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June 2, 1941 - Yesterday

Lou Gehrig passes away sixteen years to the day after he replaced Wally Pipp.

June 2, 1925: Ninety-five years ago today - Yesterday

Wally Pipp had a miserable headache. The Yankees' first baseman asked to sit out the game, so manager Miller Huggins turned to his bench and penciled in Lou Gehrig. The rest is history.

MLB owner's newest counteroffer. - 2 days ago

MLB owners on Monday reportedly made a major shift in their negotiations with players on the structure of a 2020 season. ESPN's Jeff Passan reports that MLB is now willing to honor the March accord in which players agreed to prorate their 2020 salaries based on the number of games played but are also angling for a much shorter regular season -- in the neighborhood of 50 games, per Passan.

Players make MLB counteroffer in bid to save 2020 season - 3 days ago

The MLBPA made a counter-proposal to the league on Sunday in a bid to save the 2020 season, details of which include a 114-game slate, full prorated pay and a $100 million total advance to the players for showing up to spring training, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported.

Re: Memory Lane - 3 days ago

With all that's going on in 2020, how I wish I could go back to 1995.

Re: This is Frustrating - 7 days ago

Looks like MLB is trying to divide the union by making the top paid players take a 75% pay cut.

May 24, 1980 - 10 days ago

40 years ago today.

Re: Aaron Judge’s girlfriend Samantha Bracksieck name-drops Yankee during DUI bust - 12 days ago

I wonder how Aaron will handle the questions regarding his girlfriend "if" and when the season finally starts.

Aaron Judge’s girlfriend Samantha Bracksieck name-drops Yankee during DUI bust - 12 days ago

Aaron Judge’s girlfriend Samantha Bracksieck name-dropped the famous Yankees slugger during her DUI arrest, sobbing, “This is going to be so bad.” Bracksieck, 26, wept to cops in Scottsdale, Arizona over the bad p.r. she believed her arrest would bring for the famous right fielder, body camera footage obtained by TMZ shows.

Re: How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball - 14 days ago

Good point on Tanaka....

Re: Do tell!! - 14 days ago

Wow... That’s awesome!!

Re: How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball - 14 days ago

Did you watch TMKS yesterday? Michael said that a higher up in MLB texted him yesterday and said that this week is going to be very ugly in regards to "dirty laundry", and to just ignore it. The source also said that he believes a deal will get done.

Do tell!! - 14 days ago

What did he say in his note??

Re: Yankee Stadium Is Being Turned Into a Giant Drive-In Movie Theater This Summer - 14 days ago

All I know is... I miss Yankee Stadium so much that I may make the trip to The Bronx even it's just to see a movie.

How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball - 14 days ago

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S plan to start the season by July 4 relies on a dizzying array of moving parts, including the cooperation of 27 U.S. cities and a foreign country, the availability of more than 200,000 reliable coronavirus tests and a promise not to interfere with the nationwide fight to contain the pandemic. ESPN examined the challenges facing MLB as it struggles to get back on the fiel

Happy Birthday, Bobby Murcer... - 14 days ago

In what could've/should've been your 74th birthday.

Re: Yankee Stadium Is Being Turned Into a Giant Drive-In Movie Theater This Summer - 15 days ago

Actually the parking lot...

Yankee Stadium Is Being Turned Into a Giant Drive-In Movie Theater This Summer - 15 days ago

In an exclusive, Time Out New York announced a new festival-like event known as Uptown Drive-In that will take place in the Yankee Stadium parking lot. Starting in July, the parking lot will transform into a hotspot that's part drive-in movie theater and part local concert venue. On Fridays through Sundays, attendees can roll up in their vehicles and enjoy either a movie or live performance,

Re: I found it!! It could've been Chris Chambliss. - 19 days ago

Thanks a lot, George Scott!!

Here's what sports looked like during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic - 19 days ago

It’s worth it to look back at what sports looked like during the 1918 influenza pandemic, commonly called the Spanish flu. That pandemic lasted 15 months and killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, including approximately 675,000 Americans, according to HISTORY. More than 500 million people — about one-third of the population— were infected around the world. What did MLB look l

I found it!! It could've been Chris Chambliss. - 19 days ago

Six minutes had passed and nobody had scored the run. Would it be Chris Chambliss? He took off from 3rd base in Milwaukee when Yankee teammate Ron Blomberg rapped a base hit to 1st baseman George Scott. The Boomer decided to go for the lead runner, throwing Chambliss out at the plate. “We were hoping it would be us,” remembers Marty Appel, then director of public relations for the Yankees. “We

Four seconds?? - 19 days ago

I tried to find that info on the Yankee player who was out at home in a Google search. I couldn't find it, but what I did find out is that Watson beat Dave Concepcion in scoring the 1,000,000th run by four seconds!!

I remember that!! - 19 days ago

I remember (1976 I think) when Bob Watson was being credited for scoring the 1,000,000th run in MLB history!! Did you guys know it could've a Yankee player (I can't remember who) that scored the 1,000,000 run?? Whoever it was, he was tagged out at home. The crazy things I remember.

Bob Watson former NY Yankees General Manager, dies at 74 - 19 days ago

Bob Watson, a two-time All-Star as a player who later became the first black general manager to win a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1996, has died. He was 74. The Houston Astros, for whom Watson played his first 14 major league seasons, announced the death Thursday night. Watson died from kidney disease, according to his son.

Re: Baby steps... - 20 days ago

I love the DH, as I hate watching pitchers try to hit.

Re: YES DH Alert - 20 days ago

On Yogi's 95th birthday, the MLB channel televised Righetti's no hitter, Gooden's no hitter, Boomer's & Coney's perfect games, capped off with Don Larsen's World Series perfect game. I Tivo'd Larsen's gem.

Here's the photo... - 21 days ago

Baby steps... - 21 days ago

MLB players expected to approve universal DH for 2020 season, report says. The Players Association is expected to approve the league's proposed DH plan, which would see all teams adopt a designated hitter for the 2020 season, according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman.

Did you see that photo of CC?? - 21 days ago

He looks like a present day NFL lineman than a retired MLB player!!

Re: Michael Kay's advice: Give it two weeks - 21 days ago

Michael Kay said yesterday that the owners should stop leaking details to the press, and keep the negotiations behind closed doors.