Besides being the birthday of the legendary George M. Steinbrenner III, the Fourth of July has had special significance to the Yankees because of two great events that occurred on that day. The first took place on July 4, 1939, when the team honored Lou Gehrig, who was recently forced into retirement by a mysterious […]
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Fourth of July Fireworks from Yankees’ History
Posted in Baseball, MLB, Video, Yankee History, Yankees on July 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Piniella Makes YES Debut, Evokes Memories of First Opener as Bomber’s Skipper (Video of 1986 Opening Day Embedded)
Posted in Baseball, Video, Yankees, tagged Lou Piniella, Opening Day, WCBS, WPIX on April 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Lou Piniella made his regular season debut in the YES booth when he joined Michael Kay and David Cone in calling the Yankees’ season opener. Even though the disappointing 7-6 loss put a damper on the occasion, Piniella’s first Opening Day as a broadcaster evoked fond memories of his debut as manager of the Bronx […]
Breaking Down the Yankees’ Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included)
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Spring Training, Video, Yankees, tagged Dave Righetti, Don Mattingly, Phil Rizzuto, WNYW, WPIX on February 22, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Over the next six weeks of Spring Training, there will be plenty of time to breakdown the Yankees’ roster and assess the team’s prospects for the 2012 season. Before looking ahead, however, I thought it might be fun to travel back 26 years and see how the Yankees looked heading into the 1986 season. Provided […]
Yankee Classic (Video): A Memorable Mattingly Moment
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Video, Yankees, tagged Don Mattingly on January 6, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Don Mattingly only hit two walk off homer runs in his career. The first, which came against the Minnesota Twins on May 13, 1985, just so happens to be one of my favorite moments growing up as a Yankee fan in the 1980s (the other walk off came against the Brewers in 1989). To set the […]