Happy birthday Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer in baseball history. He turned 40 today. With Bob Sheppard officially retiring, Buster Olney wrote this blog post about the Voice of Yankee Stadium. When Olney was a beat writer for The Times he, Sheppard, and Eddie Layton would always rush to the first elevator out of the press box just after the game had ended. Olney to get to the clubhouse, Layton and Sheppard to beat the traffic. Olney here discusses how Florida will deal with the Josh ... Read Full Story
From Anthony McCarron:"I don't know that I'll last as long as Bob - the fact that he was working in his mid-90s is amazing in any job," Olden said Friday in a telephone interview. "This is one of the best jobs I've ever had, especially coming in the first year and going all the way, the team winning. When this comes along, you want the ride to go for a long time."Olden and Sheppard are friends, a relationship forged when Olden was a Yankee broadcaster in the mid-1990s and later when he did Ra... Read Full Story
The Save Gate 2 group has been fighting to get Yankee Stadium's Gate 2 preserves as part of the new Heritage Park. A few weeks ago it seemed like their chances of getting that to happen were slim, but as Pete Caldera reports, they have some reasons to be optimistic.At a public hearing last month, the city’s public design commission rejected the parks department’s plan for Heritage Park. "That was pretty good news for us," said Mark Costello, 56, another key member of the Save the Yankee Gate ... Read Full Story
Phil Rogers (hat-tip to Chad Jennings) is reporting that Bud Selig has told a group of five owners that he will stepS down after 2012 "because he has other things to do while he's able."Reached at his Milwaukee office Wednesday, Selig declined to discuss his conversations with ownership but confirmed he plans to stay on the job three more years. That means the next labor agreement, due to be negotiated in 2011, would be his final official act.Selig will leave with the legacy of being the man ... Read Full Story
Gawker (hat-tip to Zell's Pinstripe Blog) is reporting that they've received word via an email tipster that Derek Jeter will be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. According to the tipster, "the magazine will hand the title to the Yankees captain on Monday in a story by baseball writer Tom Verducci."The award is giving to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement."If this is true, Congrats to The Captain, the honor... Read Full Story
According Bob Elliott, he was told by an MLB executive that Roy Halladay would waive his NTC and approve a deal to the Yankees if the Yanks and Jays were able to work something out.“I don’t know who Toronto will wind up with,” a major league executive said Friday. “I don’t know when he is going and I don’t know where he’s going.“But I do know that Halladay has told the Jays he’ll approve a trade to the Yankees.”Back during the 2009 trade deadline it was reported that one of the teams Halladay... Read Full Story
A recent tweet from Jon Heyman:ive heard halladay-shopping jays like jesus montero of yanks (plus hughes/joba?) and casey kelly of redsox (plus buchholz?)I wouldn't do it. I'd just wait til he becomes a FA and pick him up from there. However, if the Red Sox are close to acquiring him then I'd probably give a second thought. Montero and Hughes should do it.
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From Ken Davidoff:Kevin Towers, fired last month as the Padres' general manager, told ESPN that he will meet with the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox and Mariners at the winter meetings in Indianapolis and decide which team to join - in an advisory role - shortly after.The odds favor the Yankees to land Towers, 48, who is widely respected throughout the industry for the job he did in San Diego.Davidoff mentions that Towers is friends with Brian Cashman and this could give the Yankees the edge to land... Read Full Story
I'm thankful for the GREAT season the Yankees put together and the whole organization included for helping out. Winning the World Series is something I can't put into words. Us Yankees fans got to thank ourselves too because without us, our team wouldn't go anywhere without our support. Go Yanks!!Thanks to all the readers out there. I created this site especially for you guys. Hopefully you and your family are having a good time this holiday.
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