Former Yankee Owner Jacob Ruppert Belongs in The Hall

Jacob Ruppert’s plaque hangs in Monument Park in Yankee Stadium, but not in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
There are 31 pioneer/executives in the Baseball Hall of Fame — and Jacob Ruppert Jr. is not one of them.
Walter O’Malley, Tom Yawkey, Barney Dreyfuss, Charlie Comiskey and Larry and Lee McPhail are in. So [...]

Yay-Rod Went from The Depths to The Pinnacle in 2009

Everyone loves a parade, especially Alex Rodriguez, who came back from the depths to help lead the Yankees to a World Series win over the Phillies in 2009.
Alex Rodriguez hit rock bottom in the spring of 2009. Outed on steroid use, facing career-threatening hip surgery and considered A-Fraud by many fans, especially Yankee fans, Rodriguez [...]

Baseball’s All-Time Notable Quotables

“Willie Mays and his glove. Where triples go to die.”
That has always been one of my favorite baseball quotations. The quote and slight variations have been attributed to a variety of characters, everyone from former Los Angeles Dodgers executive Fresco Thompson to long-time Dodger announcer Vince Scully to the late Los Angeles sports columnist [...]

Sorry Pops, Yogi Gets The Nod over Dickey at Catcher

Yogi Berra, who has 10 rings and three MVPs, is the greatest Yankee catcher ever.
The other day I got into a discussion of the all-time Yankee team with my father, who  knows more about sports than anyone. Dad has seen ‘em all, from Ruth to A-Rod.
For the most part, compiling a list of the best  [...]

The Sorry State of New York (And New Jersey) Pro Sports

Unwatchable is a good word to describe the play of teams like the Knicks.
Now that the focus has shifted from the Yankees championship run, New York metropolitan area sports fans have had a rude awakening.
The veil has been lifted, and what we’re left with is mediocrity at best, and far beyond awful at worst.
So far [...]

World Serious: Facebook Thread Provides Divided Opinions

Some of the best sports fans I know are my colleagues and former colleagues in IBM communications. Heck, we should do live chat or perhaps sports talk radio.
Anyway, figured  you might  be interested in this thread about the 2009 World Series, Yankee resources, salary caps, and much, much more. Enjoy.
INITIAL COMMENT: Evil reigns [...]

27th Heaven: Yanks for The Memories

(Note: The SportsLifer took the day off from work to to attend the Yankees championship parade in lower Manhattan. No crowd estimates were available, but the ‘Lifer counted a million Yankee fans. Here is his report.)
The big city with an even bigger heart poured out its love for the New York Yankees as players, [...]

One More Championship for Yankees Core Four

Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte – Band of Brothers.
Any discussion of the New York Yankees and their 27th World Championship starts with the Core Four.
The Core Four — Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera — earned their fifth ring when the Yankees beat the Phillies in the 2009 [...]

The World Series: Yankee Panky and Phillie Phactoids

Former Indian Cliff Lee stopped the Yankees cold in Game One of the World Series.
Look at it this way. Things could be worse.
You could be a Cleveland Indians fan.
Two years ago the Indians were within one victory of a date with the Rockies in the World Series. They never got that win, blowing a 3-1 [...]

1950: Cheap Gas, President Truman, And A Yankee Sweep

In America in 1950, the last time the Yankees and Phillies met in the World Series, the average cost of a new car was $1,510 and filling it with gas cost 18 cents a gallon. Harry S. Truman was President. With World War II just five years removed, the Korean War began when North Korean [...]