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Another holiday list
As each year comes to a close, baseball writers center on their annual responsibility of voting for the Hall of Fame. Ballots are mailed out to writers Dec. 1 and due back in the hands to the Baseball...
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Tough Hall ballot for former Yankees
Last week’s Hall of Fame election was a tough one for those players with ties to the Yankees. Of the eight players on the ballot who spent time with the Yankees, five failed to get the five percent...
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Posada leaves quite a legacy
Here is how some of the people who crossed Jorge Posada’s path feel about the former Yankees catcher who made his retirement as a baseball player official Tuesday: Bernie Williams: “I want to...
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Kind of a perfect Sunday
I stopped in Sheppard’s Place, the media dining room behind the press box, to have breakfast Sunday with my pals Lee Mazzilli, John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. At the table next to us were David Cone...
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Piniella, Torre pay respects at Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Former Yankees managers Lou Piniella and Joe Torre were among the baseball people who came to the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend. I kidded them that they must be...
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Yanks trump Blue Jays in home runs
Nice weather has finally reached the area. You could tell the difference with all the home runs hit at Yankee Stadium Thursday night. Though it cooled off somewhat in the latter innings, a game time...
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Gardner pulled off an ‘Endy Chavez play’
I remember the first time I walked out on the field at Citi Field the year it opened in 2009 and looked at the left field wall and thought what a mistake the Mets made. Instead of an eight-foot high...
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Paulie’s nephew drafted by Yankees
Michael O’Neill, a nephew of former Yankees outfielder and current YES analyst Paul O’Neill, was drafted Friday by the Bombers in the third round (103rd player overall) of Major League Baseball’s First...
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Old-Timers’ Day June 23 at Yankee Stadium
Nearly 50 former Yankees players and managers will participate in festivities at the 67th annual Old-Timers’ Day Sunday, June 23, at Yankee Stadium. Ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. with...
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Politics does not belong in 9/11
For Bobby Valentine to politicize Sept.11, 2001 is amazingly in awful taste. The greatest single tragedy in the history of New York City should not be something that somehow got thrown into the...
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New additions coming to Monument Park
Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park will continue to expand this year with plaques commemorating the careers of Hall of Fame relief pitcher Goose Gossage, Hall of Fame-elect manager Joe Torre and two of the...
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Bobblehead promotions at Stadium
The Yankees and AT&T will feature four bobblehead promotions this season at Yankee Stadium. The promotional lineup has Mark Teixeira Thursday, June 19, against the Blue Jays; Lou Gehrig Wednesday,...
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Tino turned out to be a legend, too
The current issue of Yankees Magazine features an article I did on Tino Martinez, who was honored Saturday at Yankee Stadium with a plaque in Monument Park. Tino still couldn’t believe it until he...
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Military Appreciation Day Sunday at Stadium
MaryKay Messenger singing National Anthem at George M. Steinbrenner Memorial July 16, 2010 at Yankee Stadium The Yankees will pay tribute to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and the United...
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Tanaka draws attention; Phelps on DL
Trying to find a place to park in the Yankee Stadium garage Monday afternoon was some task. Masahiro Tanaka was at the Stadium for the first time since going on the disabled list, so the Japanese media...
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O’Neill finds deserving spot in Monument Park
Paul and Nevalee O’Neill unveil Monument Park plaque (USA Today photo)Chants of “Paul O-Neill” returned to Yankee Stadium Saturday as the popular right fielder dubbed “The Warrior” by the late George...
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Torre tribute to highlight homestand
Joe Torre will have his uniform number retired Saturday at Yankee Stadium.A tribute to former manager and new Hall of Famer Joe Torre, whose uniform No. 6 will be retired, will be at the center of the...
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Yankees deep-6 number for Joe Torre
At the latest number retired in Monument Park (left to right) Joe Torre’s sisters, Sister Marguerite and Rae; his son, Michael; his daughters Andrea and Lauren; his wife, Ali; Joe; Yankees managing...
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Girardi dunked; Yanks donate $100G to ALS
The Ice Bucket Challenge that has helped bring awareness to the debilitating disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) reached the Yankees Wednesday as manager Joe Girardi took part and then offered...
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Jeter still playing despite retirement party
Gerald Williams, Cal Ripken Jr., Dave Winfield, Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter.(New York Post photo)Derek Jeter saved the best for last. Another ceremony at Yankee Stadium, this one to commemorate the...
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