Thank the baseball gods, Anthony Rizzo is back in form at the plate. The Yankees’ first baseman looks well recovered from the long-undiagnosed concussion that tanked his 2023 season, batting .245 with seven homers and 27 RBI. Rizzo has also cut his strikeouts down and sits right on the border of average at 99 wRC+ with plenty of season left to improve. Anthony Rizzo the … [Read more...] about Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo problem will only get bigger and bigger
WATCH: Yankees launch three home runs in one inning vs. Padres
The Yankees kicked off a weekend series with the San Diego Padres on Friday, and soon put ace Yu Darvish on notice. It wasn’t from Aaron Judge’s sacrifice fly in the first inning either. Rather, the Yankees made their presence known with two outs in the third inning. After Anthony Volpe’s sacrifice bunt moved Austin Wells to second, Juan Soto started the party with a two-run … [Read more...] about WATCH: Yankees launch three home runs in one inning vs. Padres
New Yankees docuseries highlights season of team’s dark underside
“This is not that New York Yankees story,” a narrator says in the trailer. “This is the story they don’t want you to hear.” “I’m still trying to forget that team,” adds former skipper Buck Showalter, a solemn look on his face. Why would anyone ever want to forget anything about baseball’s most legendary, storied team, the New York Yankees? A new, wonderfully captivating … [Read more...] about New Yankees docuseries highlights season of team’s dark underside
New book finally defines the one and only true ‘Yankee Way’
“The story that is always told about the [New York] Yankees is wrong,” longtime general manager Brian Cashman has said multiple times, according to SNY’s Andy Martino. In a stroke of baseball genius, Martino defines it in a new book from Doubleday, The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era. So perfectly, in fact, that I must admit: I was wrong to rant … [Read more...] about New book finally defines the one and only true ‘Yankee Way’
Cheer up, these New York Knicks aren’t going anywhere
There, there, Knicks fans. Let all the tears out, even the ones that sting. Another NBA season has come and gone, once again in an uninspiring Game 7 in the East Semifinals. Adding insult to injury, the banged-up Knicks lost to the rival Indiana Pacers. All signs point to them or the even more hated Boston Celtics winning the Eastern Conference before being fed to either … [Read more...] about Cheer up, these New York Knicks aren’t going anywhere