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It Happens Every Spring: A Retrospective Rundown of Yankees Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Spring Training, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on March 1, 2021 | 3 Comments »

(This updated post was originally published on February 16, 2011, and has since been updated before each season) For over 25 years, Tampa has been the Yankees’ spring training home, but it still seems like just yesterday when the team’s camp was located down the coast in Ft. Lauderdale. I am sure most fans who […]

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Yankees New Guest Policy Creating Base of Apathetic Fans

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, Mets, MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on September 30, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Judging by the dwindling crowds at the Stadium and declining audience on YES, Yankees fans haven’t exactly bought into the excitement of the wild card race. For most of the year, but particularly over the last month, apathy has replaced the usual fervor in the Bronx. And, even with a chance to clinch a postseason […]

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Updated: Solving Another Baseball “Movie Mystery”: What Game Did Harold Lloyd Film for his 1928 Classic “Speedy”?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Movies, Nostalgia, Yankee Stadium, Yankees, tagged , , , on August 10, 2015 | 9 Comments »

Thanks to the great work of Tom Shieber, a more definitive date has been determined for Babe Ruth’s home run in the classic film Speedy (see here for video). In a post over four years ago, I declared the mystery solved, having deduced that Harold Lloyd filmed Babe Ruth’s 54th home run in the second game of a double header […]

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Road Weary Yankees Leaving Bats at Home

Posted in MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on June 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

The Bronx Bombers are back, but only at Yankee Stadium. Most teams hit better at home, but this year, the Yankees have taken their splits to the extreme. Not only do they have one of the largest home/road disparities in the league, in terms of both OPS and runs scored per game, but the current […]

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Yankees Attendance, Ratings Rebound, but Bump Obscures Downward Trend

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on October 9, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Despite suffering another mediocre year on the field, 2014 was a rebound year for the Yankees in terms of fan engagement. TV ratings on YES were up 15%, while attendance at Yankee Stadium jumped nearly 4%. However, these increases belie a longer-term trend in the opposite direction. Yankee Stadium Attendance, 2009-2014 Note: Dotted line is […]

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Jeter, Gatorade Team Up to Honor Fans

Posted in Baseball, Derek Jeter, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on September 18, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

In July, Nike helped the country pay “RE2PECT” to Derek Jeter. Now, Gatorade and Jeter are teaming up to return the favor. This morning, Gatorade unveiled a new 90-second commercial in which Jeter literally and figuratively tips his cap to the fans who have honored him during his final season. Set to Frank Sinatra’s “My […]

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Baseball’s Never-Ending Road to Ruin

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on September 5, 2014 | 2 Comments »

Baseball is ruined! Again. According to a recent article in The Atlantic, the culprit this time around is Pitch f/x, a “simple technology” that inadvertently wrecked the game by encouraging umpires to call a more accurate strike zone. Who knew adhering to the rule book could prove so detrimental? Well, besides Tom Glavine, who made […]

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