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Ca-Nova Stalls Detroit

Dan McCourt — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:18:27 +0000

Bronx, New York, October 1, 2011 – Well, it took 26 hours and 55 minutes, four “starting” pitchers and two entrances to (and exits from) the Stadium, but the Yankees have finally taken the first game of their 2011 ALDS battle against the Tigers. The game was halted by a monsoon Friday night, and rains threatened to mess with the Saturday restart as well, but as it turned out all the fans and players had

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Let’s try it again tomorrow. And Sunday…

Sue — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:52:51 +0000

The postseason continues as the season went — no more play today...

Bronx, N.Y., September 30, 2011 – Why should the postseason be any different than the regular season? Rain, rain, go away…

Three Times a Fighter

Dan McCourt — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:05:31 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., October 20, 2010 — The Yanks survived with a 7-2 win in ALCS Game 5 Wednesday, so I guess it follows that CC Sabathia was his automatic self and just mowed the visitors down. Well, not exactly.

It’s a simple game. One pitcher has to face nine batters. Wednesday CC did exactly that, three times. He retired 18 of the 27 batters through six innings and handed a lead to his bullpen. But

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Better All the Time

Dan McCourt — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:14:31 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., October 9, 2010 — Although the larger story may have been that the Yanks swept the Twins in three games to win the 2010 ALDS in Yankee Stadium 6-1 on Saturday night, for Phil Hughes the bigger aspect may have been a more personal one. Exactly one year ago, the Twins put an ugly inning on Phil at the worst possible time, and although to all accounts he seems to be a pleasant

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Canyon Caps Sizzling Season

Dan McCourt — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:42:01 +0000

Downtown Manhattan, N.Y., November 6, 2009 — The woman getting on the 6:34 (out of Rye) in New Rochelle was grateful that I slid over and let her have the outside seat of two, but I was glad for the company. "Oh my," she said, "it seems we have a few young fans heading to the

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Designated Hero

Dan McCourt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:54:40 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., November 4, 2009 — You had to hand it to the sports prognosticators following the Yankees’ Game Six World Series victory Wednesday. To a man, they all knew it was about pitching, and how rested the pitchers starting for each team would be. The astounding thing is that so many knew that that was the key, but so few realized for which pitcher that would be the bigger problem

The veteran Pettitte would

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Andy Pennant

Dan McCourt — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:36:34 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., October 25, 2009 — Fulfilling their role as overseers of what goes on in the Big City, the New York Times reported on Saturday that the concrete covering some of the ramps in new Yankee Stadium was crumbling. From what I saw following the Yankees’ 5-2, Game 6 ALCS-clinching victory over the Angels, they needn’t have worried. Fans were soaring out of the Stadium without their feet ever touching the ground.

Thanks to

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AJ, A-Rod, A-OK

Dan McCourt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:34:41 +0000

Despite the fact that AJ pied Mark Teixeira a week ago, the entire Yankee hurling staff should chip in and buy Tex and his family all the pie they can eat. He saves runs every day at first base.

Bronx, N.Y., October 17, 2009 — You could look at Game 2 of the ALCS as two games. The first one was mostly dry, and Joe Saunders and AJ Burnett battled superbly to a seven-inning 2-2

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Bewitched in the Bronx

Dan McCourt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:32:41 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., October 16, 2009 — The Yanks beat the Angels 4-1 in Game One of the ALCS Friday night in a game where the Halos contributed to their own demise with uncharcateristically sloppy play. But whatever was affecting the Angels had the Scoreboard operators off their game as well. The only ones who played their “A” game were the dominant Yankee starter CC Sabathia and the fellow members of his team.

Featuring a stellar

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Possible Dream

Dan McCourt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:30:38 +0000

Bronx, N.Y., October 9, 2009 — Milling around the new train station at Yankee Stadium Friday night following the Yanks’ improbable come-from-behind win, the big joke went something like: “Boring game, huh?” But move those delirious people back in time two hours, and nobody would have seen what was so funny. For the second straight postseason game the Yanks and their fans (hey, we buy the tickets) got their money’s worth when both CC Sabathia

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