- In an underattended 2021 Spring Training game in Tampa on March 5, the Yanks almost beat visiting Detroit on Gleyber Torres‘s fourth-inning home run, but the Tigers tied in the eighth, a frame in which righty Addison Russ walked four guys and delivered a wild pitch as well, for a 1-1 final. Continue reading
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March 4 in Yankee History
- The Yankees bunched four singles into a three-run first inning that was barely enough to hold off the visiting Phillies 3-2 on March 4, 2020. A guy in Yankee camp in 2021, veteran outfielder Jay Bruce, plated both Philly runs with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth. Ex-Yankee infielder Ronald Torreyes stroked two of the five hits the Phillies scratched that evening. Continue reading
March 3 in Yankee History
- The only good news from the Yanks’ 7-2 loss to the Tigers in Lakeland, Fla., on March 3, 2024, came early, in the form of newly acquired Juan Soto‘s first-inning home run. Most of the Detroit damage came late, in a four-run eighth inning. Continue reading
March 2 in Yankee History
- The only good news about a 7-3 Yankee loss to the Orioles in Sarasota, Fla., on March 2, 2024, was that the youngsters saved them from the shutout by scoring all three runs in the top of the ninth. Continue reading
March 1 in Yankee History
- The Yankees used an Everson Pereira two-run homer and an Anthony Rizzo grand slam (first pitch, following three consecutive walks) to take a 6-2 lead in an eventual 8-4 final over visiting Toronto on March 1, 2024, but this would not be a good day in Yankee camp. Ace Gerrit Cole allowed a single, home runs, triple with two down in the top of the first, and was removed, though in weird Spring Training fashion, Cole returned to pitch the second. But the tightness that he experienced in the first was not a minor matter, and he would spend much of the upcoming season on the Injured List. Continue reading
February 29 in Yankee History
- Five days after opening their Spring session with a 20-8 victory, the Yankees hosted the Miami Marlins on February 29, 2024, in a 0-0 tie. The visitors managed just five hits, not great, but better than the two the home team mustered, one each by Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Volpe. Continue reading
Ganzel’s Bellwether Blast
Port Chester, N.Y., May 10, 2013 — On Saturday, May 11, the Yankees will be in Kansas City, playing a road game. Nothing unique there; they’re in a stretch where they’ll play 26 of 40 away from home. But 110 years ago the at-the-time Highlanders were on the road too, facing Detroit in Bennett Field, as described by Ray Istorico in “Greatness in Waiting: An Illustrated History of the Early New York Yankees.” They had played 16 games in their initial New York season, 10 of them away, with an 8-8 record, and that day’s 8-2 win pushed them one game above .500. Continue reading