Author Archives: Dan McCourt

September 13 in Yankee History

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  • The visiting Twins had the better of things for much of the September 13, 2021, battle in the Bronx once Minnesota bats reached Luis Gil for four first-inning runs (Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sano two-run homers). But late home runs from Joey Gallo and Aaron Judge equalled matters at 5-5 in the eighth. Once the Twins failed to plate their ghost runner in the 10th, Gary Sanchez sent the home crowd away happy when he singled in Gleyber Torres in the bottom half, 6-5 Yankees. Continue reading →

    • September 12 in Yankee History

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  • The Yanks followed up a 10-3 victory over visiting Tampa the day before with a 10-4 win on September 12, 2022. Second-inning home runs from Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, who had doubled in two in the first, and Oswaldo Cabrera staked the home team to a 10-1 lead, and they cruised from then on. Domingo German pitched the first, and seven Yankee hurlers followed. Continue reading →

    • September 11 in Yankee History

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  • September 11 is a tough day to write about, in any sense. I’ll just share one meaningless and one poignant Yankee memory. I was looking forward to going to the Stadium THAT day because I had sat through a two-hour-plus rain delay on the evening of 9/10/01. After a long wait above a very wet field on which no new rain fell during most of the delay, they called the Yankee game vs. the Red Sox. Needless to say, I never got to the 9/11 Yankees/White Sox tilt. And one of the most touching “Portraits of Grief” from the Times that I read was of the gentleman who was from Chicago, but had married and started his family in New York. He imbued a love of the game into his four daughters and was scheduled to take all four to that night’s game against his beloved White Sox before he perished in the World Trade Center. Continue reading →

    • September 10 in Yankee History

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  • Even though he failed to get the win, staff ace Gerrit Cole fulfilled his role in an eventual 4-3 win over Milwaukee in the Bronx on September 10, 2023, a game that went to extra innings scoreless. Cole went seven, Corbin Burnes eight. Once the Brewers scored in the 11th, Oswaldo Cabrera tied it with a double. Giancarlo Stanton led off the bottom of the 12th with a two-run bomb that equalled what had been plated in the top half. Finally, lefthander Anthony Misiewicz got the win (his one decision in the four games he has pitched with New York) after pitching the top of the 13th, once Kyle Higashioka walked it off with an rbi single in the bottom half; Anthony was recently dfa’d in 2024. Continue reading →

    • A Bear Poked

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    Lakeland, Fla., February 24, 2024; Yankees 22, Tigers 10 — The 2023 Yankees barely posted a .500 record, garnered a fourth place finish, and missed the playoffs altogether. A not pretty season to be sure, but it was uglier than that. In both August and September 2023, this team suffered losses in nine different games in which they failed to score as many as three runs. Continue reading →

    Fun, After the Sun

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    Tampa, Fla., March 6, 2023; Yankees 9, Pittsburgh 2 — There are a couple of things that need to be said about this Spring Training game. First, although many (assuming there are many?) reading this cannot presently appreciate it, the pleasure we experienced tonight is one you’ve all enjoyed, though we got to do it on March 6. It was a perfect baseball night, high 70s under a largely cloudless sky, as a full moon arose over the center field wall. Your day is coming, friends, but we were privileged to an early sight. Continue reading →

    When 8 > 3 + 5

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    Northport, Fla., May 5, 2023; Yankees 10, Atlanta 6 — Early, it looked to be a tough day for the Yankees in their game visiting the Braves at CoolToday Park Sunday afternoon, as the superb trio at the top of the home team’s lineup pounded new Yankee starter Carlos Rodon for five quick runs. Down 1-0 to an Oswaldo Cabrera home run to right in the top of the first, table setter Ronald Acuna Jr. started the first and third innings with well-struck shots, for an infield single, then a double, both down the third baseline. First baseman Greg Olson drove him in both times with a home run and hard single, and third sacker Austin Riley followed the latter with a two-run home run to left. Continue reading →