Posts Tagged ‘ny yankees’

Three Things You Never Knew About Baseball

Major League Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the USA – for many, it’s the national pastime. The top MLB stars command incredibly high salaries, and the money involved in each and every game is as astronomical as the interest from spectators all around the world. Every baseball fan knows the common […]

Di Di goes 2 for 4 with a Homer

ABOVE PHOTO: On Sunday, in his second rehab game with Class-A Tampa Yankee Di Di Gregorius (right elbow) homered on a 1-1 pitch to give Tampa the early lead in the first.  Gregorius was 2-4 on the day with a walk but struck out with two aboard in the ninth of a 3-1 loss to […]

Di Di last Extended

Playing in what could be his last extended spring training game before starting a rehab assignment with Class-A Tampa Gregorius (right elbow) went 0-6 hitting lead off for six innings against a Tigers squad. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

NYU Baseball hangs with the Grapefruit League

NYU Coach Doug Kimbler of Beekman Town, N.Y. takes in batting practice at LEMCO Field in Bradenton, Fl. with members of the NYU baseball team.  The team is holding spring workouts at the NY Yankees complex in Tampa.  Then on Tuesday night they will be hosting the Plattsburg State baseball team in a spring training […]

Yankees 4-1 over Pittsburgh in Spring One

Bradenton, Fla. —  Yankees first-baseman Billy McKinney broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth with a three-run homer off the Pirates pitcher Richard Agustin Rodriguez. Mississppi State Bulldog Jonathan Holder sent the Pirates down in the bottom of the ninth for the save.  J.P. Feyereisen got the gratuitous win with a scoreless 7th and […]

2017 Race for AL East

2017 in the American League East is shaping up to be another fight for the top spot.   In the past seven years since 2010, five different teams have won the title. The Tampa Bay Rays won in 2010 and have not been back on top since.  The NY Yankees won the following two years (2011 […]

Carl Everett in MSBL

  Former NY Yankees first round pick Carl Everett singles to right during the MSBL Fall Classic at the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater.  Everett who was taken 10th overall in 1990 by the Yanks was 2-3 with two RBI on Friday playing for the San Antonio Bombers.  The MSBL wraps up its first week with championship […]

AROD Teaches

Former Yankee great Alex Rodriguez spends time by the batting cage at the New York Yankees minor leaguecomplex on Friday.  “A-Rod” is scheduled to also spend time on Saturday working with the prospects in the Yankees Instructional Camp.  

Mother Nature Wins (Yanks 7-1)

The Philadelphia Phillies and a New York Yankees split squad did battle in a spring training game Tuesday at Bright House Field in Clearwater, but Mother Nature ultimately came out the winner in this contest. Rain delayed the start of the game 40 minutes, and play was interrupted after four innings due to bad weather. […]

Sister Kisser in Tampa

  Blue Jays right hander Jesse Chavez (1-) allowed two runs on three hits over three innings to pick up his first win of the spring as the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 11-4.  Chavez walked one, struck out one and allowed one home run.  David Adams went 3-3 with two doubles and two RBI for the Blue Jays […]