The Voice of Yankee Stadium is Stilled-Bob Sheppard Dies

The voice of Yankee Stadium will speak no more. Millions of attendees of sporting events at Yankee Stadium for more than 50 years will miss hearing the stentorian tones of the iconic public address announcer. Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium for six decades died at his home in Baldwin, New York [...]

Gardner Slam Leads Yankees to 11-3 Victory over Blue Jays

Bronx,  NY – Brett Gardner hit his first career grand slam in the bottom of the third inning to help lead the New York Yankees (48-31) to an 11-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays (41-40) at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. To show how crazy the game of baseball can be the Yankees had [...]

Felix Hernandez Shuts Out Yanks, 7-0

Bronx, NY – For the second consecutive game, the Seattle mariners starting pitcher went the distance to hand the Yankees a defeat. On Monday, Cliff Lee pitched a complete game in an 8-3 win. On Tuesday, Felix Hernandez blanked the Yanks in nine innings of masterful hurling. The 24 year-old, Seattle hurler, has become one [...]

Not a bad weekend for the Mets despite losing series to Yanks even with a Santana loss

New York -Prior to the rubber game of their three game series in the Bronx Sunday against the Yankees, New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel was asked about his starting pitcher Johan Santana.  Is this the typical first half of the season for Santana, 5-3 and a 3.13 earned run average? “That’s just his history,” [...]

Yanks Blank Mets, 4-0

Bronx, NY—The old baseball maxim “good pitching always stops good hitting” was proved true again during the Sunday afternoon, Father’s Day, ballgame at Yankee Stadium between the Yanks and Mets. After being shut out by Mets pitching two days earlier, the Yankees returned the favor as CC Sabathia blanked the Mets for eight innings to [...]

Homers By Teixeira and Granderson give Yanks a 5-3 Win Over Mets

Bronx, NY—The long ball gave each team all but one run in the second game of the biannual Subway Series at Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. The home run ball was not an expectation for most observers as the young starters, Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey, are the first opposing starters to enter a [...]

Pelfrey was off but not Reyes in Mets loss to Yanks

Mike Pelfrey and Phil Hughes both 9-1 coming into Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium have been nothing but spectacular for the Mets and Yankees. The Mets winners of eight straight games, and the Yankees, losers of their last three were hoping for something special from their premiere pitchers. But Jose Reyes of the Mets connected [...]

Mets Blank Yanks in Subway Series Opener

Bronx, NY —Hisanori Takahashi, in his first start at the current Yankee Stadium, continued his streak of holding the Yankees scoreless. The Japanese born hurler made his first start of the season on May 21 against the Yanks at Citi Field. He led them scoreless for six innings, surrendering five hits and one walk. He [...]

COTTO VICTORY AND VERY BIZARRE AT YANKEE STADIUM

Bronx – The bizarre situations have occurred in a boxing ring over the years at championship fights.  There was Mike Tyson biting the ear of Evander Holyfield, the guy who parachuted in the ring disrupting the second Holyfield-Riddick Bowe heavyweight fight. And a riot in the ring at Madison Square Garden that ensued after Bowe [...]

Interesting first fight for a return of boxing at Yankee Stadium

Like the old days Saturday, it will be, because on the same day in New York City there is the traditional Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park. And later in the evening a major championship pro boxing card at Yankee Stadium. Though Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman are not Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, [...]

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