Hal Steinbrenner keeps the Yankee Country Club intact by bringing back Aaron Boone
I have a confession to make. I didn’t want the New York Yankees to win a Wild Card spot this…
Read moreMy rainy report for Game 1 of the Subway Series
I thought I planned well for this year’s Subway Series. I would go to the Friday night game, instead of…
Read moreMy thoughts on Hal Steinbrenner’s excuse-making Zoom presser
/I haven’t watched that many Yankee games this season and I am only going to my first game of the…
Read moreYankee bloggers preview the 2020 season — and sports in the COVID-19 era — in ‘Playing Pepper’
/Each year, Squawker Jon and I participate in Daniel Shoptaw’s “Playing Pepper” series and talk about the state of our…
Read moreYankees waste fans’ time (and money) by cancelling Subway Series game at last minute
/I’m peeved. I bought one of the new Pinstripe Pass tickets (standing-room only admission to a Yankees game with a…
Read moreI’m running a 5K at Yankee Stadium
/Greetings. I have done four Spartan Races at CitiField, home of the New York Mets, including one just last month….
Read moreIt’s time for Opening Day! Let’s go Yankees!
/Greetings. I haven’t squawked in a long time. Been busy with real-world stuff — I ran three marathons in seven…
Read moreTime for a new paradigm with the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry
/Congratulations (grumble, grumble) to the Boston Red Sox on their 2018 World Series championship. No doubt that they were the…
Read moreStart spreading the news: The Red Sox beat the Yankees and I’m peeved
/So much for that Yankees-Red Sox rematch. The 2018 ALDS was obviously a disappointing (and frankly, kind of boring) series…
Read moreIt’s so on! Yankees finally have chance to get revenge against Red Sox
/I didn’t want to count my playoff chickens before they were hatched, so I waited to see if the Yankees…
Read moreWhat should the Yankees do about Gary Sanchez?
/I was appalled as YES broadcasters Bob Lorenz and Jack Curry were in the Yankee post-game bout catcher Gary Sanchez’s lack of hustle after a passed ball and lack of hustle on the basepaths in the ninth inning. It’s simply inexcusable.
Read moreLet’s stop the Robinson Cano revisionist history already
/So former Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano is going to have to serve an 80-game suspension for violating MLB’s PED…
Read moreWhat Bryant Gumbel should have asked Derek Jeter in his HBO interview
/When you have your tuchis kissed for 20 years, is it any surprise you think you’re infallible? That’s the story…
Read moreSo what will John Sterling’s home run for Gleyber Torres be?
/The hits keep on coming. The Yankees are becoming their youngest team in decades — on Sunday, everybody in their…
Read moreSubway Series roommates? Why do Giancarlo Stanton and AJ Ramos share an apartment?
/There is a lot to talk about when it comes to Giancarlo Stanton, the New York Yankees’ highest-profile new acquisition,…
Read moreBig news for Subway Squawkers! We’re moving on up!
/Greetings. As you may be aware, Subway Squawkers is part of thesportsdaily.com, a collection of top sports blogs. Now The…
Read moreMy next big running goal — the 4-Way Challenge With Extra Cheese at the Flying Pig Marathon!
Exciting news! I am doing the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, Ohio on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Not only that,…
Read moreSo what will John Sterling’s call for Giancarlo Stanton be?
Every time a new hitter joins the Yankees, it is fun to speculate what Yankee radio broadcaster John Sterling will…
Read moreIt’s Stanton Island! Derek Jeter gives the Yankees a Giancarlo Stanton gift basket for Christmas
Happy Holidays! Christmas came early for Yankeeland, thanks to former captain Derek Jeter. I woke up this morning thinking that…
Read moreIs Aaron Boone going to be Brian Cashman’s puppet?
The New York Yankees have hired Aaron Boone as their manager, and I’m not sure how I feel about that….
Read moreShocker! The Yankees are just 1 game away from the World Series!
I wish I could say “I told you so” about the state of the Yankees, but I did not see…
Read moreThe underdog (!) Yankees complete amazing comeback against Cleveland
It’s been a while. Not only has it been a while since the Yankees have been in an American League…
Read moreThree years later, I have to (gulp) praise Brian Cashman for the state of the Yankees
Have you ever had one of those “I have had it! Enough!” type of moments in life, where you decide…
Read moreAaron Judge makes great catch, snatches ball from ballhog Zack Hample
Last night’s Yankee game was the best playoff game I have watched in ages, for a variety of reasons. And…
Read moreTill I collapse: Getting through a major injury to get to the NYC Marathon
One of the things I didn’t fully appreciate as a Yankees fan (and as a sports fan) before getting involved…
Read moreThe bugged game: Joe Girardi mismanages in Cleveland
/When I think of Cleveland, I should think of LeBron James, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Drew…
Read moreShocker! Yankees win their first postseason game since 2012
Former Los Angeles Lakers (and New York Knicks!) coach Pat Riley coined an expression known as “The Innocent Climb” —…
Read moreMy NYC Triathlon Report — The Prequel!
When I wrote about me running the New York City Marathon last year, I described my accomplishment as being as “extremely improbable”…
Read moreBend the knee! Squawker Jon has to answer for the Mets in this podcast
Welcome to the second episode of the Subway Squawkers podcast! Listen to me gloat about the Yankees’ sweep over the…
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