Now it’s baseball season. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox just brawled. The rival teams squared off in the seventh inning at Boston’s Fenway Park on Wednesday after Yanks batter Tyler Austin charged at Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly for throwing a ball right into his back. The scene got pretty chaotic: Yankees […]
It’s a strange phenomenon that has taken root since President Donald Trump took office. Every time a major event occurs, those inhabiting the Twitter universe unearth an old Trump tweet, many of them sent while he was still just a reality TV star, and find that it can be related to today. On Saturday, we learned […]
A strange phenomenon has happened since President Donald Trump took office. Every time a major event arises, the people of Twitter unearth an old Trump tweet, many of them sent while he was still just a reality TV star, and find that it can be related to today. On Saturday, we learned that the phenomenon […]
It’s Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, with the Houston Astros hosting the New York Yankees. The Astros are facing elimination, but they’ll have Justin Verlander on the mound, coming off one of the best postseason starts in baseball history. The Yankees have some margin for error, but they’d appreciate it if Luis […]
Welcome to the live blog of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. The Houston Astros are two wins away from the World Series, and the New York Yankees are a win away from a nearly insurmountable challenge. The good news for the Yankees if they lose is that a team has come back […]
The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, in the American League wild-card game on Monday night, but the lasting image from the game wasn’t of home run balls hit to the seats of Yankee Stadium. It was a ball that hit much closer to home. As a crowd of 49,280 spectators at the […]
This judge is definitely showing some bias. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, showed love for her hometown by dressing up in support of her home team on Thursday, when the New York Yankees played their arch-rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Sotomayor showed up at Yankees Stadium in judicial robes to give some […]
The Yankees got the stabilizing rotation presence they wanted, as Jack Curry broke the news that New York had reached agreement with the A’s on a deal for Sonny Gray. Yahoo!’s Jeff Passan quickly confirmed the three prospects going back to Oakland in the deal: Jorge Mateo, James Kaprielian, and Dustin Fowler. Gray slots right […]
After completing a 7-player megatrade with the Yankees in which Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle were all shipped out of town, the White Sox have officially called up top prospect Yoan Moncada from the minors. The team made the announcement late Tuesday night, giving fans what they had been waiting for pretty much […]
There can only be one Captain. The Yankees are retiring Derek Jeter’s No. 2 and will unveil his Monument Park plaque on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2017. The shortstop’s final season was in 2014. He retired with 3,465 career hits over 20 seasons, making him sixth on MLB’s all-time list. He’s only the 22nd player in […]