Living The Good Life: Yankees in The World Series….Again

My first World Series memory: Yankees-Braves, Game 4, 1957, Milwaukee.
‘m a Yankee fan, from a long line of Yankee fans. My father is a Yankee fan. My family, friends, you got it. Yankee fans. Very happy Yankee fans right now.
My father saw Monte Pearson no-hit the Indians in 1938. Some 60 years later, my [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Yankees-Mariners 1995 Playoff Was History in The Making

Ken Griffey, Jr.  slides home with the winning run as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees in the deciding Game Five of the 1995 ALDS.
The other night the MLB Network ran a replay of the fifth and deciding game of that fantastic 1995 American League divisional series between the Yankees and the Mariners. [...]

Walkway Over the Hudson: Bridging the Ages

The  southern view from Walkway Over the Hudson shows the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
Way back in 1889, the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge opened,  spanning the Hudson River and linking New York and New England to an extensive railway network for both passengers and freight.
The bridge was considered an engineering marvel of the day, and at one time [...]

Hometown Heroes: The Best Athletes from White Plains

Former Washington Redskin and Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Art Monk is the best athlete ever to come out of White Plains.
I was born and raised in White Plains, New York, 27 miles north of midtown Manhattan, the county seat of Westchester, famous for a Revolutionary War skirmish against the British in 1776. [...]

The 10 Best Football Games at Yankee Stadium

Earlier this week, a new bowl game to be played in Yankee Stadium in 2010 was announced at a press conference in the Bronx. The game, to be played between Christmas and New Year’s Day, will feature the third- or fourth-place finisher in the Big East against the seventh-place team in the Big 12.
Bronx borough [...]

10 Things You May Not Know About Yankees Vs. Red Sox

The Yankee-Red rivalry began in 1903 when the soon-to-be World Champion Boston Americans faced the New York Highlanders.
The Yankees and the Red Sox weren’t always the Yankees and the Red Sox. When the teams first met in 1903, the New York Highlanders squared off against the Boston Americans. And predictably, in one of their very [...]

Remembering The Boys of Summer

I see the boys of summer in their ruin
Lay the gold tithings barren,
Setting no store by harvest, freeze the soils.
Dylan Thomas, I See The Boys Of Summer
During the 10-year period from 1947 to 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers won six National League; two other times they were denied on the final day of the season. [...]

10 Essential Web Sites for the The Baseball Junkie

Just like the old Yankee Stadium scoreboard, these essential Web sites help     baseball fans keep on top of the game.
Wanna know who made the last out in Don Larsen’s perfect game? How many doubles Ted Williams hit in 1941? Who’s pitching ’s pitching for the Cardinals tonight? Where was Hall of Famer Eddie Collins [...]