It was August 6, 1979, in a night game after the funeral for Yankee catcher Thurman Munson that his teammate and friend Bobby Murcer drove in all five runs of a Yankee win. Murcer had a three-run homer and then chipped in with a two-run ninth-inning single to beat the Orioles, 5-4. The loss of Murcer in 2008 to cancer served to make Thurman’s death a poignant experience all over again. Continue reading →
Although Nestor Cortes only went four innings, on his first day after being activated from the 60-day IL, the entire Yankee staff gets kudos for the 3-1 victory over visiting Houston on August 5, 2023. One of the only two hits the cheaters struck was Jose Altuve‘s third-inning home run, but on the flip side, the head cheat did account for two of the 16 strike outs Houston suffered in the game. Home runs from Jake Bauers and Gleyber Torres accounted for two of the runs, and Anthony Volpe got the Yankee scoring started with a second-inning sac fly. Continue reading →
The Yankees outlasted the Blue Jays 4-3 in 10 innings on August 4, 2024, once DJ LeMahieu drove in the winner with a single. Juan Soto drove in the third run with a seventh-inning home run. Continue reading →
Two-run home runs from Aaron Judge, Trent Grisham, and Anthony Volpe carried the team to an 8-3 win over visiting Toronto on August 2, 2024. Carlos Rodon pitched into the sixth for the win. Continue reading →
There can only be one piece of Yankee history leading off this day’s column, and it is heart-rending. It was on August 2, 1979, that the beloved father, husband, and Yankee captain and catcher Thurman Munson perished in a crash of the plane he was piloting. The Yankees would host a huge crowd in the Stadium on the day after the tragic event. In recent years, it was an inspiring moment when a host of Thurman’s teammates gathered with his widow on the Yankee Stadium field at the 2004 Old Timers Game. The whole tragic event is doubly poignant now with the recent death of Thurman’s great friend, Bobby Murcer.Continue reading →
Third-inning home runs by Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena off Carlos Rodon on August 1, 2023, led to a 5-2 Tampa victory. Ninth-inning RBI hits from Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu denied the Rays the shutout. Continue reading →
It was unfortunate that young Yankee righty Johnny Brito had a rough start against Tampa on July 31, 2023, allowing all the runs through four frames, because Domingo German pitched five scoreless innings to follow. Jake Bauers plated the lone Yankee run with a homer in the second in the 5-1 loss. Continue reading →
It was disappointing that, due to weather and health concerns, it was decided that no game featuring the vets of yesteryear would be played on Old Timers’ Day in the Bronx on July 30, 2022. Once the stars were announced and feted, the Yanks came out and beat the visiting Royals 8-2 in the game that followed. Nestor Cortes went five for the win; and DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge, and Matt Carpenter homered. Continue reading →
It was Old-Timers’ Day in the Bronx on July 29, 1978, when the Yanks made the surprise announcement: Billy Martin would return to manage the Yankees in 1980. Then the Bombers went out and beat the Twins 7-3 with Ken Clay besting Darrell Jackson. The save went to Goose Gossage. Continue reading →
KC righthander Brady Singer allowed the Yanks just one hit through seven in the Stadium on July 28, 2022, but Jameson Taillon only gave up four over the same distance. The game remained the same until Aaron Judge sent the crowd home happy with a home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, 1-0 Yankees. Continue reading →
