“I had a great time in New York,” … “It was probably the best baseball experience of my life, but this is the business and it was time to move on.” Those were the farewell words uttered by newly ex- New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin after signing a 2-year; $17 million deal with the [...]
Archive of posts tagged Hal Steinbrenner
Yankees Hot Stove: Pettitte waiting to see what Yankees do
The New York Yankees are all too familiar with this scenario that reportedly be decided by sometime next week according to the New York Daily News and also verified via a CBS Jon Heyman tweet. And it is waiting for southpaw Andy Pettitte to decide whether he is coming back for another season in pinstripes? Or not? Personally, as a [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Scott Hairston rumor
If someone told me that the New York Yankees first move of this off-season would be the signing of OF journeyman Scott Hairston, I would laugh. Well, according to multiple sources (NY POST; SB NATION; BRONX BASEBALL DAILY) on the World Wide Web that might just be the case. And not because inking Hairston is a [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: My Hal Steinbrenner conspiracy theory
The latest rumor swirling around Yankee Universe is not a potential signing of a big name free agent to fill one of the team’s numerous holes. It has been reported by the New York Times that media giant News Corp is close to a deal to own a minority share of the YES Network. The [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Championships are not cheap
The New York Yankees enter this off-season with so many questions that when I started mulling over the issues as a whole it actually is pretty discouraging. So to say that GM Brian Cashman has his work cut out for him might be the understatement of the century. Cashman has been the Yankees GM for 15-seasons, [...]
Yankees donate to American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy fans to follow
Please follow in the New York Yankees footsteps by donating any amount of money you can to help all the families who lost their homes in Hurricane Sandy. The Yankees always rise to the occasion in times of need, as Hal Steinbrenner released a statement almost immediately following Hurricane Sandy that the Yankees were donating [...]
Yankees: My plea for Soriano
The 2012 MLB season is as exciting as ever but thanks to the media to divert the attention, while at the same time putting Yankee Universe into a tizzy, about something that has nothing to do with the now. So, it came as no surprise when I read, courtesy of CBSSports.com Jon Heyman, that the return [...]
