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September 6 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:05:15 +0000

It’s only sporting to lead this day’s events off with the surpassing of one of the Yankees’ most dearly held records. On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr., played in his 2,131st game, taking the place of the beloved Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig, in the record books. Judge for yourselves, but despite having a lot of trouble with this earlier in life, I have to acknowledge that Cal handled the long years reaching the number,

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September 5 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:05:55 +0000

In a bid to further close a tight Wild Card race, Seattle’s Jarrod Washburn held a 2-1 lead and had allowed just two hits through six innings in Yankee Stadium on September 5, 2007, when Alex Rodriguez keyed an eight-run seventh inning with a leadoff home run and capped it with a two-run bomb. Derek Jeter kicked in with a triple, Phil Hughes allowed two runs over six innings, and Joba Chamberlain pitched a one-two-three

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September 4 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:05:53 +0000

The 12-3 Yankee win over Seattle in the Stadium on September 4, 2007 began an onslaught where the Yanks took firm control of the Wild Card lead from the pretenders from the West. Chien-Ming Wang allowed just one run on five hits pitching into the eighth, the first of two Jorge Posada homers gave him an early lead, and the home team jumped on Horacio Ramirez and the Mariners bullpen for 10 runs in the

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September 3 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:05:18 +0000

Another mini-Mantle fest starts with the defeat of Bob Lemon and the Indians on September 3, 1954, which snapped an 11-game Lemon winning streak. Mickey Mantle’s bomb way up into the right field upper deck in the sixth started the Yankee scoring, which resulted in a 3-2 Bomber win. On September 3, 1958, Mickey Mantle’s eighth-inning homer brought the Yanks even from having been behind Boston, 5-3. Once Yogi Berra hit a three-run ninth-inning shot

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September 2 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:05:20 +0000

It was Yankees in front of Boston in the standings on September 2, 2001. The venue was Fenway, the opposing pitchers, Mike Mussina and (at the time) Boston’s David Cone. Cone battled gamely through eight scoreless innings against the “perfect” Mussina, who lost his perfecto to Carl Everett’s single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, one half inning after Cone had allowed the only (unearned) run of the contest, on Enrique Wilson’s

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September 1 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:05:29 +0000

The Yankees and the Tigers went to the ninth inning scoreless on September 1, 1961, in front of the biggest American League crowd of the year, with Whitey Ford opposing Don Mossi. The 65,000+ in Yankee Stadium thrilled to the Yankees’ 1-0 victory in this battle for first place, as two-out hits in the bottom of the ninth from Elston Howard, Yogi Berra, and Moose Skowron plated the game winner. Playing centerfield, Yankee Tom Tresh

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August 31 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:05:27 +0000

In an August 31, 1995, game that I believe served as the template for a hilarious episode of the TV sit-com Seinfeld, Paul O’Neill homered in his first three at bats to drive in eight runs in an 11-6 win over the Angels in Yankee Stadium. It was not just the gaudy offensive stats, but the record too, that has many fans thinking the 1927 Yankees were among the best teams of all time. They

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August 30 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:05:09 +0000

The Yankees completed a three-game sweep over the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium with a 5-0 win on August 30, 2007, in a game where hometown starter Chien-Ming Wang threw no-hit ball until Mike Lowell singled with one out in the seventh inning. On offense, Robbie Cano homered off Curt Schilling his first two times up, Derek Jeter had four singles, and Bobby Abreu stroked his 400th career double. It was in this game that

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August 29 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:06:18 +0000

On August 23, 2003, when Ron Guidry Day was celebrated in Yankee Stadium, the team played uninspired baseball in a 7-2 loss to the Orioles in the game that followed. No such problem occurred on August 29, 1964, when the Yanks held Elston Howard Day. The Yanks took two from the Red Sox, 10-2 and 6-1. Joe Pepitone went yard three times, including a grand slam, and Roger Maris hit six singles. It was highlights

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August 28 in Yankee History

Dan McCourt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:05:54 +0000

Giving the lie to all the claims floating around Yankee Stadium in 2009, Robbie Cano sent a soaked fanbase home happy on August 28, 2009, when his 10th-inning three-run walkoff bomb against Chicago lefty Randy Williams gave the Yankees a 5-2 win. Rumor had it that Cano could only hit in non-rbi situations, and the game only went into extras because Nick Swisher made a great throw to nail a runner at home in

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