Monthly Archives: June 2012

Hiro-K, Yan-K

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Bronx, N.Y., June 30, 2012 – It would be ridiculous to describe a team finishing the month of June with a four-game lead over their division as “struggling,” but coming off losing two starters to the DL, a pen-blown lead, and a blowout loss started by their newest replacement candidate, Hiroki Kuroda of the Yankees was facing a key date with the White Sox and ace righty Jake Peavy Saturday afternoon. And what a day to be on the “hot seat,” one of the hottest days in the 2012 New York summer. Continue reading →

June 30 in Yankee History

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  • June 30, 2011 was a great day three ways in Yankee Stadium, to start with a Thursday day game under gorgeous weather. Next, Yankee ace CC Sabathia reached a new career high in strike outs with 13 in a 5-0 shutout over the visiting Brewers. Francisco Cervelli drove in two with three singles and Robinson Cano had a first-inning two-rbi double, but Mark Teixeira had the most memorable hit, the 300th home run of his career in the home third inning. Continue reading →

    • June 29 in Yankee History

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  • A four-run fourth inning keyed by a Robinson Cano triple and three-run Russell Martin jack, along with a Jorge Posada home run later, suppled the offense, as A.J. Burnett outpitched Shaun Marcum in a 5-2 Yankee win over the Brewers on June 29, 2011. When Mariano Rivera came on for the save, he moved past Roberto Hernandez into 12th place in all-time major league appearances with No. 1,011. Continue reading →

    • June 28 in Yankee History

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  • You don’t earn a name like the Bronx Bombers lightly, but putting up numbers like the Yanks did on June 28, 1939, sure helps. The eight home runs they hit in the first game of that day’s doubleheader was a record. When they made it 13 on the day with five more in the second game, that was another, as were the 53 total bases they earned in the two games. Joe DiMaggio, Babe Dahlgren, and Joe Gordon each hit three home runs as the Yankees swept the A’s, 23-2 and 10-0. Continue reading →

    • June 27 in Yankee History

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  • It was a rarity in 1978 when Ron Guidry didn’t go deep into a game, and when the opposition scored. But the Yanks picked him up on June 27, when Gator only went six innings and gave up eight hits to the Red Sox. Graig Nettles won the game in the 14th inning with a two-run jack off Dick Drago, 6-4. Sparky Lyle got the win in relief, and Guidry’s record held at 13-0. Continue reading →

    • June 26 in Yankee History

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  • It’s not earth-shattering news that the Yanks often have days honoring ex-players, but they took advantage of the Old Timers Day festivities on June 26, 2011, to give tribute to retiring trainer Gene Monahan. In pregame ceremonies, Geno was given a Garth Books 10-gallon hat (and concert tix), a multi-signed Nascar helmet, a trip to the Alps, a Ford truck (perhaps with dog?), and a sitdown lawnmower. But the best were the funny player tributes by Derek Jeter: “He’s been here 100 years, I think”; and on tape from Don Mattingly: “He worked on Babe Ruth, you know.” Tino Martinez followed a Bernie Williams double with a home run to right to lead the Bombers past the Clippers in the three-inning 2-0 win in the OTD game. Then the Yanks used back-to-back Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada fifth-inning jacks, and another by Mark Teixeira in the eighth, to beat the Rockies 6-4. Continue reading →

    • June 25 in Yankee History

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  • Normally a seat in the high left-field corner, as in the new Yankee Stadium in 2009, is not a favored perch from which to watch a game. But I daresay there was no better place on my visit to PNC Bank in Pittsburgh on June 25, 2008, what with the gorgeous view of the Allegheny River beyond the left field fence. Rightfielder Bobby Abreu had a home run, scored twice, and drove in four in the 10-0 Yankee win after the Bombers had fallen to the Pirates the night before. Joba Chamberlain was the recipient of all the Yankee offense, and lefty Zach Duke started and took the loss for the Pirates. Continue reading →

    • June 24 in Yankee History

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  • The Yankees played a 17-inning game with the Tigers in 2003, and I attended an 18-inning battle with them in 1988 and another 17-inning contest a few years back. But they all pale in comparison to the 22-inning battle the Yanks won against the Bengals on June 24, 1962, the longest in innings in Yankee history. Jack Reed, who replaced Joe Pepitone in the 13th, stroked his only career major-league home run to win it for Jim Bouton and his weary teammates, 9-7. Continue reading →

    • June 23 in Yankee History

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  • The 16 strike outs David Cone recorded in a 5-2 win over the Tigers on June 23, 1997, were the most he had thrown in six years. Cecil Fielder‘s three-run home runs against his old club highlighted the offense. Bob Hamelin and Damian Easley home runs accounted for the Detroit scoring. Continue reading →

    • June 22 in Yankee History

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  • First baseman Jason Giambi was a one-man wrecking crew in the Yankees’ 4-1 win over Cincinnati on June 22, 2008. He reached base four straight times with a double, scored twice, and knocked in two to back Andy Pettitte‘s victory over young right-hander Johnny Cueto. Ken Griffey, Jr. homered for the lone Reds run, and George Steinbrenner‘s grandson Robert Molloy moved the games-remaining in the old Stadium counter from 43 to 42. Continue reading →