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Hot Stove Players of the Week: Burnett, Sabathia & Pettitte
August 14, 2009
Last night I had a dream that the New York Mets were trying to win a game with this lineup: Cory Sullivan, Luis Castillo, Fernando Tatis, Daniel Murphy, Jeff Francoeur, ...Hot Stove Player of the Week: Johnny Damon
August 7, 2009
The Yankees-Red Sox war resumed last night in the Bronx. Of course, one of the great players in this rivalry was Thurman Munson, who tragically died 30 years ago Sunday, and Jorge ...Hot Stove Player of the Week: CC Sabathia
July 24, 2009
Monday was the 40th anniversary of mankind's greatest feat: The moon landing. This week the Mets couldn't achieve mankind's easiest feat: Winning a series against the Washington Nationals. The whole ...A New York All-Star Game Retrospective
July 13, 2009
The Midsummer Classic has been played in New York City eight times—on four occasions at Yankee Stadium, twice at the Polo Grounds, once at Ebbets Field and once at Shea ...Hot Stove Player of the Week: Hideki Matsui
July 10, 2009
After taking a two-week absence to quietly ponder the Hot Stove Player of the Week’s place in modern society and how it can benefit mankind as a whole, it’s back ...Q&A with Thurman Munson Biographer: Marty Appel
July 6, 2009
Marty Appel is the behind-the-scenes Mr. Yankee. He was the PR guru for the Yankees back in the 1970s, and you’ve seen him in Yankeeographies and anywhere else a Yankee ...Fun for the Family: Yankee Coloring Book a Smashing Good Time
June 29, 2009
When I was a little kid, coloring books were still really popular. Nowadays, with the spread of the Internet and new forms of electronic entertainment, it seems like books are ...Hot Stove Player of the Week: Jorge Posada
June 5, 2009
The Yankees’ major league record of 18-straight errorless games came to an end this week. They also lost a game started by Carl Pavano, whose record of four-straight years of stealing ...Derek Jeter: Most Underrated Player of All-Time
May 24, 2009
Since the Yankees are over .500, I’m feeling the pinstripe bandwagon right now. Let’s talk about someone who doesn’t get enough credit, and that man is Derek Jeter. Over the past ...Barry Bonds: The Last Piece to New York’s Championship Puzzle
May 22, 2009
On the eve of what could be the Yankee’s first double-digit game wining streak in quite some time, I’m beginning to see that old Yankee fire burning again. The team ...