By Dick Kaegel George Brett says he never tires of talking about the Pine Tar Game, the curious moment of baseball history that defines him to today’s fans. Brett met the press on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium, a day in advance of the 30th anniversary of what has become a video classic of the incident on July 24, 1983, at old Yankee Stadium. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list from his strained right quadriceps next Saturday against the Rays at Yankee Stadium, but it is less than certain that he will be able to do so. …read more
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By Marty Noble Heroes and villains seldom fade away in his city, not when they have done their best or worst on a baseball field. How many years ago did Gionfriddo deny Joe D. in the World Series? And though the Dodgers, that Yankee Stadium and both players are gone, this market holds to that moment. Like elephants and rock and roll, New York City doesn’t forget. …read more
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By Josh Vitale On Friday, the Yankees invited the HOPE Week alumni from 2009-2012 back to Yankee Stadium for a reunion. They spent the previous five days inducting new members. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch Hiroki Kuroda returned from a 73-minute rain delay to provide a five-inning start, and Boone Logan recorded three clutch seventh-inning strikeouts to preserve the lead, leading the Yankees to a 2-0 victory over the Twins at Yankee Stadium. …read more
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By Paul Casella On Saturday, the Yankees placed two more regulars on their ever-growing disabled list and ace CC Sabathia struggled at times, but a pair of rallies helped the club defeat the Blue Jays, 5-4, at Yankee Stadium.
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By Bryan Hoch The Yankees were dealt two serious early blows to their starting battery but hung around to pick up the win, taking advantage of 10 walks to weather three Toronto homers and post a 6-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday at Yankee Stadium.
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By Steve Gilbert The D-backs scored four runs in the 12th inning to beat the Yankees, 6-2, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
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By Rob Quinn The New York Yankees paid a touching tribute to the home of their arch-rivals last night by playing unofficial Red Sox anthem “Sweet Caroline” at Yankee Stadium at the end of the third inning against Arizona. There was also a pregame moment of silence for Boston bombing victims and a…
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By Andrew Marchand To honor Boston, the New York Yankees will play the Fenway Park traditional song, “Sweet Caroline,” following the third inning of Tuesday night’s game at Yankee Stadium.
By The Huffington Post News Editors
The Brewers Association defines craft brewers as small, independent and traditional. More specifically, the brewers must produce six million barrels of beer or less, and “less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.”
When writer Amanda Rykoff went to opening day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, she discovered that the Yankees had a new “Craft Beer Destination,” featuring Blue Moon, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Crispin Cider and Batch 19. Slight problem though: none of those are craft beers. They are all produced by MillerCoors, which certainly doesn’t fall under the Brewers Association definition. Moreover, Crispin isn’t actually a beer, and the Summer Shandy isn’t 100 percent beer.
“Once again, the Yankees have figured out yet another way to charge a superior price for an inferior product,” Rykoff lamented on her Tumblr.
From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/yankees-craft-beer_n_3091566.html
By Bryan Hoch Hiroki Kuroda sailed through nine scoreless innings in a masterful performance, leading the Yankees to a 3-0 victory over the Orioles on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium.
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By Brittany Ghiroli The Orioles hit three homers and got a solid start from Jason Hammel to top the Yankees, 5-3, on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.
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By Paul Casella It wasn’t ideal baseball weather, but the Yankees finally returned to action Friday night after consecutive rainouts and picked up right where they left off with a wacky 5-2 victory over the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.
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By Barry M. Bloom For the first time since July 8, 2010, in Seattle, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera both pitched for the Yankees in a regular-season game. Just like Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, Pettitte started, Rivera finished, and the Yankees won, this time defeating the Red Sox, 4-1. …read more
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By Mike Bauman Winning two out of three games in Yankee Stadium can’t be seen as a negative, even though the current circumstances seem to make a sweep much more possible than usual. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch Andy Pettitte provided the vintage performance the Yankees were looking for, hurling eight strong innings to lead his club to its first win of the year, a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. …read more
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By hnn
Late one recent night on Bible Street in Cos Cob, Conn., in the carpeted basement apartment of a gray bungalow, Mike Sandlock, 97, had a dream that he was in Yankee Stadium.
A tall, white-haired great-grandfather, he stood at the plate, under pressure to hit a home run. “I says: ‘That’s not me! I’m not a home run hitter!’ ” Sandlock protested. Nonetheless, he crushed one into the right-field stands, then woke up.
“I have crazy dreams anyway,” Sandlock said dismissively.
About 82 years earlier, when Sandlock lived about three miles from where he does now, he took the train one day to the Bronx with his older brother. It was his first time in Yankee Stadium, and Babe Ruth was in his prime. Sandlock sat in the right-field bleachers, and Ruth hit a towering drive well over the teenager’s head….
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By Barry M. Bloom The John Farrell era for the Red Sox began with a win in the opener against the arch-rival Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Monday — and for one day, at least, life was very good. …read more
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By Ian Browne and Bryan Hoch If Jackie Bradley Jr. was feeling any Opening Day jitters, they certainly didn’t present themselves when he put his head on the pillow on Sunday night. When Bradley got to Yankee Stadium for his Major League debut, he found himself on the lineup card, batting eighth and starting in left field against ace left-hander CC Sabathia. …read more
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