, and a likely first ballot Hall of Famer. Jeter isn't some old curmudgeon role-player who can be forced out of the game. For better or for worse, Jeter's place among baseball's elite has earned him the prerogative to decide for himself exactly when he'll hang ...
Game 32: June 19, 1941 Warning for the rest of the American League during the summer of 1941: Be afraid. Be very afraid. On June 19, Joe DiMaggio started to get hot. Not that his new Yankee record 31-game hit streak wasn’t “hot,” in and of itself. But Joe had clubbed only one hit in each of the previous five games. The infield singles of the past two days were nothing to write home about. This tidy, little 7-2 victory over the White Sox took only 1:45 to play. It ...
In a year that's been called the year of the pitcher, their seems to be no holding back when it comes to home run hitting. Jose Bautista is picking up where he left off last season, smashing 21 homers in just 63 games and is tied with Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira for the league lead. All three are showing no signs of slowing down which is why they could all be over 50 by season's end. In this article, i will break down the top five home run hitters in the ...
Game 19: June 2, 1941 It was back to work for most Cleveland residents. The crowd of 52,240 of the day before shrank to less than 6,000 for the Monday game. Despite Bob Feller on the mound, that twin bill setback might have hung heavy over the heads of the local fans. Regardless, those in attendance would see a dandy. Sure, Feller won. He ran his record to 10-2 and pitched a complete game. But the Yankees, nonetheless, took with them a feeling of accomplishment. Seven hits—including two Tommy Heinrich ...
During the 1995 offseason, New York Yankees general manager Bob Watson and new manager Joe Torre made some bold moves. They allowed free agent catcher Mike Stanley to sign with the Boston Red Sox and acquired Joe Girardi from the Colorado Rockies. Stanley was an offensive force that Girardi couldn't come close to matching. In his three seasons as the Yankees' regular catcher, Stanley batted .290, hit 61 home runs, and drove in 224 runs. Girardi, in seven years with the Chicago Cubs and then the Rockies, had hit .269 ...
I went to my first game at the new Yankee Stadium this week. Considering how much I love the Yankees, many of my friends have expressed surprised that I haven’t been to a game sooner.Obviously, none of them have priced the cost of a baseball game in the last 20 or so years. Frankly, if the tickets hadn’t been a gift (thank you), I never would’ve gone. As it turns out, I should’ve had a few bake sales to pay for the cost of everything else. My mom and I ...
Game 30: June 17, 1941 ABC News was still talking about it seven decades later. Sporting News columnists from time to time write about that “single” on June 17, 1941, at Yankee Stadium. The Walrus, a Canadian publication stirred the pot eight years after Joe DiMaggio died in 1999. And Kostya Kennedy’s book 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports devotes a whole chapter to that ground ball: “Everybody Needs A Little Luck.” So, about this hit extending The Streak to 30 straight—what’s so controversial? DiMaggio was ...
On Friday, we saw the Yankees and Cubs begin their three-game series from Wrigley Field.Doug Davis out-pitched Freddy Garcia, and the Cubs won the first game 3-1.Before the game, there were a lot of rumors floating around about the Yankees having major interest in a certain Cubs pitcher.The pitcher is one the Yankees have been linked to several times before, most notably this past winter after they lost out on the Cliff Lee sweepstakes.According to Bruce Levine of ESPN, that pitcher the Yankees are linked to again is Cubs ace ...
Derek Jeter’s pursuit of hit No. 3,000 has been put on hold, as “The Captain” was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right calf. Jeter, 36, who came off the statistically worst season of his career in 2010, in the offseason signed a new three-year contract with the Yankees worth $45 million, with an option for 2014. Jeter is arguably one of greatest shortstops in baseball history, or is he not? This question splits the baseball community. He has won five championships and been named World ...