Every MLB: The Show cover star since 1997 Let's look at every MLB: The Show cover athlete from the past two and a half decades. USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 1, 2023
Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Winners and Losers Editors’ note: This newsletter includes graphic descriptions of sexual misconduct allegations as well as domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or at https://www.thehotline.org/. Scott Rolen on ... Sports Illustrated · Jan 27, 2023
Paul Sullivan: Joe Kelly has a lot to get off his chest: 5 takeaways from the White Sox reliever’s upcoming book CHICAGO — Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four,” a tell-all book by the former knuckleballer as he struggled through the 1969 season, is regarded as a classic piece of baseball literature. Chicago Tribune · Jan 19, 2023
Paul Sullivan: 2022 was the year of the sports apology, from Josh Donaldson to Kyrie Irving to Rocky Wirtz CHICAGO — Sorry seems to be the hardest word, as the great philosopher Elton John once noted. Chicago Tribune · Dec 15, 2022
Where the Braves’ payroll stands, what it could mean for rest of offseason A couple of months ago, Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his goal was for the organization to eventually have a top-five payroll – but did not specify when. Recently, Liberty Media President and CEO Greg Maffei echoed this sentiment. Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022
Yankees’ best available options this winter are their own free agents and prospects Yankees fans are angry. Hal Steinbrenner admitted that himself. However, for those looking for drastic changes to be made to this current lineup, there are not many places to go up from what Brian Cashman already had. Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022
Yankees unable to rally, fall into 0-2 hole in ALCS clash with Astros HOUSTON — Aaron Judge ran up the first base line with his bat in his right hand in the eighth inning Thursday night, hoping he’d broken the spell. The Yankees slugger watched in almost disbelief as the fly ball he hit hard died just over the right-field warning track and… Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022
Justin Verlander’s beautiful 82 mph curveball led to the saddest swing by the Yankees’ Josh Donaldson The Yankees 3B had the saddest strike out of the playoffs. USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 20, 2022
Yankees' Aaron Hicks out for remainder of postseason after suffering left knee injury in Game 5 win NEW YORK — After a collision in left field knocked him out of Game 5, the Yankees' Aaron Hicks underwent an MRI on his left knee and told reporters that his season is over. Hicks estimates that he’ll be out six weeks. Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022
The Dodgers and Braves Are Getting Outplayed By the end of tonight, the top two teams in the National League could be eliminated from the postseason at the hands of their two division foes. If this happens, it won’t be because the Dodgers and Braves were victims of bad luck. No, simply, it will be because they… Sports Illustrated · Oct 15, 2022
Jose Ramirez’s blooper could shift course of Yankees’ season NEW YORK — A fading looper that went 200 feet — not even far enough to clear the fences at the Little League World Series — could very well be the play that defines the Yankees’ entire season. Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022
Gerrit Cole Shines Under the Bronx’s Bright Lights in Game 1 Pitching in his first postseason home game as a Yankee, Cole exhibited escapability that’s occasionally eluded him to lead New York to victory over Cleveland. Sports Illustrated · Oct 12, 2022
Gerrit Cole strikes out 8 in 6.1 innings, Yankees win 4-1 over Guardians in ALDS opener NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole survived his “bugaboo”, the long ball, and was sharp in his first playoff start in the Bronx in pinstripes. The Bombers hit two homers to overpower the Guardians and take Game 1 of the American League Division Series 4-1 Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022
Yankees’ Donaldson Commits Home Run Blunder in Win Over Guardians It’s every hitter’s worst nightmare. Sports Illustrated · Oct 12, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022 Yankees' Donaldson trots too soon, thrown out on near HR Josh Donaldson went into a home run trot too soon, and his latest failure to hustle turned into an embarrassing out in the playoffs
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 12, 2022 Yankees’ Josh Donaldson was embarrassingly thrown out after misjudging a HR and MLB fans dragged him This was not a good look for Josh Donaldson.
Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022 Aaron Judge stuck on 60 homers as Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-5 NEW YORK — The Yankees got three home runs Saturday to beat the Red Sox, 7-5, at Yankee Stadium, but the sold-out crowd of 47,611 left the ballpark disappointed. For the fourth straight game, slugger Aaron Judge did not hit a home run, remaining one away from tying the 61-year-old…
Sports Illustrated · Sep 23, 2022 The Undeniable Thrill of Waiting for Aaron Judge to Hit 62 I’ve never experienced anything like the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium the last three nights. The Yankees won all three games, the first on a walk-off grand slam and the third via a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to clinch a playoff berth. Yet, all of that felt secondary…
Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022 Brandon Woodruff shuts down Aaron Judge, Yankees as Brewers get 4-1 win MILWAUKEE — The Yankees are expecting reinforcements soon, but with 17 games left in the regular season the question is do they have enough time to be a playoff contender. Saturday night, they didn’t look like it as Willy Adames and the Brewers beat them again, this one a 4-1…
Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022 First-place Twins can’t handle Yankees’ power in series opener NEW YORK — All but one Twins pitcher gave up a home run Monday, as the Twins lost to the Yankees, 5-2, at Yankee Stadium.
Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022 Rays beat Yankees, cut AL East lead to 5 games ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays did what they could Friday afternoon to tamp down expectations and defuse the hype over the weekend series with the struggling Yankees. Almost to a man, they insisted they were focused only on winning Friday’s game and not the rapidly shrinking margin between them…
Los Angeles Times · Sep 1, 2022 Shohei Ohtani's 30th homer delivers powerful closing argument as Angels beat Yankees Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge got lost in the pitching duel between Angels starter Patrick Sandoval and New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Through their first two at-bats, Ohtani and Judge were hitless. Judge struck out twice, and Ohtani hit a fly-out and a pop-out.
Tribune News Service · Aug 28, 2022 A’s rookie stymies New York Yankees, makes bid to stay in starting rotation OAKLAND, Calif. – Adrián Martínez started the sixth-inning at-bat against Aaron Judge with an 81 mph slider for a strike, which was followed by a mid-90s sinker that caught the inside part of the plate.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 23, 2022 Yankees Searching for Superstitious Solutions Amid Skid Changing cleats? Check. Burning sage? Check. Nothing has worked yet for New York as it tries to escape a frustrating slump, but not for a lack of trying.
Tribune News Service · Aug 18, 2022 Josh Donaldson’s walk-off grand slam in 10th saves the day as Yankees earn improbable win over Rays, 8-7 NEW YORK — Josh Donaldson needed it. Aroldis Chapman and the Yankees needed it more. The struggling veteran infielder hammered a fastball with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Yankees an 8-7 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium.