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# Gotham Baseball

Covering the past, present & future of the NY Game

## Posts

- [American Association Adds SI TV, Sports Illustrated’s 24/7 Streaming Channel, as Broadcast Partner](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/08/american-association-adds-si-tv-sports-illustrateds-24-7-streaming-channel-as-broadcast-partner/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced that Sports Illustrated’s 24/7 streaming television channel, SI TV, has been added as a broadcast partner for the remainder of the 2026 season, adding to the record footprint for the leading MLB Partner League. American Association games will now be available in over 36 million homes,
- [American Association to Expand into Blaine, Minn., at new 'The Farm' Sports/Entertainment District](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/08/american-association-to-expand-into-blaine-minn-at-new-the-farm-sports-entertainment-district/) - Bader Companies, Elevage and the City of Blaine today announced The Farm as the official name of the new sports and entertainment district now under construction in Blaine. The Farm will bring together a new era of sports, entertainment, dining, shopping, hospitality, residential living, medical services, and community gathering spaces into a premier, world-class destination
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Ranking The Tight Ends](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/gotham-sports-machine-ranking-the-tight-ends/) - In this week's episode of The Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey and Mark Healey were joined by FantasyPros.com expert Evan Tarraciano (@Roto_Wizard) to discuss the top Fantasy Tight Ends as you get ready for your drafts! Watch: YouTube Listen: Spotify and now, Apple Podcasts!
- [American Association Announces Three Year Contract Extension for Commissioner Joshua Schaub](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/american-association-announces-three-year-contract-extension-for-commissioner-joshua-schaub/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball today announced a three-year extension of the contract of Commissioner Joshua Schaub, whose contract was set to expire after this season after being appointed on March 1, 2019. “The growth we have experienced across the board as a league is unprecedented, and we are proud to be able to
- [‘Elvis, Aretha and The Babe: 8/16 — Three Times the Bell Will Toll” Published by John Cirillo](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/elvis-aretha-and-the-babe-8-16-three-times-the-bell-will-toll-published-by-john-cirillo/) - Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Babe Ruth share the same death date — August 16 — and their story is brought to light by New York's own John Cirillo in the just published book Elvis, Aretha and The Babe: 8/16 — Three Times the Bell Will Toll. The 304-page book connects three American icons who all died on the
- [MLB All-Star Weekend from a Gen Z Perspective](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/mlb-all-star-weekend-from-a-gen-z-perspective/) - by Harrison Rosner, special to Gotham Baseball For the people. For the Brotherly Love. That was MLB’s slogan for this year’s All Star Game weekend. From July 10-14, Philadelphia was taken over by baseball–and with the United States celebrating 250 years just a week prior, it was time to shine for America’s pastime. This past
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Pat Ragazzo Breaks Down All The Mets Trade Rumors](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/gotham-baseball-live-pat-ragazzo-breaks-down-all-the-mets-trade-rumors/) - On this week's episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE, Pat Ragazzo (Athlon Sports, Baseball America), breaks down all of the latest Mets trade rumors. Watch: https://youtu.be/-Fr_L39Uagk Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tOxkwv9mKwXiJYsQGUS8D?si=y7hJLVk4TPGAENMIU2sP3Q
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Fantasy Football Rankings, Wide Receivers](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/gotham-sports-machine-fantasy-football-rankings-wide-receivers/) - On this week's episode of the Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey and Mark Healey discuss Fantasy Football rankings for the WR position, including the top rookies at the position. Watch: https://youtu.be/PsA2yZSam_M Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XkasalUdIf7czYkkueDSj?si=RshF9KjOSG-YEjyNcbFMxg
- [Tom Seaver’s Collection Now On Display At National Baseball Hall Of Fame And Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/tom-seavers-collection-now-on-display-at-national-baseball-hall-of-fame-and-museum/) - Class of 1992 Inductee Donated Dozens of Artifacts to Museum (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – As the Hall of Fame prepares to honor the Class of 2026 members, one of their legendary teammates will continue his legacy in Cooperstown. Class of 1992 inductee Tom Seaver left much of his personal collection to the Hall of Fame when
- [The Way Forward For Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/the-way-forward-for-mets/) - It’s pretty obvious that the 2026 season has been a nightmare for the New York Mets. The low-hanging fruit way that some have chosen to deal with all of the losing has been to keep bringing up the players who are no longer here, or to keep harping on the bad decisions that the front
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: "The Nuttiest Game In The History Of Baseball"](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/07/gotham-baseball-live-the-nuttiest-game-in-the-history-of-baseball/) - On this week's episode of "Gotham Baseball LIVE," Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey reminisce about the infamous 19-inning July 4 game between the Mets and Braves in 1985, and share their memories of Dave Righetti's July 4 no-hitter against the Red Sox in 1983. Watch: https://youtu.be/otvcBbIHxjg Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Etycp2RXbBOBxB9LWgIzd?si=QyGr3gG6S_GqfOj5as5XdA
- [American Association To Induct Three To Hall Of Fame](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/american-association-to-induct-three-to-hall-of-fame/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball will welcome three new members to the league Hall of Fame on Tuesday, July 14 at a dinner banquet held in conjunction with the 2026 American Association All-Star Game in Lincoln, NE. The three newest members of the American Association Hall of Fame, as selected by a vote of
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Mendoza Fired and Yankees Baseball talk with Emmanuel Berbari](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-baseball-live-mendoza-fired-and-yankees-baseball-talk-with-emmanuel-berbari/) - On this week's episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE, Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey discuss the firing of Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, and also welcome Yankees broadcaster Emmanuel Berbari to talk Yankees baseball. Watch: https://youtu.be/dJwvSf_YpPs
- [MLB Network to Broadcast AAPB All-Star Game Live For First Time on July 15 From Lincoln, Neb.](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/mlb-network-to-broadcast-aapb-all-star-game-live-for-first-time-on-july-15-from-lincoln-neb/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today officially announced that its 2026 All-Star Game will be carried live on MLB Network for the first time on Wednesday, July 15th. The game will be held at Haymarket Park, the home of the Lincoln Saltdogs in Lincoln, Nebraska, at 830 PM EDT, marking the first time
- [Gotham Sports Machine: The Knicks Are NBA Champions!](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-sports-machine-the-knicks-are-nba-champions/) - On this week's episode of the "Gotham Sports Machine," Jack Healey and Mark Healey talk about the amazing New York Knicks and their march to the NBA title. Things get feisty when the Heals Guys talk about Wemby and what's next. Check it out! Watch: https://youtu.be/aZtVzmQIzeA Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TrpPD59Hj5VRt2MyeZzEF?si=eGn3ESNqQN2P_dz8IEQZSg
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Talking 1986 Mets with Roger McDowell](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-baseball-live-talking-1986-mets-with-roger-mcdowell/) - On this week's episode of "Gotham Baseball LIVE," Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey speak with former New York Mets reliever Roger McDowell about his new book, "HOT FOOT: My Hijinks and Upside-Down Life with the World Champion New York Mets." Roger also talks about that magical season and more! Watch: https://youtu.be/HzcJaj-Kn7g Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/05ZGMtXHgPjKSW2xZTpXxk?si=g8efr3rPQpa9Xn6SEZYWfg
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Knicks Need Game 5 To Reset The Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-sports-machine-knicks-need-game-5-to-reset-the-series/) - On this week's episode of the "Gotham Sports Machine," Jack Healey and Mark Healey break down the brutal Game 4 loss at Madison Square Garden and discuss what the Knicks have to do to get back to their winning ways. They will also talk about the Mets' upcoming six-game homestand against the St. Louis Cardinals
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Aaron's Rib and Mets Day-To-Day Diagnosis](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-baseball-live-aarons-rib-and-mets-day-to-day-diagnosis/) - On this week's episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE, Mark Healey and Peter Schwartz welcome Dr. James Paci, Orthopedic Surgeon at Orlin & Cohen, to discuss the expected recovery time for Aaron Judge's stress-fractured rib. Can the Yankees survive a long stretch without their best player, and what's going on with the Mets? Watch: https://youtu.be/P8bmi0-5JwQ Listen:
- [The Full Nelson: The Man Who Saved The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2013/11/the-full-nelson-the-man-who-saved-the-mets/) - The person most responsible for the 1986 World Series trophy, a prize that the franchise has yet to regain, is nowhere to be found in the Mets Hall of Fame.
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Knicks vs. Spurs NBA FINALS PREVIEW](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/06/gotham-sports-machine-knicks-vs-spurs-nba-finals-preview/) - On this week's episode, Jack Healey and Mark Healey break down the NBA Finals showdown between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. Watch: https://youtu.be/0NLIldnNC-M Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cdOcVmbWpUmNGGcwxN3Dn?si=oK6-SdIDSfK17GSLrJhduQ
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Talking Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball with Justin Rocke](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-baseball-live-talking-brooklyn-cyclones-baseball-with-justin-rocke/) - On this week's episode of "Gotham Baseball LIVE," Mark Healey and Peter Schwartz discuss the latest news and notes for the Mets and Yankees, and also spend time talking about Brooklyn baseball with Cyclones broadcaster Justin Rocke! Watch: https://youtu.be/gZ1cmxkDn6k Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YUUlTwTroVMyEjofXRR0d?si=76gGp0AhRpemcYhmMQSbaA
- [Gotham Sports Machine: The Knicks Are Going To The FINALS, The Mets Are In The Toilet](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-sports-machine-the-knicks-are-going-to-the-finals-the-mets-are-in-the-toilet/) - On this week's episode of the Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey and Mark Healey talk about the amazing ride that the New York Knicks have taken us on to the NBA Finals. Sadly, we are on a way different ride with the New York Mets, who are an embarrassment. Watch: https://youtu.be/QKslyHw_YbA Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tC4GewZPNu9SbZCvicVH0?si=oZhuLpfJRiWwyDUa61-lRg
- [Gotham Baseball Live: Sal Licata Breaks Down Mets & Yankees For Memorial Day Weekend](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-baseball-live-sal-licata-breaks-down-mets-yankees-for-memorial-day-weekend/) - On this week's episode, Sal Licata, host of SNY's "Baseball Night in New York" and "The Sal Licata Show" on YouTube, joins the show to break down the Yankees' Memorial Day weekend series at Yankee Stadium and the Tampa Bay Rays, as well as the Mets traveling to Miami to take on their nemesis, the
- [AAPB Off To Rousing Start: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/aapb-off-to-rousing-start-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - The Milwaukee Milkmen (5-1) and Sioux Falls Canaries (5-1) are among the teams off to hot starts as the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) put the first week of the 2026 regular season in the books. All games are as always available free for live viewing on AABaseball.tv. Here are 10 (or so) Things
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Mets May Bounce Back, Yankees May Not, Knicks Ready To Rumble](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-sports-machine-mets-may-bounce-back-yankees-may-not-knicks-ready-to-rumble/) - On this week's episode, Jack Healey and Mark Healey discuss how the month of May has changed things for the Mets and the Yankees, but not in the same way. They will also preview the Knicks-Cavaliers Game 1 matchup at MSG, and make their analysis and predictions for the series! Watch: https://youtu.be/4kc0bC1Obio Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/75khrr6ZY87d1GEz0i8U6P?si=4eeaRD7eTPGTpvo0FQYleg
- [Gotham Baseball Live: Subway Series Preview and Newsday's Brian Heyman Talks LI Ducks and Trevor Bauer](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-baseball-live-subway-series-preview-and-newsdays-brian-heyman-talks-li-ducks-and-trevor-bauer/) - On this week's episode, Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey talk with Newsday's Brian Heyman, who covers the Long Island Ducks for Newsday. We will talk about the newest Duck, Trevor Bauer. Peter and Mark will also preview the Subway Series, which starts Friday night at Citi Field, with Cam Schlittler (5-1, 1.35 ERA) taking the mound
- [AAPB Begins 2026 Regular Season: Ten Things to Know This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/aapb-begins-2026-regular-season-ten-things-to-know-this-week/) - The sound of “Play Ball!” will be heard across the Midwest this weekend as the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) opens the 2026 regular season. The Cleburne Railroaders host the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in the lid-lifter on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. CT/8:05 p.m. ET, available free for live viewing on AABaseball.tv. The upcoming season is
- [Gotham Sports Machine: And A Ewing Shall Lead Them?](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-sports-machine-and-a-ewing-shall-lead-them/) - On this week's episode of the Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey and Mark Healey talk about the debut of New York Mets rookie AJ Ewing, recap the Knicks' sweep of the Sixers, and what awaits them in the Eastern Conference finals. Watch: https://youtu.be/uh4klCWJtQA Listen: https://shorturl.at/tmSaJ
- [AAPB Continues Record Broadcast Expansion Growth](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/aapb-continues-record-broadcast-expansion-growth/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) continued its record expansion of live broadcast content this week, announcing that it will have a regular Game of The Week broadcast across a host of regional networks for the first time, through a new partnership with Unbeaten Sports Channel. ‘It is obvious that the interest in the
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Mike Vaccaro and "The Bosses of the Bronx"](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-baseball-live-mike-vaccaro-and-the-bosses-of-the-bronx/) - This week, Peter Schwartz and I welcomed the great Mike Vaccaro to the show. A superb columnist and best-selling author, Vaccaro's new book, "Bosses of the Bronx," is yet another example of his great skill as both a storyteller and scribe of the New York Game. Watch: https://youtu.be/PNlVrxvPrvY Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5az1jeomup7s90GXhagEtQ?si=3SXTMi4STSa_hn5jdDaNrw
- [John Bay Highlighting Brooklyn’s Early-Season Offense](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/john-bay-highlighting-brooklyns-early-season-offense/) - In 2020, the year of the most recent census, Shattuck, Oklahoma, registered a population of 1,249. Also in 2020, Shattuck natives John Bay and Brendan Girton were seniors in high school, and both were committed to play Division I baseball in the Big 12. Bay was headed to Oklahoma State, and Girton to Texas Tech.
- [Review: Bosses Of The Bronx](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/18274/) - I’ve been reading Mike Vaccaro’s column in the New York Post for over 20 years. During that time, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him and working alongside him here and there, covering the 2009 World Series and seeing him at the MLB Winter Meetings. He’s a gentleman, always has been, and whenever I’ve hosted
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Knicks Playing Awesome, Mets In "May," and Are Yankees Really This Good?](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-sports-machine-knicks-playing-awesome-mets-in-may-and-are-yankees-really-this-good/) - On this week's episode, Jack Healey and Mark Healey discuss how good the Knicks played in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and how they can avoid repeating the Game 2 letdown at MSG they suffered in the first round. They will also talk about the Mets playing better in May and wonder if
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Somerset Patriots Steven Cusumano](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/gotham-baseball-live-somerset-patriots-steven-cusumano/) - On this week's episode, Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey welcomed Steven Cusumano, the broadcaster for the Somerset Patriots, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. We talked about the Yankees' rehabbing players like Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, and Anthony Volpe. We also shared stories of our shared experiences of covering the minor leagues. Watch:
- [Cyclones Face MLB Rehabbers Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/05/cyclones-face-mlb-rehabbers-gerrit-cole-carlos-rodon/) - Corey Collins, a 24-year-old with 90 professional baseball games under his belt, stepped into the box. Gerrit Cole, the 35-year-old six-time All-Star and 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, toed the rubber. Of course, there are going to be butterflies. That’s a Hall of Famer standing 60 feet and 6 inches away. “It’s one
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Knicks, NFL Draft and The Miserable Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-sports-machine-knicks-nfl-draft-and-the-miserable-mets/) - On this week's episode of the Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey and Mark Healey talk about the Knicks, Jack gives his NFL Draft grades for the Jets and Giants, and discuss the terrible starts of the New York Mets. Watch: https://youtu.be/E4c8MOUPVnA Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zlvYziFYAHbHkyx6dvdpk?si=rl18T9djTIm0jXf1dxt5Qw
- [Former College Two-Way Player Mitch Voit Is Embarking On His Mets Career As A Position Player](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/former-college-two-way-player-mitch-voit-is-embarking-on-his-mets-career-as-a-position-player/) - Two on, one out, down two in the bottom of the eighth inning. Mitch Voit at the plate with a chance to give the Cyclones the lead. "I love those big moments when it’s time to make a clutch play or a clutch at-bat,” Voit said. “It’s just something, growing up, I’ve always wanted to
- [Gotham Sports Machine - Knicks Game 2 Debacle And The NFL Draft](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-sports-machine-knicks-game-2-debacle-and-the-nfl-draft/) - On this week's episode, Jack Healey and Mark Healey try to make sense of the Knicks Game 2 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. They also take a look at the NFL Draft as it concerns the Jets and the Giants. Watch: https://youtu.be/OMbfSi4LheI Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zlvYziFYAHbHkyx6dvdpk?si=OWaiIkF3TEOpKPKubhZjJg Follow: X - @GothamSportsMCH Instagram - https://instagram.com/gothamsportsmachine/ TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@gothamsportsmachine
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: John Jastremski Talks Mets, Yankees!](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-baseball-live-john-jastremski-talks-mets-yankees/) - On this week's episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE, SNY contributor John Jastremski, who also hosts the podcast "New York, New York" on Spotify, joins the show to talk Yankees and Mets baseball with Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey. Watch: https://youtu.be/oGFtjUlZGO0 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BzwR2Hpr8zlrqaV65k5Az?si=DSFyMQEJQWGY0zh4VsXNJg
- [Colin Houck Embarks On Pivotal 2026 season](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/colin-houck-embarks-on-pivotal-2026-season/) - This is an important year for Colin Houck. Entering his third full season of professional baseball, it hasn’t always been a smooth ride for the former first-round pick. Houck spent all of 2024 at Single-A, and then returned there for his first 62 games in 2025. He fared better his second time around and earned
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Talking Yankees Baseball with Rickie Ricardo](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-baseball-live-yankees-radio-voice-rickie-ricardo/) - On this week's episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE. Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey talk Yankees baseball with longtime Spanish radio voice of the New York Yankees, Rickie Ricardo. We will also talk about the Mets and the return of This Week In Baseball! Watch: https://youtu.be/TIk58squs8o Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aHXolxYb4KsMi1XdJvaRG?si=9jXqS448T4Cq6pioMAxpZQ
- [New Manager Eduardo Núñez And Players Discuss The Upcoming Cyclones Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/new-manager-eduardo-nunez-and-players-discuss-the-upcoming-cyclones-season/) - For the first time since 2023, Gilbert Gómez is not the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Eduardo Núnez, Brooklyn’s hitting coach in 2024 and bench coach in 2025, is the new man in charge. Núñez is in his seventh season with the New York Mets organization and is entering his third with the Cyclones. He
- [Like Father, Like Son](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/like-father-like-son/) - Back in 2012, my son Jack asked me to take him to see where I work. At the time, I was hosting “Going 9 Fantasy Baseball” at the SiriusXM studios in Manhattan, and we had a great time. He was 10 years old and already a huge sports fan. My co-host at the time, George
- [Gotham Sports Machine: Mets, Yankees & First Impressions](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-sports-machine-mets-yankees-first-impressions/) - On this week's Gotham Sports Machine, Jack Healey & Mark Healey discuss their first impressions of the Mets and Yankees so far this season. Watch: https://youtu.be/kC6v9mUkli4 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qpJGCfbESPUQiNPZYHmAl?si=OKtNQR6TQ16DyUfAiKZtRg
- [Cyclones 2026 Season Set To Begin On Friday](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/cyclones-2026-season-set-to-begin-on-friday/) - The Brooklyn Cy­clones will begin the quest to defend their 2026 South Atlantic League title this Friday, April 3, at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn. They will host the Hudson Valley Renegades, the High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. The Cyclones released their Opening Day roster on
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Talking Baseball With Kelley Franco from The Three Inning Fan Podcast!](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/04/gotham-baseball-live-talking-baseball-with-kelley-franco-from-the-three-inning-fan-podcast/) - Kelley Franco joins Mark Healey to talk about her experience at the World Baseball Classic, the slow start for the Mets, and the great start for the Yankees Watch: https://youtu.be/CGrVm2Cyt5w Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BryWI4UWmtbhEtdxR1JkO?si=_LbR2QqATL6RYg8PT0IVZw
- [Creating The Gotham Baseball Uniform](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/creating-the-gotham-baseball-uniform/) - My book, GothamBaseball: New York's All-Time Team, chronicles the best players among the ranks of the Mets, Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York baseball Giants. My mission was to find a way to represent the players and their respective teams, while also creating a Gotham Baseball squad. Enter Todd Radom. I had met
- [Finol's Two-Run Homer Gives Kane County Cougars 2026 Baseball Champions League Title Sunday](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/finols-two-run-homer-gives-kane-county-cougars-2026-baseball-champions-league-title-sunday/) - Claudio Finol’s two run home run to deep center field keyed a six run sixth inning as the Kane County Cougars etched their names in the baseball history books, defeating The Mexican League Champions Diablos Rojos del México 7-3 in the Finals of the 2026 Baseball Champions League at Alfredo Harp Stadium. “The players showed
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: The Athletic’s Levi Weaver Talks Opening Day & More](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/gotham-baseball-live-the-athletics-levi-weaver-talks-opening-day-more/) - On this week’s episode of Gotham Baseball LIVE, Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey talk Opening Day with The Athletic’s Levi Weaver Watch: https://youtu.be/d7utfa5UUq4 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HLNqXEvmJz9voPUuCtYDL?si=YPYVbahHQJC4wCa362G_pA Please subscribe (it's free!), share, and comment. It really helps us grow the show!
- [The Tragic Tale Of The Mets & Tom Seaver](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/the-tragic-tale-of-the-mets-tom-seaver/) - “I have a plaque up in Cooperstown that’s across from Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson, And when they lock up the place, we sit down and have a beer.” – Tom Seaver Despite putting the Mets on the map, the people who run the Mets -- past and present -- rarely did right by The
- [Yankees? Yes! Netflix? Nope. ](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/yankees-yes-netflix-nope/) - MLB is riding high after the World Baseball Classic, which has its best viewership numbers ever. Some even believe that baseball, which in the past decade has fallen way behind the NFL and the NBA in popularity, is back, and in a big way. Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony, 21, told the Athletic, “The
- [SNY: It's Early, But Yankees' Opening Day Win Shows There's Plenty To Like About 2026 Team](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/sny-its-early-but-yankees-opening-day-win-shows-theres-plenty-to-like-about-2026-team/) - Maybe it’s irresponsible to extrapolate much from an opener, considering how soaked in pomp the first game of the season can be, both teams fresh out of spring camp, and no one yet in midseason mode. Yeah, it’s early, and the season is soooooo long. But it’s hard not to like what the Yankees did Wednesday night
- [Tom Seaver’s Collection to Debut at Hall of Fame Induction Weekend](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/tom-seavers-collection-to-debut-at-hall-of-fame-induction-weekend/) - (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – Tom Seaver was the ace of the 1969 Miracle Mets, one of the greatest team stories in baseball history. Seaver made sure that story – and countless others from his remarkable career – would be told forever in Cooperstown via a remarkable donation of his personal collection. As baseball celebrates Opening Day –
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Talking Mets with Pat Ragazzo & Howie Rose](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/gotham-baseball-live-talking-mets-with-pat-ragazzo-howie-rose/) - On this week's Gotham Baseball LIVE, Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey talk about the latest news with SI's Pat Ragazzo. Peter and Mark will also share their personal stories about longtime Mets voice Howie Rose, who announced earlier this week that the 2026 season will be his last behind the Mets radio mic. Watch: Listen:
- [A Look Back At The 1996 Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/a-look-back-at-the-1996-mets/) - The 1996 Mets weren’t expected to win the NL East, or even be a playoff team, but after finishing the 1995 season with a 44-31 record, there was confidence that GM Joe McIlvaine had figured out the right mix for future success. Mets Manager Dallas Green, who took over from Jeff Torborg midway through the
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: That's Gotham Baseball, Susan!](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/gotham-baseball-live-thats-gotham-baseball-susan/) - Longtime #Yankees radio voice Suzyn Waldman joined the GothamBaseball LIVE podcast on Friday to talk Yankees baseball with Peter Schwartz and Mark Healey Watch: https://youtu.be/fabzHz1U0i0?si=liaFge45_ZGy0VHr Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/42G2qqcyl7goXdvPFYitCL?si=tVldPnmxRQ6pcbmD_yt5vQ Please subscribe (it's free) and share with your baseball-loving friends!
- [1976: The Yankees Renaissance](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/1976-the-yankees-renaissance/) - They called them the "CBS Years," the dark, dismal time when CBS owned the Yankees and the team floundered in mediocrity from 1965 to 1972. In 1973, a Midwestern shipping magnate named George Steinbrenner bought the team and immediately plunged them into a two-year renovation of Yankee Stadium, exiling them to Shea for 1974 and
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: The WBC & Newsday's Dave Lennon](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/03/gotham-baseball-live-the-wbc-newsdays-dave-lennon/) - This week, Mark Healey & Peter Schwartz talk about the WBC and how it will impact the Mets and Yankees during Spring Training, and Newsday's Dave Lennon checks in from Fort Myers, Florida, to share his impressions of Gotham's baseball clubs. The episode is also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19ZQkmJqSeTJzzBkgHiJOW?si=dpmhQVzlRSyvm4OurxLzZA
- [Bobby Ojeda To Receive Thurman Munson Award March 12 at Chelsea Piers](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/02/bobby-ojeda-to-receive-thurman-munson-award-march-12-at-chelsea-piers/) - "Champions” is the watchword for the 2026 Thurman Munson Awards which will be presented by AHRC NYC Foundation at the 46th Annual Dinner on Thursday night, March 12, at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City. The three outstanding honorees are: New York Mets 1986 World Series Champion
- [Yankees To Honor CC Sabathia With Uniform Number Retirement And Monument Park Plaque](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/02/yankees-to-honor-cc-sabathia-with-uniform-number-retirement-and-monument-park-plaque/) - (Press Release) The New York Yankees have announced that CC Sabathia will have his place among Yankees legends cemented with the retirement of his No. 52 and the dedication of a plaque in his honor in Monument Park. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 26, prior to the Yankees’ 7:05 p.m. game vs.
- [Peter Schwartz, Mark C. Healey To Co-Host New “Gotham Baseball LIVE” Podcast](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/02/peter-schwartz-mark-c-healey-to-co-host-new-gotham-baseball-live-podcast/) - Press Release · Lynbrook, NY, February 24, 2026 Gotham Baseball, the media platform dedicated to the past, present, and future of New York baseball, founded in 2005, is pleased to announce the relaunch of its long-running podcast, “Gotham Baseball LIVE.” From its inception, Gotham Baseball has consistently endeavored to integrate its traditional media roots with
- [All The Yankees Stories From Baseball’s Unlikely: A Constant GAME 1](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/02/all-the-yankees-stories-from-baseballs-unlikely-a-constant-game-1/) - Scott S. Parker is the author of six baseball history and trivia books, including Baseball’s Unlikely: A Constant GAME 2; Baseball’s Unlikely: A Constant GAME 1; All The Angels Stories From Baseball’s Unlikely: All The giants Stories From Baseball’s Unlikely; All The Yankees Stories From Baseball’s Unlikely; and All The Red Sox Stories From Baseball’s
- [Pete & Reggie?](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/02/pete-reggie/) - Earlier this week, a prominent baseball person told me that the Mets’ decision to let Pete Alonso walk and sign with the Orioles is like when the Yankees let Reggie Jackson walk away to sign with the Angels after the 1981 season. They went on to say that the “Mets fans are going to revolt
- [Kane County Cougars to Represent United States in 2026 Baseball Champions League](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/01/kane-county-cougars-to-represent-united-states-in-2026-baseball-champions-league/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball proudly announces that the Kane County Cougars will again represent the United States in the 2026 Baseball Champions League (BCL), the world’s only professional club championship tournament for baseball. The event will take place March 24–29, 2026, in Mexico City, and is hosted by the Mexico City Red Devils
- [American Association Of Professional Baseball Announces Strategic Partnership With Engine](https://gothambaseball.com/2026/01/american-association-of-professional-baseball-announces-strategic-partnership-with-engine/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced a new partnership with Engine, which has been named the League’s Preferred Travel Booking Partner and a Preferred Supplier. This agreement, covering the 2026 season, represents an important advancement in delivering greater travel efficiency and cost savings for American Association clubs and stakeholders. Engine is a
- [American Association Of Professional Baseball Extends Broadcast Partnership With Gray Media](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/12/american-association-of-professional-baseball-extends-broadcast-partnership-with-gray-media/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced a one-year extension of the broadcast television agreement with Gray Media. As part of the extension, Gray will continue to deliver select AAPB games free over-the-air in key markets and across Gray’s local sports networks, including Arizona Family Sports (Arizona), Peachtree Sports Network (Georgia), and Silver
- [State Of The Mets Returns To The QBC](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/12/state-of-the-mets-returns-to-the-qbc/) - The Queens Baseball Convention returns this Saturday, Dec. 13, at Four Points by Sheraton, located at 33-68 Farrington Street in Flushing (near Main Street) from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Started by Mets fans Keith Blacknick (TheMediagoon.com) and Dan Twohig (MetsPolice.com) in 2013, the QBC is a Mets Fans Fest, created by the fans for
- [American Association of Professional Baseball Announces Broadcast Partnership with Home Team Network](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/12/american-association-of-professional-baseball-announces-broadcast-partnership-with-home-team-network/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced a new partnership with Home Team Network that will introduce a blend of advanced artificial intelligence tools and traditional production practices in select league ballparks beginning in 2025. The collaboration is built around Home Team Network’s underlying AI technology platform, which is designed to complement, not
- [The Mets: So Far, So Meh](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/12/the-mets-so-far-so-meh/) - I wasn’t surprised that the New York Mets signed relief pitcher Devin Williams to a three-year deal earlier this week. During his time in Milwaukee, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns was instrumental in making Williams the Brewers’ closer after trading away Josh Hader in 2022. There was a lot of reported interest between
- [Dodgers Top Blue Jays in Six To Repeat as World Series Champs in Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/10/dodgers-top-blue-jays-in-six-to-repeat-as-world-series-champs-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - Yoshinobu Yamamoto won both of his starts and Teoscar Hernandez delivered what would prove to be the series-clinching home run in Game 6 as Los Angeles defeated Toronto, four games to two, in a World Series simulation via Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulations. In the simulation, Yamamoto allowed just three hits and
- [AAPB Announces Record-Breaking Growth Across Digital Platforms, Broadcast Viewership, Sponsorship](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/10/aapb-announces-record-breaking-growth-across-digital-platforms-broadcast-viewership-sponsorship/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced historic growth across digital media, broadcast viewership, and sponsorship partnerships, reflecting the league’s expanding national presence and growing fan engagement on every platform. “This data confirms what we have felt all season, that our fans are more connected than ever,” said Joshua Schaub, Commissioner of the
- [Jane Leavy Can Fix Baseball... But Probably Not the Mets...](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/09/jane-leavy-can-fix-baseball-but-probably-not-the-mets/) - As the Mets struggle to reach the playoffs and the Yankees take advantage of the soft September schedule to take aim at the A.L. East Division crown, baseball is -- as it always seems to be -- at a crossroads. Fans have little or no faith in the current MLB Commissioner and most of the
- [American Association Partners with LingoPal to Broadcast Miles Wolff Cup Final Games in Multiple Languages](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/09/american-association-partners-with-lingopal-to-broadcast-miles-wolff-cup-final-games-in-multiple-languages/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) today announced a groundbreaking partnership with LingoPal to broadcast the 2025 Miles Wolff Cup Final games in Spanish, Hindi, and Japanese, in addition to the league’s traditional English coverage. Fans worldwide can tune in live on YouTube to experience the excitement of the AAPB Miles Wolff Cup Final
- [Thanks A Million/AAPB Surpasses 1,000,000 Fans: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/thanks-a-million-aapb-surpasses-1000000-fans-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - Heading into the final month of play, two-thirds of the way through the 2025 season, the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) is proud to announce that more than one million fans have already attended games this year. The Chicago Dogs currently lead all clubs in attendance, with 154,158 fans through Wednesday. All regular season
- [Yankees to hold 77th Old-Timers' Day presented by FreshDirect on Saturday, August 9, at Yankee Stadium](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/yankees-to-hold-77th-old-timers-day-presented-by-freshdirect-on-saturday-august-9-at-yankee-stadium/) - The New York Yankees today announced the roster of Yankees who will be on hand at the 77th Old-Timers' Day presented by FreshDirect on Saturday, August 9, at Yankee Stadium. The event will also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 2000 World Series championship team. For the first time since 2019, the traditional Old-Timers' Day
- [AAPB will host All Elite Wrestling for Summer Ballpark Tour Featuring AEW Stars live in stadiums](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/aapb-will-host-all-elite-wrestling-for-summer-ballpark-tour-featuring-aew-stars-live-in-stadiums/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) are joining forces to bring an electrifying mix of professional baseball and wrestling entertainment to fans across the country this summer. AEW talent will make in-person appearances at AAPB stadiums as part of a multi-market activation blending America’s pastime with one of the
- [Five Million Strong in Fargo-Moorhead, All-Star Rosters Set: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/five-million-strong-in-fargo-moorhead-all-star-rosters-set-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - With the 2025 American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) All-Star Game and associated events set for Monday and Tuesday in Fargo, N.D., there is plenty going on around the league. All regular season games in the MLB Partner League, plus Monday’s All-Star Skills Competition/Home Run Derby and Tuesday’s All-Star Game remain free for live viewing
- [Olson’s Walk-Off Hit Gives N.L. All-Star Game Triumph In Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/olsons-walk-off-hit-gives-n-l-all-star-game-triumph-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson laced a one-out single, plating Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in his hometown stadium, Truist Park, to lift the National League to a 3-2 triumph over the American League in a simulation of the All-Star Game via Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic),
- [Guest Column: 'Banana Ball' More than a Gimmick](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/guest-column-banana-ball-more-than-a-gimmick/) - by James Gumina, special to Gotham Baseball This weekend I watched the Savannah Bananas bring “Banana Ball” to a sold out crowd at Fenway Park. The game started at 3:30, but the show began on Jersey street well over an hour before first pitch, with music, dancing, and a parade of players and characters. Once
- [All-Stars On The Way, More Standouts Transferred to MLB Orgs: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/07/all-stars-on-the-way-more-standouts-transferred-to-mlb-orgs-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - As it reaches the season’s halfway point, Sioux City became the first American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) team to reach 30 wins. All regular season games in the MLB Partner League remain free for live viewing on AABaseball.tv. Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week: Sioux Falls Canaries outfielder Josh Rehwaldt and Chicago Dogs
- [Brendan Girton Is Getting Nasty On The Mound](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/06/brendan-girton-is-getting-nasty-on-the-mound/) - The Mets organization is loaded with pitching talent at every level, and Brooklyn is no exception. Many have drawn the attention of fans, but one who has flown under the radar is 2024 10th-round pick Brendan Girton, who owns one of the highest strikeout rates in the entire system. The secret to his success? Getting
- [Sioux Falls Canaries' Jabari Henry Breaks AAPB Home Run Record With 147th Blast Thursday](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/sioux-falls-canaries-jabari-henry-breaks-aapb-home-run-record-with-147th-blast-thursday/) - Sioux Falls Canaries designated hitter Jabari Henry (Orlando, Fla./Florida International Univ.) has long been one of the American Association’s (AAPB) most popular stars. Now he’s the league’s all-time home run king, too. Last night at the Birdcage in Sioux Falls, Henry launched a 414-foot shot to left field in the third inning, the 147th round-tripper
- [Henry Ties Home Run Record, Diekman Retires as a Saltdog: 10 Things to Know in the AAPB This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/henry-ties-home-run-record-diekman-retires-as-a-saltdog-10-things-to-know-in-the-aapb-this-week/) - The impending shattering of the league home run record, an MLB organization signing and community connections highlight the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) news as the calendar flips into June over the weekend. Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week: Big home run hitters tend to hit theirs
- [Offensive Records Smashed, Fitzgerald Debuts for Twins, Reds Grab Murray: Ten Things to Know in the AAPB](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/offensive-records-smashed-fitzgerald-debuts-for-twins-reds-grab-murray-ten-things-to-know-in-the-aapb/) - Offensive explosions, a big league debut and organizational signing and a little side charity work are all part of the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) story these days. Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week: Former Chicago White Sox second-round draft pick Spencer Adams had been out of
- [Raimon Gómez, The 104.5 MPH Man](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/17963/) - How hard does he throw? Velocity. It’s the first thing most people want to know when learning about a pitcher. Right now, the Brooklyn Cyclones have the hardest thrower in baseball. Not the hardest thrower in the South Atlantic League. Not the hardest thrower in the minor leagues. The hardest thrower in baseball, full stop.
- [Rose, Jackson, Black Sox Take on Bonds, Other Outcasts in Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/rose-jackson-black-sox-take-on-bonds-other-outcasts-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - The recent reinstatement of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, the rest of the famed 1919 Chicago “Black Sox” and a few other long-deceased and long-forgotten players from more than a century ago made big news in baseball circles this month. Commentary continues on the Hall of Fame-worthiness of Rose, Jackson and perhaps a couple of
- [Judge Rising Up As MLB’s Best](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/judge-rising-up-as-mlbs-best/) - While MLB and many national baseball media are still fixated on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani narrative as the best player in the league, real ones know that Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is far and away the best player in the game right now. Ohtani is no slouch, of course. The reigning NL MVP
- [Marco Vargas, Ronald Hernández, “brothers” in Brooklyn](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/marco-vargas-ronald-hernandez-brothers-in-brooklyn/) - They get to the ballpark together, they leave the ballpark together. Marco Vargas and Ronald Hernández might not be blood related — or even from the same country — but they have a bond like family. “He’s my brother,” Vargas said of Hernández. Both were signed by the Miami Marlins as international free agents, Hernández
- [American Association Sets Attendance Records On Opening Weekend](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/american-association-sets-attendance-records-on-opening-weekend/) - The Opening weekend for the 20th season of American Association baseball saw records fall off the field. Over 63,654 attended games in the four days (each of the six home teams hosting three games), breaking the Opening Weekend record of 61,382, set in 2022. The defending champion Kane County Cougars led the way with the
- [American Association Season Opens Today: Ten Things to Know in the AAPB This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/american-association-season-opens-today-ten-things-to-know-in-the-aapb-this-week/) - After an off-season filled with new partnerships, MLB organization signings and a fun run by the Kane County Cougars in the Baseball Champions League (BCL) Americas last month, the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) is set to begin the 2025 regular season with two games today, including the defending Miles Wolff Cup Champion Cougars
- [Jacob Reimer Homers Three Times In One Game, Is Named Player Of The Month](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/jacob-reimer-homers-three-times-in-one-game-is-named-player-of-the-month/) - A few hours before first pitch, Jacob Reimer serenaded Brooklyn’s clubhouse with the sounds of Taylor Swift. About 24 hours prior, Reimer became the first Cyclone since 2005 to hit three home runs in a game. He went on “Intentional Talk” on MLB Network the next day, where he revealed that he is a Swiftie.
- [Strat-O-Matic Day at Mets House N.Y.C. Set for Sunday](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/strat-o-matic-day-at-mets-house-n-y-c-set-for-sunday/) - Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulations, and Mets House N.Y.C., the Union Square, Manhattan space with Mets- and baseball-themed special events, family activities, merchandise and more, are excited to announce that this Sunday, May 4, will “take over” the location from 11 a.m through the afternoon for open Strat-O-Matic play, prize giveaways, meet-and-greets with
- [So-So Soto Isn’t a Concern…Yet](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/so-so-soto-isnt-a-concernyet/) - Earlier this week, I posted the following on social media: “Having faith in Mets ownership, [front office], and the manager is a new thing for fans of a certain age like me. But it's pretty amazing, regardless of the outcome every night. It's probably why I tend to be positive on a regular basis. I
- [MLB Pipeline’s Sam Dykstra Talks Mets' Top Prospects, Cyclones’ New Arrivals, And More](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/05/mlb-pipelines-sam-dykstra-talks-mets-top-prospects-cyclones-new-arrivals-and-more/) - For the first two weeks of the season, you would have been hard pressed to find a hotter hitter in High-A, and maybe all of Minor League Baseball, than Chris Suero. The No. 21 prospect in the Mets organization on MLB Pipeline, Suero started his season by picking up a hit in nine of his
- [Unbreakable: Happy Jack Wins 41 Games](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/unbreakable-happy-jack-wins-41-games/) - On April 25, 1904, New York Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro recorded his first victory of the season. The Highlanders played their games at Hilltop Park, which was located in Washington Heights. If you are a regular reader of this column, you might know that the Highlanders would eventually become the New York Yankees. Many of
- [Brooklyn’s Boston Baro Is Poised To Have A Breakout Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/brooklyns-boston-baro-is-poised-to-have-a-breakout-season/) - Towards the end of spring training, the New York Mets Prospects defeated the Washington Nationals Prospects 5-1 in the 2025 Spring Breakout game. Nick Morabito and Kevin Parada had multi-hit games, Ryan Clifford hit a home run, and pitchers Jonah Tong, Jonathan Pintaro, Jonathan Santucci, Dylan Ross, and Ryan Lambert combined to hold the Nats
- [Gotham Classic: Peas in a Pod; Goldis and Bernazard](https://gothambaseball.com/2013/11/gotham-classic-peas-in-a-pod-goldis-and-bernazard/) - Remembering the Scott Kazmir and the Willie Randoph firing is just one reason for republishing this story from the archives of Gotham Baseball, you might be surprised at what you read.
- [Cyclones Manager Gilbert Gómez Is A Potential Rising Star In Coaching Ranks](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/cyclones-manager-gilbert-gomez-is-a-potential-rising-star-in-coaching-ranks/) - Gilbert Gómez sat in his office at Maimonides Park after the Brooklyn Cyclones’ third-to-last game of the 2024 season, eyes on the TV mounted on the wall. The New York Mets, Brooklyn’s parent affiliate, were tied 4-4 in the 10th inning with the Cincinnati Reds. The feed was slightly behind, and a cellphone notification tipped
- [Brooklyn Cyclones Ready To Open The 2025 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/brooklyn-cyclones-ready-to-open-the-2025-season/) - The Brooklyn Cyclones will begin their 2025 campaign at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, April 4, at Maimonides Park. Gilbert Gómez, who managed the team in 2024, returns. He is the first returning manager for the Cyclones since Edgardo Alfonzo, who managed the ‘Clones from 2017 to 2019. Eduardo Núñez, who served as Brooklyn’s hitting coach
- [Staten Island's Timpanelli to start BCL Game for Kane County Today](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/staten-islands-timpanelli-to-start-bcl-game-for-kane-county-today/) - The Baseball Champions League (BCL) Americas gets underway today at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City, with a team made up mostly of players from the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) reigning champion Kane County Cougars representing the league in the six-team international competition. And the Game One starter is Staten Island native
- [Trading Lee Mazzilli](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/04/trading-lee-mazzilli/) - On April 1, 1982, the New York Mets traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for two pitching prospects. For fans like me, who were lost when the Mets pulled the trigger on the Tom Seaver trade, Mazzilli – the young centerfielder, an Italian kid from Brooklyn – gave us something to hold onto. “Maz”
- [Despite Injuries, Positive Vibes For Gotham’s Teams](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/despite-injuries-positive-vibes-for-gothams-teams/) - The New York Yankees are dealing with several issues to start their season. Gerrit Cole, the team’s ace, will be sidelined for the entire 2025 campaign, and will likely miss parts of 2026 after requiring Tommy John surgery. Slugger Giancarlo Stanton’s elbows have him on the sidelines for the foreseeable future, and 2024 AL Rookie
- [Cubs win Strat-O-Matic Simulated World Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/cubs-win-strat-o-matic-simulated-world-series/) - A lot has been made of how, on paper, Los Angeles seems to have cornered the market on so many stars that it would be prohibitive favorites to win, or at least reach, this year’s baseball championship. But, as the saying goes, that’s why they play the games–or, in this case–simulate the games, as Strat-O-Matic
- [ERA Real Estate Kicks Off Spring Season With Baseball Advertising Investment](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/era-real-estate-kicks-off-spring-season-with-baseball-advertising-investment/) - ERA Real Estate, a global franchising leader within the Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE: HOUS) portfolio of brands, is stepping up to the plate with an exciting, season-long national media campaign across Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) games. This marks the first time the ERA® brand has embarked on a multifaceted media campaign. Cast
- [Author Eric C. Gray Discusses The Personal Storytelling Featured In His Two Books](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/author-eric-c-gray-discusses-the-personal-storytelling-featured-in-his-two-books/) - Opening Day (Stateside) is tomorrow (!) Recently I had the chance to talk to Eric Gray, who is the author of Bases to Bleachers and Backyards to Ballparks, with unique baseball stories from the stands and beyond. Gotham Baseball: You have two books, Bases to Bleachers, and Backyards to Ballparks. What are they about? Eric
- [VensureHR and American Association Announce Extension of Partnership](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/vensurehr-and-american-association-announce-extension-of-partnership/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) and VensureHR are pleased to announce the extension of their partnership. This three-year agreement continues VensureHR’s role as the exclusive and preferred supplier in the payroll category for the league. VensureHR, a leading professional employer organization (PEO), provides comprehensive human resource solutions for businesses of all sizes. Committed
- [REV Entertainment Announces Purchase  Of The Kane County Cougars](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/rev-entertainment-announces-purchase-of-the-kane-county-cougars/) - REV Entertainment today announced its purchase of the Kane County Cougars, marking an exciting new chapter in the franchise’s storied history. The American Association of Professional Baseball approved the new ownership team last week following approval by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. “We are honored to become the new stewards of the Kane
- [Matsui, Gooden Among Munson Award Honorees](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/03/matsui-gooden-among-munson-award-honorees/) - Two World Series champions and a two-time Paralympics swimming medalist will be honored by AHRC New York City Foundation when presented with Thurman Munson Awards at the 45th annual benefit on Thursday night, March 13, at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City: New York Yankees 2009
- [Tim Kurkjian Among ‘Hal Richman Strat-O-Matic Hall of Fame’ Inductees on SOM Opening Day, Feb. 21](https://gothambaseball.com/2025/02/tim-kurkjian-among-hal-richman-strat-o-matic-hall-of-fame-inductees-on-som-opening-day-feb-21/) - A time-honored tradition for thousands of fans throughout the years, Strat-O-Matic Opening Day is set for Friday, February 21, at company Headquarters in Glen Head, N.Y. There, Strat-O-Matic’s greatest enthusiasts line up along Railroad Avenue in the Long Island hamlet to be among the first to get their hands on new 2025 baseball games as
- [American Association Announces Agreement With RYZ Sports Network](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/12/american-association-announces-agreement-with-ryz-sports-network/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) and RYZ Sports Network are pleased to announce a groundbreaking league-wide television partnership beginning in 2025. The partnership kicks off with television broadcasts featuring the 2024 AAPB Champion Kane County Cougars, who will represent the AAPB, the United States, and Canada in the prestigious Baseball Champions League. This
- [Yankees Pivot To Pitching](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/12/yankees-pivot-to-pitching/) - After failing to convince Juan Soto to come back to the Bronx, the New York Yankees went out and signed lefthander Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract. Fried, the former Atlanta Brave, was one of the most sought-after starting pitchers this offseason, and his contract represents the highest ever given to a left-handed
- [QBC 2024: State Of The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/12/qbc-2024-state-of-the-mets/) - It was an incredible season for Mets fans, and this offseason is going to be one for the ages. There is no better way to get ready for it than the Queens Baseball Convention, which takes place on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Four Points by Sheraton, located at 33-68 Farrington Street in Flushing (near Main
- [Baseball Gifts for the Discerning New York Fan](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/12/baseball-gifts-for-the-discerning-new-york-fan/) - In a homogenized gifting world, we found five choices that are unique, locally created, and worthy of fan of all ages. Baseball Trivia glasses…change every day What date was the first televised baseball game? When was the earliest version of the baseball card created? And who finally beat one of Babe Ruth's home-run records on
- [Dodgers top Yankees in Strat-O-Matic Series Sim](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/10/dodgers-top-yankees-in-strat-o-matic-series-sim/) - Tommy Edman had a series-best .435 average, hit two home runs and drove in six runs, Teoscar Hernandez plated seven and Mookie Betts had 10 hits as Los Angeles topped New York, four games to three, as Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games, simulated the championship series which begins tonight. In the
- [DTC App Gotham Sports Launches, Combining MSG Network, YES Network](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/10/dtc-app-gotham-sports-launches-combining-msg-network-yes-network/) - The Gotham Sports App, the exclusive new TV Everywhere and DTC streaming home of MSG Networks and the YES Network, has launched, providing New York sports fans with access to their favorite programming and teams all in one location. Fans who subscribe to MSG+ and the YES App through The Gotham Sports App can receive
- [American Association of Professional Baseball Wraps Up Record-Setting 2024](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/10/american-association-of-professional-baseball-wraps-up-record-setting-2024/) - When the Kane County Cougars finished off a rare playoff sweep, winning all three of its Miles Wolff Cup postseason series to claim the title, it capped a banner season for the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball). Attendance in both the regular season and playoffs were up, streaming and TV viewership saw huge gains
- [Luciano Named Sixth Caldwell University Baseball Coach](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/09/luciano-named-sixth-caldwell-university-baseball-coach/) - Nick Luciano, who has served as assistant coach for four seasons, has been promoted to Caldwell University Baseball Head Coach, it was announced today by Mark A. Corino, Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics. Luciano replaces Hasani Whitfield '05, who resigned to focus on other opportunities in the baseball industry after six years at
- [Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to Host 2025 American Association All-Star Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/08/fargo-moorhead-redhawks-to-host-2025-american-association-all-star-game/) - In collaboration with the American Association of Professional Baseball, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks announced Thursday that the organization will host the 2025 American Association All-Star Game. The 2022 Miles Wolff Cup champions and inaugural Baseball Champions League Americas winners will host the best and brightest from around the American Association at Newman Outdoor Field for a
- [Records Fall, Community News: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/08/records-fall-community-news-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season edges towards the playoffs, beginning Sept. 4. All AAPB games are available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv. Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week: There are 19 dates left on the AAPB schedule and the playoffs, in which the top
- [Ruth 'Called Shot' Jersey, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio Jerseys Part of Heritage Summer Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/08/ruth-called-shot-jersey-mantle-gehrig-dimaggio-jerseys-part-of-heritage-summer-auction/) - There have been historic Sports auctions, legendary Sports auctions, landmark Sports auctions. But there has never been anything like Heritage’s August 23-25 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction, which could become the biggest Sports auction ever. There have already been countless headlines about its centerpiece: the New York Yankees jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot (or not?)
- [This Year’s White Sox Fall to ‘62 Mets In Strat-O-Matic ‘Worst Team Ever’ Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/08/this-years-white-sox-fall-to-62-mets-in-strat-o-matic-worst-team-ever-simulation/) - A current 21-game losing streak has put this year’s Chicago White Sox (27-88, .235 winning percentage through Monday) on a pace for an even poorer record than the famed 1962 New York Mets, who at 40-120 (.250) are acknowledged by many as the worst team in modern Major League Baseball history. So how would the
- [Long Island, N.J., Connecticut Strat-O-Matic Clubs Mark First Year of Program](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/07/long-island-n-j-connecticut-strat-o-matic-clubs-mark-first-year-of-program/) - Last summer, Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games, announced Strat-O-Matic Clubs, its first ever unified national club program. Players from across the U.S. got on board, with groups quickly forming. A year later, more than 20 Strat-O-Matic Clubs, including the charter Clubs in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island are thriving, with
- [44 year old Iowa State House Representative J.D. Scholten Continues Magical Summer](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/07/44-year-old-iowa-state-house-representative-j-d-scholten-continues-magical-summer/) - One of baseball’s best stories continued on Saturday night in Sioux City, Iowa, as 44 year old Iowa State House Representative J.D. Scholten continued his magical summer of balancing pro baseball and repping the people of his district, improving to 3-0 with 5.1 innings of two-run ball and leading the Sioux City Explorers to an
- [A.L. Shuts out N.L. in Strat-O-Matic All-Star Game Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/07/a-l-shuts-out-n-l-in-strat-o-matic-all-star-game-simulation/) - Run-scoring singles by Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the fourth and Tampa Bay’s Isaac Paredes in the sixth lifted the American League to a 2-0 shutout win over the National in the simulation of the 2024 All-Star Game performed by Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games. The Nationals were limited to three
- [Unexpected Starts, All-Stars and a Saves Mark Set: Ten Things to Know in the AAPB This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/07/unexpected-starts-all-stars-and-a-saves-mark-set-ten-things-to-know-in-the-aapb-this-week/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season continues with a full slate of series this weekend, all available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv. With the All-Star Game in Kansas City just 12 days away, check out the roster selections here. Here are 10 (or so) more Things to Know about the AAPB this
- [Fireworks, Community & Pop Culture: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/06/fireworks-community-pop-culture-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-association-this-week/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season continues with a full slate of series this weekend, all available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv. Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week: Because one fireworks show just isn't enough -- and maybe some Cleburne fans might miss the Biggest
- [Cicadas, Expansion Talk and Holidays in June: Ten Things to Know in the American Assoc. This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/06/cicadas-expansion-talk-and-holidays-in-june-ten-things-to-know-in-the-american-assoc-this-week/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season continues with a full slate of series this weekend, all available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv. Here are 10 Things to Know about the AAPB this week: The colorful cicadas may be an annoyance to some, but the Kane County Cougars aren't one to brood. Instead,
- [It's Too Early For "At Least"](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/05/its-too-early-for-at-least/) - Mets fans know that there's usually a point in the season when the game results become secondary. That point is not supposed to be in May.
- [As Spring Explodes, The Business of Affiliated Baseball Takes Its Swings…](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/05/as-spring-explodes-the-business-of-affiliated-baseball-takes-its-swings/) - There was a time not long ago when baseball below the Major League level was kind of like the "wild West." There were a host of affiliated teams that had direct relationships with MLB clubs, there were college player leagues in various forms, there was Winter Baseball and the Arizona Spring League, and then there
- [Mantle Game Worn ’68 Jersey Expected to Pull $3MM+ at Heritage Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/05/mantle-game-worn-68-jersey-expected-to-pull-3mm-at-heritage-auction/) - Countless offerings among the almost 3,200 available in Heritage’s May 16-18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction could serve as its centerpiece, its highlight — that one thing that belongs in a museum, if not a Hall of Fame. Like, say, the road New York Yankees jersey worn by Mickey Mantle during his final season in 1968, then signed and
- [American Association Hires Chris Browne As Vice President-Sponsorships](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/04/american-association-hires-chris-browne-as-vice-president-sponsorships/) - The American Association of Professional Baseball has named Chris Browne as, Vice President of Sponsorships. Browne brings more than 30 years of experience in professional sports, including 23 years as an executive in baseball. In his role, Browne will handle sponsorship services for the league, coordinate sponsor related jewel events including the All-Star Game, the
- [It's Okay To Feel Good About The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/04/its-okay-to-feel-good-about-the-mets/) - The Mets were destroyed by the Dodgers 10-0 on Sunday, and Mets fans found themselves feeling good afterwards. How did this happen? Mets fans are a funny bunch. Heading into the offseason, Mets devotees were anxious to see what moves they'd make to quickly improve the team back to the 101-win stylings of 2022. Things
- [Re-Organizing The Order](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/04/re-organizing-the-order/) - Baseball’s new approach to lineup construction has altered the way teams value player characteristics. Still, the Mets have a glaring hole in their lineup and no plans to fix it.
- [Mantle, DiMaggio Photos Among Heritage Auction Finds](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/04/mantle-dimaggio-photos-among-heritage-auction-finds/) - Some 35 years ago, Jack Kramer asked a dear friend a favor: Would she make a scrapbook out of his mementos so he could relive fond memories stashed away and nearly forgotten long ago? The friend happily obliged Kramer, who was a solid right-hander in the majors from the late 1930s until the early 1950s
- [Looking Foolish](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/looking-foolish/) - Even with low expectations coming into the season, the lost opening weekend for the Mets created a sense of disappointment.
- [Yankees Picked to Win East, Fall in ALDS in Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/yankees-picked-to-win-east-fall-in-alds-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - The Yankees were hard-pressed to live up to last year's Strat-O-Matic season simulation, which had them winning the World Series. Today, the venerable sports simulation game producer has tabbed the Pinstripers to win the A.L. East with a 99-63 mark, but fall in the ALDS to Minnesota. Fans hoping for a huge one-two punch from Aaron
- [Mel & Ed Preview The 2024 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/mel-ed-preview-the-2024-season/) - Mel, the pessimistic Mets fan, and Ed, the optimistic Mets fan, share their thoughts on the upcoming season
- [Just Don't](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/just-dont/) - Despite reportedly showing interest in J.D. Davis, the Mets lost him to the Oakland A's this past week. The other free agent named J.D. is still out there - should the Mets pursue him?
- [Mets Trying Not To Walk This Way](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/mets-trying-not-to-walk-this-way/) - Last year's Mets team walked more batters than almost any other in franchise history. So why did the Mets sign a bunch of pitchers with control issues?
- [Thompson Has a Tra(y)ce of a Chance](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/03/thompson-has-a-trayce-of-a-chance/) - It would be understandable if you didn’t notice when the Mets signed Trayce Thompson to a minor league deal this past December. Teams sign myriad players to minor league deals, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle, or even a lightning bug in a jar, and often the players spend the season in the minors,
- [Tino, HoJo to be Honored at 44th Annual Thurman Munson Awards March 14](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/tino-hojo-to-be-honored-at-44th-annual-thurman-munson-awards-march-14/) - Two hard-hitting World Series champions and a Bronx basketball trailblazer enshrined in three Halls of Fame will be honored by AHRC New York City Foundation when they are presented with Thurman Munson Awards at the 44th annual benefit on Thursday night, March 14 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway)
- [Tied To Severino](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/tied-to-severino/) - One of the Mets biggest(!?!) free agent acquisitions is also one of their riskiest.
- [Strat-O-Matic Opening Day At Glen Head Headquarters A Big Hit For Fans](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/strat-o-matic-opening-day-at-glen-head-headquarters-a-big-hit-for-fans/) - They began lining up at 2 a.m. At least that’s the reported time that the first guest appeared at Strat-O-Matic Headquarters on Railroad Avenue, in the shadow of the Glen Head Long Island Rail Road stop. The first of what grew to more than 200 hearty souls braved near-freezing temperatures Friday in order to be
- [As Yankees Spring Games Set To Begin Tampa, Spirits of Baseball Legends Loom Large on Park Avenue](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/as-yankees-spring-games-set-to-begin-tampa-spirits-of-baseball-legends-loom-large-on-park-avenue/) - While current Yankees pitchers and catchers were reporting to camp in the warmth of Tampa, Florida, the spirits of baseball legends of Bronx Bombers lore and beyond loomed large in the chill of New York City on Park Avenue. They didn’t seem to mind. Heritage Auctions showcased its Feb. 24-25 Heritage Winter Platinum Night Sports Auction the day
- [Hoping for a Re-Pete](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/hoping-for-a-re-pete/) - If the Mets want Pete and Pete wants the Mets, why haven’t they signed a deal?
- [A Dream Of Spring](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/gotham-baseball/) - In his first press conference of the season, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had a message for the media, but it was also a message to the fans and likely to his team. “We are hellbent on being a champion,” was the message from an otherwise perfunctory session with the media at Steinbrenner Field
- [WE’RE DOING THIS WRONG](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/were-doing-this-wrong/) - ...Or how I learned to stop worrying and accept the Mets offseason I must warn you now - if you read this headline and thought that I would be writing a scathing review of the Mets offseason, this isn’t for you. Similarly, if you were hoping that this would be a collection of praise for
- [Dazzy Vance, Gotham Legend](https://gothambaseball.com/2024/02/dazzy-vance-gotham-legend/) - On Feb. 9, 1933, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded their pitching ace Dazzy Vance to the St. Louis Cardinals with infielder Gordon Slade for Ownie Carroll and Jake Flowers. It was the end of an era in Brooklyn baseball during which Vance dominated the National League. Vance’s remarkable story starts in 1912, a 21-year-old fireballer who
- [Mantle Memorabilia Heads Heritage’s Summer Platinum Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/08/mantle-memorabilia-heads-heritages-summer-platinum-auction/) - A game worn Mickey Mantle jersey from 1958 is currently at a record $3.9 million (including buyer’s premium) in Heritage Auctions Summer Platinum Sports Auction, with 11 days left to go (bidding through August 19th at 10pm/CT) The previous record for a Mantle gamer sold at auction is this one, with a winning bid at Heritage in Feb. 2020 for $2,190,000. This is the sixth-most valuable jersey
- ['62 Mets or '23 A's: Who is the Worst Team Ever?](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/06/62-mets-or-23-as-who-is-the-worst-team-ever/) - When thoughts turn to the worst teams in baseball history, around these parts (and most others), the lovably laughable 1962 Mets (Choo-Choo Coleman! Marv Throneberry! Roger Craig!) usually come to mind first. And while Casey Stengel's charges were not so Amazin', that was an expansion team that only had great things to look forward to. The 2003 Tigers
- [Ruth, Terry, Orosco Among Strat-O-Matic All-Stars in New Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/06/ruth-terry-orosco-among-strat-o-matic-all-stars-in-new-set/) - Ninety years ago, baseball debuted its All-Star Game, a novelty that quickly became an annual tradition. Babe Ruth, naturally, launched the classic’s first home run in that inaugural contest, and it was 50 years later that California’s Fred Lynn hit the game’s first grand slam. Those two memorable shots, in games replete with dozens of
- ['The League' Negro Leagues World Premiere at the Tribeca Festival on Monday](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/06/the-league-negro-leagues-world-premiere-at-the-tribeca-festival-on-monday/) - Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI), executive produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Oscar-winning SUMMER OF SOUL), Tariq Trotter (DESCENDANT), and produced by RadicalMedia, THE LEAGUE celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/05/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-11/) - Trio of arms making an impact in the bullpen It has been 11 months since Daniel Juarez last gave up an earned run. The last time it happened, Daniel Vogelbach was still a Pirate. Juan Soto was still a National. Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez were still in Double-A. And Juarez was still in Low-A.
- [Yankees baseball cards, including The Babe, Lou Gehrig on Heritage Auctions Next Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/05/yankees-baseball-cards-including-the-babe-lou-gehrig-on-heritage-auctions-next-week/) - Cards autographed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are among the many New York baseball themed items in the Heritage Sports May 11-13 Sports Catalog Auction. In all there is a huge selection of baseball pieces, including 73 high-grade 1952 Topps baseball cards pedigreed from The Lionel Carter Collection, a Walter Johnson signed card and
- [Strat-O-Matic Simulation Tabs Yankees Over Dodgers in 2023 Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/03/strat-o-matic-simulation-tabs-yankees-over-dodgers-in-2023-series/) - Today is opening day across baseball, and what would the start of the season be without the annual simulation by Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulations, on the regular season and playoffs? Led by Aaron Judge's 52 home runs, 132 RBI and .313 batting average, the sim has the slugger pushing his Yankees to
- [Yankees Name Jasson Domínguez And Will Warren The Winners Of The 2022 Kevin Lawn Awards](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/03/yankees-name-jasson-dominguez-and-will-warren-the-winners-of-the-2022-kevin-lawn-awards/) - The New York Yankees announced on Sunday, March 19, that outfielder Jasson Domínguez and right-handed pitcher Will Warren were named winners of the 2022 Kevin Lawn Awards as the Yankees’ minor league “Position Player of the Year” and “Pitcher of the Year,” respectively. The annual awards are dedicated to Kevin O’Brien Lawn—the son of longtime Yankees Vice President
- [Remembering Gary Carter: April 8, 1952 - Feb. 16, 2012](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/remembering-gary-carter-april-8-1952-feb-16-2012/) - (Editor's Note) This story first appeared in the Early Season 2012 issue of Gotham Baseball magazine. - MH “I'm aware of the fine nucleus the Mets have. They just missed winning the pennant last season. And I feel I can do my part to help them win a championship.” – Gary Carter, speaking to reporters
- [Glen Head's Strat-O-Matic To Induct Six Into Inaugural Hall of Fame at 'Opening Day' Ceremonies](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/02/glen-heads-strat-o-matic-to-induct-six-into-inaugural-hall-of-fame-at-opening-day-ceremonies/) - For years, “Opening Day” for many Strat-O-Matic fans has meant a pilgrimage to the game company’s Glen Head, N.Y., headquarters to be among the first to get ahold of the new baseball season cards. And while the pandemic didn’t allow for the gatherings the last two years, Strat-O-Matic (@StratOMatic), the market leader in sports simulation,
- [Yankees Announce Non-Roster Invitees To 2023 Spring Training](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/02/yankees-announce-non-roster-invitees-to-2023-spring-training/) - The New York Yankees announced today that they have invited 29 players to 2023 Major League spring training. The number of players currently scheduled to report to spring training is 69. Of the non-roster invitees (NRIs), 13 played in other organizations in 2022 and signed minor league contracts with the Yankees for the 2023 season: OF
- [Higashioka, Showalter, Nimmo, Sörenstam to be honored at 43rd Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner Feb. 7](https://gothambaseball.com/2023/01/higashioka-showalter-nimmo-sorenstam-to-be-honored-at-43rd-annual-thurman-munson-awards-dinner-feb-7/) - The 43rd annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner will benefit AHRC New York City Foundation on Tuesday night, February 7th at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City, and the honorees have been announced today: New York Yankees catcher and ’21 Roberto Clemente Award nominee Kyle Higashioka; New
- [Dan Good’s ‘Playing Through the Pain’ Named CASEY Award Finalist](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/11/dan-goods-playing-through-the-pain-named-casey-award-finalist/) - Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever, the story of the three-time All-Star and 1996 National League MVP whose addictions and use of steroids derailed his career and life, has been named one of 10 finalists for the prestigious CASEY Award, which Spitball magazine annually honors as top
- [Roger Maris Game-Used Jersey from Historic 1961 Season to be Auctioned](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/11/roger-maris-game-used-jersey-from-historic-1961-season-to-be-auctioned/) - Roger Maris game-used flannel jersey from his epic 1961 campaign in which he surpassed Babe Ruth single season home run record of 60 round trippers highlights Grey Flannel Auctions Holiday auction, which started on October 24. Other auction highlights include a high-graded Babe Ruth signed OAL ball and Joe DiMaggio’s 1937 rookie era New York
- [Strat-O-Matic, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum To Launch NFTs Honoring Greats, Partner With Fanaply](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/11/strat-o-matic-negro-leagues-baseball-museum-to-launch-nfts-honoring-greats-partner-with-fanaply/) - Few organizations have stronger ties to the rich history of baseball than Strat-O-Matic (@StratOMatic), the market leader in sports simulation, and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (@NLBMuseumKC). In their latest collaboration, the two venerable institutions today announced the planned February 2023 release of digital collectibles in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) honoring several Hall
- [CSG Grades Iconic 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle Card Valued at Over $2 Million](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/10/csg-grades-iconic-1952-topps-311-mickey-mantle-card-valued-at-over-2-million/) - Certified Sports Guaranty® (CSG®) is thrilled to announce that it has just certified two examples of the iconic 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle card, one of them valued at more than $2 million! Graded CSG 8, it is the most valuable card that CSG has certified since it launched in early 2021. Fewer than 20
- [Verdict In: Judge's 62nd Largest Topps NOW Run Ever](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/10/verdict-in-judges-62nd-largest-topps-now-run-ever/) - Aaron Judge's A.L. record setting home run display was not just a boon to the Yankees -- and his impending free agency. It was also a big hit with collectors, as the Topps NOW card depicting his historic 62nd blast of the season enticed fans to purchase 91,685 of the base card, the most ever
- [Michael Krauza’s Unlikely Journey To The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/09/michael-krauzas-unlikely-journey-to-the-mets/) - Jill Krauza used the stopwatch on her iPhone to count down from 14, while on the other end of a phone call, her son, Michael Krauza, pretended to deliver a pitch. Michael was about to make his affiliated baseball debut and had never pitched using a pitch clock before. His parents were helping him prepare.
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/09/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-10/) - As the standings sit heading into September, the Brooklyn Cyclones own a half-game lead in first place over the Hudson Valley Renegades. With 10 games left for each team and a playoff spot on the line, you’ll be hard-pressed to find more meaningful games in the minor leagues than this final stretch. “The ambiance and
- [NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Officials Unveil The Tommie L. Agee Educational Campus](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/09/17602/) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Education (DOE), the School Construction Authority (SCA), elected officials and members of the World Series Champion 1969 “Amazin” Mets joined the family of legendary Mets outfielder Tommie Agee to celebrate the opening of the Tommie L. Agee Educational Campus, I.S. 419 in Queens
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/09/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-9/) - There aren’t many players who have as much potential as Mets No. 4 prospect Alex Ramirez. “He’s very, very talented,” Hitting Coach Richie Benes said. “He’s got speed, he’s got good bat-to-ball skills, he has some power, he hits the ball the other way. He can pull for power, hit oppo for power. The sky’s
- [Topps NOW Timmy Trumpet Card Celebrates Diaz Save](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/09/topps-now-timmy-trumpet-card-celebrates-diaz-save/) - With the Mets holding onto a narrow 2-1 lead over the Dodgers on Wednesday night at CitiField, Timmy Trumpet took the field to welcome closer Edwin Diaz into the game. Trumpet played a live rendition of his song "Narco," Diaz's intro song all season. Now through Friday at 2 p.m. ET, fans can get a
- [RBI Baseball Teams Representing Chi, Cin To Play In Youth Game Before Field of Dreams](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/08/rbi-baseball-teams-representing-chi-cin-to-play-in-youth-game-before-field-of-dreams/) - Major League Baseball on Monday announced the two youth baseball teams from the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program representing Chicago and Cincinnati will compete in the second iteration of “A Dream Fulfilled,” a special youth baseball exhibition on the iconic corn-stalk field at the fan-favorite tourist destination in Dyersville, Iowa. On Wednesday, August 10th at
- [Five Minor Leaguers Suspended](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/08/five-minor-leaguers-suspended/) - The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball has announced that five Minor League players have been suspended following their violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program: Infielder Derek Dietrich, who is currently on the roster of New York Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, has received a 50-game suspension without pay after testing positive
- [Remembering The Mayor’s Trophy Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/remembering-the-mayors-trophy-game/) - Before interleague play began in 1997, fans of a certain age can remember the annual Mayor’s Trophy Game, a mid-season exhibition contest played by the Mets and Yankees from 1963-1983. But did you know there was a Mayor’s Trophy’s Game before the Mets came to town? Starting in 1946, the Yankees faced off against Gotham’s
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-8/) - In the Statcast era, just two major league hitters have hit 500-foot home runs. Giancarlo Stanton, unsurprisingly, is one of them. The other, a bit more surprisingly, is Nomar Mazara. This season for the Brooklyn Cyclones, outfielder Stanley Consuegra did something Stanton-esque (or Mazara-esque) when he hit a home run that went an estimated 504
- [HOF Museum Hosts ‘Field of Dreams’ Actor Dwier Brown For Two Programs On July 29](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/hof-museum-hosts-field-of-dreams-actor-dwier-brown-for-two-programs-on-july-29/) - -- Author Series Event at 1 p.m.; Free Showing of 1989 Classic Baseball Film at 7 p.m. in Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater -- Dwier Brown helped build a timeless story in the movie "Field of Dreams" while portraying John Kinsella. Now, to paraphrase the film’s signature line, he will come…to Cooperstown. The National Baseball
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/17566/) - We’re just over the halfway point of the season and the Cyclones, who sit at 41-46, are on break. As with all minor league teams, roster turnover is frequent, and this roster is no different. For those who follow, it can be hard to track who’s still on the team and who’s moved on.
- [A Queens College All-American](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/17561/) - Queens College baseball freshman Marc Cisco, Long Island City, New York, resident and Queens College Knights second baseman, has earned All-American honors. He is the second baseball student-athlete in the program’s Division II era—and the first since 1998—to be so recognized. In early June, Cisco—an actuarial studies major—earned 2022 NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association
- [Judge, Alonso Featured In New Limited Topps All-Stars Art Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/judge-alonso-featured-in-new-limited-topps-all-stars-art-set/) - Two New York All-Stars, Aaron Judge and Pete Alonso, are featured as DJ Skee and Gregory Siff, whose amazing artwork has graced numerous Topps baseball cards, take to the canvas again for the limited 2022 MLB All-Star Game set, available now through Thursday at 2 p.m. ET on the Topps Website. The collection, limited to
- [It’s Time To Honor The Kid](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/its-time-to-honor-the-kid/) - During his remarks on Keith Hernandez Day, Mets legend Mike Piazza introduced Hernandez by noting that he could feel the presence of “No. 8” (Gary Carter) during the ceremony. No one else, even Hernandez, mentioned Carter’s name, but if you’re asking me who should get their number retired next, it’s Gary Carter. Hernandez taught the
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-7/) - The minor leagues have long been a testing ground for rules that Major League Baseball is considering instituting. This season in High-A, where the Cyclones play, it has been especially prevalent. The most notable of the rules is the pitch clock, but pitcher step-offs are limited, the bases are slightly larger and shifts are restricted.
- [Inductions of Fowler, Hodges, Kaat, Miñoso, Oliva, O’Neil and Ortiz Highlight Hall of Fame Weekend 2022, July 22-25](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/inductions-of-fowler-hodges-kaat-minoso-oliva-oneil-and-ortiz-highlight-hall-of-fame-weekend-2022-july-22-25/) - Their careers span from baseball’s earliest days to the game’s current generation, so fans of every era will have reason to celebrate the Class of 2022 from July 22-25 in Cooperstown. More than 50 Hall of Famers are scheduled to be in Cooperstown to honor the Class of 2022 at the National Baseball Hall of
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/07/17531/) - Despite just recently joining the Cyclones in the second half of May, relief pitcher Grant Hartwig has already established himself as maybe the team’s most important bullpen arm. “I love pitching in high leverage situations,” Hartwig said. “I love having the team counting on me for some big innings and being able to step up
- [RealResponse Enters Professional Baseball With Major League Baseball Agreement](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/realresponse-enters-professional-baseball-with-major-league-baseball-agreement/) - RealResponse, (@RealResponseHQ), the award-winning safe and secure feedback, monitoring, and anonymous reporting platform for athletic teams and organizations, today announced its expansion into professional baseball, as Major League Baseball has begun to implement the RealResponse Anonymous Texting system for reports of player, staff, or employee misconduct. RealResponse will provide an additional platform to help MLB
- [Dismissing Derek Jeter?](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/dismissing-derek-jeter/) - During a Red Sox broadcast earlier this week, former Red Sox slugger and repeat PEDs offender Manny Ramirez made the following comment: "It’s like if you put [Derek Jeter] in Kansas City in those years, he was just a regular player." Taken out of the context of the entire interview, the comment caused an uproar
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/17519/) - On Wednesday with a runner on second, Tanner Murphy hit a soft chopper that went under the glove of the charging second baseman. When the play was over, the run scored and Murphy was at second base. Yes, it absolutely was an error, so no RBI for him, but good things happen when you put
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-6/) - Risers and Fallers A little over two full months into the season it’s time to take a look at who’s been playing well and who’s been struggling. Risers and fallers, here we come. Riser: Brandon McIlwain Last week’s subject of the Brooklyn Cyclones Report has continued his hot streak at the plate in the week
- [On This Date In Gotham Baseball History: June 17](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/17508/) - June 17, 1922 New York Giants centerfielder Casey Stengel smacked a home run in the 10th inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1 at the Polo Grounds. The “Fordham Flash” Frankie Frisch had the only other run-scoring hit, an RBI single in the first inning. Art Nehf pitched all 10 innings for the New Yorkers,
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-5/) - Former college quarterback starting to shine for the Cyclones There aren’t many professional baseball players who can say they’ve thrown a touchdown pass in both the SEC and PAC-12. Brandon McIlwain can. “That was an amazing experience,” McIlwain said. “College football is so exciting, such a huge fan base behind me, and there’s so
- [Remembering Lindsey Nelson](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/remembering-lindsey-nelson/) - In the spring of 1961, Joan Payson selected former Yankees general manager George Weiss to become the first president of the expansion New York Mets. Weiss had to build the entire expansion franchise from scratch, and in addition to trying to build a front office, a farm system, and field a roster, he was also
- [Baseball Hall of Fame Welcomes 2022 Class of Frank and Peggy Steele Interns](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/baseball-hall-of-fame-welcomes-2022-class-of-frank-and-peggy-steele-interns/) - -- Eighteen students begin summer of a lifetime in Cooperstown -- (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – Although most get the call to the National Baseball Hall of Fame at the end of their careers, the young women and men who comprise the 2022 Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development are headed to Cooperstown to begin their professional
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/05/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report/) - Cyclones have roster shakeup, lose three pitchers to the Rumble Ponies The Cyclones went 23 days in April without any major changes to the roster, but it took just two days into May for Brooklyn to have its first true shakeup. The Brooks lost three pitchers — RHP Jose Chacin, RHP David Griffin and RHP
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/05/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-2/) - In six innings of work, Jesús Vargas didn’t allow a run. Through the first five, he didn’t allow a baserunner. In his first start of the year, he was nearly perfect. “He did a really good job,” Manager Luis Rivera said. “He’s been doing a really good job.” This was Vargas’ first start
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/05/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-3/) - “They’re the best bullpen in the league” Brooklyn Cyclones manager Luis Rivera has a lot of confidence in his bullpen, and he isn’t afraid to say it. “They’re the best bullpen in the league,” Rivera said last week after his bullpen combined for five innings of two-run ball to close out a win versus the
- [The Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/the-brooklyn-cyclones-report-4/) - In the minor leagues, rosters are always fluid. Players move up and down through the different levels of the organization throughout the season, with teams looking vastly different at the end of the year compared to what they looked like at the beginning. About two months into the season, those roster moves are starting to
- [Congressman Peter King Named To Save The Game Advisory Board](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/06/congressman-peter-king-named-to-save-the-game-advisory-board/) - Peter T. King, the former New York Congressman who represented the South Shore Long Island district for almost 30 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been named to the advisory board of Save the Game™ , the grass roots effort designed to align with Major League Baseball to encourage youth participation in baseball
- [Big League Chew Founder Nelson Talks Baseball, Gum](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/05/big-league-chew-founder-nelson-talks-baseball-gum/) - Thanks to former players Rob Nelson and the great Jim Bouton, baseball fans' first association with gum doesn't have to be the inedible sticks that accompanied packs of cards. Sitting in a bullpen in the summer of 1977, Rob – a left-handed pitcher for the Portland Mavericks (the subject of the Netflix documentary The Battered
- [Brooklyn Cyclones Report](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/04/brooklyn-cyclones-report/) - There are 17 pitchers currently on the roster for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Sixteen of them throw overhand. Then there’s Josh Hejka. The 6-foot-0 right-hander out of Johns Hopkins is a submarine pitcher, a rare breed in baseball today. He’s also maybe Brooklyn’s most effective relief pitcher so far this season. In five appearances and 5.2
- [The Straw That Stirs The Drink](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/04/the-straw-that-stirs-the-drink/) - No, this isn't a story about how Reggie Jackson endeared himself to his new Yankees teammates in 1977 (for three pages!). And while cans and bottles and the like from concession stands sometimes found themselves on the Yankee Stadium field in those days, thousands of beverages -- with lids and straws -- are sold at games
- [Alonso Among FameDays Hologram E-Greeters](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/04/alonso-among-famedays-hologram-e-greeters/) - Pete Alonso (.827 OPS) and the Mets (7-3, first place) are off to solid starts. With the "Polar Bear's" popularity ranking among the highest in N.Y. baseball these days, he's the ideal local player to help launch FameDays, a new hologram greeting platform which features celebrities from the sports world like Ric Flair, Von Miller,
- [Gotham Baseball Tonight](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/04/gotham-baseball-tonight/) - Both the Mets and Yankees are on the schedule for Monday, April 11. It's only the first month of the 2022 season, but both of Gotham's clubs are already playing important games. Toronto at Yankees, 7:05 PM In the Bronx, the Yankees open a four-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays, who are being touted by
- [Yanks, Mets Win Divisions But Not Leagues In Strat-O-Matic 2022 Sim](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/03/yanks-mets-win-divisions-but-not-leagues-in-strat-o-matic-2022-sim/) - As fans eagerly await the delayed start of the 2022 baseball season, Strat-O-Matic (@StratOMatic), the market leader in sports simulation, just can’t wait to deliver its preseason simulation on what was supposed to be Opening Day today across North America. Fans in Milwaukee and Minnesota will be particularly excited to learn that Strat-O-Matic sees the
- [Major Leaguer Frye, N.Y. College Standouts Try to 'Save the Game' With New Participation Initiative](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/03/major-leaguer-frye-n-y-college-standouts-try-to-save-the-game-with-new-participation-initiative/) - SAVE THE GAME ™ is a grass roots initiative to invigorate Major League Baseball and increase youth participation in the game; the initiative was launched by the nine-year veteran former MLB player Jeff Frye (Rangers, Red Sox, Rockies, Blue Jays), and two New York college standouts - Kevin Gallagher (Pace University) and Pat Geoghegan (Mercy
- [Monday Mets: Up In Smoke](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/monday-mets-up-in-smoke/) - After a disappointing weekend series against the Braves, the Mets will need to play nearly perfect baseball to continue playing into October. They may still be mathematically alive, but the numbers are not very kind to them. Late in Sunday's destructive loss to the Braves, a massive fire near Citi Field caused thick black smoke
- [Strat-O-Matic To Sim Yanks, Mets Openers](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/03/strat-o-matic-to-sim-yanks-mets-openers/) - While there may be no baseball at Yankee Stadium or Citi Field this spring until owners and players settle their differences, fans don’t have to go without their favorite sport come Opening Day. Strat-O-Matic (@StratOMatic), the market leader in sports simulation, today announced it will provide daily simulations of scheduled games beginning on Thursday, March
- [Nelson, Wilson, Ledecky Among Thurman Munson Honorees Monday, March 7](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/03/nelson-wilson-ledecky-among-thurman-munson-honorees-monday-march-7/) - The honorees for the 42nd Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City on Monday night, March 7, 2022 benefiting AHRC New York City Foundation, have been announced today. These are this year’s award recipients: World Series champions, pitcher Jeff Nelson (1996, ’98, ’99, 2000) of
- [New York Stars Dominate Judge Curated Topps Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/02/new-york-stars-dominate-judge-curated-topps-set/) - Topps today launched a new 82-card set, curated by Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge. And while a broad array of stars past and present are included, there's no doubt that the superstar's status as one of Gotham's favorite players had a large influence on his selections for inclusion. Judge is among numerous Yankees and Mets in
- [Robinson Memorabilia Headlines Heritage Auctions Black History Month Collection](https://gothambaseball.com/2022/02/robinson-memorabilia-headlines-heritage-auctions-black-history-month-collection/) - The tale of Jackie Robinson's first meeting with Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey, on Aug. 28, 1945, has been recounted and reshaped so many times it long ago slipped from memory to mythology. Each retelling, in print and on film, is a little different; each detail, slightly tweaked. Yet there is no changing the outcome:
- [Yankees Announce 2022 Coaching Staff](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/12/yankees-announce-2022-coaching-staff/) - The Yankees have announced their coaching staff for the 2022 season. Joining Aaron Boone for his fifth season as Yankees manager will be bench coach Carlos Mendoza, pitching coach Matt Blake, bullpen coach Mike Harkey, assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel, hitting coach Dillon Lawson, assistant hitting coaches Eric Chavez and Casey Dykes, third base and outfield coach Luis Rojas, first base and infield coach Travis Chapman,
- [New Hall of Famer O'Neil, Others in Strat-O-Matic, NLBM NFT Program](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/12/new-hall-of-famer-oneil-others-in-strat-o-matic-nlbm-nft-program/) - Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, and the Negro League Baseball Museum, the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-American baseball and its impact on the social advancement of America, today announced a partnership to distribute NFTs (non-fungible tokens) featuring all-time baseball greats from the Negro Leagues. The
- [Rule 39: There Is No Such Thing As A Coincidence.](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/11/rule-39-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-coincidence/) - So, now that the New York Mets seem to be close to hiring a General Manager, there's other news coming out of the MLB GM Meetings. Sandy Alderson was expected to move to become Mets president on the business side only but he admitted his baseball involvement will depend on the level of experience of
- [Mantle Jersey, World Series Pitching Rubber Among Yankee Auction Goodies](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/11/mantle-jersey-world-series-pitching-rubber-among-yankee-auction-goodies/) - "There's a bit of magic to it," said a recent visitor to Heritage Auctions as he eyed, with awe and reverence, the gray jersey adorned with "NEW YORK" on the front and "7" on the back. The slightly soiled, sweat-stained top belonged, of course, to Mickey Mantle — the No. 7. Of this, there is no doubt: It has been
- [Subway To Shea Podcast](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/11/17378/) - I hopped on the Subway To Shea Podcast with Anthony Rivera, who is a diehard New York Mets fan. We discussed: - The long stressful search for a POBO - Which candidates dropped out - Brian Sabean being a possibility (He wants it!) - In house candidates: Ian Levin & Tommy Tanous - Where Zack
- [Who Knew Atlanta Would Win the World Series? Strat-O-Matic Did!](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/11/who-knew-atlanta-would-win-the-world-series-strat-o-matic-did/) - On April 1, Strat-O-Matic presented its annual Opening Day baseball season simulation. How did they do? Well, they had seven of the 10 playoff teams tabbed, and our World Series winner was... drumroll, please: Atlanta! What else did the venerable sports simulation provider peg right back in April? Three of the playoff seeds (Milw., Atl.,
- [Willie Mays NFT Drop To Benefit Say Hey Foundation](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/10/willie-mays-nft-drop-to-benefit-say-hey-foundation/) - Today, the Costacos Collection announced its inaugural drop will feature one of the most respected legends in professional sports, New York and San Francisco Giants center fielder Willie Mays. The 90th Birthday Celebration Drop will take place this Sunday, October 24, as an ode to Willie’s iconic number and two days before the start of
- [A Cold War In Flushing: Does MLB & Media Want Mets To Fail?](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/10/a-cold-war-in-flushing-does-mlb-media-want-mets-to-fail/) - As you may have read elsewhere, The New York Mets are in the process of trying to create a new front office. Even if you are the biggest supporter of Mets team president, Sandy Alderson (which I am not), one has to acknowledge that his first term under new owner Steve Cohen was pretty terrible.
- [Monday Mets: Herd Inadequacy](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/10/monday-mets-herd-inadequacy/) - How can a team filled with good-to-great players have such an underachieving season? It wasn't supposed to be this way, was it? I mean, sure, during Steve Cohen's first virtual press conference after completing his purchase of the Mets, he said "If we don't win a World Series in 3-5 years, that would be disappointing"
- [Monday Mets: Nobody's Home](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/09/monday-mets-nobodys-home/) - It's no secret that the Mets offense has been bad, but a simple look at a few common stats show just how bad it's been. Over recent years, baseball's acceptance and appreciation of Sabermetrics, has birthed a new era of analysis. There have been so many new ways of crunching numbers to determine an individual
- [Fan Appreciation Day Shines Light On Realities Of Minor League Baseball](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/09/fan-appreciation-day-shines-light-on-realities-of-minor-league-baseball/) - This season has finally brought one of the nation’s most perplexing labor issues to the national spotlight. While Major League Baseball makes more money than ever, offers their players unprecedented contract values, and increases the value of each franchise, Minor League Baseball players often lose money each year. On Saturday, September 18th, Advocates for Minor
- [Topps/ESPN Card Sets Release Today With 30for30 'Once Upon A Time in Queens' Debut](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/09/topps-espn-card-sets-release-today-with-30for30-once-upon-a-time-in-queens-debut/) - In a special collaboration with ESPN and ESPN Films, Topps has created the 30-for-30 “Once Upon a Time in Queens” commemorative trading card set. Following the documentary’s scheduled release dates/times (tonight and Wednesday night), this is a four-part trading card set that captures the 1986 New York Mets championship season and the players that made
- [MLB Marketing Should Further Embrace International Presence](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/09/mlb-marketing-should-further-embrace-international-presence/) - by Matt Nocerino, special to GothamBaseball As evident every coming fall when the NFL season kicks off, there is a growing disparity between how popular the product is on the gridiron, compared to that of the diamond. Problems within baseball itself exist, which has left those tasked with promoting our national pastime with noticeable obstacles.
- [Monday Mets: Still Waiting](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/monday-mets-still-waiting/) - If you've been reading the Monday Mets articles for some time, and I'm pretty sure both of you have been, you'll know that I get a little personal sometimes. Yesterday was my first Father's Day without my father around, and today would have been his 82nd birthday; so I can't treat this week's offering as
- [Monday Mets: We're Better Than This](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/monday-mets-were-better-than-this/) - Things have gone from unfortunate to ugly to ludicrous in Queens, and it's sad. Was this really necessary? I've been thinking of using the "We're Better Than This" headline for some time now. It started when the Mets came out of the All-Star break and looked almost nothing like the first place team we enjoyed
- [Monday Mets: A Confession](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/monday-mets-a-confession/) - The Mets are playing like the .500 team many expected them to be, so why haven't I watched? Confession time. My name is Shai Kushner, and I'm a devoted Mets fan who hasn't watched a full game in a couple weeks. Those who know me well, or even kind of well, or even those who've
- [Monday Mets: The Francisco Factor](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/monday-mets-the-francisco-factor/) - The first half of Francisco Lindor's first season with the Mets has widely been viewed as a disappointment. So why are they having so much trouble winning without him? The Mets held on to first place in the NL East for just over three months, before relinquishing it to the Philadelphia Phillies this past weekend.
- [Heritage Auctions has Babe Ruth rookie card, Willie McCovey Collection on auction block](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/heritage-auctions-has-babe-ruth-rookie-card-willie-mccovey-collection-on-auction-block/) - $20 million worth of sports history will be up for grabs when Dallas-based Heritage Auctions conducts its star-studded Summer Platinum Auction which is underway and continues through August 21-22. The event features a treasure-trove of sports memorabilia including a vintage Babe Ruth rookie trading card worth more than $1 million, the finest known baseball signed
- [La Vida Baseball Launches New All-Female and Latina Multimedia Show 'Locker Room Talk' Wednesday](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/la-vida-baseball-launches-new-all-female-and-latina-multimedia-show-locker-room-talk-wednesday/) - TeamWorks Media, the parent company of La Vida Baseball, today announced the launch of its new weekly show highlighting the achievements of women and Latinas in sports, “Locker Room Talk.” Hosted by Julie Alexandria and Jennifer Mercedes, two Latinas with more than 20 years of sports industry reporting experience, "Locker Room Talk" is a show
- [Monday Morning: The Metzzzzz](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/08/monday-morning-the-metzzzzz/) - The rest of the NL East is battling for mediocrity, so why aren't the first place Mets taking advantage? Towards the end of Sunday's Mets 7-1 loss to the Reds, SNY scanned the Citi Field crowd and showed fan after fan dozing off. Preceding this was inning after inning of Mets players doing the same.
- [Monday Mets: What To Do](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/monday-mets-what-to-do/) - The Mets are hanging on to first place with holes in the roster and the trade deadline looming. Still, does it make sense for the team and acting GM Zack Scott to make a big splash? There are very few givens in baseball. With myriad statistics and analyses, many of the seemingly best players in
- [Talking "Gotham Baseball" With The Baseball HOF](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/talking-gotham-baseball-with-baseball-hof/) - On Tuesday, July 27, at 2pm, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown will host its next “Virtual Author Series” and I am proud and privileged to say that I will be the featured author, discussing my book, Gotham Baseball: New York’s All-Time Team. I’d like to invite all of you to
- [Sculptor Marc Mellon Celebrates  'Handshake for the Century' Photo](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/sculptor-marc-mellon-celebrates-handshake-for-the-century-photo/) - It was a most simple gesture, one played out without fanfare across baseball diamonds for decades. One player offering his hand in congratulations to his home run hitting teammate. But when Jackie Robinson, playing for the Montreal Royals, hit his first International League home run on April 18, 1946, in Jersey City, there was something
- [Monday Mets: Best-Laid Plans](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/monday-mets-best-laid-plans/) - Very little has gone as intended for this year's Mets. Yet, here we are, one week after the All-Star break, with two of the team's headlining starts out indefinitely, and they still find themselves holding onto first place. Barely. I'm going to have to ask for your patience in reading this. I woke up on
- [Monday Mets: What Is and What Could Have Been](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/monday-mets-what-is-and-what-could-have-been/) - Despite a frustrating loss on Sunday, the Mets closed out the first half* of the season in first place. This was an optimistic expectation by many Mets fans from the moment that Steve Cohen took over ownership of the team. Still, the cast of characters that got them here are not the names that many
- [New Yorker Cashman Recalls 40 Years Of ‘Talkin’ Baseball’](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/07/new-yorker-cashman-recalls-40-years-of-talkin-baseball/) - When it comes to baseball songs, there are a few that even casual fans probably know by heart. And while “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” goes back more than a century and “Centerfield” has the star power of John Fogarty, Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball,” through its original version that debuted 40 years ago to
- [Monday Mets: Are You Ready for the Summer?](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/monday-mets-are-you-ready-for-the-summer-2/) - Summertime and nothing's easy. While the Mets have the best ERA in the game, they have also scored the fewest runs. They've also been in first place for about 2 months. After the first week of the Mets season, I downplayed my concerns about the Mets offense, as it was only 5 games into the
- [NY Sports HOF Relaunches With Gehrig NFT](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/ny-sports-hof-relaunches-with-gehrig-nft/) - The New York Sports Hall of Fame relaunched today with a slate of digital firsts, including bidding on a non-fungible token (NFT) of the speech regarded as the most famous in sports history. The historic 1-of-1 NFT of uncut extant film of the iconic 1939 “Luckiest Man” address by New York Yankees captain Lou Gehrig
- [Door Is Finally Open For Mets, Yankees To Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/door-is-finally-open-for-mets-yankees-to-deal/) - For the first time since 2002, the New York Mets' baseball operations department is being run by professionals. The Yankees, at least since 1990, have as well. The late Gene Michael is most responsible for that change, taking over the club when principal owner George Steinbrenner was banned for his role in the Howie Spira
- [Monday Mets: The Cavalry Is Coming](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/monday-mets-the-cavalry/) - It's been almost 2 months since Brandon Nimmo and JD Davis left a game early against the Phillies and soon found themselves on the Injured List. This was the beginning of the Mets losing regular starters to injuries, and was also NOT the beginning of the Mets losing games. Now, it looks like some of
- [Monday Mets: The Skinny on McKinney](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/monday-mets-the-skinny-on-mckinney/) - Until joining the Mets, outfielder Billy McKinney had an unremarkable career. In less than three weeks since coming to the team, he has become a key part of their recent success. Late bloomers are nothing new to major league baseball. From Jacob deGrom to David Ortiz to Randy Johnson to Jeff Kent, there are many
- [Monday Mets: Talking Rojas Seriously](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/monday-mets-talking-rojas-seriously/) - Despite all sorts of challenges the Mets find are still in first place, and it's about time the role that Luis Rojas has played is recognized. In the late 1980's/early 1990's, when I was in my early teen years, I had a somewhat foolish outlook on spring training games. Partially due to youthful naivete, and
- [Retired Ump Hirschbeck Helps Families Feel Safe](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/retired-ump-hirschbeck-helps-families-feel-safe/) - by Jesse Liptzin, special to Gotham Baseball A couple years after retirement after more than 30 years as an MLB umpire, John Hirschbeck finds himself in the midst of his greatest work yet, helping families all across the United States in dealing with the unfortunate circumstance of childhood disease. Hirschbeck and the Magic of Michael Foundation
- [Strat-O-Matic: Gehrig Would Have Surpassed 600 Homers](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/06/strat-o-matic-gehrig-would-have-surpassed-600-homers/) - Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, today released the results of three simulations tied to baseball’s observation of “Lou Gehrig Day” as part of its celebration of the endeavor across the sport. Full details of each simulation are posted at http://www.strat-o-matic.com. The first is a “Home Run Derby” featuring two pairs of famed Yankee
- [Strat-O-Matic To Celebrate Lou Gehrig Day With Simulations, ALS Association Donation](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/strat-o-matic-to-celebrate-lou-gehrig-day-with-simulations-als-association-donation/) - With the recent announcement that baseball will observe “Lou Gehrig Day” annually on June 2, Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, today unveiled its plans to honor the all-time great first baseman whose untimely passing from ALS cut short his legendary career. In addition to donating 10% of net sales on that date to
- [Monday Mets: Mendoza!](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/monday-mets-mendoza/) - For over 40 years, major league hitters have used the idea of the "Mendoza Line" as the border to no-man's land. With about 30% (25% for the Mets) of the 2021 season in the books, the Mets, and most other teams, are flirting with treating it as the norm. Baseball has been source of entertaining
- [Topps, FOX MLB To Celebrate Baseball With Pop Artist Collaborations](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/topps-fox-mlb-to-celebrate-baseball-with-pop-artist-collaborations/) - Bringing together the worlds of baseball, pop art and broadcasting, Topps and FOX Sports today announced collaborations with some of the most talented and influential pop artists in the world to produce original artwork displays and short-form content to be highlighted during FOX MLB broadcasts this season. The work of noted creators like The Shoe
- [Monday Mets: Mob Deep](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/monday-mets-mob-deep/) - With a team-wide slow offensive start, as well as a slew of early-season injuries, the Mets have had to rely on their bench players more than they had expected. And, they're also in first place. As you may remember, the Mets went into the offseason hoping to sign at least one, maybe even two, of
- [Irvin, Biggio Among N.J. Hall of Fame Nominees For 2021](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/irvin-biggio-among-n-j-hall-of-fame-nominees-for-2021/) - Two Baseball Hall of Famers with New Jersey ties have been nominated among 50 individuals in various categories for the New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) Class of 2021. Monte Irvin, who starred for the Newark Eagles and later the New York Giants, and Craig Biggio, an All-American at Seton Hall, are on the ballot
- [Monday Mets: What To Believe](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/monday-mets-what-to-believe/) - The Mets are about 5 weeks into a remarkably strange season, and despite their current first place standing it's anybody's guess as to who this team really is. Some teams appear destined to win from Day 1. Maybe it's an exciting come-from-behind Opening Day victory, or just a ho-hum clean win in which the team
- [Monday Mets: Well Hello Donnie](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/05/monday-mets-well-hello-donnie/) - Donnie Stevenson, the Mets newest coaching hire, may not actually exist, but since the Mets "added" him, the bats have come to life. Following Saturday night's Mets victory over the Phillies, Pete Alonso raised some eyebrows when he mentioned that the team had just brought in a new "mental/approach coach" named Donnie. With a straight
- [Stottlemyre '86 Mets Trophy Among Steiner Personal Collection Up For Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/stottlemyre-86-mets-trophy-among-steiner-personal-collection-up-for-auction/) - The extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia industry leader Brandon Steiner, including the late Mel Stottlemyre's 1986 World Series Trophy, went on the auction block this week at Steiner’s CollectibleXchange.com as part of Spring Auction 2021. Other highlights are dozens of graded trading cards such as LeBron James, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Ken
- [Monday Mets: Unlocking Castro](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/monday-mets-unlocking-castro/) - Since his 2015 Major League debut, Miguel Castro has been considered a pitcher with a great deal of talent that has never been able to consistently put it all together, leading to a mostly mediocre career. Are the Mets crazy for regularly relying on him late in games? When the Mets obtained relief pitcher Miguel
- [Glanville, Granderson Mix It Up On New Regional Show](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/glanville-granderson-mix-it-up-on-new-regional-show/) - Doug Glanville never played for the Mets or the Yankees, but the Teaneck, New Jersey native and University of Pennsylvania graduate always ties his leadership, and his perspective, back to his Garden State roots. The latest project for Glanville on reaching the big picture beyond the game is a monthly show on Chicago’s Marquee Sports
- [Monday Mets: McCannon](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/monday-mets-mccannon/) - The Mets closed out the weekend series with a 2-1 victory, punctuated by James McCann throwing out Trevor Story in attempted steal to end the game. Is McCann's arm this good, and if so, what could this mean for the Mets? When the Mets signed James McCann this past December, it took some fans a
- [Phil LoMedico, Inventor Of Prohitter Batting Tool, Sees Massive Adoption In MLB](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/phil-lomedico-inventor-of-prohitter-batting-tool-sees-massive-adoption-in-mlb/) - Gotham Baseball caught up with Phil LoMedico, founder of PROHITTER, grip-technique-facilitator and bat-sting eliminator used by many Major Leaguers. GB: Tell us about your background: PL: I am an entrepreneur, inventor, musician, songwriter, artist and a businessman at heart. I created PROHITTER, a batting aid used by both professional and amateur baseball and softball players
- [Monday Mets: The Letdown](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/monday-mets-the-letdown/) - After months of building anticipation, extended by the Nationals bout with COVID, the Mets finally got to play baseball and it did not go well. Is this early season rust or a sign of things to come? Let's face it, this was the most exciting Mets offseason in years. Aside from adding a perennial All-Star,
- [Happy Opening Day! Atlanta Tops Oakland In Strat-O-Matic 2021 Baseball Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/04/happy-opening-day-atlanta-tops-oakland-in-strat-o-matic-2021-baseball-simulation/) - Atlanta and Oakland meet in the World Series, with the Braves earning their first title in 26 years, in Strat-O-Matic’s simulation of the 2021 baseball season, announced today prior to the first pitch in games across the country. According to the full 162-game slate and playoffs run by Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation,
- [Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Preview The 2021 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/monday-mets-mel-ed-preview-the-2021-season/) - Opening Day is this Thursday, so I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on the upcoming season. In case you’ve forgotten or you’re unfamiliar with them, these two Mets fans can best be summarized as the consistently cynical, “sky is always falling” fan (Mel) and the always optimistic, “they’re just one good
- [Gehrig Bat, '23 Yankees Hope Plate, Murderers' Row Photo Highlight SCP Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/gehrig-bat-23-yankees-hope-plate-murderers-row-photo-highlight-scp-auction/) - After being packed away for decades, one of Lou Gehrig’s final game used bats from the 1938 season and possibly during that year’s Fall classic will be offered at auction in March 2021. Derived from the personal collection of Earle Combs and freshly graded and authenticated by PSA/DNA who scored the gorgeous Gehrig monument GU
- [Snider '55 Cover Leads off SI/Topps Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/snider-55-cover-leads-off-si-topps-series/) - Sports industry titans, Sports Illustrated and Topps, come together to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Topps baseball cards with a new series launching today. With a total of 70 cards in the special edition set, each one will depict one of the most memorable Sports Illustrated baseball covers ever printed. Two new cards
- [Monday Mets: The Frugal Guillorme](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/monday-mets-the-frugal-guillorme/) - While the Mets spent most of the postseason emphatically addressing most of the team's burning questions, third base remained a mystery. Could the homegrown Luis Guillorme be the answer? After the Mets obtained Trevor May, James McCann, Francisco Lindor, and Carlos Carrasco, while missing out on George Springer and Trevor Bauer, greater attention was put
- [Cyclones Name Coaching Staff For 2021 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/cyclones-name-coaching-staff-for-2021-season/) - The Brooklyn Cyclones will begin their 20th Anniversary season with a new manager at the helm. On May 4th, when the Cyclones take the field for the first time as a member of High-A baseball, Ed Blankmeyer will become the 12th manager in Cyclones history. After spending more than two decades in Queens, Blankmeyer -
- [Inaugural “Lou Gehrig Day” To Be Held June 2 Throughout MLB](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/inaugural-lou-gehrig-day-to-be-held-june-2-throughout-mlb/) - Major League Baseball today announced the inaugural “Lou Gehrig Day,” which will be celebrated throughout the League during the 2021 Championship Season on Wednesday, June 2nd. Henceforth on this date, Gehrig will join fellow Baseball Legends Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as the only players whose legacies are celebrated annually with dedicated, league-wide days. June
- [Monday Mets: Excited And Can't Hide It](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/03/monday-mets-excited-and-cant-hide-it/) - Every spring brings with it a sense of hope, or at least possibility. This year, it all seems more palpable. Still, I find myself questioning if this optimism is okay. The Mets begin spring training games today. In fact, as a buddy of mine reminded me, yesterday was the last Sunday that the Mets won't
- [Back In Black: A Gotham Baseball Road Map](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/12/back-in-black-a-gotham-baseball-road-map/) - Back in 1988, the New York Mets debuted a new road uniform, and it was by far the worst thing I had ever seen a Mets player wear. So spare me if the recent #MetsTwitter drama of the black jerseys making a comeback in 2021 isn't upsetting me that much. I'm not going to lie,
- [Spring Training Optimism Isn’t Fools Gold Thanks To Mets Enviable Depth](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/spring-training-optimism-isnt-fools-gold-thanks-to-mets-enviable-depth/) - It isn’t pleasant, but it’s also not so hard for Mets fans to think back to recent seasons that were more or less ruined by a lack of starting pitching depth. Despite the “image” cultivated by the club ever since their pennant-winning season in 2015, too often the Mets have been undermined by less-than-major-league-quality innings
- [Gotham Baseball Podcast: Newsday's Tim Healey](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/gotham-baseball-podcast-newsdays-tim-healey/) - Newsday's Tim Healey joined Gotham Baseball's Mark Healey to talk about Spring Training and the Mets.
- [MiLB Makeover: Rational Realignment Or Tyrannical Takeover?](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/milb-makeover-rational-realignment-or-tyrannical-takeover/) - Judgment Day fell on Sept. 30, 2020, during a year in which minor league baseball ceased to exist, another entity plagued by The Plague. Already financially insecure and fearful, minor league teams had their anxieties multiplied on that fateful Wednesday. That day it became official. The marriage was over and a new relationship was to
- [Monday Mets: Meet The Mets - Jordan Yamamoto](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/monday-mets-meet-the-mets-jordan-yamamoto/) - As you probably know, this offseason has been one of the busiest in Mets history. Some big names, as well as some larger-than-medium names have been brought in to improve the roster and help the Mets make the postseason for the first time since 2016. However, there are a few new Mets players who will
- [Ruth Reimagined Among First Topps 'Project70' Offerings](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/ruth-reimagined-among-first-topps-project70-offerings/) - With its successful Project 2020 in the books, Topps is moving to an even more ambitious set -- Project70, in which 51 artists will each create 20 cards of their own player and design choice, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Topps's first baseball cards. But as the initial offerings, unveiled today, suggest, artists
- [Yankees Announce Non-Roster Invites](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/yankees-announce-non-roster-invites/) - The New York Yankees have invited 32 players to 2021 Major League spring training. The number of players scheduled to report to spring training is 72. Of the group, 20 players were signed (or re-signed) to minor league contracts for the 2021 season: RHP Kyle Barraclough, OF Michael Beltre, C Rob Brantly, OF Sócrates Brito, OF Jay Bruce, RHP Jhoulys Chacín,
- [La Vida Baseball  Launches “The Year of 21” Multi-Platform Experience Dedicated To Roberto Clemente](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/la-vida-baseball-launches-the-year-of-21-multi-platform-experience-dedicated-to-roberto-clemente/) - La Vida Baseball, the leading multi-language Latino baseball lifestyle media company, today announced the launch of “The Year of 21,” a multi-platform content initiative created to inform, engage and educate fans worldwide about the life, the impact and the legacy of Roberto Clemente. In collaboration with a range of media platforms, content creators and unique
- [Monday Mets: We Hardly Lowrie](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/monday-mets-we-hardly-lowrie/) - Lost amongst the flurry of transactions this past week, the Jed Lowrie era in Flushing has come to a seemingly unceremonious conclusion. So, let's take a look at the Mets tenure of the man, the myth, the le..the myth, that is now "former Mets great" Jed Lowrie. In 2019, as pitchers and catchers were preparing
- [SABR Negro Leagues Task Force Issues Recommendations On Major-League Status](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/sabr-negro-leagues-task-force-issues-recommendations-on-major-league-status/) - SABR’s Negro Leagues Task Force has made a series of recommendations on which Black leagues from baseball’s segregated era should be recognized as major leagues, and to advise how SABR should change its internal workings to reflect this determination. The task force, chaired by SABR Board President Mark Armour, acknowledged that the following Black baseball leagues were
- [MAYER: Mets Infield Depth is Lacking](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/mayer-mets-infield-depth-is-lacking/) - Over at Medium, Mets writer Michael Mayer put together a solid report on why the clubs needs some infielders: The biggest move the Mets made this offseason was clearly the trade that netted them superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco from Cleveland. Obviously, the deal was a home run for the Mets, but the
- [While Mets Owner Strongly Denies Any Role In A Financial Mess, A New Era Dawns In Queens](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/02/while-mets-owner-strongly-denies-any-role-in-a-financial-mess-a-new-era-dawns-in-queens/) - These are the times that could make you pinch yourself in desperation if you weren't painfully aware of how real it all is: a world turned upside down by a pandemic and the steps taken to curb its impact, a sports landscape marred by cancelled games and mask mandates, unprecedented economic anxiety plaguing most families
- [QBC 2021: State Of The Mets Is Back!](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/01/qbc-2021-state-of-the-mets-is-back/) - On Jan. 13, the folks who run the Queens Baseball Convention announced that on Feb. 6, 2021, there will indeed be a QBC: We had to postpone Queens Baseball Convention 2020 twice last year. We weren't happy about that at all. We also know you guys weren't thrilled with it either. As a way to
- [The Longest-Tenured Player On Each Gotham Club](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/01/the-longest-tenured-player-on-each-gotham-club/) - Our friend Will Leitch has a great piece over at MLB.com this morning, looking at the longest-tenured players on each MLB club: Though the Hot Stove has been rather quiet so far (with a few exceptions from the Mets and Padres), there’s no question that eventually something will happen, and the rosters of your favorite
- [Mets Get Lindor, Carrasco](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/01/mets-get-lindor-carrasco/) - “Many players you watch and appreciate. Others you watch and smile. That smile is not just a function of appreciation, but also an empathetic reaction to how they play the game. I think Lindor is the kind of player that makes one smile.” - Sandy Alderson The New York Mets today announced that they have
- [Diamond Anniversary For Strat-O-Matic As Sports Simulation Leader Celebrates 60th](https://gothambaseball.com/2021/01/diamond-anniversary-for-strat-o-matic-as-sports-simulation-leader-celebrates-60th/) - Now sixty years after Hal Richman launched the first set of Strat-O-Matic baseball cards, the market leader in sports simulation is set to celebrate its Diamond Anniversary (how appropriate!) with a full lineup of new items, including upgraded seasons, updated popular series including Hall of Fame and Negro League sets, and branded 60th Anniversary merchandise that
- [Another Legend Leaves Us](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/another-legend-leaves-us/) - Maybe it’s because I am so New York-centric when it comes to baseball, but when I heard that Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro died this past week at 81 years old, my first thought was of him as a Yankee. I know, the beloved “Knucksie” was best known for pitching 21 of his 24
- [Voit, Urshela, Conforto, Pudge Among Munson Award Winners](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/voit-urshela-conforto-pudge-among-munson-award-winners/) - A star-studded lineup will be honored virtually at the 41st Annual Thurman Munson Awards ceremony to benefit AHRC New York City Foundation on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, and these are the honorees: New York Yankees standouts Luke Voit and Gio Urshela, New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto, Hall of Famer catcher Pudge Rodriguez, New York
- [Strat-O-Matic, La Vida Baseball Team For 'What-If,' Simulated Content](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/strat-o-matic-la-vida-baseball-team-for-what-if-simulated-content/) - In more than 7000 Major League plate appearances over 16 years, Ozzie Guillén faced some of the game's great fireballers, with his share of success. How would he have fared against intimidators like Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Aroldis Chapman? When the three-time All-Star and host of La Vida Baseball's Being Guillén wanted to know,
- [World Series Video Captures Season Like No Other](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/world-series-video-captures-season-like-no-other/) - "In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened." Vin Scully wasn't talking about the 2020 baseball season and World Series when he uttered that immortal phrase. Rather, it was following Game 1 of the 1988 Fall Classic, the last one won by his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers, on a dramatic two-out,
- [Al Michaels Named 2021 Ford C. Frick Award  Winner](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/al-michaels-named-2021-ford-c-frick-award-winner/) - Iconic National Voice to be Honored at July 23-26 Induction Weekend in Cooperstown; Al Michaels, whose passionate and authoritative voice was the nationwide soundtrack of the game for more than a decade, has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball
- [Dick Kaegel Wins BBWAA’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/dick-kaegel-wins-bbwaas-j-g-taylor-spink-award/) - Longtime Cardinals and Royals Writer to be Honored at July 24 Awards Presentation in Cooperstown Dick Kaegel, who covered the beats of Missouri’s two Major League Baseball teams for decades, was elected the 2021 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. His career will be honored
- [N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/n-y-well-represented-in-hall-of-fame-book/) - When the Mets opened their Hall of Fame in Citi Field, I sometimes joked that the Yankees have a Hall of Fame, too... in Cooperstown. With so much of baseball history tied to the New York franchises, from the early days in the National Association, forerunner to the National League, at least a dozen franchises
- [Miracles, Music & Mr. Met: More Than Just A Team](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/miracles-music-mr-met-more-than-just-a-team/) - In the now nearly six decades since they first stepped on the field at the old Polo Grounds, the Mets have had a unique place in the New York sports scene. The team’s initial fan base, mostly comprised of rooters of two recently departed longtime franchises, yearned for something new while reaching back for something
- [B.A.T. Will Absorb Operations of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/12/b-a-t-will-absorb-operations-of-the-professional-baseball-scouts-foundation/) - The Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) will absorb all operations of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation (PBSF) to further assist active and former scouts, B.A.T. and PBSF jointly announced today. In recognition of the organization’s legacy, B.A.T. will introduce the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation Grant to scouts that are in need of financial, medical and psychological
- [Author Talk: Mark C. Healey](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/11/author-talk-mark-c-healey/) - Please join me, the author of Gotham Baseball: New York's All-Time Team for an Author Talk on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Since I've been unable to host any book signings or Author Talks since the pandemic, I'd like to kick off the holiday season by sharing my thoughts about writing the
- [MLB Celebrates An Unprecedented Season With 'The 2020 World Series'](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/11/mlb-celebrates-an-unprecedented-season-with-the-2020-world-series/) - Like so many events, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reshaped how this MLB season looked and felt. After navigating unprecedented challenges, playing a restructured regular season, a new Postseason format and the first neutral site World Series in modern history, the historic 2020 season culminated in an unforgettable Fall Classic and with the Los Angeles Dodgers
- [Topps Issues Fine Art Prints From Popular Project 2020 Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/11/topps-issues-fine-art-prints-from-popular-project-2020-cards/) - Now with more than 80% of its 400-card run issued since it began in March, Topps “Project 2020,” the ambitious effort by 20 commissioned popular artists across the world to re-imagine 20 iconic baseball cards from the past 70 years, moves to a new phase with today’s introduction of Fine Art prints of the series.
- [A Grateful Gotham Goodbye To WFAN's Joe Benigno](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/11/a-grateful-gotham-goodbye-to-wfans-joe-benigno/) - I haven't spoken to WFAN's Joe Benigno in a long time, but I have listened to his show for pretty much every one of the 25 years he's been on WFAN. We didn't have a falling out or anything like that, it's just how life happens. I never stopped listening though, and have always held him
- [Honus Wagner Card Sets Record $1,426,800](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/11/honus-wagner-card-sets-record-1426800/) - When the Gavel dropped on the Goldin Auctions October Legends Auction, the total proceeds topped $16 Million, a figure never before that had been eclipsed in the Online Sports Memorabilia Auction Industry from single auction event. Topping the list of most valuable items was the T-206 Honus Wagner card in Lot #1 which sold for
- [Mantle’s Childhood House On The Goldin Auctions Block](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/10/mantles-childhood-house-on-the-goldin-auctions-block/) - Hall of Fame centerfielder Mickey Mantle is center stage in Goldin Auctions 2020 October Legends Auction, which is now is now open for bidding. The Mickey Mantle Childhood Collection is highlighted by Mickey Mantle’s Childhood House located at 319 South Quincy Street in Commerce, Oklahoma. In the hobby industry, it’s often described that a certain
- [Tampa Upends Los Angeles In Six Games In Strat-O-Matic’s 2020 World Series Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/10/tampa-upends-los-angeles-in-six-games-in-strat-o-matics-2020-world-series-simulation/) - Randy Arozarena (.320, 3 HR, 5 RBI), Joey Wendle (.348, 4 runs scored), Brandon Lowe (2 home runs, 5 RBI), and the tandem of Nick Anderson and Diego Castillo (10.1 IP, 0 runs, 15 K) helped Tampa Bay to a win over Los Angeles, four games to two, as Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the leader in sports
- [The National Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers Whitey Ford](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/10/the-national-baseball-hall-of-fame-remembers-whitey-ford/) - “To think when I was 21 years old, I’d be playing with DiMaggio and Berra, against guys like Stan Musial and Roy Campanella, it’s just something I can’t fathom. It’s just been great.” – Whitey Ford, at the 1974 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Edward “Whitey” Ford was the big-game pitcher on the great New
- [Hardball Rules Places Baseball Fans Head-to-Head in Trivia Challenge App](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/10/hardball-rules-places-baseball-fans-head-to-head-in-trivia-challenge-app/) - Available today for Android and iOS devices, the Hardball Rules app from SCHOW, Inc. lets fans compete against each other or against realistic AI in exciting nine-inning contests that test their knowledge of baseball's rulebook. Created on the renowned Unity development platform with questions written by some of the nation's top rules experts and an
- [Cubs Edge Yankees In Strat-O-Matic World Series Sim](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/cubs-edge-yankees-in-strat-o-matic-world-series-sim/) - It has been more than eight decades since the Cubs and Yankees met in the World Series, but according to the simulation posted today by Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the leader in sports simulation games, those two storied franchises will survive three rounds of playoffs and match up for the title next month. Chicago, behind four home
- [Back to School: Strat Helps Teachers, Parents With Free Lessons](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/back-to-school-strat-helps-teachers-parents-with-free-lessons/) - Mathematics, statistics and probability can be difficult concepts for children to grasp, even in normal teaching settings. With distance and “virtual” learning the norm for many this fall, the challenge of understanding these and other academic disciplines may be even greater. Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the leader in sports simulation games, has helped launch “Strat School,” a
- [Sacred Heart University To Host Event With Valentine, Torre To Support New Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/sacred-heart-university-to-host-event-with-valentine-torre-to-support-new-jackie-robinson-foundation-scholarship/) - FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Sacred Heart University will present two Major League Baseball legends, Joe Torre and Bobby Valentine, in a virtual event on Oct. 22, “SHUand42: A Subway Series Celebration,” to support SHU’s new Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship. Robinson’s uniform number was 42. Torre, a former baseball player and manager who is now a MLB executive, will
- [Monday Mets: For Mets Sake](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/monday-mets-for-mets-sake/) - "It's getting late early". This quote is often attributed to Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. And whether or not he actually said it, or something very close to it, it is an accurate description of where we are at this point in the season. Despite the fact that Opening Day was less than seven weeks
- [Monday Mets: Seaver](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/monday-mets-seaver/) - Following Tom Seaver's passing last week, publications all over the country were declaring him the greatest Mets player of all time. My sister asked me if this was accurate. The short answer is yes. Explaining why, beyond the statistics, is a somewhat longer response. I wasn't really around for most of Tom Seaver's Mets career.
- [Nassau County To Honor Tom Seaver](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/nassau-county-to-honor-tom-seaver/) - MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County Executive Laura Curran today announced that Nassau will honor the late Tom Seaver by lighting up the dome of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building blue and orange beginning tonight (Thursday) through Sunday September 6th. “Tom Seaver inspired generations of fans with thrilling performances and historic triumphs. We mourn
- [Ripken Streakbreaking Game Gets Commemorative Topps Curated Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/ripken-streakbreaking-game-gets-commemorative-topps-curated-set/) - Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig are inextricably linked in baseball history, their improbable consecutive games played streaks compiled in vastly different eras but with the commonality of persevering, showing up to play every game, every day, for 2632 and 2130 contests, respectively. When Ripken passed Gehrig on September 6, 1995, it was a celebration
- [Mattingly Benz, Valentine Uniform Among Auction Finds](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/09/mattingly-benz-valentine-uniform-among-auction-finds/) - New York baseball memorabilia are front and center as sports marketplace CollectibleXchange.Com has launched its “Mid-Summer Auction,” where collectors can bid on over 400 amazing signed and vintage items. Yankees-themed items include Yankee great Don Mattingly’s autographed 1985 Mercedes-Benz (current bid $18,100); a pair of 1998 World Series-used cleats signed by Mariano Rivera; and a
- [Monday Mets: Great Expectations](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/monday-mets-great-expectations/) - In the midst of a wild double-header sweep of the Yankees on Friday night, news quickly spread that billionaire Steven A. Cohen is in exclusive negotiations with Fred Wilpon to buy the team. Fans have already started celebrating this news. Let's slow things down and take a look. Let's be honest, most Mets fans would
- [Don C's Jackie Robinson TOPPS Project 2020 Card Posts On Jackie Robinson Day](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/don-cs-jackie-robinson-topps-project-2020-card-posts-on-jackie-robinson-day/) - A commemorative TOPPS Project 2020 card celebrating Jackie Robinson Day Friday across MLB posted today at http://topps.com/project2020. Artist Don C's interpretation of the classic 1952 Topps Robinson card is available through 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. The Robinson card, issued today along with Jacob Rochester's reimagining of the iconic 1955 Roberto Clemente, is one of
- [Scully's Personal Collection Highlights Live Online Hunt Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/scullys-personal-collection-highlights-live-online-hunt-auction/) - The personal collection of longtime Dodgers broadcaster and Hall of Famer Vin Scully, originally slated to be the highlight of Hunt Auctions 16th annual MLB All Star Game auction this summer, will instead be folded into its September 23 Live Internet Auction, the Exton, Pa.-based firm said today. Consisting of materials related to the New
- [Alonso-Curated Card Set Featured At Topps Beginning Today](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/alonso-curated-card-set-featured-at-topps-beginning-today/) - In (the first) Spring Training, Topps met up with 2019 Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso to develop his own curated card set. Today, Alonso's inspirations hit the collecting scene, as Topps introduces the 50-card series with a decidedly New York feel. Some of the elements selected by Alonso include NYC street art (bright colors,
- [Statue, Field Dedication Puts New Spotlight On All-Time Great John Donaldson](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/statue-field-dedication-puts-new-spotlight-on-all-time-great-john-donaldson/) - by Jesse Liptzin, special to Gotham Baseball Who was John Donaldson? Many Baseball fans have no idea who this Negro Leaguer and baseball scout was and how his on the field play for over 30 years broke records that no one speaks about today. Minnesota native and long time baseball fan Peter Gorton has made
- [Monday Mets: Trying To Find The Positives](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/monday-mets-trying-to-find-the-positives/) - A week ago, the Mets had just finished being swept by the Phillies and things looked bleak. They haven't lost a game since then, and still for a little bit, things looked even worse. This seems like the beginning of an "only the Mets" type of story, and really it's a bit more serious than
- [Monday Mets: Dom-ino Effect](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/monday-mets-dom-ino-effect/) - These are tough times. Everywhere. If you don't know this, then you've been quarantined under a rock for the last few months. So, another Monday Mets calling out the team's shortcomings is really just sad, and frankly, it's pretty obvious. The team isn't scoring. Their starting rotation is battered. They got swept out of Philadelphia
- [Monday Mets: All Walk, No Run](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/monday-mets-all-walk-no-run/) - As of this morning, the Mets lead the majors in On-Base Percentage. If you're as surprised to learn that as I was, that's probably because they're in the middle of the pack in the majors in Runs Scored. This unfortunate mismatch showcases the Mets offense early struggles, and plays a large role in their sub-.500
- [Monday Mets: Cespe-Less](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/08/monday-mets-cespe-less/) - Imagine for a moment that you own a house. You've just hired some painters to spruce up one of the bedrooms. In the meantime, the bricks on the front of the house are crumbling, the shingles on the roof are flying off, and there's a dangerous sinkhole in the backyard. Would you be overly concerned
- [Monday Mets: The More Things Change...](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/monday-mets-the-more-things-change/) - Three games into the season and it's obvious that we should brace ourselves for the unusual. The season is only 60 games long. The National League has the DH. There are cardboard cutouts of fans, and dogs, in the stands at Citi Field. Extra innings begin with a player on second base. Each team is
- [Cleveland Stuns Los Angeles In World Series As Strat-O-Matic Simulates Upcoming 60-Game 2020 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/cleveland-stuns-los-angeles-in-world-series-as-strat-o-matic-simulates-upcoming-60-game-2020-season/) - The 2020 baseball season will be unlike any other, a 60-game sprint that began last night replacing the normal 162-game grind. And just as that means different strategies and maybe a different outcome than a full slate would have produced, Strat-O-Matic’s (www.strat-o-matic.com) simulation of the truncated schedule meant a new winner, as Cleveland topped Los
- [La Vida Baseball Rolls Out Strong Lineup For Major League Baseball’s Opening Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/la-vida-baseball-rolls-out-strong-lineup-for-major-league-baseballs-opening-week/) - TeamWorks Media today announced that La Vida Baseball, its award winning English and Spanish language baseball platform, will provide extensive coverage of some of the biggest names around MLB as we head towards the re-start of baseball this weekend. LaVida Baseball will have coast to coast coverage with reporters in cities from New York and Chicago
- [Moneyball and Technology Advances For The Youth Level](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/moneyball-and-technology-advances-for-the-youth-level/) - It is the week of the Yankees and Mets--and the rest of MLB’s--return to play, and the sprint that will be the COVID shortened 2020 season. Yet for millions of young people 2020 will be the baseball season that never was. From elite programs to high school, college and Little League, play has been altogether
- [Monday Mets: I Guess We're Really Doing This](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/monday-mets-i-guess-were-really-doing-this/) - It's the middle of July. This is usually the time in the baseball season when Mets fans are licking their wounds from the first 90 or so games, fighting that annual internal conflict between giving up hope and focusing on whatever source of optimism they can find from the prior months. Instead, we're just days
- [Yanks' Cole Takes Loss In N.L. All-Star Win in Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/yanks-cole-takes-loss-in-n-l-all-star-win-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - Milwaukee's Christian Yelich's two-run home run in the fourth inning was one of five circuit clouts in the game as the National League topped the American, 7-2, in Strat-O-Matic's simulation of the All-Star Game Tuesday night. TV host Drew Carey (American) and musician Slim Jim Phantom (National) managed the teams during a live video stream
- [Valentine, White, Leyritz Plus ‘69 Amazin’ Mets Kranepool, Swoboda, Shamsky Free Live Virtual Q&A's Weds, Thurs](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/valentine-white-leyritz-plus-69-amazin-mets-kranepool-swoboda-shamsky-free-live-virtual-qas-weds-thurs/) - As baseball prepares for its return to Yankee Stadium and Citi Field this month, some of the standouts from years past take the virtual stage when former Mets Subway Series manager Bobby Valentine, currently A.D. at Sacred Heart University, former Yankees hard-hitting outfielder Roy White, Yankees postseason standout Jim Leyritz, and Amazin’ 1969 Mets World
- [Drew Carey, Slim Jim Phantom To Manage All-Stars In Strat-O-Matic Simulation Tues Via Wizard World](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/drew-carey-slim-jim-phantom-to-manage-all-stars-in-strat-o-matic-simulation-tues-via-wizard-world/) - Actor, host, comedian and baseball super-fan Drew Carey will match wits with his friend and fellow Strat-O-Matic player, musician Slim Jim Phantom, when the two square off as managers of the American League and National League teams, respectively, when Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com) simulates the 2020 baseball All Star Game on Tuesday, July 14. Carey and Phantom
- [Strat-O-Matic Baseball Simulation: Trout, Freeman, Morton, Scherzer Earn June Awards](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/07/strat-o-matic-baseball-simulation-trout-freeman-morton-scherzer-earn-june-awards/) - As Strat-O-Matic’s (www.strat-o-matic.com) simulation of the 2020 baseball season moves past the halfway point and with the All-Star Game less than two weeks away, award winners for June were announced today. Mike Trout of Los Angeles and Freddie Freeman of Atlanta were selected as A.L. and N.L. Players of the Month, respectively, while Charlie Morton
- [Rachel Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton & Carter Launch the Month-Long "Tip Your Cap" Campaign](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/rachel-robinson-hank-aaron-and-presidents-obama-bush-clinton-carter-launch-the-month-long-tip-your-cap-campaign/) - Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, in collaboration with civil rights hero Rachel Robinson and baseball legend Hank Aaron, are joined by scores of baseball players and other professional athletes, sports executives, entertainers, journalists and others for an unprecedented tribute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball's Negro Leagues. The Tip Your Cap campaign, which is being directed by Negro
- [Sonnets Of Summer: Poet Discusses New Book Of Baseball Verse](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/sonnets-of-summer-poet-discusses-new-book-of-baseball-verse/) - As baseball poetry goes, "Casey at the Bat" and "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" get the lions' (and Tigers' and Cubs') share of the attention. Go ahead, try to name another without typing "baseball poems" into a Web browser. There are dozens of others, of course, but none have the enduring popularity of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's tale
- ['Yogi' Author Jon Pessah To Host Live Q&A Thursday At Wizard World Virtual Experiences](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/yogi-author-jon-pessah-to-host-live-qa-thursday-at-wizard-world-virtual-experiences/) - Jon Pessah, founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and NY Times bestselling author, will discuss his new book Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask, Thursday at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT at Wizard World Virtual Experiences. Pessah, former sports editor at the Hartford Courant and assistant managing editor/sports at Newsday, also wrote The
- [Strat-O-Sons Top Dads, Four Games To Three, In Father's Day Inspired Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/strat-o-sons-top-dads-four-games-to-three-in-fathers-day-inspired-series/) - Jason Kendall's run-scoring single in the top of the 10th inning off Brian Harvey plated Travis Shaw with the go-ahead run, giving the team of Sons a 5-4 victory over a squad of Fathers in the seventh game of Strat-O-Matic's special Father's Day series featuring an assortment of the best dads and sons ever to
- [A-Rod, Jeter Games Highlight Upcoming SiriusXM Classic Broadcasts](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/a-rod-jeter-games-highlight-upcoming-siriusxm-classic-broadcasts/) - Alex Rodriguez's 3000th hit, stroked against the Tigers in 2015, and Derek Jeter's famous "flip" in the 2001 ALDS vs. Oakland are among the highlight games featured in the next week of classic radio broadcasts on SiriusXM Radio. Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, it's the milestone hit by Rodriguez, this date five years ago, called
- [Exclusive Babe Ruth Video Highlights New York Sports Tours’ Return With Virtual Tour June 25](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/exclusive-babe-ruth-video-highlights-new-york-sports-tours-return-with-virtual-tour-june-25/) - For two years, New York Sports Tours has brought New York sports history to life for guests through one-of-a-kind luxury sports tour experiences. And while fans can’t board the minibus and zip around the city in person, they can participate worldwide in the unique New York Sports Tours Virtual Tour Experience on Thursday, June 25,
- [Strat-O-Matic 365 Adds League Commissioner Feature For Baseball, Football Online Games](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/strat-o-matic-365-adds-league-commissioner-feature-for-baseball-football-online-games/) - As we start to emerge from the global pandemic, baseball fans are clinging to the hope that the owners and the players, still so far apart in their negotiations of what the 2020 season will look like, fantasy players are still starved for action. One way they've been able to get their fix is Strat-O-Matic's
- [Yanks, Mets On Outside Looking Into Playoffs In Strat-O-Matic Simulation](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/yanks-mets-on-outside-looking-into-playoffs-in-strat-o-matic-simulation/) - Two months into Strat-O-Matic's simulation of the 2020 baseball season, the company's location in Glen Head, Long Island, hasn't meant "home field advantage" for the Yankees or the Mets, who are currently outside of playoff position in the American and National Leagues, respectively. The Bronx Bombers, despite a league-high eight wins from Gerrit Cole, sit
- [Ryan, Jeter, Gooden Among Leading Topps 'Project 2020' Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/06/ryan-jeter-gooden-among-leading-topps-project-2020-cards/) - Artist Joshua Vides's interpretation of the 1969 Nolan Ryan, Gregory Siff's take on the 1992 Derek Jeter and Ben Baller's work on the 1985 Dwight Gooden are among the top sellers as the Topps "Project 2020" series surpassed the marks of 100 cards issued and 1,000,000 sold this week. In the program, 20 commissioned popular artists re-imagine 20 iconic cards
- [Strat-O-Matic To Collaborate With Marquee Sports Network To Expand Its Content Creation Role](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/strat-o-matic-to-collaborate-with-marquee-sports-network-to-expand-its-content-creation-role/) - Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the market leader in sports simulations, today announced it will assist Marquee Sports Network, the broadcast home of the Chicago Cubs, in creating content for a series of Cubs-specific shows for 2020. The shows will use the data and simulations from iconic Cubs games of the past to re-imagine what an alternate result
- [The Pandemic Baseball Book Club: Favorite Interview](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/the-pandemic-baseball-book-club-favorite-interview/) - PBBC: As authors, we end up talking at length about our books when they first come out. Less discussed but just as interesting are the occasional peeks behind the curtain to see how the product comes to be. Which is why, beginning this week, we’re having select PBBC members write briefly about their processes. This
- [HOF's Legendary Voices From On And Off The Field](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/hofs-legendary-voices-from-on-and-off-the-field/) - The school year may be winding down, but the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Education Department is keeping students and fans connected to Cooperstown with ongoing virtual programs that explore the Museum and baseball’s connection to American culture. As part of the Museum’s digital outreach through Safe at Home, thousands of viewers have experienced Virtual Field Trips, Curator Spotlights and Voices of the Game programs via
- [15 Years Of New York's Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/15-years-of-new-yorks-game/) - In April 2005, I launched Gotham Baseball. The first platform we unveiled was gothambaseball.com, the first site of its kind, offering comprehensive coverage of New York’s game; baseball. The site was unveiled as the 2005 MLB season opened, setting the stage for the magazine, while also becoming a portal for all of Gotham’s baseball fans.
- [Connect to Cooperstown With Museum’s Free Virtual Programs](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/connect-to-cooperstown-with-museums-free-virtual-programs/) - As plans for the return of baseball begin to come into focus, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is continuing to provide fans and students the chance to delve into history and interact with game’s biggest names. The Museum’s Education Department is offering free Virtual Field Trips, Curator Spotlights and Voices of the Game programs
- [La Vida Baseball Launches Only Live Spanish Language Digital Baseball Show 'Polvora, Voz Y Diamante'](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/la-vida-baseball-launches-only-live-spanish-language-digital-baseball-show-polvora-voz-y-diamante/) - La Vida Baseball (@LaVidaBaseball), the nation’s leading multi-language Latino baseball lifestyle media company, today announced that they are expanding their coverage to include a weekly Spanish language offering. Polvora, Voz Y Diamanté which will run every Thursday at 1:00 PM and will be hosted by St Louis Cardinals Spanish Language Broadcaster, Polo Ascencio, Pliego Villarreal
- [Jeter, Mays, Gooden Cards Among Leading Topps 'Project 2020' Sellers To Date](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/jeter-mays-gooden-cards-among-leading-topps-project-2020-sellers-to-date/) - As 20 commissioned popular artists across the world continue to re-imagine 20 iconic cards from the past 70 years in the Topps Company’s “Project 2020,” the first numbers are in, and with three Mike Trout cards and three of Derek Jeter among the top seven sellers, more than 232,000 cards have been purchased by fans.
- [Boggs, Gooden Reunite For Free Fan Video Q&A Sunday, May 17](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/boggs-gooden-reunite-for-free-fan-video-qa-sunday/) - The baseball season may be on hold for now, but die-hard fans love their connection to the sport's history and the chance to meet their heroes. And while in-person gatherings aren't possible, the pop culture convention experts at Wizard World have arranged for the next best thing as two all-time greats and 1996 Yankees World
- ['Yogi' Author Pessah Talks Writing Legend's Definitive Bio](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/05/yogi-author-pessah-talks-writing-legends-definitive-bio/) - For Jon Pessah, author of the new biography, Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask (Little, Brown and Company, 576 pps., $30.00), the challenge of writing about someone as well-known and well-documented, who lived as full a life as did Lawrence Peter Berra, boiled down to stories about the Hall of Famer. Not that there is any
- [Rays, Nationals Top Standings, April Awards Issued In Strat-O-Matic Sim](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/04/rays-nationals-top-standings-april-awards-issued-in-strat-o-matic-sim/) - As the calendar turns to May, the Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com) simulation of the 2020 baseball season continues, with the Tampa Bay Rays (21-12) and defending champion Washington Nationals (20-10) posting the top A.L and N.L. records, respectively, through the first month-plus of action. Strat-O-Matic, which updates results and standings daily at www.strat-o-matic.com/2020-season-simulation/, also issued its first
- [Strat-O-Matic Baseball Selected By People.com as ‘Best Board Game for Sports Lovers’ For 2020](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/04/strat-o-matic-baseball-selected-by-people-com-as-best-board-game-for-sports-lovers-for-2020/) - Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the market leader in sports simulations, continued an unparalleled month of growth and recognition this week, being selected by People.com as “Best Board Game for Sports Lovers” amongst their list of iconic games that have gained steam during these unusual times. The list includes other classics such as Monopoly, Candor, Scrabble and Candy
- [Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Announces Partnership with Music City Baseball](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/04/negro-leagues-baseball-museum-announces-partnership-with-music-city-baseball/) - The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) has announced their partnership with Music City Baseball (MCB). This business relationship will include revenue sharing and cooperation between marketing and social media efforts. Music City Baseball has agreed to work in good faith to provide physical space in the permanent stadium facility, once constructed, for the prospective MLB
- [La Vida Baseball And Minute Media Form Technology Platform And Content Distribution Partnership](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/04/la-vida-baseball-and-minute-media-form-technology-platform-and-content-distribution-partnership/) - La Vida Baseball (@LaVidaBaseball), the nation’s leading multi-language Latino baseball lifestyle media company, today announced a multi-year partnership with Minute Media to greatly expand the reach of LVB’s daily, premium video content utilizing Minute Media’s proprietary publishing platform and distribution channels. Minute Media, owner of The Players’ Tribune, Fansided, The Big Lead and 90min, distributes
- [Yanks Edge Over .500 As Strat-O-Matic Simulation Boosts Interest](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/04/yanks-edge-over-500-as-strat-o-matic-simulation-boosts-interest/) - More than a few hairs may have been pulled if it took the Yankees 11 games to edge over the .500 mark in a season which matched them against division foes Baltimore, Toronto and Tampa Bay. But that's how the folks at Strat-O-Matic have it so far in their simulation of the 2020 schedule, issued
- [“'The Way Back' Star Looks Back At His Baseball Roots, Fandom](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/03/the-way-back-star-looks-back-at-his-baseball-roots-fandom/) - Just before the cessation of activities due to COVID-19, “The Way Back,” a new film starring Ben Affleck was gaining solid traction as a sleeper hit of the spring leading into March Madness. Affleck plays Jack Cavanaugh, a former high school star who has lost his way due to a host of tragedies in life,
- [Art, Baseball Collide In New Topps 'Project 2020' Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/03/art-baseball-collide-in-new-topps-project-2020-cards/) - Today Topps is launching its "Project 2020" in which the cardmaker commissioned 20 world-renowned pop artists to create re-imagined versions of 20 classic baseball cards of all-time baseball greats. Each artist will do all 20 cards, for a total of 400 in the set, and each card will be available for 48 hours upon issue
- [Strat-O-Matic To Simulate Baseball Season Beginning Opening Day March 26; Fans Help Select Lineups](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/03/strat-o-matic-to-simulate-baseball-season-beginning-opening-day-march-26-fans-help-select-lineups/) - Can the Mets’ Pete Alonso better his rookie record 53 homers in 2020? Will the Angels’ Mike Trout again prove he’s the best in the game? What will Mookie Betts do in a Dodgers’ uniform? While the baseball season, along with the rest of the sports world, is on hold, Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com), the market leader
- [La Vida Baseball Tabs Mikus, Menendez For New Positions](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/03/la-vida-baseball-tabs-mikus-menendez-for-new-positions/) - La Vida Baseball (@LaVidaBaseball), the nation’s leading English-speaking Latino baseball digital media company, today announced two strategic hires to help lead the platform’s expanded efforts in advance of the 2020 baseball season. Trevor Mikus has been named to the newly created position of Vice President, Business Development and Jesse Menendez has been elevated into the
- [USS Cooperstown Christened in Wisconsin](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/03/uss-cooperstown-christened-in-wisconsin/) - (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum participated in christening ceremonies for the future USS Cooperstown, a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), on Feb. 29 in Marinette, Wis., at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, where the ship is nearing completion. As the USS Cooperstown’s Honorary Sponsor, the Chairman of the Board of the
- [Yankees Already Showing Pitch Depth Is Fleeting](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/02/yankees-already-showing-pitch-depth-is-fleeting/) - LHP James Paxton underwent microscopic lumbar discectomy operation with the removal of a peridiscal cyst. With that surgery, Paxton is going to miss at least the first month of the MLB season with his probably missing at least the first two months. As a result, the Yankees lost one of their top starters before pitchers
- [Hall of Fame Debuts Starting Nine Experience Online, at Museum in Cooperstown](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/02/hall-of-fame-debuts-starting-nine-experience-online-at-museum-in-cooperstown/) - The National Pastime’s perfect number has come to Cooperstown: Nine innings, nine fielders – and now the Starting Nine experience at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame is introducing Starting Nine: The Must-See Artifacts from Your Team for Museum visitors in 2020. This team-themed experience highlights nine amazing pieces
- [Stars Abound As Torres, Davis Among 40th Annual Munson Award Winners](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/02/stars-abound-as-torres-davis-among-40th-annual-munson-award-winners/) - by Jesse Liptzin, special to GothamBaseball Stars all across baseball and sports were at Pier Sixty in New York City in honor of Thurman Munson on Tuesday. The 40th anniversary of his death on August 2, 1979, was remembered as athletes like Gleyber Torres and J.D. Davis were presented awards for their work off the
- [New Babe Ruth Podcast Launches Thursday](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/02/new-babe-ruth-podcast-launches-thursday/) - Thursday, Babe Ruth's birthday, will mark the launch of a new podcast recounting the Bambino's marketing clout. "Babe Ruth Master Marketer" will feature people from the Ruth family like Babe’s grandson Tom Stevens who wrote the foreword to the book Babe Ruth – A Superstar’s Legacy, by Jerry Amernic, and Babe’s daughter Julia who passed
- [Torres, Piniella, Davis, Franco, Lieberman To Be Honored At 40th Annual Munson Dinner February 4](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/01/torres-piniella-davis-franco-lieberman-to-be-honored-at-40th-annual-munson-dinner-february-4/) - A star-studded lineup will be honored at the 40th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City on Tuesday night, February 4, 2020 to benefit AHRC New York City Foundation, which assists children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These are the honorees: New York Yankees standout second baseman Gleyber Torres; Thurman’s teammate and World Series
- [Yankees Blow Golden Chances Against Verlander And Cole](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/10/yankees-blow-golden-chances-against-verlander-and-cole/) - Yesterday was the Yankees' opportunity. Gerrit Cole was struggling to find it on the mound, and he did not look like the pitcher who could win the Cy Young Award this year and who dominated the Tampa Bay Rays in the Division Series. No, this Cole was more human and facing a deep Yankees lineup.
- [FOCO Unveils New 2019 MLB Awards Winners Bobbleheads](https://gothambaseball.com/2020/01/foco-unveils-new-2019-mlb-awards-winners-bobbleheads/) - FOCO is excited to introduce a new series of collectible bobbleheads celebrating MLB’s 2019 award winners, featuring some of the game’s best players. These officially licensed bobbleheads feature the league’s annual award winners announced this past November. The series includes A.L. Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez (Astros), N.L. Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso
- [Ruth 500th Home Run Bat Exceeds $1 Million In Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/12/ruth-500th-home-run-bat-exceeds-1-million-in-auction/) - Babe Ruth’s 500th Home Run Bat brought more than $1 million in the SCP Auctions closing sports auction of the year today it was announced by SCP Auctions President David Kohler. The bat brought a record $1,000,800 from an unidentified buyer. “Babe Ruth memorabilia continues to be among the most prized artifacts for all worldwide
- [Rawlings Named Official Glove Of Major League Baseball](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/12/rawlings-named-official-glove-of-major-league-baseball/) - Rawlings, a time-honored name in Baseball and to generations of players at all levels throughout the world, will soon enjoy a title that celebrates the true essence of the brand itself – The Official Glove of Major League Baseball. A new licensing agreement between Major League Baseball and Rawlings makes the brand an Official Glove
- [La Vida Baseball Announces Premiere Of 'Being Guillén' Social Media Show, Podcast](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/12/la-vida-baseball-announces-premiere-of-being-guillen-social-media-show-podcast/) - La Vida Baseball (LVB), the nation’s leading Latino English-language baseball media company, announced today the launch of their newest live talk show and podcast “Being Guillén.” The show is hosted by Ozzie Guillén, the first Latino manager to win a World Series, and two of his sons Ozzie Guillén Jr. and Oney Guillén. The Guilléns
- [Brandon Steiner Launches Collectibles Site CollectibleXchange.com](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/12/brandon-steiner-launches-collectibles-site-collectiblexchange-com/) - Brandon Steiner, whose former company Steiner Sports transformed the sports memorabilia landscape and dominated the industry for over 30 years, has announced an innovative new marketplace CollectibleXchange.com which will once again aim to once again revolutionize the buying and selling of collectibles. The website will create a community of buyers and sellers and allow them to set
- [Minor League Baseball Grows Copa de la Diversión in 2020](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/11/minor-league-baseball-grows-copa-de-la-diversion-in-2020/) - Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) today announced the continued long-term commitment to and celebration of its U.S. Hispanic fans and communities through the unveiling of its 2020 Copa de la Diversión™ (Fun Cup™) campaign and event series. Each of the 92 participating MiLB teams covering 34 U.S. states will transform its on-field brand to a culturally-relevant
- [LeMahieu Only New Yorker Among Rawlings Gold Glove Finalists](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/10/lemahieu-only-new-yorker-among-rawlings-gold-glove-finalists/) - D.J. LeMahieu, who started 66 games at second base, 47 at third an 28 and first base for the Yankees during the 2019 regular season, is the only New York player selected among the three finalists at each position for the 2019 Rawlings Gold Glove Award. LeMahieu, who joins Jose Altuve and Yolmer Sanchez as
- [Miracle Mets At FANS for the CURE Benefit Features Cleon, Rocky, Sham And Krane](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/10/miracle-mets-at-fans-for-the-cure-benefit-features-cleon-rocky-sham-and-krane/) - The 1969 “Miracle Mets” continue their tour de force on the 50th Anniversary of the World Series Championship when Ron Swoboda, Art Shamsky, Eddie Kranepool and Cleon Jones appear at the SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street) on Monday night at a benefit for FANS for the CURE in New York City. The MVP reception begins at 6:00pm with an open beer &
- [Monday Mets: For Pete's Sake](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/10/monday-mets-for-petes-sake/) - As you may have noticed, I haven't written much about Pete Alonso this year. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't want to jinx him, or because I couldn't get a good handle on what he was pulling off, or maybe it was because I didn't see much value in a story whose point
- [Baseball has An Attention Problem; Can Casual Gaming Help Fit It?](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/10/baseball-has-an-attention-problem-can-casual-gaming-help-fit-it/) - While the battle over state by state legality for sports gambling rambles on, the sport that continues to have a huge upside on just the casual gaming side for fans remains baseball. As we go deeper into the postseason, on the gambling side, MLB’s overall deals with MGM and FanDuel (both announced during the just
- [Monday Mets: Wild Card Conforto Key To Wild Card Dreams](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/09/monday-mets-wild-card-conforto-key-to-wild-card-dreams/) - While the Mets chances of playing beyond this week are unlikely, there's actually still a chance. In order to do that, however, they're going to need the streaky Michael Conforto to get into one more groove. At this point in the season, we know who these players are: We know that Pete Alonso is the
- [Monday Mets: I Wish I Knew How To Quit You](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/09/monday-mets-i-wish-i-knew-how-to-quit-you/) - This is not a story about statistics. There will be plenty of time to dissect the season, to discuss the offseason moves the Mets made, the ones they didn't, Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, the bullpen, and so many other aspects of the 2019 team. For now though, with the Mets 4 games out of a
- [Yogi Berra Museum To Debut Negro League Exhibition September 18](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/09/yogi-berra-museum-to-debut-negro-league-exhibition-september-18/) - In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues in 2020, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center announced today the opening of a new exhibition: DISCOVER GREATNESS: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball. The traveling exhibit, on loan from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, showcases African American baseball from the 1800’s through the
- [Monday Mets: Todd Frazier Is The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/09/monday-mets-todd-frazier-is-the-mets/) - The 2019 Mets are about as Mets as the Mets get. Five out of the six months of the season are complete and we've seen pretty much everything so far. From hopeful to pitiful to hopeless to briefly unstoppable to hopeful to painful to wherever they are now, this year's roller coaster ride has not
- [Monday Mets: A For Amed](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/08/monday-mets-a-for-amed/) - The Mets have an impressive history of bringing highly touted players up through their system. Once they reach the majors, however, the results have rarely lived up to the hype. Amed Rosario's first two seasons in the majors were remarkable for how unremarkable they were. As Rosario makes a push to buck that trend, he
- [Monday Mets: More With Less](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/08/monday-mets-more-with-less/) - It's been a little less than two months since the Mets brought Phil Regan in to replace Dave Eiland as the team's pitching coach. So what difference has Regan made? When the Mets made their pitching coach swap in late-ish June, many wondered what Phil Regan could actually do to improve the team's bullpen. To
- [Monday Mets: It's About Time](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/08/monday-mets-its-about-time/) - One of the challenges of writing in a weekly format like this is...timing. The MLB trade deadline was Wednesday, 5 days ago. By Wednesday evening, myriad recaps had been written. Articles dissecting the winners and losers of the moves that were and weren't made, were published and read in all sorts of formats before most
- [Yankees Should Be Pushing For Zack Wheeler](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/yankees-should-be-pushing-for-zack-wheeler/) - At the moment, the Yankees are fairly set with Mashiro Tanaka in Game 1 of the ALDS. Say what you want about him in the regular season, but he has been great in the postseason. In five postseason starts, he is 3-2 with a 1.50 ERA, 0.800 WHIP, and a 3.57 K/BB. As the Yankees
- [Monday Mets: The Stro That Stirs](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/the-stro-that-stirs/) - On the surface, the Mets acquisition of Marcus Stroman was a good one. With two and-a-half days remaining before the trade deadline, fans find themselves trying to guess what comes next. A quick analysis of yesterday’s trade will show that the Mets received a young, talented, often but not always dependable starting pitcher. It was
- [Berra Documentary In The Works From Off Media](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/berra-documentary-in-the-works-from-off-media/) - Off Media announced today that it is producing a documentary, entitled It Ain't Over, about the incredible life and career of baseball Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. The legendary New York Yankee was arguably the greatest catcher to ever play the game, but his skill on the field has long been overshadowed by his off-the-field
- ["La Vida Baseball" Adds New Partners Amid Continued Record Strategic Growth](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/la-vida-baseball-adds-new-partners-amid-continued-record-strategic-growth/) - TeamWorks Media, the award-winning leaders in digital storytelling, today announced that its fast growing platform La Vida Baseball has now added both The Topps Company and ’47 Brand as partners, while its daily four-hour show “La Vida Baseball Live,” has surpassed 4.4 million total audience reach in just four months since launch, and is averaging
- [New Indy League WAPB Forms For June 2020](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/new-indy-league-wapb-forms-for-june-2020/) - The Board of Directors representing the development of North America's latest premier independent professional baseball league development, proudly announcing the official formation of the Western Association of Professional Baseball Clubs ("WAPB") an association of independent professional baseball clubs owned by individual ownership groups throughout the Western United States. The League plans to kick off its inaugural season in
- [Benihana, Yankees Partner On Culinary Experience At Stadium](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/benihana-yankees-partner-on-culinary-experience-at-stadium/) - The new Yankee Stadium has its detractors, particularly among old-timey fans (like myself, thought the place is kind of growing on me). But for casual fans, families and those valuing the non-baseball experience over the actual game (you know who you are, i.e., most humans), the big ballpark, now in its 11th year of existence,
- [Yankees Rushed Gregorius Back And He's Struggling](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/yankees-rushed-gregorius-back-and-hes-struggling/) - With starting pitchers, there seems to be a book which has developed as to when they can return from Tommy John surgery. The typical rule of thumb has been a pitcher can return to game action anywhere from 18-24 months. There are those who have setbacks, and teams do typically try to push relievers to
- [Monday Mets: Getting Got](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/monday-mets-getting-got/) - It's mid-July folks, and while the kids and grownups alike are swimming in their watering holes of choice (if they want to), the Mets season has taken a serious dive. As of this morning, the Mets have a 42-51 record, which puts them on pace for a terribly disappointing 73-89 record. While this is not
- [Thurman Munson Memorial Rally And Walk Set For Aug. 3 In The Bronx](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/thurman-munson-memorial-rally-and-walk-set-for-aug-3-in-the-bronx/) - This August marks the 40th anniversary of New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson’s tragic death at age 32. And just like they did in 1979, Munson fans will gather Aug. 3 in the Bronx to remember the late team captain — while at the same time showing their support for a grassroots effort to get
- [Monday Mets: Mel & Ed At the All-Star Break](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/monday-mets-mel-ed-at-the-all-star-break/) - With Sunday's loss to the Phillies, the Mets head into the All-Star break with a disappointing 40-50 record. I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on what they've seen so far. In case you've forgotten or you're unfamiliar with them, these two Mets fans can be best summarized as the consistently cynical,
- [Monday Mets: For Starters...](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/07/monday-mets-for-starters/) - Last night, the Mets used an 8th-inning rally to end their awful 7-game losing streak in an 8-5 victory over the Braves. The Mets had the lead in 6 of those 7 losses, and had 5 blown saves over the course of the week. What started out as painful in the first half of the
- ['London Series' Opens With Help From Brightview’s Sports Turf Division](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/london-series-opens-with-help-from-brightviews-sports-turf-division/) - BrightView Holdings, Inc., the nation’s leading commercial landscaping services company, today announced that its Sports Turf Division has completed another important project for Major League Baseball (MLB). BrightView is the Official Field Consultant to Major League Baseball, providing field design and construction for games outside the league’s 30 existing ballparks. Past projects include MLB’s Little
- [Beyond the Catch: Swoboda Key To Mets '69 Squad](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/beyond-the-catch-swoboda-key-to-mets-69-squad/) - While the rest of baseball was continuing its collective laugh at the expansion Mets in the mid-60s, team management was quietly stockpiling talent, and while it didn't show in the win-loss record when Ron Swoboda made his debut in 1965 at age 20, making the team along with another name you know, and a couple
- [Monday Mets: Oh Mickey](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/monday-mets-oh-mickey/) - Do you remember Ray Handley? In case you don't, he was the head coach of the New York (Football) Giants from 1991-1992. If you do remember him, then it's likely that the first vision that goes through your mind is from 11/25/92, when he abandoned a press conference early because he took issue with what
- [Monday Mets: That Todd](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/monday-mets-that-todd/) - For over a year now, Todd Frazier has embodied so much of what's been wrong with the Mets, so much so, that many don't realize how good he's been lately. When the Mets signed Todd Frazier, there were some who were upset with who he wasn't, although most welcomed him with at least one open
- [Monday Mets: That Familia Feeling](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/06/monday-mets-that-familia-feeling/) - If you read this headline and thought that this would be an extensive anti-Jeurys Familia rant by a frustrated fan, I'm sorry to disappoint. There are plenty of outlets for such feelings online, or in bars, coffee shops, construction sites, train rides, etc. Similarly, if you are expecting a lengthy defense of the beleaguered reliever,
- [Documentary Captures Elusive Baseball 'Spy' Story](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/documentary-captures-elusive-baseball-spy-story/) - This week's celebration of Memorial Day and the impending 75th anniversary of D-Day next week is the perfect time for a look at one of the 20th century's most elusive baseball figures and World War II heroes, Moe Berg. It was said of Berg that he "spoke a dozen languages and couldn't hit in any
- [Ruth Author Thinks '28-'30 Yankees Jersey Can Set Auction Record](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/ruth-author-thinks-28-30-yankees-jersey-can-set-auction-record/) - Auctions with Babe Ruth items may be nothing new—there are thousands of balls, photos and other memorabilia with his signature affixed, and a fairly extensive catalog of pieces otherwise connected to the country's first great sports superstar. But on June 15, Hunt Auctions will conduct a live auction at Yankee Stadium which includes many unique
- [Monday Mets: Meet The ReplaceMets](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/monday-mets-meet-the-replacemets/) - The Mets have seven players on MLB's Injured List at the moment. Historically, it's at this point in the season, and at this point in this post, when I'd feel compelled to try to balance the notion of "you can't blame losing on injuries" with the concept that even a team with reasonable depth would
- [Saviors Like Urshela, Davis Can Sink Teams Too](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/saviors-like-urshela-davis-can-sink-teams-too/) - In an interesting twist of fate both the Mets and Yankees had to go to Plan C at third base. For the Mets, with Jed Lowrie and Todd Frazier injured to start the year, that meant J.D. Davis was going to get a chance to play. As the season began, it looked like the Mets
- [Monday Mets: How Do They Manage](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/monday-mets-how-do-they-manage/) - The Mets paid a visit to Derek Jeter’s baseball home and didn’t even come away with a gift basket. A three-game sweep at the hands of the worst baseball team in recent years has the fans and the media pointing fingers, and pitchforks, but what does it all mean? For starters, let me just
- [Murphy, Snitker, McCarthy, Harrington, Fitzgerald Inducted Into Irish Baseball Hall of Fame](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/murphy-snitker-mccarthy-harrington-fitzgerald-inducted-into-irish-baseball-hall-of-fame/) - The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IABHOF) today announced its Class of 2019, which includes two-time NL MVP Dale Murphy, Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker, former Red Sox CEO John Harrington, and John Fitzgerald, a founder of The Baseball United Foundation. The induction ceremony will be held on Friday, June 28, at 12:00 p.m. at Foley's NY
- [A New York State Of Motorcycle](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/a-new-york-state-of-motorcycle/) - The New York – Rzeszów Motorcycle, as it is fully named, is an extraordinary custom Harley-Davidson Street Bob inspired by New York and Polish city of Rzeszów. The motorcycle was created in Poland, in the workshop of custom bike manufacturer Game Over Cycles, and at the end of April, thanks to cooperation with the Rzeszów-Jasionka
- [Monday Mets: So This Is .500](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/monday-mets-so-this-is-500/) - After 39 games, the Mets have a 19-20 record. This is likely not a surprise to anyone not named Brodie Van Wagenen, or perhaps to those who subscribe to his flavor of Kool-Aid. So how did they get here and what could it mean? As in past years, the Mets seem to jump back and
- [Monday Mets: Losing Nimmo](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/05/monday-mets-losing-nimmo/) - Let's face it, the Mets are slumping. When a team is underperforming like this, the faithful fans often look for a single person to blame in hopes that addressing this issue will lead to a quick fix. That's not the case with these Mets. The starting pitching has just begun to round into familiar form,
- [Monday Mets: d'Iscussing d'Arnaud's d'FA](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/monday-mets-discussing-darnauds-dfa/) - When a veteran player who has played his entire career with the Mets leaves the team, there's usually a wistful article and eventually a "Thank You" highlights video. Sadly, this is unlikely to be the case for catcher Travis d'Arnaud, who was designated for assignment following Saturday night's loss to the Brewers. For those who
- [Monday Mets: Odd Man In](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/monday-mets-odd-man-in/) - Dominic Smith could have been discarded by the Mets, and not many would have thought twice. Instead, he has found a way to be an integral part of this team. Let's take a look at how that happened... The Mets selected Dominic Smith out of high school with the 11th overall pick in the 2013
- [Goldin Launches Jackie Robinson 100th Anniversary Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/goldin-launches-jackie-robinson-100th-anniversary-auction/) - The last autograph ever signed by John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson's 1951 Dodgers jersey, Lou Gehrig's 1925 contract and historic home run baseballs from Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez headline the Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction, from April 15, through May 11 at GoldinAuctions.com. Included in the 1,200-lot auction are a dozen lots
- ['Almost Yankees' Were Champion Clippers Nearly Four Decades Ago](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/almost-yankees-were-champion-clippers-nearly-four-decades-ago/) - In 1979, the Yankees switched AAA affiliates from Tacoma (a one year stop) after more than a decade in Syracuse, to Columbus, Ohio, in the home state of owner George Steinbrenner. For fans of the 1976-1981 Pinstripe dynasty that brought five division titles, four world series appearances and two titles to the Bronx, the "Columbus
- [When Dr. K and Donnie Baseball Ruled N.Y.C.](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/when-dr-k-and-donnie/) - The mid-80s were a time of change in New York baseball. For the Yankees, gone were the Graig Nettles-Thurman Munson-Reggie Jackson-et al bunch that won five division titles, four pennants and two world series in six years from 1976 through 1981. And for the Mets, the era of Doug Flynn, Willie Montanez and Craig Swan
- [Yankees Are Already in Trouble](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/yankees-are-already-in-trouble/) - No one should overreact to the Opening Series of the season. It's just a three game set, and teams will have their normal ebbs and flows during the season. It's also important to remember even the absolute worst teams in baseball will win games. Remember, the 1962 Mets still won 40 games, so yes, even
- [TeamWorks Media Launches First Multiplatform Social Media Daily Show 'La Vida Baseball Live'](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/teamworks-media-launches-first-multiplatform-social-media-daily-show-la-vida-baseball-live/) - TeamWorks Media, the fast growing, award winning, leaders in digital storytelling, today officially announced the launch of La Vida Baseball Live, a daily four-hour show produced and formatted for every major social media platform - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Live, YouTube and LaVidaBaseball.com. The show has tested in Beta as a two-hour live daily show, and will be
- [Monday Mets: A Series Of Firsts](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/04/monday-mets-a-series-of-firsts/) - There's only so much to be gleaned from the first three games of a baseball season. Every year there are players who have looked like Hall of Famers in April, only to find themselves in the minors by July. Similarly, there's a tendency to label a veteran's career as going downhill before Memorial Day, only
- [Cano, Alonso Mets Debuts Gain Topps NOW Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/cano-alonso-mets-debuts-gain-topps-now-cards/) - Robinson Cano made a huge splash in his Mets' debut yesterday, blasting his first N.L. home run and Pete Alonso collected his first MLB hit in the team's season-opening win. To commemorate both occasions, Topps NOW created the first Mets regular season cards for both, available only through Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. The Cano
- [Hot Dog! Baseball Fans To Consume 18.3 Million Franks](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/hot-dog-baseball-fans-to-consume-18-3-million-franks/) - When it comes to what we eat at Major League Baseball (MLB) parks, the top dogs for well over a century have been hot dogs and sausages—and once again, they will reign supreme in 2019. According to a survey by the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) (yes, there is one of those...), MLB fans
- [Mel & Ed Preview The 2019 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/mel-ed-preview-the-2019-season/) - Now that the final out of the Mets’ 2019 Grapefruit League games has been recorded, I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on the upcoming season. In case you’ve forgotten or you’re unfamiliar with them, these two Mets fans can best be summarized as the consistently cynical, “sky is always falling” fan
- [MLBPA Boosts Player Marketing with New Athlete-Driven Partnership](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/mlbpa-boosts-player-marketing-with-new-athlete-driven-partnership/) - The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and opendorse, the leading athlete marketing platform, today announced a partnership that will provide players with a solution to build their brands and collaborate easily with partners on social media. Brands and properties can use opendorse to work hand-in-hand with baseball’s top athletes. The platform provides partners with
- [DKNY Launches MLB Sport Capsule](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/dkny-launches-mlb-sport-capsule/) - Baseball: the All-American pastime, and a pillar of NYC culture. It's only natural that this year DKNY SPORT launches a collaboration with MLB—an evolution of the modern woman's athleisure wardrobe. DKNY SPORT x MLB is a collaboration that celebrates both athletics and aesthetics. Just in time for Opening Day, DKNY will launch an ongoing product
- [Ichiro Retirement Topps NOW Cards Available Through Friday](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/ichiro-retirement-topps-now-cards-available-through-friday/) - Topps NOW has made cards celebrating longtime Mariner (and one-time Yankee) Ichiro Suzuki‘s retirement today in Japan available to fans for 24 hours (until 1:45 p.m. PT/4:45 p.m. PT Friday). As with all Topps NOW cards, only the number ordered will be printed. There is also a version with Ken Griffey Jr. and a separate Yusei Kikuchi card celebrating the first Japanese
- [Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame announces 2019 Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/irish-american-baseball-hall-of-fame-announces-2019-ballot/) - As the calendar approaches St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IABHOF) today announced its 2019 ballot. Voters include previous inductees and a panel of baseball experts. The induction ceremony will be held during the baseball season at Foley's NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), home of the IABHOF. Past honorees include
- [RBI Baseball 19 Available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch Beginning Today](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/rbi-baseball-19-available-for-playstation-4-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch-beginning-today/) - Beginning today, baseball and video game fans around the world have access to a fun, fast-paced way to expand their Major League Baseball experiences with the cross-console launch of R.B.I. Baseball 19, the sixth edition of the iconic arcade baseball game franchise. With Houston Astros All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman on its cover, R.B.I. Baseball
- [Yankees Not Learning From Mets Tommy John Problems](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/yankees-not-learning-from-mets-tommy-john-problems/) - In September 2017, Mets infielder T.J. Rivera underwent Tommy John surgery. Last year, Rivera was unable to return from the surgery due to discomfort in his elbow. It has been 17 months since the surgery, and once again, Rivera has been unable to return due to discomfort in his elbow. With injuries to Todd Frazier
- [Cano, Judge Among MLB’s Most Engaged On Social Media](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/03/cano-judge-among-mlbs-most-engaged-on-social-media/) - Robinson Cano and Aaron Judge may be the most popular and likable players on the Mets and Yankees, respectively. According to athlete marketing platform opendorse, they are also among the most social media engaged in the league as well. This week, opendorse released its ranking of the Top 10 Most Engaging Players in Baseball during
- [Where Is DeGrom's Extension?](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/02/where-is-degroms-extension/) - The fact Jacob deGrom does not yet have a contract extension is beyond absurd. The New York Mets hired his agent Brodie Van Wagenen as their General Manager. As a result, the team hired the one man who actually knew what it would take for deGrom to sign an extension. In typical Mets fashion, the
- [MLB 4 Tourney This Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/02/mlb-4-tourney-this-week/) - “MLB4” COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT SET TO BE HELD AT SALT RIVER FIELDS AT TALKING STICK IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. FROM FEB. 14TH THROUGH 17TH The MLB4 collegiate baseball tournament will be held this weekend at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Ariz., the shared Spring Training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies,
- [Monday Mets: Going Deep In 2019](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/02/monday-mets-going-deep-in-2019/) - Hey everyone, pitchers and catchers report to spring training this week! It's the time of year when baseball fans start to wake from hibernation, players show up to Florida and Arizona in the best shape of their respective careers, and baseball writers use the term "hope springs eternal". Even though modern day media enables us
- [Yankees Building A Dynastic Bullpen](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/02/yankees-building-a-dynastic-bullpen/) - With Mariano Rivera being first time Hall of Fame eligible, and his being the first ever player unanimously inducted into the Hall of Fame, it is a reminder to all of just how great he was in the postseason. While those Yankee teams had players like Derek Jeter, the Yankees do not win nearly as
- [Gehrig Collection Highlights Heritage Auctions Platinum Night](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/01/gehrig-collection-highlights-heritage-auctions-platinum-night/) - Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night sales have a long history as the most dangerous threat to standing world record prices, and experts expect more to fall: No fewer than 17 lots are expected to record prices of six or seven figures. Bidding is now open for the sale will close in Extended Bidding format, Feb. 23-24,
- [The Yankees Taking a Page out of the Mets Book](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/01/the-yankees-taking-a-page-out-of-the-mets-book/) - With Didi Gregorius suffering a torn UCL, he needed Tommy John surgery leaving the Yankees to figure out who was going to get the bulk of the playing time at shortstop in 2019. After all, even with Gregorius being a position player, the road back from Tommy John surgery is long, and there is always
- [Didi, Boone, Andujar, Kranepool to Receive Thurman Munson Awards Feb. 5](https://gothambaseball.com/2019/01/didi-boone-andujar-kranepool-to-receive-thurman-munson-awards-feb-5/) - A star-studded lineup will be honored at the 39th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on Tuesday night, February 5, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City to benefit AHRC New York City Foundation which assists children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These are the award recipients: New York Yankees standout shortstop Didi Gregorius, Yankees manager and 2003 ALCS hero Aaron Boone, Yankees rookie sensation Miguel
- [Ruth Collection To Be Offered At Yankee Stadium Auction June 15](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/12/ruth-collection-to-be-offered-at-yankee-stadium-auction-june-15/) - Hunt Auctions is honored to announce a highly significant offering of historic baseball artifacts and personal materials from the collection of New York Yankees' legend Babe Ruth. The collection has largely remained unknown to the general public and includes hundreds of pieces relating to the life and career of the most iconic player in the
- [Today’s Game Era Committee Ballot to Be Considered  Dec. 9 at Baseball’s Winter Meetings](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/12/todays-game-era-committee-ballot-to-be-considered-dec-9-at-baseballs-winter-meetings/) - With 2019 just around the corner, Cooperstown is preparing for another historic summer. And the latest candidates for induction will soon learn if they are headed to the Hall of Fame. Six former big league players, three managers and one executive comprise the 10-name Today’s Game Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec.
- [Monday Mets: Trying To Turn Next Year Into Next Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/12/monday-mets-trying-to-turn-next-year-into-next-year/) - "Wait 'til next year." For Brooklyn Dodgers fans, the uttering of this phrase was an annual ritual. While it would often take place near the end of the regular season, there were plenty of times when fans got to say it upon completion of a World Series loss. Like many of the Dodgers characteristics, this
- [Foley’s Offers The Tracy Ringolsby Burger in Honor of Longtime Baseball Writer](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/foleys-offers-the-tracy-ringolsby-burger-in-honor-of-longtime-baseball-writer/) - In honor of Hall of Fame writer Tracy Ringolsby (@TracyRingolsby), Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), has announced the “Tracy Ringolsby Burger” as its stuffed burger of the week. Tracy Ringolsby has been writing about sports since he was 17 years old. That career has led not only to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- [Rivera, Pettitte Among Hall Ballot Newcomers](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/rivera-pettitte-among-hall-ballot-newcomers/) - The BBWAA Hall of Fame Ballot was announced today, with the electorate set to select from among 15 returners and 20 newcomers for the 2019 class. Several of those on their first ballot have New York ties, principally Yankees pitchers Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera. Pettitte is considered a potential candidate for eventual enshrinement, though
- [Andujar Wasn't Even The Yankees Best Rookie](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/andujar-wasnt-even-the-yankees-best-rookie/) - When Shohei Ohtani was selected as the American League Rookie of the Year, there was an uproar among Yankee fans who believed Miguel Andujar deserved the award. The crux of the argument was Andujar was the better and more impactful rookie as he played in more games, and he had more doubles, homers, and RBI
- [Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Jackie Robinson Centennial Celebration in 2019](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/jackie-robinson-foundation-announces-jackie-robinson-centennial-celebration-in-2019/) - The http://www.jackierobinson.org/Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) will commemorate the one hundredth birthday of its namesake with a year-long schedule of events in 2019 that will benefit the organization’s scholarship and education programs as well as the future Jackie Robinson Museum. As announced today by JRF President Della Britton Baeza, the Foundation will host the year-long Jackie Robinson Centennial Celebration beginning with
- [Ruth 1924 Home Run Bat To Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/ruth-1924-home-run-bat-to-auction/) - In 1924 Babe Ruth hit his first home run of the season off a pitch thrown by Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. That Home Run Bat was signed at the end of the game and presented to high school senior Phil Grossman. Grossman was the winner of a highly publicized year-long batting contest sponsored by
- [Foley’s Offers 'The Jay Horwitz' Burger For Longtime NY Mets PR Man](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/11/foleys-offers-the-jay-horwitz-burger-for-longtime-ny-mets-pr-man/) - In honor of Jay Horwitz, the Vice President of Alumni Relations and Team Historian for the New York Mets, Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), has announced the “Jay Horwitz Burger” as its stuffed burger of the week. The Jay Horwitz Stuffed Burger will be stuffed with pork roll, to honor his
- [Monday Mets: The Perfect GM](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/10/monday-mets-the-perfect-gm/) - Amongst the litany of baseball's unwritten rules is one that suggests that major team announcements should not be made during the World Series by teams other than those who are actually in the World Series. So, even though teams throughout baseball are making significant front office decisions, and even though we seem to find out
- [Yankees Need A New Shortstop](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/10/yankees-need-a-new-shortstop/) - The 2018 season was the best year of Didi Gregorius' seven year Major League career. With the year he was having coupled with the rookie campaigns of Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar, the Yankees did not go out and obtain Manny Machado from the Orioles at the trade deadline. With that infield in place, the
- [Yankees May Not Be True World Series Contenders](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/10/yankees-may-not-be-true-world-series-contenders/) - The New York Yankees have been eliminated from the postseason. While the Yankees and Red Sox played fairly evenly when matched up head-to-head during the regular season, the eight games separating them in the standings never seemed more apparent during Games 3 and 4 of the ALDS. Simultaneously, the Houston Astros absolutely steamrolled a Cleveland
- [Yankees-Athletics Postseason History](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/10/yankees-athletics-postseason-history/) - If history is any guide, the New York Yankees are going to win the Wild Card Game against the Oakland Athletics because the Yankees always beat the Athletics in the postseason. Really, it seems as if there is nothing the Athletics can do to beat the Yankees. Back in 2001, Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson
- [Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Recap The Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/10/monday-mets-mel-ed-recap-the-season/) - As Michael Conforto squeezed his glove around Peter O'Brien's 9th inning line drive, it not only ended the game, it not only secured Noah Syndergaard's first ever complete game shutout, it also put an end to the roller coaster ride that was the Mets 2018 season. It's probably going to take me a few weeks
- [Judge Among MLB Stars To Lend Voices To Campaign To Stop Bullying](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/judge-among-mlb-stars-lend-voices-to-campaign-to-stop-bullying/) - Thirty-one All-Star Appearances, Three League MVP Awards, Three World Series Rings, Three Rookie of the Year Awards, One Cy Young Award, One World Series MVP and One LCS MVP. These on-field achievements are credited to some of Baseball’s biggest stars who have accepted a new role in a bullying prevention public service announcement (PSA) campaign
- [Gary LaRocque  Is Perfect Man For The Mets GM Job](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/gary-larocque-is-perfect-man-for-the-mets-gm-job/) - When I first started covering the Mets' minor league system in 2001, one of the first Mets' executives I dealt with was Gary LaRocque, then the team's scouting director. Like many of the Mets' executives at that point, Gary made the rounds in Brooklyn, and always took the time to answer questions about the Cyclones' roster, how
- [Monday Mets: You Still Follow The Team?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/monday-mets-you-still-follow-the-team/) - Well folks, we've made it to the final week of the season. It's now officially fall, and for two-thirds of the teams in the majors, the season will end on Sunday. For some Mets fans, the season ended a few days ago when they were officially/mathematically, eliminated from postseason possibilities. Or perhaps, for some Mets
- [Knowing What We've Got Before It's Gone](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/knowing-what-weve-got-before-its-gone/) - I never appropriately appreciated David Wright during his career. When he first came up, I was enamored with what I thought he could be, then I took him for granted instead of being wowed by what he was, then I actually became frustrated with what he wasn't, then after a slew of injuries I was
- [A Conversation With ESPN's Dan Szymborski](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/a-conversation-with-espns-dan-szymborski/) - "Armies of academics going forward, measuring poetry. No, we will not have that here. No more of Mr. J. Evans Pritchard.” – Dead Poets Society I started writing about baseball in 1996 and my passion for baseball stems from a nostalgic view of the game, as well as the current day-to-day debates of each game
- ['A Franchise On The Rise' Author Amore Talks Highlanders](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/a-franchise-on-the-rise-author-amore-talks-highlanders/) - The excellent new book A Franchise on the Rise: The First Twenty Years of the New York Yankees (2018, Sports Publishing, 308 pps, $27.99) tells the story of the pre-Ruth Yankees (then, mostly "Highlanders"). See my reviews here and here. Author Dom Amore took some time to answer a few questions for Gotham Baseball here: Gotham Baseball: Which
- [What Do Harper's Topps Picks Say About His 2019 Destination?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/what-do-harpers-topps-picks-say-about-his-2019-destination/) - The Nats' Bryce Harper hits free agency this winter at the ripe old age of 26 by season's end, and though he has in many ways had a below-grade year by his own incredibly high standards (.247/.384/.502 with 32 home runs is nothing to sneeze at), he may still command the largest contract of any available
- [Sabathia, Matz Tabbed As MLB Announces 30 Team Clemente Award Nominees](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/sabathia-matz-tabbed-as-mlb-announces-30-team-clemente-award-nominees/) - The 30 Club nominees for the 2018 Roberto Clemente Award, the most prominent individual award for Major League players, were announced today by Major League Baseball. The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and
- ["Monday" Mets: Check Out The New Wheels](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/monday-mets-check-out-he-new-wheels/) - (Editor's Note) The Tuesday after Labor Day is really a Monday, isn't it? - MH) It's been more than 7 years since the Mets traded Carlos Beltran for Zack Wheeler. I could write out a random list of occurrences that have taken place since June 27, 2011 to give an idea of how long 7 years
- [La Vida Baseball Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Amidst Record Growth](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/la-vida-baseball-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-amidst-record-growth/) - La Vida Baseball, the fastest-growing online community for the best in Latino baseball storytelling, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with record growth and new partnerships beyond expectations from when the digital media company was launched just 18 months ago. Heading into September’s heated pennant races La Vida Baseball - owned and produced by TeamWorks Media
- [From the Oval Office to the Diamond, Smith Book Tracks the Presidents and Baseball](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/09/from-the-oval-office-to-the-diamond-smith-book-tracks-the-presidents-and-baseball/) - There is a famous political cartoon from the 1860 U.S. Presidential election, depicting Abraham Lincoln winning a baseball game against fellow candidates John Bell, Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge. The Currier & Ives piece uses terminology like “put out,” “strike,” “short stop,” “home run” and “fair ball,” words that would be familiar to voters even
- [Monday Mets: Baseball Like It Should Have Been](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/monday-mets-baseball-like-it-should-have-been/) - The last three weeks have been more enjoyable than any other period of this Mets season since their hot start, and I don't know how to feel about that. In a season wrought with misery, a .620 winning percentage over 21 games should be joyful. Even more enjoyable is the ways in which the Mets
- [Judge Is The Yankees Cespedes](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/judge-is-the-yankees-cespedes/) - Lost in the era of advanced stats and metrics is just how much a particular player has the ability to drive a team to success. Back in the 1970s, Reggie Jackson fashioned himself that type of player when he dubbed himself "The Straw That Stirs the Drink." While he has since denied the remark took
- [Monday Mets: In Defense Of A Gold Glover](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/monday-mets-in-defense-of-a-gold-glover/) - Last week, Mets announcer Keith Hernandez gave an honest, albeit unpopular, opinion that sparked more backlash than conversation. In spite of the criticism he received, he stood by his comments. So what if he was right? Let me set the scene - in a Braves-Marlins game in Atlanta on Wednesday night, young Marlins starting pitcher,
- [BABE RUTH - A Superstar's Legacy](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/babe-ruth-a-superstars-legacy/) - Jerry Amernic, the author of BABE RUTH - A Superstar's Legacy, joined Gotham Baseball's podcast to discuss the legacy of baseball's greatest player. In the book, Amernic explores the legacy of Babe Ruth on many different fronts, both in and beyond baseball. It involves sport, culture, business, the arts, and in no small dose, humanity. "BABE
- [Monday Mets: Delusions Of Mediocrity](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/monday-mets-delusions-of-mediocrity/) - With more than two-thirds of a lost season complete, what are we rooting for? This past weekend the Mets took two out of three games from the last place Miami Marlins. By the end of the series, the Mets found themselves firmly in fourth place in the National League East. Normally, this is nothing to
- [Monday Mets: It's Not Your Fault](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/monday-mets-its-not-your-fault/) - Following this past Tuesday's Mets 25-4 loss to the Nationals, the most lopsided defeat in team history, an online mental health marketplace created an offer: free, confidential therapy sessions to Mets fans. Before beginning to examine the effects on the mind that hardcore rooting for a team might have, it's probably best to acknowledge the
- [MLBPAA Brings Legends For Youth Baseball Clinic Series To Scarsdale](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/08/mlbpaa-brings-legends-for-youth-baseball-clinic-series-to-scarsdale/) - Free youth baseball clinic to feature Angel Echevarria and other MLB Alumni Colorado Springs, Colo. – Local youth will have an opportunity to play with their big league heroes at the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) Legends for Youth baseball clinic series on Saturday, August 4th, 2018. In conjunction with Town of Eastchester
- [Monday Mets: Mailbag #1](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/monday-mets-mailbag-1/) - From time to time I receive questions on on my Facebook and Twitter pages. This week, I've decided to address some of the Mets-related ones... 1. Can you explain why Jose Reyes is still on this team? Honestly, I can't. Maybe it's because he has been able to avoid injury, like the how a virgin
- [Monday Mets: Problems Old And New](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/monday-mets-problems-old-and-new/) - Almost exactly 11 months ago, Mets outfielder Michael Conforto swung and missed at a 95-MPH fastball from Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher, Robbie Ray. He then collapsed to the ground and took the rest of his season with him. This was not a recurring injury, nor was it an injury of which he was aware and was
- [Congress Introduces Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/congress-introduces-integration-of-baseball-commemorative-coin-act/) - (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – In 1947, the National Pastime truly became America’s game when Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby integrated baseball. The United States Congress announced the introduction of legislation that will celebrate and honor these landmark events in the country’s history with the Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act. Under a bill introduced in the
- [Talking Baseball for Fans for the Cure on July 24 to Assist Prostate Cancer Awareness](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/talking-baseball-for-fans-for-the-cure-on-july-24-to-assist-prostate-cancer-awareness/) - Fans 4 the Cure founder and CEO Ed Randall, the popular WFAN Radio host, will be raising money for the prostate cancer foundation by taking his popular “Talking Baseball” series live. Randall will be moderating a conversation at The School of Visual Arts Theater at 333 W. 23rd Street on Tuesday, July 24, starting at
- [Monday Mets: The Case For Keeping deGrom](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/monday-mets-the-case-for-keeping-degrom/) - When the season began I had a range of hopes for what I'd be writing today, the first of the All-Star break. High hopes - "The Mets look to keep their improbably great start going in the second half" Medium-high hopes - The Mets had a mix of highs and lows in the first half,
- [Fans Can Hold Ruth Bat At Louisville Slugger Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/fans-can-hold-ruth-bat-at-louisville-slugger-museum/) - Babe Ruth did most of his slugging in New York, slamming the majority of his 714 home runs as a New York Yankee. Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory has a thrilling new experience in its line-up. Starting Monday, July 9, guests can hold a bat that was actually used by the Sultan of Swat. This
- [Dominic Smith Wasting Away](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/dominic-smith-wasting-away/) - If you have looked at Dominic Smith, you will see a player who is wasting away. No, this is not in reference to a player who has not only lost a significant amount of weight, but also has kept it off and maintained an impressive physique. No, this is in relation to the Mets complete
- [Monday Mets: You Blew It](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/monday-mets-you-blew-it/) - Announcer: It's time for Flushing's least favorite game show, You Blew It! And here's your host, Fran Zabriskie. The crowd reluctantly honors the "Applause" sign. FZ: Howdy folks, and welcome to You Blew It, where we try to assign blame for this awful Mets season. Before we begin, let's meet our contestants. To my left
- [Yankees Bludgeon Price and the Red Sox: Weekend Takeaways](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/yankees-bludgeon-price-and-the-red-sox-weekend-takeaways/) - The Yankees and Red Sox wrapped up their final matchup before the All-Star break, with New York bludgeoning Boston en route to an 11-1 victory on Sunday night. Paced by six home runs, the Yankees put an exclamation point on a series in which they outscored Boston 19-2 in two victories bookending an 11-0 loss.
- [Monday Mets: June's Historic Swoon](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/07/monday-mets-junes-historic-swoon/) - After a lackluster May, the Mets headed into June hoping to turn things around. It didn't quite work out that way. The Mets went 5-21 this past June. That's a .192 winning percentage. That's an .808 losing percentage. In case you don't like to speak in numbers, it was the worst June in franchise history.
- [Cashman Keynotes As New York Sports Tours Launches](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/cashman-keynotes-as-new-york-sports-tours-launches/) - Today from historic Keens Steakhouse, New York Sports Tours launched New York City’s only luxury sports tour ride experience — the world’s only known guided tour of sports history that features exclusive documentaries and other original content. Acclaimed sports broadcaster and New York City native Mary Carillo — who narrates more than 30 of the
- [Jeff Wilpon Names Himself General Manager](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/jeff-wilpon-names-himself-general-manager/) - With Sandy Alderson sadly being forced to step down, there's a question over which of the group of J.P. Riccardi, Omar Minaya, and John Ricco will emerge as at least the interim general manager. With none of them being publicly named, there is a presumption there is a triumvirate in charge of Mets personnel moves
- [Monday Mets: Are You Ready For The Summer?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/monday-mets-are-you-ready-for-the-summer/) - As the Mets limp towards the end of the beginning of summer, let's try to understand what's happened in the first three months... The internet is a funny place, isn't it? I had an idea for this week and went online to do some research to see if there was anything to it (there wasn't),
- [Should We Blame Sandy Alderson For The Mets Budget?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/should-we-blame-sandy-alderson-for-the-mets-budget/) - Since the Madoff Scandal, we have seen the Mets cut payroll significantly with the Wilpons shying away from having a top five payroll like they once did. Given their debt and possibly due to some fear, the Mets have not been spending the way they once did when Steve Phillips or Omar Minaya was the
- [Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Discuss The Mets Struggles](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/monday-mets-mel-ed-discuss-the-mets-struggles/) - For the past few weeks, I have been writing about the slumping Mets with increasing concern. What started out as a "they're better than this" became "I'm sure they're better than this" and then "I really hope they're better than this" until most recently "Man, I really thought they were better than this. They still
- [Mets Handling of Cabrera And Bruce at Forefront of Mets Poor Play](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/mets-handling-of-cabrera-and-bruce-at-forefront-of-mets-poor-play/) - In case you haven't noticed, the Mets offense has been historically bad scoring just 14 runs over nine June games. That's 1.6 runs per game. No one can win games like that, which is something the Mets know because the team has the second best starting pitcher ERA in the month. Now, there are many
- [Monday Mets: Stop The Press](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/monday-mets-stop-the-press/) - As the Mets try to figure out the source of their issues, the variety of excuses and lack of progress is causing their demanding fans to lose hope, quickly. At this point, you are likely well aware of the prolonged hitting slump in which the currently find themselves. There are all sorts of statistics that
- [Parting Like It's 1999](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/parting-like-its-1999/) - On June 5, 1999, the New York Mets were playing .500 baseball (28-28), when then-GM Steve Phillips decided to part ways with pitching coach Bob Apodaca, hitting coach Tom Robson, and bullpen coach Randy Niemann, a member of the 1986 World Champion Mets. At that time, the Mets had a team-slash line of .273/.365/.439, led by offensive powerhouses such
- [Monday Mets: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/monday-mets-this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/) - I really didn't want to write this. As an experienced Mets follower, I know the facts of this life, and you really do have to take the good with the bad. So, after the relatively magical first few weeks of this season, I had a moment when I realized that I would likely have to
- [Rosario v. Torres Should Not Be A Debate](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/06/rosario-v-torres-should-not-be-a-debate/) - Back in 1996, the City of New York had two rookie shortstops which excited their respective fanbases - Rey Ordonez and Derek Jeter. Because narratives and comparisons tend to be lazy, both shortstops were compared to one another even though they were both completely different kinds of players. At the time, it was long suspected
- [MLB, USA Baseball Introduce "Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series"](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/mlb-usa-baseball-introduce-girls-baseball-breakthrough-series/) - Major League Baseball will partner with USA Baseball to host the inaugural ‘Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series,’ a groundbreaking amateur development camp designed specifically for girls baseball players, at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., from Thursday, May 31st until Sunday, June 3rd. The special event will host approximately 65 high school baseball players from 17
- [Monday Mets: Memorial Day Musings For A Miserable May](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/monday-mets-memorial-day-musings-for-a-miserable-may/) - Let's face it, May has been a terrible month. Whatever was good about April has been bad about May. Thus, as the Mets prepare to play their 50th game, a 25-24 record makes frustrating sense. After a week of watching the Mets undo the hope that they had built up last week, it's apparent that
- [Jose Bautista Finally Makes His Mets Debut](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/jose-bautista-finally-makes-his-mets-debut/) - It's funny, when you go back and look at trades sometimes, you find that one player who seemed to be a throw-in would ultimately become the key player in the deal. In a strange twist for the Mets, two of those players, Jason Bay and Jose Bautista eventually found their way back to the Mets.
- [Young OFs Represent N.Y. In Collectible Coin Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/young-ofs-represent-n-y-in-collectible-coin-set/) - Aaron Judge and Michael Conforto are two of the young stars that New York baseball fans have been buzzing about the past two years. Now fans of the Yankees and Mets outfielders can now get the star outfielder's likenesses on a collectible coin, part of a series produced by Baseball Treasure, a company that mints
- [MLB, USA Baseball Announce “Hit and Run Baseball"](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/mlb-usa-baseball-announce-hit-and-run-baseball/) - Major League Baseball and USA Baseball today announced “Hit and Run Baseball,” a program supporting modified forms of the game that allow players to develop their skills in a more interactive format while also promoting player health and safety. The program, which falls under the “PLAY BALL” initiative, will serve youth leagues, tournament providers and
- [Monday Mets: Time To Get On The Coaster](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/monday-mets-time-to-get-on-the-coaster/) - Part of following the Mets is the innate understanding that the season will be a roller coaster ride. Extreme ups and downs are commonplace, year after year. Sure, other teams go through their own highs and lows, but not like this, and Mets fans know it, and enter the year as emotionally prepared as they
- [“The Professional Hitters”](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/the-professional-hitters/) - Davey Johnson has some very definitive beliefs on the role of pinch hitters, clutch hitters and specifically, the great Rusty Staub, who passed away recently at the age of 73. The former longtime MLB player and manager has written a book, his second. “Davey Johnson,” penned alongside noted Mets biographer and baseball historian Erik Sherman,
- [There's Crying in Baseball](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/theres-crying-in-baseball/) - One of the classic lines of A League of Their Own was Jimmy Dugan screaming at right fielder Evelyn Gardner, "Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!" It is one of the more oft quoted lines in one of the more underrated baseball movies of
- [Monday Mets: Vargas Vacation](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/monday-mets-vargas-vacation/) - One of the frustrating aspects of the endless opinion-sharing that modern technology invites, is the lack of accountability that comes along with it. I could post just about any prediction on here and risk virtually nothing by doing so. If I'm right, I could celebrate with a not-so-humblebrag about my accuracy. If wrong, I can
- [Mets Lineup Not Only Thing Out of Order](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/mets-lineup-not-only-thing-out-of-order/) - In what should prove to be the nadir of the 2018 season, the Mets proved they cannot even accomplish the simplest of baseball tasks. Really, the simplest of them all. Batting in order. In the first, Wilmer Flores hit when Asdrubal Cabrera was supposed to hit. IN THE VERY NEXT INNING, the Mets skipped Jay
- [Cliff Mapes’ 1949 New York Yankees World Series Ring Auctioned for $33,000](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/cliff-mapes-1949-new-york-yankees-world-series-ring-auctioned-for-33000/) - Cliff Mapes won't go down in the annals of Yankees history as one of the franchise's all-time greats. A mostly platoon outfielder over parts of four seasons with the club between 1948-1951, the Oklahoma native was notable for being the last Yankee to wear Babe Ruth's No. 3, and was nonetheless part of two World
- [Monday Mets: Would the Real Mets Please Stand Up](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/monday-mets-would-the-real-mets-please-stand-up/) - In order to keep these write-ups fresh, I usually wait until Sunday night to write them. Earlier this week I noticed a troubling trend with this team and started to jot down some notes, wondering if they'd still be relevant by the end of the week. Then Matt Harvey was designated for assignment, and I
- [Reyes Must Go](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/05/reyes-must-go/) - Last night, Jose Reyes stepped up to the plate with two outs and the tying run in scoring position. There was not one Mets fan who expected Reyes to deliver in that spot, and for the first time all season, as he meekly flew out to left field, he lived up to expectations. Last year,
- [Monday Mets: The First Month's Ups and Downs](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/monday-mets-the-first-months-ups-and-downs/) - The first month of the season is done, and the Mets are holding on to first place in the NL East standings. Had I been told five weeks ago that this article would begin with that sentence, I probably would have been ecstatic, or least delighted. I mean, "first place", that was not necessarily expected.
- [Sir Didi The Great?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/sir-didi-the-great/) - Unless your name is Mike Trout or Bryce Harper, you'd be hard-pressed to argue there is a better baseball player right now than Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius. Yes, Gregorius. Through the first 22 games of the season, Gregorius is hitting .347/.442/.787 with seven doubles, a triple, eight homers, and 27 RBI. As it stands now,
- [Harvey's "Maggio Moment" Is Here](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/harveys-maggio-moment-is-here/) - Gotta hand it to the local sports media and many Mets fans, Matt Harvey's fall from #HarveyDay and "Dark Knight of Gotham" superstardom to selfish pariah has been incredible to watch. I never got all caught up in the hype, I just liked the pitcher and what he brought to the table. I also liked
- [Monday Mets: The Jekyll and Hyde Start For Yoenis Cespedes](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/monday-mets-the-jekyll-and-hyde-start-for-yoenis-cespedes/) - The Mets got off to a hot start this year, and statistics would seem to suggest that they did it without the help of their star outfielder, Yoenis Cespedes. A deeper look at the numbers though, reveals that there are two sides to this story. Many people chalked up the beginning of the Mets season
- [Yankees Biggest Flaws Getting Exposed Early](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/yankees-biggest-flaws-getting-exposed-early/) - With the Yankees coming within a game of the World Series last year, and the team adding Giancarlo Stanton to an already potent lineup, there was justifiable excitement about the 2018 Yankees season. That enthusiasm led many to predict the Yankees would win either the pennant or the World Series. Hidden behind that enthusiasm was
- [Monday Mets: Trying To Avoid The Injury Monster](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/monday-mets-trying-to-avoid-the-injury-monster/) - The phrase "as long as they stay healthy" has become so closely tied to the Mets, so clearly identified as a main goal for the year, that it's reasonable to believe that the front office has officially added it to the team name: The New York Mets As Long As They Stay Healthy. At the
- [Process (Mostly) Sound; Results To Follow](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/process-mostly-sound-results-to-follow/) - There are a million and one excuses for the Yankees’ sluggish start. It doesn’t help that Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, and, up until today, Aaron Hicks have been on the disabled list. It doesn’t help that Giancarlo Stanton has struck out in nearly half of his at-bats or that Gary Sanchez
- [Tyler Austin, Joe Kelly and the Myth of the Reborn Yanks-Sox Rivalry](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/tyler-austin-joe-kelly-and-the-myth-of-the-reborn-yanks-sox-rivalry/) - "This certainly looks more like old-fashioned Sox, Yankees at Fenway Park!” NESN announcer Dave O’Brien bellowed during a third-inning bench clearing that could be best described as an on-field coffee klatch between the two storied opponents. Brock Holt took exception to what was a questionably hard slide by Tyler Austin, who attempted to break up
- [Nimmo Demoted Despite Proving He Belongs](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/nimmo-demoted-despite-proving-he-belongs/) - Lost in the hysteria of the Mets 9-1 start was how by and large Sandy Alderson poorly constructed this Mets roster, and how it is going to unfairly punish players. With Michael Conforto's shoulder and Dominic Smith not looking quite yet ready for prime time, Alderson sought out reinforcements in the offseason. Adrian Gonzalez was
- [The Real Battle Of The Bronx](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/the-real-battle-of-the-bronx/) - On April 9, Rob Walsh -- writing for The Irish Echo, shared a story of when he went up to Fordham University’s beautiful Rose Hill campus on Easter Weekend to watch one of the longest standing college baseball rivalries between Fordham Rams and Manhattan College Jaspers. It dates back to 1870 and games have been
- [Monday Mets: The Weird World Of Winning](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/monday-mets-the-weird-world-of-winning/) - The Mets have won seven of their first eight games this season despite being at the bottom of the league in some basic statistical categories. Has it been luck? Smoke and mirrors? Or, is there a little more to it? Let's find out... Coming into Sunday night's game against the Washington Nationals, the Mets were
- [In New York, We Play 162 Seasons](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/in-new-york-we-play-162-seasons/) - “During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. 'It's when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning,' Ruppert said, 'and then slowly pull away.'” - Peter Golenbock The first week of the 2018 season has done nothing but fuel expectations. That seemed all too
- [Booing Giancarlo Stanton Was Absurd](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/booing-giancarlo-stanton-was-absurd/) - One of the age old debates we have is whether it is appropriate for the home team crowd to boo one of their players. The Pollyanna side believe you are just there to "root, root, root for the home team." The more cynical side believes they paid good money to attend the game, and if
- [Monday Mets: First Impressions](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/04/monday-mets-first-impressions/) - While most of the players on the Mets roster were familiar, there was a fresh vibe around Citi Field in the opening weekend. So, what are the takeaways from the Mets series win against the Cardinals? Mets wins on Opening Day are nothing new. The franchise has the best all-time Opening Day winning percentage of
- [“Voice of the Yankees” Michael Kay to Receive Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/voice-of-the-yankees-michael-kay-to-receive-vin-scully-award-for-excellence-in-sports-broadcasting-from-wfuv-radio/) - Michael Kay, the Emmy Award-winning New York Yankees play-by-play announcer on YES Network and drive time host of The Michael Kay Show on ESPN NY 98.7 FM Radio, has been selected to be the 11th recipient of the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio (90.7 FM/wfuv.org), the noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 70 years, it was announced today. WFUV also announced that multiple
- [Focus Soon Shifts to Mets and Yankees New Managers](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/focus-soon-shifts-to-mets-and-yankees-new-managers/) - With Opening Day a day away, each New York team has quite similar question marks. Will their respective starting rotations hold up? Will their power hitting outfielders provide the home runs and offense both teams project? Will their make shift infields hold up? However, there is another important one - did both teams make the
- [Mel & Ed Preview The 2018 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/mel-ed-preview-the-2018-season/) - Now that the final out of the Mets' 2018 Grapefruit League games has been recorded, I have asked Mel and Ed to share their thoughts on the upcoming season. In case you’re unfamiliar with them, these two Mets fans can best be summarized as the consistently cynical, “sky is always falling” fan (Mel) and the
- [Trying To Find Things To Be Pessimistic About](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/trying-to-find-things-to-be-pessimistic-about/) - With less than a week to go before Opening Day, the 2018 Yankees have everything pretty well lined up. They are, predominately, healthy. Not one player has had one of those dreadful spring trainings that make you think twice. The young prospects all represented themselves well. It has been as quiet of a Spring Training
- [Story of John Donaldson Movie Project Launches Kickstarter](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/story-of-john-donaldson-movie-project-launches-kickstarter/) - The legacy of John Donaldson, one of the greatest baseball players and a true American hero, will be restored in the feature documentary film 39 SECONDS. Pre-Production has begun with a major Kickstarter effort. The heavily anticipated film will shoot in the late summer of 2018 with the community’s support for the Kickstarter. Born in
- [Robles Is Not Montero](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/robles-is-not-montero/) - As the Mets head towards deciding which players should and should not be on the Opening Day roster, there has been a cry among Mets fans to keep both Rafael Montero and Hansel Robles off the Opening Day roster. With his being out of options, this would mean Montero would be exposed to waivers, and
- [New Ruth Book Explores Lasting Legacy](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/new-ruth-book-explores-lasting-legacy/) - Babe Ruth’s grandson Tom Stevens calls it “the first real effort to explain his enduring popularity,” and Stevens should know. He wrote the Foreword. BABE RUTH - A Superstar’s Legacy by Jerry Amernic is a book that explores the legacy of Ruth on many fronts, both in and beyond baseball. It involves sports, culture, business,
- [Monday Mets: New Regime Facing Familiar Problems](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/monday-mets-new-regime-facing-familiar-problems/) - Oh, the irony. I'm not referring to "Canadian irony" like Alanis Morissette introduced to us in the late 1990's, but actual irony, where the opposite of the expected outcome is what occurs. When the Mets signed Jason Vargas it was an insurance plan, given the likelihood that at least one of their talented yet oft-injured
- [Dunn, Byrnes, Connor Lead Irish Baseball HOF Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/dunn-byrnes-connor-lead-irish-baseball-hof-ballot/) - As the calendar approaches St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IABHOF) has announced the potential honorees whose names will be on the 2018 induction ballot. The candidates include players, managers, broadcasters, and baseball executives. Voting will be conducted by previous inductees and a panel of baseball historians. Once the votes are tallied, the
- [Should The Mets Be Blamed For Wright's Current Condition?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/should-the-mets-be-blamed-for-wrights-current-condition/) - In many ways, it is quite fitting there were injury updates on both Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright, which should leave the entire New York Mets fanbase dejected. With respect to Cespedes, we discovered not only did the team let him play in a Spring Training game with full knowledge of his having an injured
- [Tampa Bay Rays 2020 Movement Starts Petition To Keep Team](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/tampa-bay-rays-2020-movement-starts-petition-to-keep-team/) - The longterm future of the Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field lease notwithstanding, has been a frequent topic of conversation in baseball circles. Move them to Montreal? Contract them (as may have been close to happening during the reign of Bud Selig?) Find a new stadium? It seems one of the three must happen if the
- [Patience Pays Off As Yankees Solve 2B](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/patience-pays-off-as-yankees-solve-2b/) - This wasn’t a move that needed to be made. The 2018 Yankees didn’t need Neil Walker. Had the Yankees opened up the 2018 regular season with the roster they had yesterday, they would still be projected as a playoff team. This move doesn’t make them any more of a favorite. But, it is a move
- [Monday Mets: The Rotation Question Remains Unanswered](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/monday-mets-the-rotation-question-remains-unanswered/) - By the time the 2017 Mets season was mercifully put to its end, the notion of having an abundance of starting pitchers was hard to fathom. At this point last year, nobody expected to hear names like Montero, Flexen, and Milone in the team's rotation. Things got so drastic last year that it wouldn't have
- [An Odd Fit That Makes Sense For Yankees](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/an-odd-fit-that-makes-sense-for-yankees/) - At first glance, none of it really makes sense. Why would the Yankees sign a 34-year-old first baseman and, maybe, an emergency corner outfielder to a minor league deal with an invite to big league camp when there are so many other in-house options? Greg Bird is entrenched at first base. Tyler Austin could be
- [Nimmo's Great Spring Will Lead to What?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/nimmos-great-spring-will-lead-to-what/) - With each and every at-bat, Brandon Nimmo looks closer and closer to securing his spot as the Opening Day lead-off hitter and center fielder for the New York Mets. While this was what the Mets may have anticipated when they drafted him as the 13th overall pick of the 2011 Draft, his getting to this
- [Fonzie Returns as Cyclones Manager, Joined By Royce Ring and Marlon Anderson](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/fonzie-returns-as-cyclones-manager-joined-by-royce-ring-and-marlon-anderson/) - Brooklyn, NY, March 6, 2018 – The Brooklyn Cyclones will open their 2018 season on Friday, June 15th against the Staten Island Yankees with a familiar face at the helm. Former National League All-Star and New York Mets icon, Edgardo Alfonzo, will return as manager for the 2018 season, his fifth year with the Cyclones
- [Monday Mets: What to Do With Spring Training News](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/monday-mets-what-to-do-with-spring-training-news/) - From the moment a team is eliminated from postseason contention, whether mathematically or logically, fans start to think about the following February and March when they can watch their team return to action with renewed spirit, potential, and possibly some previously missing pieces now found. As the date for pitchers and catchers to report draws
- [Jacoby Ellsbury Can Help Yankees In 2018](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/03/15373/) - One of the most underrated aspects of the great Yankees’ teams of the mid 1990’s was the veteran bench. The core of the Yankees’ team was young, but the bench had useful players, who, while past their primes, were productive in limited roles. Tim Raines and Darryl Strawberry were vital pieces of the 1996 and
- [Will Royals Fans Be Split on Duda Like Mets Fans Were?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/will-royals-fans-be-split-on-duda-like-mets-fans-were/) - One of the things that marked Lucas Duda's tenure with the New York Mets was the divisiveness he created among the Mets fanbase. One faction of Mets fans saw a 30 home run hitter who got on base at a good clip. The other half saw a streaky unclutch hitter who made a throw which
- [Corbin Bernsen from Major League at Silver Screen Sports Film Festival/Tarrytown Music Hall, April 15](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/corbin-bernsen-from-major-league-at-silver-screen-sports-film-festival-tarrytown-music-hall-april-15/) - Corbin Bernsen, who played prima donna third baseman Roger Dorn in the now classic baseball film Major League, will be among the stars in attendance at The Silver Screen Sports Film Festival, a two-day celebration of the most iconic sports movies from the past five decades on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 at Westchester’s
- [Mercy's Sullivan Named Team Ireland Junior Coach](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/mercys-sullivan-named-team-ireland-junior-coach/) - Rockland County resident Bill Sullivan has been named the manager of the Irish Junior National Baseball Team. Sullivan, who coached at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry for 18 years, including 15 years as the head coach, will lead Team Ireland at the 18U European Baseball Championships in Grosseto, Italy, from July 9-15, 2018. “It is
- [Monday Mets: Dom De Dom Dom](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/monday-mets-dom-de-dom-dom/) - Six weeks ago, when writing about the Mets signing of Adrian Gonzalez, I suggested that one of the goals of the acquisition was to remind Dominic Smith that first base wasn't automatically his coming into this season. Despite showing up to spring training looking ready for the challenge, Smith's benching just prior to the first
- [USA New No. 1, Passes Japan In WBSC Baseball World Rankings](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/usa-new-no-1-passes-japan-in-wbsc-baseball-world-rankings/) - The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today released the latest WBSC Baseball World Rankings, which weigh a country’s National Team performance — from U-12 to Professional — in WBSC-sanctioned international competitions over a four-year period (2015-2018). The new rankings reflect the expiration of all points earned in 2014 international competitions, such as the U-21 and
- [Versatility, Thy Name Is Drury](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/versatility-thy-name-is-drury/) - Perhaps the most overlooked and undervalued trait in Major League Baseball is versatility. With teams becoming much more cautious in how they spend money to construct a roster, players who can play multiple positions are becoming an even more valuable commodity. A look at the past two World Series winners illustrates a roster with many
- [Mets Lending, Not Trading Players](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/mets-lending-not-trading-players/) - Because the Mets are the Mets, they have one of the most interesting player to be named stories in Major League history. Back in 1962, the Mets acquired Harry Chiti from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. With the Mets and Indians unable to figure out who that player would be,
- [Heritage Auctions Posts Early Yankees Ruth Bat](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/heritage-auctions-posts-early-yankees-ruth-bat/) - Heritage Auctions has posted a rare game used Babe Ruth bat in its latest baseball auction, dating back to his first three years with the club, according to HA's info. This would be one that he used in smashing his own record with 59 in 1921, eclipsing the 54 he hit a year earlier and
- [The Mets Gospel: When Hunting For Sharks, Look No Further Than The Top](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/the-mets-gospel-when-hunting-for-sharks-look-no-further-than-the-top/) - So, while many of us were enjoying a Friday night with our families and friends or simply watching the Olympics, it seems Twitter exploded when it became known that during Mets manager Mickey Callaway's shark fishing trip with about a dozen of his new players, Donald Trump Jr. showed up, and appeared in some photos. This
- [Monday Mets: Vargas Baby!](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/monday-mets-vargas-baby/) - Had you told me last year that I would be celebrating the Mets signing of a 35-year-old starting pitcher with a career 4.16 ERA, a virtually even career win-loss record, and a strikeout average of only 6 per 9 innings, I would have had a hard time believing you. For some reason though, the Mets
- [What Will Tyler Wade's Role Be In 2018?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/what-will-tyler-wades-role-be-in-2018/) - With the decision to move on from Todd Frazier, the Yankees seemed poised to enter the 2018 season with young players at both second base and third base. While there are still some veterans remaining on the free agent market and there is enough depth to pull off a trade, Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman’s
- [Yankees Considering Rare Trade with Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/yankees-considering-rare-trade-with-mets/) - Recent reports have the Yankees considering obtaining Asdrubal Cabrera from the Mets. Certainly, the deal would make some sense for both sides as the Yankees have some interesting left-handed depth relief options, the Yankees looking at three unproven players for two infield positions, and the Mets likely wanting to get out from under Cabrera's $8.5
- [Jackie Robinson's Original Pro Contracts To Be Auctioned](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/jackie-robinsons-original-pro-contracts-to-be-uctioned/) - Jackie Robinson's original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian's safe-deposit box until a few years ago, will be offered for sale by Goldin Auctions during a live auction celebrating Black History Month on February 27, 2018. The announcement of the auction, and that 10%
- [Monday Mets: The Rotation's Reliance on Reclamation](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/monday-mets-the-rotations-reliance-on-reclamation/) - Today is the day that Mets pitchers and catchers officially report to the spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida. It's a day that fans often circle on a calendar as soon as it's announced, and start to anticipate as soon as the season is over, whether that's the postseason, the regular season, or
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Newsday's Erik Boland, Live from Yankees Sprint Training](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/gotham-baseball-live-newsdays-erik-boland-live-from-yankees-sprint-training/) - In the latest episode of "Gotham Baseball Live," I spoke with Newsday's Erik Boland, who is down in Tampa with the Yankees in Spring Training. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gotham-baseball-live/2018/02/09/live-from-spring-training-newsdays-erik-boland-talks-yankees I also talked about the Mets offseason and if the pursuit of Lance Lynn and Alex Cobb is worth the cost.
- [The Importance Of Being Didi](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/the-importance-of-being-didi/) - FanGraphs Steamer says that Gregorius will hit about .248/.310/.366 with 12 doubles, six homers, and an 88 wRC+ in 146 games. That would be just fine for his first year in pinstripes. - Pinstripe Alley, Dec. 2014. Talking about exceeding expectations. With just days before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, Didi Gregorius is
- [Frazier Latest New Jersey Met](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/frazier-latest-new-jersey-met/) - With Todd Frazier signing a deal with the team he rooting for as a kid, he now becomes the 25th Mets player to hail from the State of New Jersey. It should come as no surprise the Mets players from that state have had vastly different experiences in a Mets uniform: Al Leiter (Toms River)
- [Monday Mets: Do We Eat What They Serve?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/monday-mets-do-we-eat-what-they-serve/) - Once the Mets officially gave up on the 2017 season, fans started looking forward to this offseason, like Tom (the cat) salivating as he prepared to eat a Jerry (the mouse) sandwich on the beloved cartoon. The Mets, who had come so close to tasting championship champagne in 2015, and managed to sneak into the
- [Judge Named Topps Card No. 1 for 2018](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/judge-named-topps-card-no-1-for-2018/) - New York Yankees star Aaron Judge continues to earn accolades as the reigning American League Rookie of the Year was voted to be Card No. 1 in 2018 Topps® Baseball Series 1 by thousands of fans as revealed exclusively on MLB Network today. Baseball fans can get the newest Topps Judge card when the Major
- [What's On Second, I Don't Know is On Third](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/02/whats-on-second-i-dont-know-is-on-third/) - It almost seems impossible, but pitchers and catchers will be reporting in a mere 10 days. With over 130 free agents still on the market---and some of them actually pretty good---there are many teams that have specific needs. Brian Cashman and the Yankees could use another pitcher, but if they began the season with their
- [Yankees, Mets Operated Similarly This Offseason, Fan Reaction Much Different](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/yankees-mets-operated-similarly-this-offseason-fan-reaction-much-different/) - This offseason, Mets fans have been in an uproar over how the Mets are operating. From their perspective, the team is once again making penny wise, pound foolish moves. Already, they have rejected a trade for Jason Kipnis over value while going out and re-singing Jose Reyes to a $2 million deal. Overall, the Mets
- [The Mets Gospel: Are Mets Counting On Callaway To Be Bobby V 2.0?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/the-mets-gospel-are-mets-counting-on-callaway-to-be-bobby-v-2-0/) - I was working at my first job in radio in 1996, producing the morning drive show WSTC in Stamford. CT, when the Mets decided to fire Dallas Green and replace him with Bobby Valentine. This was a very big deal in Stamford, (even if it was a Yankees town): because as S.L. Price once wrote in Sports
- [OTD in Yankees History: Jimmy Key Calls It Quits](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/otd-in-yankees-history-jimmy-key-calls-it-quits/) - On Jan. 29, 1999, Yankees pitcher Jimmy Key called it a career. From National Pastime.com: Jimmy Key, citing shoulder injuries, retires from baseball compiling a 186-117 (.684) record during his 15-year major league career. The 37-year-old five-time All-Star southpaw appeared in the playoffs with all his teams, which included the Blue Jays, Yankees, and
- [Monday Mets: Were Wilpon's Words Worthless?](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/monday-mets-were-wilpons-words-worthless/) - This coming Friday is Groundhog Day: a day in which an animal who has no meteorological background steps out of his hole and makes a determination as to how bad the rest of the winter will be. And while we celebrate this day annually, we all know that the information provided by the groundhog on
- [Keep Clint Frazier](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/keep-clint-frazier/) - There is somewhat of an assumption that Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees are motivated to trade 23-year-old outfielder Clint Frazier. After all, the top prospect could be a centerpiece of a deal for a top starting pitcher. And, parting with him won’t be too painful as Cashman has already indicated that Frazier is
- [The Mets Gospel: A "State Of The Mets" Preview](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/the-mets-gospel-a-state-of-the-mets-preview/) - Before I begin, let me just say that I'm honored to have folks like Gary Armida, Shai Kushner and Mets Daddy on board as fellow writers here on GothamBaseball.com. It's an exciting time for GB, and it's so very cool that the band is getting back together. It was way easier to get these guys back
- [Mets On The 2018 Hall of Fame Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/mets-on-the-2018-hall-of-fame-ballot/) - Later today, the Hall of Fame is going to announce the results of the Hall of Fame vote. While we should not expect anyone to don a Mets cap on their Hall of Fame plaque, this year's ballot did have a decidedly Mets flair. Each one of these players have their own unique Mets story.
- [MONDAY METS: It's Time We Talk About David](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/monday-mets-its-time-we-talk-about-david/) - This past Saturday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com posted an article with something of an update on David Wright. For the first time that I can remember, Wright expressed some doubt in his ability to complete his comeback. While the rest of us may have questioned the feasibility of a David Wright return to baseball, reading
- [The Rollercoaster Ride Of Ron Hassey](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/the-rollercoaster-ride-of-ron-hassey/) - This hot stove season has been extraordinarily quiet. You could fill out an all-star team with players remaining on the free agent market. There are quite a few theories floating around as to why we are nearing February and there are still so many players out of work. Collusion theories, tanking theories, and age bias
- [GOTHAM BASEBALL UNVEILS NEW LOGO](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/gotham-baseball-unveils-new-logo/) - To celebrate a website redesign and other ongoing projects slated for 2018, Gotham Baseball is rolling out a new logo. Designed by award-winning designer Todd Radom, the new Gotham Baseball logo incorporates aspects of Gotham Baseball’s past, while incorporating a sleeker look that mirrors the brand’s push forward. “I’ve been lucky to work with some
- [Yankees On HOF Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/yankees-on-hof-ballot/) - The Baseball Hall of Fame election process should be a celebration. It should be a time when we reminisce about careers, have a good debate about a player’s candidacy, and then celebrate the new members of, what still is, the best museum in professional sports. Unfortunately, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) have made
- [MONDAY METS: The A-rrival of A-Gon and the Mets A-genda](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/monday-mets-the-a-rrival-of-a-gon-and-the-mets-a-genda/) - The Mets' current offseason has gone remarkably slow. Only five of the (generally-regarded) top twenty free agents have signed so far, and for the most part, they are among the least exciting of those twenty. The lukewarm stove seems to have created a buyer's market, which has subsequently allowed Mets fans the ability to daydream
- [Mets Leaving First Round Picks In Limbo](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/mets-leaving-first-round-picks-in-limbo/) - The Major League draft is the most challenging in all of professional sports, and as a result, you rarely see sure bets anywhere in the draft. For proof of that, you need not look any further than Ken Griffey, Jr. being the only first overall draft pick to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
- [Jay Bruce And Other Mets Reunions](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/jay-bruce-and-other-mets-reunions/) - Maybe it shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but the Mets have decided with their limited budget to bring Jay Bruce back on a backloaded three year $39 million contract. This is not the first, and it will not be the last time the Mets have decided to bring back a former player. At
- [Munsons for Posada, Beltran, Robertson, Rivera, Tuck](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/munsons-for-posada-beltran-robertson-rivera-tuck/) - A star-studded lineup will be honored at the 38th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on Tuesday night, February 6, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City to benefit AHRC New York City Foundation which assists children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These are the award recipients: Two switch-hitting native sons of
- [Topps Signs Ohtani To Card-Autograph Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/topps-signs-ohtani-to-card-autograph-deal/) - Baseball fans looking to collect the rookie cards of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani won't have to wait long. The Topps Company, the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, is proud to announce it has signed Ohtani to a trading card and long-term autograph deal for the upcoming MLB season. His first pack-pulled
- [MONDAY METS: Mel & Ed Discuss the Mets Offseason](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/monday-mets-mel-ed-discuss-the-mets-offseason/) - Shai Kushner makes his return to Gotham Baseball with his first installment of "Monday Mets."
- [Sonny Gray Is The Glue Of Yankees' Rotation](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/sonny-gray-is-the-glue-of-yankees-rotation/) - The Yankees’ rotation doesn’t have to lead or even be its best performing part of the 2018 season. The power offense and bullpen can handle that role. But, the rotation does have to be the glue of Aaron Boone’s club.
- [MLB, USA Baseball Host 2nd Annual ‘DREAM SERIES’](https://gothambaseball.com/2018/01/mlb-usa-baseball-host-2nd-annual-dream-series/) - Major League Baseball and USA Baseball will host the second annual ‘DREAM SERIES’ at Tempe Diablo Stadium, the Spring Training home of the Los Angeles Angels, from January 11th through the 15th, in connection to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The ‘DREAM SERIES’ will feature a diverse group of more than 60 of the country’s top
- [Stanton Gets First TOPPS NOW Yanks Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/12/stanton-gets-first-topps-now-yanks-card/) - He's only been a Yankee for a few days officially, but Giancarlo Stanton already has his first TOPPS NOW card in Pinstripes. Available until noon ET Wednesday, the card depicts Stanton displaying his new threads bearing No. 27 from his introductory press conference on Monday. The hulking slugger and reigning N.L. MVP and home run
- [Mets Again Fading Into Baseball Obscurity](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/12/mets-again-fading-into-baseball-obscurity/) - Aaron Boone and the reigning MVP, who just happens to be the highest paid player and in baseball. An injury prone Mets roster coming off a 90 loss season cutting payroll. This statement could be used to apply to either the 2018 Yankees, who just obtained Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins, or it could
- [MLB Network To Air Winter Meetings Coverage](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/12/mlb-network-to-air-winter-meetings-coverage/) - With the pursuit of free agent Shohei Ohtani in full-swing and the Giancarlo Stanton trade rumors heating up, MLB Network is preparing extensive coverage of the 2017 Baseball Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida next week, with insiders Peter Gammons (@pgammo), Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman), Ken Rosenthal(@Ken_Rosenthal) Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) and Tom Verducci reporting live across MLB Network's more than 35 hours of on-site programming. Interviews with club managers and
- [New York Baseball Franchises Had Situations Reminiscent of Eli Manning's Benching](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/new-york-baseball-franchises-had-situations-reminiscent-of-eli-mannings-benching/) - With the Giants announcing two time Super Bowl MVP and future Hall of Famer Eli Manning will be benched in favor of Jets retread Geno Smith, there were shock-waves sent through the NFL. It also may be the beginning of the end of Manning's time in a Giants uniform. If true, sadly this will not
- [Didi, Mariano, Koufax Items Among Steiner Sports Holiday Sale Items](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/didi-mariano-koufax-items-among-steiner-sports-holiday-sale-items/) - Steiner Sports Memorabilia lets shoppers avoid the lines at the malls that put a crimp on Thanksgiving with the family, missing football, et. al. Forget the chaos and enjoy extreme value with up to 90 percent discounts beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 23) through Tuesday morning (November 28) with Black Friday and Cyber Monday doorbuster deals on 2,300 individual memorabilia piecesfrom every sport that feature such stars
- [Beltran A Truly Historic New York Baseball Player](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/beltran-a-truly-historic-new-york-baseball-player/) - With the retirement of Carlos Beltran, there have been many platitudes written about a man who left an indelible mark upon the game of baseball. When you've played as long as he has, you are bound to accomplish some truly historic feats. He's the best base stealer in baseball history by stolen base percentage. He's
- [Lou Gehrig Signed Yankees Contract Bidding At $110,000](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/lou-gehrig-signed-yankees-contract-bidding-at-110000/) - The Lou Gehrig Signed New York Yankees Uniform Players Contract from 1925 is the current high bid of $110,000 on the Steiner Auctions "Fall Classic" on-line auction which concludes this Saturday. The first page of the 92-year old artifact reads “ American League of Professional Baseball Clubs Uniform Players Contract” and features the player's name,
- [Topps Honors Retiring Carlos Beltran With Special Topps NOW Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/topps-honors-retiring-carlos-beltran-with-special-topps-now-card/) - Topps today honored former Yankees and Mets star (and potential Hall of Famer) Carlos Beltran with a standalone Topps NOW card commemorating his retirement. Now through 1:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, fans can purchase this collectible at the Topps NOW site for $9.99. Topps will print and deliver only the number that are purchased until
- [Judge Signs with Pepsi](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/judge-signs-with-pepsi/) - His record-setting rookie year behind him, Aaron Judge is hitting the brand marketing scene hard in the off-season. Today, Pepsi announced its partnership with the Yankees' rising star Aaron Judge – a member of the newest Yankees generation – the "Baby Bombers." Outfielder Aaron Judge will serve as the face of Pepsi, championing the spirit and excitement of baseball, both
- [2017 Wilson Defensive Player Of The Year Award Winners Released](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/2017-wilson-defensive-player-of-the-year-award-winners-released/) - Chicago, IL (Nov. 10, 2017) – Wilson®, The Official Ball Glove of Major League Baseball®, announced the 2017 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards tonight in a special telecast on MLB Network hosted by Robert Flores and Eric Byrnes. The Twins’ 23-year-old centerfield phenom Byron Buxton is one of five first-time winners and the
- [Baseball Needs Better Broadcasters](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/baseball-needs-better-broadcasters/) - With the Yankees considering Aaron Boone for their managerial opening, I've come to joke the Yankees should hire the man for the sole purpose of saving the Sunday Night Baseball television booth which has already grown weaker with Dan Shulman stepping aside. The joke should actually lead to a broader discussion about baseball television booths.
- [Jackie Robinson's Original Pro Baseball Contracts For Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/jackie-robinsons-original-pro-baseball-contracts-for-auction/) - Jackie Robinson's original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian's safe-deposit box until a few years ago, will be offered for sale by Goldin Auctions at a live auction on Thursday, November 16, at the Jackie Robinson Museum. The announcement of the auction, and that
- [Judge, Montgomery Named To 2017 Topps All-Star Rookie Team](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/judge-montgomery-named-to-2017-topps-all-star-rookie-team/) - Yankee standouts Aaron Judge and Jordan Montgomery were today named among the 11 MLB players selected to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team. The right fielder Judge, the presumptive candidate for A.L. Rookie of the Year and a finalist for league MVP, slashed .284/.422/.627 with 52 home runs and 114 RBI in his first full season
- [John, Mattingly, Tiant Among 'Modern Era' Hall Nominees, Munson Snubbed](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/john-mattingly-tiant-among-modern-era-hall-nominees-munson-snubbed/) - Nine former big league players, including three who played for the Yankees, and one executive comprise the 10-name Modern Baseball Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 10 at the Baseball Winter Meetings. Former Bombers Tommy John, Don Mattingly and Luis Tiant join Steve Garvey, Marvin Miller, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker, Ted
- [A 30 Year Look at World Series Game Sevens](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/11/a-30-year-look-at-world-series-game-sevens/) - Since the Mets won the 1986 World Series, there have been eight World Series Game Sevens. Each had their own thrills and drama. With many Mets fans claiming the 1986 Game Seven as their favorite, that one should be set aside in any attempt to try to rank the subsequent Game Sevens: 1. 1991 World
- [Astros and Dodgers Role in the Rise and Fall of the 1980s Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/astros-and-dodgers-role-in-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-1980s-mets/) - As Keith Hernandez handles the pregame and postgame show of the Astros - Dodgers World Series, it is incredible to think how nearly 30 years ago, it would be the postseason series against both of these teams that would truly mark the rise and fall of those 1980s Mets teams. After consecutive years of knocking
- [Drysdale, Reese, Michaels Among Frick Finalists](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/drysdale-reese-michaels-among-frick-finalists/) - Brooklyn-born Al Michaels and former Dodgers Don Drysdale and Pee Wee Reese are among eight of the National Pastime’s most recognizable and honored voices who have been named as the finalists for the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The
- [What's The Plan For 2018, Mets?](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/whats-the-plan-for-2018-mets/) - The New York Mets are coming off the worst season in the Sandy Alderson era. The last time the Mets lost 92 games was 2009, when Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel's club lost 92 games. After the season, both men were let go. This time, Terry Collins bore the brunt of the debacle of the
- [ALCS Game 6: Severino Tries to Put Yankees Back Into Fall Classic](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/alcs-game-6-severino-tries-to-put-yankees-back-into-fall-classic/) - In 2015, at the age of 21, Luis Severino's big league future was bright. His midseason call-up that year was remarkable, giving Yankees fans hopes that the failures of pitching phenoms of years past was starting to turn. He went 5-3 with a 2.89 ERA over 11 starts, which included a very tidy 1.20 WHIP.
- [Yankees Streak On The Line](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/yankees-streak-on-the-line/) - With the Yankees being led by young players like Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, and Luis Severino, it would seem like the last thing the Yankees are concerned about is time. Judging from their history and the Yankees coffers, the surprising run this season should prove to be the next great run in Yankees history. If
- [Baseball VR Closer To A Reality](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/baseball-vr-closer-to-a-reality/) - Monsterful VR, the innovative and fast growing immersion engagement brand for sports and technology, today announced a partnership with Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15, and the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series to design and implement a custom programmed Virtual Reality training system to enhance player development through technology. The new patented interactive VR platform is
- [Baseball Happenings: Pat Kelly recalls the Yankees 1995 post-season heroics](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/baseball-happenings-pat-kelly-recalls-the-yankees-1995-post-season-heroics/) - Former Yankees infielder Pat Kelly was in New York recently to help give an assist to the fundraising efforts for the Jason Krause Kick Cancer Scholarship, signing autographs along with his Yankee teammate David Cone at their annual community event. Read the rest of the story here
- [NJ.com: ALCS Preview: Yankees vs. Astros](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/nj-com-alcs-preview-yankees-vs-astros/) - Who's got the edge? NJ.com's Brendan Kuty breaks down the New York Yankees-Houston Astros American League Championship Series matchup that starts Friday. Gotham Baseball's pick is Yankees in six; for selfish reasons (we want to be able to keep the is NY baseball vibe going until game 7 of the World Series), and we also
- [Mr. Girardi's Wild Ride](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/10/14965/) - Gotham Baseball and this writer in particular has always been a very strong supporter of Yankees manager Joe Girardi. So it was shocking to see Girardi’s inexplicable decision-making help blow an 8-3 Yankees lead in Game 2 of the American League Division Series, putting the Yankees on the brink of elimination. That the Yankees stormed
- [Judge Scores Seven Of Top 10 Topps NOW Cards To Date In 2017](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/judge-scores-seven-of-top-10-topps-now-cards-to-date-in-2017/) - Yankees RF Aaron Judge‘s record-setting rookie year has included plenty of highlights and accolades. One measure of his immense popularity is his appearance on seven of the top 10 Topps NOW cards issued to date in 2017. Judge, featured again today after his two-homer peformance on Monday set the mark for rookie round-trippers (50 and counting),
- [Yankees Record-Breaking Shortstop Didi Gregorius Signs Exclusive Collectibles Deal with Steiner Sports](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/yankees-record-breaking-shortstop-didi-gregorius-signs-exclusive-collectibles-deal-with-steiner-sports/) - Didi Gregorius continues to have the hot hand. The New York Yankees shortstop, who made history Wednesday (September 20) by shattering Derek Jeter's single-season franchise home run record for a shortstop with his 25th circuit blast of the campaign, has signed an exclusive collectibles deal with Steiner Sports, it was announced today. Gregorius joins Steiner’s impressive exclusive line up which
- [Today In Yankees History: The Babe Goes Yard](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/today-in-yankees-history-the-babe-goes-yard/) - On Sept 15, 1921, the Yankees sweep a doubleheader from the St. Louis Brown. In the first game, Babe Ruth hits home run No. 55 in New York's 10 - 6 win over the Browns. The Yanks take game t2, 13 - 5. (source: BR Bullpen) Baseball Almanac: The 1921 New York Yankees played 153 games
- [Mets360.com: Charlie Hangley: The 2017 Mets and the return of the talent gap](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/mets360-com-charlie-hangley-the-2017-mets-and-the-return-of-the-talent-gap/) - There is some really top-notch Mets content out on the interwebs, and one of my favorites is Mets360.com. My old friend Charlie Hangley is one of the reasons why. His latest piece, "The 2017 Mets and the return of the talent gap," is another example of how much I like his work... http://mets360.com/?p=33544
- [Yankees Lose Late To O's, Vaccaro On BoSox "Scandal"](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/yankees-lose-late-to-os-vaccaro-on-bosox-scandal/) - The New York Post's Mike Vaccaro has always been a friend of Gotham Baseball. Sure, a big reason is because he's always treated myself and our people with a great deal of respect, but mainly because of his ability to intertwine the history of the sports he covers with the cutting edge perspective of today.
- [Metstradamus: Sign Of Life and Shades of Death](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/09/metstradamus-sign-of-life-and-shades-of-death/) - The latest from Metstradamus on Juan Lagares: Lagares always hustles out of the box, and you have somebody that can fill that void of veteran leadership that the Mets have. Good examples don’t always have to come from players over 30 with reputations that don’t contain much more than being over 30. Just give me
- [Gut Reaction: Reds 7, Mets 2 (8/31/17)](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/gut-reaction-reds-7-mets-2-83117/) - The Mets dropped the rubber game of their series with the Reds, by a 7-2 score Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati. It looked good for the Mets on paper, with a day game and Jacob deGrom on the mound. But deGrom…Read more →
- [Game Chatter: Jacob deGrom vs Robert Stephenson (8/31/17)](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/game-chatter-jacob-degrom-vs-robert-stephenson-83117/)
- [Wilmer Flores, Juan Lagares and style of play](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/wilmer-flores-juan-lagares-and-style-of-play/) - The Mets have traded a bunch of productive offensive players and the ones they didn’t trade are on the disabled list. Therefore, it’s not a surprise that in their last 17 games the Mets are averaging just 3.7 runs per…Read more →
- [Gut Reaction: Mets 2, Reds 0 (8/30/17)](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/gut-reaction-mets-2-reds-0-83017/) - When you see that stat line of 8.1 innings pitched, with no runs, three hits, and 8 strikeouts from a Mets pitcher, you’d probably expect it to come from Jacob deGrom. Against the Reds tonight though, those stats were produced…Read more →
- [Game Chatter: Rafael Montero vs Homer Bailey (8/30/17)](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/game-chatter-rafael-montero-vs-homer-bailey-83017/)
- [Gleyber Torres signs with Topps Authentics](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/gleyber-torres-signs-with-topps-authentics/) - The Topps Company has added top, young prospect Gleyber Torres to its Topps Authentics lineup. The New York Yankees top prospect has signed an exclusive deal for autographed memorabilia with Topps Authentics. Fans can learn more and order pieces by clicking here. Topps Authentics, the memorabilia arm of The Topps Company, will offer signed baseballs
- [Take Me Out to the…Casino!  Former Yankees First Baseman Tino Martinez Heading to Empire City Casino On August 16](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/08/take-me-out-to-thecasino-former-yankees-first-baseman-tino-martinez-heading-to-empire-city-casino-on-august-16/) - Empire City Casino continues to bring New York baseball’s most popular players to the largest entertainment destination in the northeast. Former New York Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez, a key player on four “Bronx Bombers” World Series championship teams, will appear at Dan Rooney’s Sports Bar at the casino on Wednesday, August 16th when the
- [Aaron Judge Debut Jersey Top Seller in Steiner On-Line Auction at $160,644](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/aaron-judge-debut-jersey-top-seller-in-steiner-on-line-auction-at-160644/) - The uniform jersey worn by Aaron Judge in the Yankee rookie's debut game, which fetched a high bid of $160,644.05, was the top seller in Steiner Auctions' Mid-Summer Classic on-line auction which concluded Saturday (July 29). There were 22 bids and over 13,000 views on the jersey worn by Judge when he smashed a home run in his first MLB at-bat on August 13, 2016 Another Judge
- [Centenary University to Build The First Ever Blue Baseball Turf Field](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/centenary-university-to-build-the-first-ever-blue-baseball-turf-field/) - Centenary University in western N.J. is planning to build the world's first blue artificial baseball turf field ever, celebrating the institution's colors, so that Centenary University's largest NCAA Division III team can have a home field on campus. In order to make this dream come true, members of the community and beyond are being asked to help
- [Bill Wilen’s Legendary Collection of Mickey Mantle Baseball Cards to be Auctioned](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/bill-wilens-legendary-collection-of-mickey-mantle-baseball-cards-to-be-auctioned/) - The largest collection of Mickey Mantle baseball cards to ever hit the market -- 1,392 individual cards or 97-percent of Mantle baseball cards -- will be auctioned by Huggins & Scott Auctions through August 3. Bill Wilen has made it his life’s journey to collect Mickey Mantle baseball cards. As a young boy in Sioux City, Iowa, Wilen grew up a Yankees fan because his
- [New Era & Topps Partner on Caps Celebrating Historic & Modern Baseball Card Designs](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/new-era-topps-partner-on-caps-celebrating-historic-modern-baseball-card-designs/) - New Era Cap®, the official cap of Major League Baseball®, and The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive trading card partners of MLB, today launched a cap collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the memorable 1987 Topps® wood-grain trading card design and a modern update showcasing new technologies used in the 2017 Topps Chrome® trading
- [Topps Card Delivers A Special Message For Ailing Baseball Fan: A New Kidney From His Wife...](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/topps-card-delivers-a-special-message-for-ailing-baseball-fan-a-new-kidney-from-his-wife/) - Steve Winfree and his wife Heather have been through a great deal in their marriage, most of it tied to Steve’s rare health issues. Once an elite athlete whose problems were first diagnosed at 18 when he was readying to play basketball for Maryville College outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winfree has the rare combination of
- [Game-used Aaron Judge Jersey From MLB debut on Steiner Auctions Block](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/07/game-used-aaron-judge-jersey-from-mlb-debut-on-steiner-auctions-block/) - New York Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge blasted a home run in his first Major League at-bat last August 13th, and that game-used jersey worn by the All-Star outfielder spearheads a multitude of baseball memorabilia on the auction block in the Steiner Auctions “2017 Mid-Summer Classic” auction. The on-line auction continues through Saturday, July 29 at 1:00
- [2017 Topps® Baseball Series 2 Releases with Autographs, Relic Cards and Ultra-Hot Rookie Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/06/2017-topps-baseball-series-2-releases-with-autographs-relic-cards-and-ultra-hot-rookie-cards/) - With the 2017 Major League Baseball season heating up, The Topps Company, the exclusive trading card partner of MLB, is thrilled to release 2017 Topps® Baseball Series 2, the continuation of its MLB flagship brand – which hits shelves today. Topps Baseball Series 2 includes cards of top stars, incredible achievements and collectible rookies, including
- [Judge Rules Topps NOW... Again](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/06/judge-rules-topps-now-again/) - The Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge continues to not just hit mammoth home runs, he is dominating the interest by fans in the card business as well. Topps NOW, the venture between Topps and MLB to provide the best images on cards almost in real time, today featured Judge and his mammoth 495-foot home run
- [Leiter, Stengel Among Irish Baseball HOF Inductees Tuesday](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/06/leiter-stengel-among-irish-baseball-hof-inductees-tuesday/) - The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IAB HOF) today announced the names of its 2017 inductees, who include accomplished former players, one of baseball’s greatest managers, and two current broadcasters. The induction ceremony will take place on Tuesday, June 13, at Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), which houses the Irish
- [Baseball Stirs Colorful Memories for Wounded Warrior Project Veterans](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/06/baseball-stirs-colorful-memories-for-wounded-warrior-project-veterans/) - As Mike Jernigan emerged through a portal from one of the darkened hallways onto Tropicana Field, his senses were aroused by a mix of lasting baseball memories and eruption of bright colors. "You never forget the colors of green grass, red clay, and white lines," the Marine Corps veteran said. Although blinded by an improvised
- [Mets Announcer Cohen, Yankees Superfan 'Bald Vinny' Get TOPPS Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/05/mets-announcer-cohen-yankees-superfan-bald-vinny-get-topps-cards/) - Gary Cohen, longtime voice of the Mets, and "Bald Vinny" Milano, the head of the "Bleacher Creatures" at Yankee Stadium, will adorn new TOPPS card as part of a special set which goes on sale on Wednesday. Cohen, a Queens native, has served as the play-by-play-announcer for all regular-season SNY produced Mets telecasts since 2006.
- [Conforto Gets First Topps NOW Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/05/conforto-gets-first-topps-now-card/) - Mets left fielder Michael Conforto's blistering start may have been overshadowed by another rookie outfielder across town, but that didn't stop Topps from issuing its first Topps NOW card, coming off Tuesday's two-homer, four-RBI day vs. San Diego. Fans can purchase the card through 3 p.m. on Thursday at https://www.topps.com/collectibles/trading-cards/topps-now.html/. Before Saturday's Jose Reyes card,
- [A Gotham Baseball Editorial: Yankees Should Pull Support Of Puerto Rican Day Parade](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/05/a-gotham-baseball-editorial-yankees-should-pull-support-of-puerto-rican-day-parade/) - FALN terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera -- whose sentence was commuted by President Obama -- is going to be celebrated in the streets of New York City during this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Goya Foods -- which has sponsored the Parade since its inception -- has withdrawn its sponsorship. The New York Yankees should
- [Topps Now To Offer Special Jeter Card on Monday](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/05/topps-now-to-offer-special-jeter-card-on-monday/) - Topps, through its ToppsNow partnership with MLB, will issue a special card Monday for fans to commemorate Derek Jeter’s number retirement on Sunday at Yankee Stadium prior to the game vs. the Houston Astros. The card, which will be available on topps.com for 24 hours, will show all the images from Sundays ceremony and will
- [1876 Founding Documents and Original Constitution of Major League Baseball Go Up for Auction May 24](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/04/1876-founding-documents-and-original-constitution-of-major-league-baseball-go-up-for-auction-may-24/) - In the wake of its record-breaking $3.26 million sale last April of the 1857 “Laws of Base Ball” documents, SCP Auctions now unveils the recently discovered and never-before-offered 1876 “Founding Documents and Original Constitution of Major League Baseball,” a hand-written, 74-page sports artifact of unprecedented historical significance. “This, the founding document of Major League Baseball,
- [Original Yankee Stadium Blueprints Among New Steiner Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/04/original-yankee-stadium-blueprints-among-new-steiner-auction/) - The original complete set of blue prints to architect the new Yankee Stadium construction; a tennis racket used by Pete Sampras in his first U.S. Open and Grand Slam victory in 1990; Mickey Mantle’s career 10 K gold ring in its original Balfour box; and game-used bats by such baseball greats as Hank Aaron, Stan
- [Appel’s “Stengel” Is A Masterpiece](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/03/appels-stengel-is-a-masterpiece/) - Only one man in baseball history has worn the jersey of the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees and New York Mets in his career. That man is Hall of Famer Casey Stengel, and as Casey used to say, “You can look it up!”
- [Gotham Baseball LIVE: Mets 2017 Preview with WOR's Pete McCarthy](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/03/gotham-baseball-live-mets-2017-preview-with-wors-pete-mccarthy/) - Pete McCarthy, who hosts the pregame and postgame shows for the New York Mets flagship radio station WOR 710, will join host Mark Healey to discuss the 2017 New York Mets as we approach Opening Day...
- [Appel Talks 'Stengel,' Latest Biography](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/03/appel-talks-stengel-latest-biography/) - Marty Appel's acclaimed biography of "The Ole' Perfessor," Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character, hit bookstores virtual and otherwise this week, and Gotham Baseball was fortunate enough to score an advance copy. There are great reviews here and here and here (and elsewhere), and Appel took out a few minutes in between radio and TV spots
- [Roberto Alomar Named MLB’s Special Consultant In Puerto Rico](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/03/roberto-alomar-named-mlbs-special-consultant-in-puerto-rico/) - MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. has announced that he has named Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar as a Special Consultant to Major League Baseball who will focus on youth baseball development and other league goals in Puerto Rico.
- [Cool Luis Guillorme Bat Catch Gets First Mets Topps Now Card of 2017](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/03/cool-luis-guillorme-bat-catch-gets-first-mets-topps-now-card-of-2017/) - The amazing one-handed bat catch by Mets prospect Luis Guillorme has become the team's first Topps Now card of the year, available through Saturday at 4 p.m. ET. https://youtu.be/w7yA782yMfg As seen in the above video, Guillorme nonchalantly grabbed the bat thrown when Marlins SS Adeiny Hechavarria lost control of it on a swing. Though his Mets
- [Sanchez Takes Mantle's Vaunted No. 7 Topps® Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/02/sanchez-takes-mantles-vaunted-no-7-topps-card/) - Yankees star catcher Gary Sanchez, who hit 20 home runs in 53 games in his rookie season in 2016, may or may not be the next Mickey Mantle in the Yankees lineup. But the powerful 24-year-old is following in The Mick's footsteps in another way for Yankees fans and card collectors—the storied No. 7 card
- [Dent, Nettles To Be Honored At Munson Dinner Feb. 7](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/01/dent-nettles-to-be-honored-at-munson-dinner-feb-7/) - A pair of clutch-hitting, two-time New York Yankees World Series champions have been added to complete a powerhouse starting lineup of honorees for the 37th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on Tuesday night, February 7, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Yankees 1977 championship, Thurman’s
- [Sanchez, Flores Win Munson Awards](https://gothambaseball.com/2017/01/sanchez-flores-win-munson-awards/) - The 37th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner, which remembers the late, great Yankees captain and catcher, will be presented at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Tuesday night, February 7, 2017, and the honorees announced today are: New York Yankees sensational rookie catcher Gary Sanchez, popular New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores,
- [Nineteen Newcomers Join Bagwell, Hoffman, Raines Among 34 On Hall Of Fame Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/11/nineteen-newcomers-join-bagwell-hoffman-raines-among-34-on-hall-of-fame-ballot/) - A total of 19 players, most prominently Vladimir Guerrero, Jorge Posada, Manny Ramirez and Ivan Rodriguez, join 15 holdovers on the 2017 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot, as announced today. The strongest potential selectees, Jeff Bagwell, Trevor Hoffman and Tim Raines, are now on the clock, each having received more than
- [Annual Major League Baseball Topps® All-Star Rookie Team is Revealed](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/11/annual-major-league-baseball-topps-all-star-rookie-team-is-revealed/) - The Topps® MLB All-Star Rookie Team continues its decades-long tradition by honoring Major League Baseball’s top rookies. Eleven MLB players were named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team led by three Los Angeles Dodgers: Corey Seager (shortstop), who was named National League Rookie of the Year, Kenta Maeda (right-handed pitcher), and Julio Urias (left-handed pitcher).
- [The Topps Company Signs Derek Jeter to an Autographed Trading Card Deal for the First Time in Over a Decade](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/11/the-topps-company-signs-derek-jeter-to-an-autographed-trading-card-deal-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade/) - The Topps Company, the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, is excited to announce the signing of former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter to a multi-year autograph trading card deal today. Jeter’s autographs return to Topps products for the first time in over a decade. The addition of the former Yankees captain,
- [Joe Buck Discussion/Booksigning at Yogi Berra Museum on Nov. 17](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/11/joe-buck-discussionbooksigning-at-yogi-berra-museum-on-nov-17/) - Joe Buck, lead play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL’s biggest games and the World Series, will be appearing at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. for a discussion and signing of his new memoir Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad and the Things I’m Not
- [TOPPS Caps Record Setting First Year With TOPPS NOW™ Platform](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/11/topps-caps-record-setting-first-year-with-topps-now-platform/) - The Topps Company today announced that their fast-growing on-demand platform TOPPS NOW™ surpassed 500,000 cards sold in the first year, exceeding the expectations of the program and helping to re-engage thousands of fans, especially millennials, with the TOPPS brand and the joys of collecting now in an on-demand environment for the first time. Fans were
- [Yanks’ Sanchez Among 2017 Topps #1 Card Nominees](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/10/yanks-sanchez-among-2017-topps-1-card-nominees/) - Yankees fans now have the opportunity to help make one of their new favorite players the face of baseball — or at least the face of Topps baseball cards, for 2017. (Strangely, no Mets made the cut...) Gary Sanchez, who burst on the scene and made an immediate huge impact on the sport this summer,
- [New Exhibit Celebrates Art of LeRoy Neiman At Yogi Berra Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/10/new-exhibit-celebrates-art-of-leroy-neiman-at-yogi-berra-museum/) - Renowned for his brilliantly colored paintings, posters and sketches, LeRoy Neiman was perhaps America’s most prolific and recognizable artist of his time. His works celebrated heroes in sports and entertainment and the good life, and remain prominently displayed in major museums and collections around the world. Neiman was an eye-catching figure himself with his wide
- [Big Stein, Sweet Lou and Davey Added To Special HOF Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/10/big-stein-sweet-lou-and-davey-added-to-special-hof-ballot/) - Five former big league players, three executives and two managers comprise the 10-name Today’s Game Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 5 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Md., the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced today. George Steinbrenner, Lou Piniella, and Davey Johnson join Harold Baines, Albert Belle,
- [Mets Cards Among Extended Topps Postseason Sets](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/10/mets-cards-among-extended-topps-postseason-sets/) - The Topps Company, Inc. will be adding to their exciting Topps Now™ program with the release of Topps Now Postseason Team Sets celebrating each teams journey to the MLB Postseason. A team set will be created for each Postseason team. Whenever a team clinches a Postseason birth, that team’s Topps Now set is available for
- [John Franco At Empire City Casino’s Dan Rooney’s Sports Bar Friday](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/09/john-franco-at-empire-city-casinos-dan-rooneys-sports-bar-friday/) - Former Mets hurler John Franco, one of baseball’s all-time great relief pitchers, will meet and great fans at Dan Rooney’s Sports Bar at Empire City Casino on Friday night, September 30, when the Mets play the Phillies in what is expected to be a pivotal game in the National League wildcard race. The Brooklyn native
- [Colon, Young Yankees Boost TOPPS NOW Rookie Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/09/colon-young-yankees-boost-topps-now-rookie-season/) - TOPPS launched its NOW baseball platform in April to highlight individual and team achievements each day of the season. Nearly 500 moments have been captured on cardboard to date, with the Yankees and Mets well represented throughout the year. Bartolo Colon's first career home run on May 7 in San Diego is one of the
- [A Tour Of History With 'Hawk' and Christie's](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/09/a-tour-of-history-with-hawk-and-christies/) - In his home, above a second-floor pool table, 21-year Major League pitcher LaTroy Hawkins has a mural featuring Negro League stars, including Josh Gibson, Hilton Smith and others. Among the players most cognizant of baseball history, Hawkins met up this week with Simeon Lipman, pop culture consultant for Christie's (and you may know him as
- [Yogi Berra, Don Larsen Collections in On-Line 'Fall Classic' Auction at Steiner Sports](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/09/yogi-berra-don-larsen-collections-in-on-line-fall-classic-auction-at-steiner-sports/) - The family of the late, iconic New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, and Yankees “Perfect Game” pitcher Don Larsen will sell pieces of their personal baseball memorabilia collections in an on-line auction through Steiner Sports Memorabilia. The “Fall Classic Auction” will begin today (Tuesday, September 13), and continue through October 23, it was announced today
- [Mets Personality Alexa Datt To Host "The Morning Run" On 120 Sports](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/09/mets-personality-alexa-datt-to-host-the-morning-run-on-120-sports/) - Today, 120 Sports, the OTT network, announced Michael Kim and Alexa Datt as its leading talent team for the newly relocated ‘Morning Run,’ the live-produced, national sports show that combines game highlight video, live guests and social interaction in a quick and easy format. Kim and Datt will co-host the daily show from 8-11 a.m.
- [N.Y. Items Stand Out In Christie's Baseball Auction](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/n-y-items-stand-out-in-christies-baseball-auction/) - The New York Gotham's National League membership application. A Lou Gehrig game-used bat. Sandy Koufax's rookie card. Joe DiMaggio's Yankees contract. Those are just four of the dozens of items with New York ties in The Golden Age of Baseball, Selections from the National Pastime Museum, a two-day auction on October 19-20 at Christie's New
- [Brian Kenny Discussion/Booksigning At Yogi Berra Museum on Sept. 27](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/brian-kenny-discussionbooksigning-at-yogi-berra-museum-on-sept-17/) - MLB Network host and analyst Brian Kenny will discuss all things baseball and his acclaimed new book, Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., followed by a booksigning. One of the game’s most eloquent and passionate observers, Kenny uses stories
- [Austin-Judge Debut Team For TOPPS NOW Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/austin-judge-debut-team-for-topps-now-card/) - A lot of firsts at Yankee Stadium on Saturday... and a new one from Topps to mark the occasion. Yankees rookies Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge's historic debut, in which each hit home runs in their respective first at bats—back-to-back, no less—have earned them their first Topps Card as part of the highly successful ToppsNow
- [Tanaka, deGrom Among Topps 'National Baseball Card Day' Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/tanaka-degrom-among-topps-national-baseball-card-day-set/) - Topps, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have announced that they are joining with hobby stores to celebrate National Baseball Card Day on Saturday, with limited edition six-card packs available at participating shops around the country. The 2016 National Baseball Card Day card designs and checklist was unveiled Wednesday during
- [Former Yankee Ichiro Honored By Topps For 3000th Hit](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/former-yankee-ichiro-honored-by-topps-for-3000th-hit/) - He may have posted only slightly more than 10% of his hits with the Yankees, but Ichiro Suzuki‘s run in pinstripes was mostly a success. The all-time combined Japanese and MLB hit king was a fan favorite in his two-plus years in the Bronx, and more than a few Yankee fans likely followed his chase
- [Piazza to Make History Again with TOPPS BUNT Digital Signatures This Weekend](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/08/piazza-to-make-history-again-with-topps-bunt-digital-signatures-this-weekend/) - The TOPPS Company and their fast-growing digital platform, TOPPS MLB BUNT today announced that New York Mets Hall of Famer Mike Piazza will make history this Saturday, when he conducts a real time customized digital autograph signing this weekend as part of The Baseball Card Show in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is the first
- [TOPPS NOW To Highlight All-Star Game With Weeklong Set Beginning Today](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/07/topps-now-to-highlight-all-star-game-with-weeklong-set-beginning-today/) - TOPPS NOW, the popular trading cards featuring MLB's best moments immediately after they occur, will have a new wrinkle over the next week as they join in the celebration of the Midsummer Classic with special All-Star themed cards beginning today through Wednesday, July 13. Each day, another set of starting players will be featured and
- [Flores, Teixera Earn ToppsNow Cards](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/07/flores-teixera-earn-toppsnow-cards/) - The Mets' Wilmer Flores and Yankees' Mark Teixeira both earned their first-ever ToppsNow cards today, the daily cards produced for the first time this year by Topps and MLB to honor the best moments every day of the MLB season. Flores record-tying six hit day against the Cubs, and Teixeira 's two homer day against
- [McGraw, Kimmel, Breuer at Citi Field Among Topps First Pitch Series](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/06/mcgraw-kimmel-breuer-at-citi-field-among-topps-first-pitch-series/) - Topps today released its Series 2 cards for 2016, and included in select packages are inserts of Celebrity First Pitch cards, including four done at Citi Field last year: singer Tim McGraw, late night host Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and Mets superfan Jim Breuer and actor-producer Edward Burns. They are available at hobby stores, retail outlets
- [Topps 2016 Archives Set To Release “Bull Durham” Commemorative Cards on June 1](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/05/topps-2016-archives-set-to-release-bull-durham-commemorative-cards-on-june-1/) - The insert set features seven cards of characters from the popular movie, including Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), Anne Savoy (Susan Sarandon) and Larry Hackett (Robert Wuhl). May 26, 2016- New York: Topps “Archives Baseball” product which celebrates Topps’ history showcasing designs from past years will honor the characters of the legendary
- [710 WOR Will Re-Broadcast 1986 World Series Game 6 On Thursday](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/05/710-wor-will-re-broadcast-1986-world-series-game-6-on-thursday/) - The New York Mets’ radio flagship, 710 WOR-AM/New York, announced today that, it will re-air the entire radio broadcast of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox, as a prelude to a Memorial Day weekend-long tribute at Citi Field to the 1986 Championship team. The
- ['Reign Men' - Dynasty Debate On Sunday at Yogi Berra Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/05/reign-men-dynasty-debate-on-sunday-at-yogi-berra-museum/) - Baseball has always had supreme rulers. Even teams more known for their ineptitude - the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs - once dominated America's pastime. As Casey Stengel said, you could look it up: The Browns won four straight pennants in the late 1880s and the pre-cursed Cubs won four pennants between 1906-10. Of
- [You Just Knew The Colon HR Would Be Today's ToppsNow Image](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/05/you-just-knew-the-colon-hr-would-be-todays-toppsnow-image/) - I'll admit, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw Bartolo Colon's home run and the hilarity that ensued. Not surprisingly, his shot is the featured ToppsNow image of the day. Fans can buy the card for 24 hrs and have it shipped for arrival this week by going to Topps.com. It
- ['86 Mets Hit Yogi Berra Museum In April](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/04/86-mets-hit-yogi-berra-museum-in-april/) - It will be a yearlong celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the '86 World Champion Mets. And this month, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., will celebrate with two huge pieces of that storied team with book signings. On Thursday, Mookie Wilson and best-selling author Erik Sherman will be there
- [Topps Introduces Topps Now™ Baseball Cards With Cards Available The Day After A Game Is Played](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/04/topps-introduces-topps-now-baseball-cards-with-cards-available-the-day-after-a-game-is-played/) - Imagine your favorite player throwing a no-hitter, and then getting a card of that special moment the very next day. Starting April 4, baseball fans everywhere will get the opportunity to do so with a new product launch, TOPPS NOW™. The Topps Company is proud to introduce TOPPS NOW, a Topps.com-exclusive that will depict the
- [MLB Preview 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/04/mlb-preview-2016/) - So, here we are again, on the cusp of another baseball Opening Day. Seems like only yesterday we watched the Kansas City Royals line drive the New York Mets into submission in the 2015 Fall Classic. The Mets are planning to get back there in 2016. The Royals? Well, they might have trouble getting to
- [Prospect Profile: Kyle Holder](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/pinstriped-prospects-2016-03-23-084300/) - The Yankees selected Kyle Holder with the 30th pick in the 2015 draft out of the University of San Diego ...Read More
- [Yankees Release 12 Minor Leaguers During Spring Training](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/yankees-release-12-minor-leaguers-during-spring-training-2016-03-29-135213/) - The New York Yankees are continuing to clean up … [visit site to read more]
- [MLB, Apple Introduce MLB Dugout App](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/mlb-apple-introduce-mlb-dugout-app/) - Major League Baseball (MLB) has announced its latest technology collaboration with Apple to integrate powerful new on-field capabilities through the approved use of iPad Pro and a newly developed advance scouting, analytics and video app – MLB Dugout – during MLB games.
- [The Unauthorized History Of Baseball In 100-Odd Paintings](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/the-unauthorized-history-of-baseball-in-100-odd-paintings/) - The Skirball Cultural Center announces The Unauthorized History of Baseball in 100-Odd Paintings: The Art of Ben Sakoguchi, an exhibition of canvases by Southern California–based artist Ben Sakoguchi (b. 1938). Known for his singular blend of art, activism, and humor, Sakoguchi has been creating this body of work for more than a decade. In the
- [Mobile App Can Help Young Players Learn the Game from Former MVPs](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/mobile-app-can-give-young-players-learn-the-game-from-former-mvps/) - With spring training finally in the air, the launch of the new UP17 mobile app, young baseball players around the world now have the chance to receive personal instruction and coaching directly from a former MLB Pro.
- [You Never Know with Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/you-never-know-with-prospects/) - Tyler Kepner, the esteemed baseball columnist for The New York Times, penned one of his best in Sunday morning’s editions. ...Read More
- [Gamel, Several Others Assigned to Minor League Camp](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/gamel-several-others-assigned-to-minor-league-camp/) - The New York Yankees optioned several players to minor league camp following Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves. Headlining ...Read More
- [Two Yankees Prospects on World Baseball Classic Rosters](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/two-yankees-prospects-on-world-baseball-classic-rosters/) - With the World Baseball Classic qualifiers underway, two New York Yankees prospects are representing their home countries. Outfielder
- [Braves Return Rule 5 Pick Rutckyj to Yankees](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/braves-return-rule-5-pick-rutckyj-to-yankees/) - After seeing limited action this spring the Atlanta Braves returned Rule 5 selection Evan Rutckyj to the New York Yankees ...Read More
- [Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame 2016 Ballot Includes Kevin Millar, Daniel Murphy, Eric Byrnes and Others](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/irish-american-baseball-hall-of-fame-2016-ballot-includes-kevin-millar-daniel-murphy-eric-byrnes-and-others/) - As the calendar approaches St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IABHOF) today announced the ten potential honorees whose names will be on the 2016 induction ballot. They include current and former players, managers, broadcasters, and baseball executives, while voting will be conducted by IABHOF inductees and a panel of baseball historians.
- [Draft Profile: Riley Pint](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/draft-profile-riley-pint/) - Riley Pint is a right handed pitching prospect out of the Kansas City area. Standing between 6’4” and 6’5” Pint ...Read More
- [A Look At The Yankees Farm System with Bernie Pleskoff](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/a-look-at-the-yankees-farm-system-with-bernie-pleskoff/) - Spring training is underway and top prospects such as Aaron Judge,
- [Lindgren Optioned to SWB, 16 Others Reassigned to Minor League Camp](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/lindgren-optioned-to-swb-16-others-reassigned-to-minor-league-camp/) - Following a 3-0 shutout defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon, the New York Yankees announced ...Read More
- [Coshow, Holder Could Make Mark in Trenton in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/coshow-holder-could-make-mark-in-trenton-in-2016/) - With the Yankees starting to send the first group of players who have been with the big club back to ...Read More
- [So Close You Can Almost Taste It;  RiverDogs Single Game Tickets on Sale Monday](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/so-close-you-can-almost-taste-it-riverdogs-single-game-tickets-on-sale-monday/) - CHARLESTON, S.C. – As the Charleston RiverDogs prepare for the 20th season at The Joe, don’t miss the opportunity to ...Read More
- [Early Spring-Training Working Groups Mean Nothing](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/early-spring-training-working-groups-mean-nothing/) - Having been on the scene for many years at the Himes Complex in Tampa, the Minor League Working Groups are, ...Read More
- [Prospects to Watch on the Charleston RiverDogs Work Group](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/prospects-to-watch-on-the-charleston-riverdogs-work-group/) - In my opinion he Yankees A-ball work group contains by far the most high-potential prospects of any of the Yankees ...Read More
- [Prospects to watch on the Tampa Yankees Work Group](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/prospects-to-watch-on-the-tampa-yankees-work-group/) - The Tampa Yankees work group isn’t the most prospect heavy group, but it does have a lot of players that ...Read More
- [Dog Days of Summer Coming to the Holy City as RiverDogs Release 2016 Promotional Schedule](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/dog-days-of-summer-coming-to-the-holy-city-as-riverdogs-release-2016-promotional-schedule/) - Holy City Sundays, Saturdays Live at The Joe, and the Bobbl’ection Highlight the RiverDogs’ 20th Season at The Joe CHARLESTON, SC ...Read More
- [Draft Profile: Mike Amditis](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/draft-profile-mike-amditis/) - Mike Amditis is a high school catcher who currently plays at Boca Raton Community High. Coming into the year Baseball ...Read More
- [Prospects to Watch on the Thunder Spring Training Workout Group Roster](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/prospects-to-watch-on-the-thunder-spring-training-workout-group-roster/) - Minor league spring training is officially underway down at the Himes Complex in Tampa and with that the first workout ...Read More
- [Prospects to Watch on the RailRiders Spring Training Workout Group Roster](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/prospects-to-watch-on-the-railriders-spring-training-workout-group-roster/) - Minor league spring training is officially underway down at the Himes Complex in Tampa and with that the first workout ...Read More
- [MLB Spring Training: Review of Yankees Prospects on Offense, Defense](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/mlb-spring-training-review-of-yankees-prospects-on-offense-defense/) - Didi Gregorius led off that day and is easily the most interesting prospect story emerging. After Derek Jeter retired, the kid ...Read More
- [MLB Wacky Packages® to debut on March 9](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/mlb-wacky-packages-to-debut-on-march-9/) - Major League Baseball and Wacky Packages® are joining forces for the first time. MLB Wacky Packages is due out March 9 with loads of jokes and fun for baseball fans of all ages. MLB Wacky Packages will feature 90 base cards that parody all 30 MLB teams, MLB events, Minor League Baseball teams and ballpark
- [Yogi Berra Museum To Host Fastball Screening March 22](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/yogi-berra-museum-to-host-fastball-screening-march-22/) - The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., will host a special screening of the acclaimed documentary feature “Fastball,” on March 22 by award-winning director Jonathan Hock. The 90-minute film is a remarkable journey into the science of baseball’s signature pitch, featuring amazing footage and observations from current MLB stars and at
- [[Interview] Degano Working on His Changeup](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/interview-degano-working-on-his-changeup/) - In the second round of the 2015 First-Year-Player Draft with the 57th overall pick the New York Yankees selected left-handed ...Read More
- [The Situations Jorge Mateo Could Cause](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/the-situations-jorge-mateo-could-cause/) - Jorge Mateo, the Yankees top prospect according to almost every ranking, showed a glimpse of what he’ll contribute some day ...Read More
- [Examining Ben Gamel’s Recent Breakout](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/examining-ben-gamels-recent-breakout/) - In every minor league system there is always one player who defies expectations and achieves a levels of success he ...Read More
- [Spring Training Stats Worth Little](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/spring-training-stats-worth-little/) - Yankees pitcher Luis Severino had a rough Grapefruit League debut Wednesday afternoon, allowing five runs in the second inning, … ...Read More
- [RiverDogs to Host Auditions  to Sing National Anthem on March 31](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/riverdogs-to-host-auditions-to-sing-national-anthem-on-march-31/) - CHARLESTON, SC – Each season, a group of Major League hopefuls with dreams of one day playing in the Bronx ...Read More
- [Yankees Greats David Cone & Cecil Fielder Highlight Mar. 19 Family Fun Fest at PNC Field](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/yankees-greats-david-cone-cecil-fielder-highlight-mar-19-family-fun-fest-at-pnc-field/) - Moosic, Pa. – There are events, and then there’s the SWB RailRiders’ (Triple-A/New York Yankees) Family Fun Fest. The annual ...Read More
- [As Spring Training Games Begin, 2016 Draft Order is Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/as-spring-training-games-begin-2016-draft-order-is-set/) - With Ian Desmond finally signing a contract the MLB 2016 Draft order is finally finalized. The Yankees started the offseason ...Read More
- [Joey Chestnut Bobbleheads Headline 2016 Thunder Promotions](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/joey-chestnut-bobbleheads-headline-2016-thunder-promotions/) - The 2016 season at ARM & HAMMER Park promises to be the most fun summer at the home of the Trenton ...Read More
- [Fowler Embraces Challenge to Build From 2015 Success](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/03/fowler-embraces-challenge-to-build-from-2015-success/) - Dustin Fowler’s 2015 campaign was his first full season since being drafted in 2013 and one he wouldn’t have wanted ...Read More
- [The Curious Case of Ronald Torreyes](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/the-curious-case-of-ronald-torreyes/) - A 23-year-old, 5-foot-7 infielder named Ronald Torreyes is in camp with the Yankees, on their 40-man roster, If he follows his ...Read More
- [Gary Sanchez: Coming Into His Own](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/gary-sanchez-coming-into-his-own/) - When you look through Yankees history, offensive minded catchers are woven as part of the team’s fabric. Players like the ...Read More
- [Will Kaprielian Reach Majors in 2016? It Depends](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/will-kaprielian-reach-majors-in-2016-it-depends/) - It has been a popular question. Will James Kaprielian, the right-hander who was the Yankees’ top 2015 draft pick out ...Read More
- [Yankees MiLB Players Report March 4](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-milb-players-report-march-4/) - The off season is officially over and over in big league camp players have already officially reported but down the ...Read More
- [Six Potential Breakout Prospects to Watch in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/six-potential-breakout-prospects-to-watch-in-2016/) - There’s a lot of work that goes into making prospect lists. And I hope that reading such lists, helps readers ...Read More
- [MLB.com Reveals Top 30 Yankees Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/mlb-com-reveals-top-30-yankees-prospects/) - Since their most recent trip to the World Series in 2009, the New York Yankees have sought to improve their ...Read More
- [Dominguez to lead GCL Yankees 2 in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/dominguez-to-lead-gcl-yankees-2-in-2016/) - Raul Dominguez will take over as manager for the Gulf Coast Yankees 2 team from Marc Bombard in 2016. Bombard ...Read More
- [Mosquera Returns as GCL Yankees 1 Manager in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/mosquera-returns-as-gcl-yankees-1-manager-in-2016/) - Former major leaguer Julio Mosquera will return to the Gulf Coast Yankees 1 team for his second season as skipper. ...Read More
- [Six New Scouts Join Yankees Staff](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/six-new-scouts-join-yankees-staff/) - Per Sweeny Murti of WFAN, six new scouts have been hired by the Yankees organization. Three of them have major league ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign Veteran 1B Chris Parmelee to MiLB Contract](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-sign-veteran-1b-chris-parmelee-to-milb-contract/) - According to a post on his Instagram account on Sunday night, veteran first baseman Chris Parmelee has signed a contract ...Read More
- [Long Shots – The 2016 Non-Roster Invitees](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/long-shots-the-2016-non-roster-invitees/) - We all see the line time and time again – traditionally in agate on the statistics page of the newspaper, ...Read More
- [Five Yankees Prospects Who Could Make Their MLB Debut in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/five-yankees-prospects-who-could-make-their-mlb-debut-in-2016/) - In 2015, we saw many of the promising young faces that we had heard immense hype about for years finally ...Read More
- [Not Every OF Prospect Will Wear Pinstripes](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/not-every-of-prospect-will-wear-pinstripes/) - As with the shortstops, not every outfield prospect in the Yankees system will wear the hallowed Pinstripes in his major-league ...Read More
- [Sanchez Named Baseball America’s Top Catching Prospect](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/sanchez-named-baseball-americas-top-catching-prospect/) - Gary Sanchez is the first Yankee catcher since
- [ESPN’s Keith Law Ranks top Yankees Prospects, 4 in Top-100](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/espns-keith-law-ranks-top-yankees-prospects-4-in-top-100/) - In Keith Law’s 2016 edition of the annual top-100 list, four Yankee prospects were named. OF Aaron judge was ranked ...Read More
- [Ramon Flores Could Stick with Brewers](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/ramon-flores-could-stick-with-brewers/) - Outfielder Ramon Flores, when he was in the Yankees system, was always a player who was looking to improve himself. ...Read More
- [Judge, Sanchez, Mateo headline Baseball America’s top 100 list](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/judge-sanchez-mateo-headline-baseball-americas-top-100-list/) - Last night, three Yankee prospects were revealed in Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list. Jorge Mateo and
- [Yankees Hire Near-Perfect Galarraga as MiLB Instructor](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-hire-near-perfect-galarraga-as-milb-instructor/) - The Yankees have hired former major league pitcher, Armando Galarraga, to join the coaching staff per Newsday’s Erik Boland. He ...Read More
- [[Interview] Chance Adams Aims to Start in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/interview-chance-adams-aims-to-start-in-2016/) - The New York Yankees drafted right-handed pitcher Chance Adams in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of Dallas ...Read More
- [Former Yankees Prospects Seek 2016 Success With New MLB Clubs](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/former-yankees-prospects-seek-2016-success-with-new-mlb-clubs/) - Players like Austin Jackson,
- [A Look at the Yankees 2001 Top Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/a-look-at-the-yankees-2001-top-prospects/) - We have to admit the Baseball America Prospect Handbook has become a much-valued publication. In fact, we have all ever published on ...Read More
- [[Interview] DeCarr Progressing in Rehab](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/interview-decarr-progressing-in-rehab/) - Coming into this season there was a lot of fans wanting to see what former third-round pick Austin DeCarr would ...Read More
- [[Interview] DeCarr Progressing in Rehab](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/interview-decarr-progressing-in-rehab-2/) - Coming into this season there was a lot of fans wanting to see what former third-round pick Austin DeCarr would ...Read More
- [2016 HOF Classic Features Baseball’s Biggest Stars in Memorial Day Weekend Legends Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/2016-hof-classic-features-baseballs-biggest-stars-in-memorial-day-weekend-legends-game/) - (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – Baseball’s biggest stars will make their annual return to the home of baseball on Memorial Day Weekend. It could only happen in Cooperstown, and it’s only at the Hall of Fame Classic. Hall of Fame members Andre Dawson, Phil Niekro, Ryne Sandberg and Ozzie Smith will be joined by recently retired players
- [Double-A is the Make-Or-Break Level](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/double-a-is-the-make-or-break-level/) - This may not be easy to see for fans, but players, and baseball evaluators, will speak a lot about the “speed of the game.” We are not referring to players running quicker as they advance in levels – or pitchers throwing faster – but how quickly and how efficiently plays are made. The biggest …
- [Top Prospects Among Yankees Spring Training Invitees](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/top-prospects-among-yankees-spring-training-invitees/) - Friday afternoon the New York Yankees announced that they have invited 25 players to spring training this year. Among those ...Read More
- [Beyond the Top 60: 10 Yankees Prospects to Watch in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/beyond-the-top-60-10-yankees-prospects-to-watch-in-2016/) - The Yankees at any one time have over 225 players signed to minor league contracts so it can become difficult ...Read More
- [RailRiders Seeking P.A. Announcer & On-Field Emcee](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/railriders-seeking-p-a-announcer-on-field-emcee/) - Moosic, Pa. – Now batting for the SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees), you? Well, not exactly. But you could echo ...Read More
- [Human Cannonball Highlights Full 2016 Promo Schedule](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/human-cannonball-highlights-full-2016-promo-schedule/) - Moosic, Pa. – A human cannonball will streak across the NEPA sky in advance of a wild fireworks extravaganza. That ...Read More
- [Beyond the Top 50: Yankees Top Prospects #51-60](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/beyond-the-top-50-yankees-top-prospects-51-60/) - Our New York Yankees Top 50 Prospects list is out and now we take a look at prospects who missed ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign Cloyd and Romero to Minor League Contracts](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-sign-cloyd-and-romero-to-minor-league-contracts/) - The New York Yankees invited two more players to spring training on Wednesday after signing both pitcher
- [Four CitiField Tosses Part Of Topps First Pitch Series 1](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/four-citifield-tosses-part-of-topps-first-pitch-series-1/) - The popular First Pitch™ insert cards are back for 2016 Topps® Baseball Series 1. They depict celebrities and other notables who threw out ceremonial first pitches throughout the 2015 MLB season. Four of those came at CitiField last year, with the Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis, soccer star Abby Wambach, former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and Triple
- [Yankees Top 20 – Writer’s Lists](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-top-20-writers-lists/) - Now that we have released our official Top 50 list we wanted to share with you the Top 20 prospects ...Read More
- [Bird’s Injury is No Shock, No Catastrophe](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/birds-injury-is-no-shock-no-catastrophe/) - We must admit hearing about Greg Bird’s turn right labrum and today’s surgery, developments that will put him out for ...Read More
- [Bird Grounded For 2016 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/bird-grounded-for-2016-season/) - The New York Yankees and the Scranton Railriders both took a blow, as the team announced that first baseman Greg ...Read More
- [Yankees Top 50: Where they would have ranked?](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/02/yankees-top-50-where-they-would-have-ranked/) - Now that we have completed our New York Yankees Top 50 List we take a look at where these former ...Read More
- [BIchette Needs to Perform in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/bichette-needs-to-perform-in-2016/) - Back in 2011, the Yankees thought they had quite a catch in Dante Bichette Jr. As the 51st pick in ...Read More
- [Severino Rookie Card Part Of Topps Series 1 For 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/severino-rookie-card-part-of-topps-series-1-for-2016/) - Yankees starter Luis Severino, who compiled a 5-3 record and 2.89 ERA (137 ERA+) in 11 starts in 2015, will be one of the featured rookies in the 2016 Topps baseball Series 1 set, releasing Wednesday. Severino, who will turn 22 on February 20, fanned 56 and walked 22 in 62 1/3 major league innings,
- [Dogs Release Valentine’s Day Ticket Plans for Lovers and Loners Alike](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/dogs-release-valentines-day-ticket-plans-for-lovers-and-loners-alike/) - CHARLESTON, SC – Surprise your sweetheart and make this Valentine’s Day one to remember with a date at The Joe ...Read More
- [A Warm Place Where the Baseball is Free](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/a-warm-place-where-the-baseball-is-free/) - There is a magical land where any fan can watch Yankees prospects practice and play actual games for free. The ...Read More
- [Yankees Prospect Cale Coshow Reflects on Mission Trip to Nicaragua](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-prospect-cale-coshow-reflects-on-mission-trip-to-nicaragua/) - Yankees minor league pitcher Cale Coshow is one of the upper-echelon pitching prospects in the Bombers deep farm … [visit ...Read More
- [Report: Yankees Sign Catcher Corporan to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/report-yankees-sign-catcher-corporan-to-milb-deal/) - According to a report by Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish the New York Yankees signed catcher
- [Report: Yankees Release 3 More Minor Leaguers, Sign IFA](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/report-yankees-release-3-more-minor-leaguers-sign-ifa/) - On Monday Baseball America released their weekly look at minor league transactions throughout baseball and in addition to the four ...Read More
- [2016 New York Yankees Top 50 Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/2016-new-york-yankees-top-50-prospects/) - Check out our New York Yankees 2016 Top 50 Prospect list. This list is prepared by Pinstriped Prospects writers, with ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #1 –  Aaron Judge](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-1-aaron-judge/) - Aaron Judge, to anyone who sees him, certainly passes the eye test. At 6-foot-7, 275 pounds, the New York Yankees ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #2 – Jorge Mateo](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-2-jorge-mateo/) - After signing for $225,000 out of the Dominican Republic in January 2012, Jorge Mateo made his professional debut … [visit ...Read More
- [Yankees Prospects On the Spot in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-prospects-on-the-spot-in-2016/) - The Yankees have been paring minor-leaguers from their system. Gone are such once-prospects as Angelo Gumbs, Eric Jagielo and others. ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #3 – Gary Sanchez](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-3-gary-sanchez/) - No prospect in the Yankees farm system has restored their stock in the organization and around baseball more than catcher ...Read More
- [Minor Rosters Mean Little as the Snow Falls](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/minor-rosters-mean-little-as-the-snow-falls/) - During the first few weeks of Spring Training, when several minor-leaguers are seeing time with the Yankees, the Working Group ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #4 – James Kaprielian](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-4-james-kaprielian/) - Drafted 16th overall in the first round of 2015 draft, pitcher
- [Yankees Release 4 More MiLB Players](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-release-4-more-milb-players/) - The New York Yankees are doing some house cleaning before the start of spring training, releasing four more minor league ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #5 – Domingo Acevedo](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-5-domingo-acevedo/) - On March 3, 2013 the New York Yankees signed 18-year old right-handed pitcher Domingo Acevedo out of Villa Los … ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #6 – Wilkerman Garcia](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-6-wilkerman-garcia/) - The New York Yankees signed infielder Wilkerman Garcia as part of the large international free agent spending spree in … ...Read More
- [RailRiders: Pay It Forward Wednesdays Announced](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/railriders-pay-it-forward-wednesdays-announced/) - Moosic, Pa. – Wednesday baseball at PNC Field will mean a little bit more in 2016. The SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/New ...Read More
- [Thunder Charities Award Grants To Three Local Non-Profits](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/thunder-charities-award-grants-to-three-local-non-profits/) - The Thunder are pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to three locally based non-profit organizations through the 2015 ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #7 – Dustin Fowler](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-7-dustin-fowler/) - Not many players shot up the prospect rankings like Dustin Fowler did in 2015. A solid showing last season has ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #8 – Robert Refsnyder](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-8-robert-refsnyder/) - Rob Refsnyder was adopted out of Korea as a three month old, and grew up in Orange County California. Rob ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #9- Ian Clarkin](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-9-ian-clarkin/) - Many Yankees fans and media members have said that the Yankees need a lefty in their rotation. With the ever ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #10 – Jacob Lindgren](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-10-jacob-lindgren/) - Left-handed reliever Jacob Lindgren, a 5-foot-11, 205-pound native of Biloxi, Miss., and potential powerhouse on the mound and the New ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #11 – Slade Heathcott](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-11-slade-heathcott/) - If any Yankees prospect has had both Yankees fans and the Yankees organization shaking their collective heads, it is Slade ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #12 – Tyler Wade](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-12-tyler-wade/) - One can’t meet a nicer guy than Yankees shortstop Tyler Wade, our No. 13 prospect. A player who is intelligent, ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #12 – Tyler Wade](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-12-tyler-wade/) - One can’t meet a nicer guy than Yankees shortstop Tyler Wade, our No. 13 prospect. A player who is intelligent, ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #13 – Luis Torrens](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-13-luis-torrens/) - Signed at the age of 16 on July 2, 2012, the Yankees knew they would move Luis Torrens from his ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #14 – Brady Lail](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-14-brady-lail/) - The Yankees took Brady Lail in the 18th round of the 2012 draft. At the time of the draft Lail ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #15 – Bryan Mitchell](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-15-bryan-mitchell/) - Yankees right-hander Bryan Mitchell has had somewhat of a underwhelming minor league career. The 24-year old Mitchell has the … ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #16 – Mason Williams](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-16-mason-williams/) - It’s no secret Mason Williams, our No. 16 prospect, struggled in the Yankees system after being selected by the club ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #17 – Chance Adams](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-17-chance-adams/) - The Yankees took Chance Adams in the fifth of the 2015 draft. Adams was one of three top-relief prospects drafted ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #18 – Drew Finley](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-18-drew-finley/) - Right-handed pitcher Drew Finley was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 92nd overall draft pick in … [visit ...Read More
- [Bialas to Lead 2016 Staten Island Yankees as Manager](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/bialas-to-lead-2016-staten-island-yankees-as-manager/) - Yesterday the Staten Island Yankees announced that veteran minor league manager Dave Bialas will lead the team in 2016 as ...Read More
- [QBC 2016 - State Of The Mets](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/qbc-2016-state-of-the-mets/) - Another year, another baseball convention. The Queens Baseball Convention that is.
- [Look at Trenton 1994, Hartford, There is Hope](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/look-at-trenton-1994-hartford-there-is-hope/) - The Hartford Yard Goats were born a few months ago, joining the Double-A Eastern League after abandoning New Britain Stadium, ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign RHP Swarzak to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-sign-rhp-swarzak-to-milb-deal/) - Jon Heyman reported that the New York Yankees have signed right-handed relief pitcher
- [Staten Island Yankees Announce 2016 Coaches](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/staten-island-yankees-announce-2016-coaches/) - STATEN ISLAND- As Spring Training approaches, the Staten Island Yankees have been assigned the following field staff by the New ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #19 – Hoy Jun Park](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-19-hoy-jun-park/) - The Yankees’ 2014 International signing haul – praised by Yankees faithful, but decried by others – brought the club a ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #20 – Jonathan Holder](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-20-jonathan-holder/) - The New York Yankees drafted right-handed pitcher Jonathan Holder out of Mississippi State with the … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Yankees Send Segedin to Dodgers for Pair](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-send-segedin-to-dodgers-for-pair/) - Madonna had it right in her 1984 hit Borderline. The Yankees and Dodgers got together in a trade involving three ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #21- Thairo Estrada](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-21-thairo-estrada/) - Signed in November 2012 as an international free agent for $49,000 along with higher touted prospects
- [Yankees Top Prospect #22 – Luis Cessa](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-22-luis-cessa/) - Luis Cessa, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound 23-year-old, who will turn 24 next April 25, has a chance to help the Yankees ...Read More
- [Yankees Release 4 MiLB Pitchers](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-release-4-milb-pitchers/) - According to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy, the New York Yankees have released 4 minor league pitchers this past week. Right-handed ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #23-  Abiatal Avelino](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-23-abiatal-avelino/) - The New York Yankees have been blessed with great up the middle depth in the lower levels of the organization. ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #24 – Ty Hensley](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-24-ty-hensley/) - The Yankees selected Ty Hensley with the 30th pick of the 2012 draft. The Yankees very fortunate Hensley dropped … ...Read More
- [What Do We Want to See in Spring Training?](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/what-do-we-want-to-see-in-spring-training/) - With January moving along quickly, and Yankees pitchers and catchers – plus invitees – reporting to Spring Training in less ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #25 – James Pazos](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-25-james-pazos/) - The New York selected James Pazos in the 13th round of the 2012 draft. At the time of the draft ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #26 – Cale Coshow](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-26-cale-coshow/) - Talk about a guy – a big guy – who has battled back from athletic heartbreak to succeed. Cale Coshow, ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #27 – Austin DeCarr](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-27-austin-decarr/) - Drafted in the third round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of the Salisbury School in Connecticut for $1,000,000. ...Read More
- [New Manager Bobby Mitchell Promises to Bring Aggressive Style To Trenton](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/new-manager-bobby-mitchell-promises-to-bring-aggressive-style-to-trenton/) - Earlier this week, the Trenton Thunder officially named former big-league outfielder Bobby Mitchell as the tenth manager in team history ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign Two Players to MiLB Deals](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-sign-two-players-to-milb-deals/) - Baseball America’s Matt Eddy the New York Yankees have signed RHP Tyler Jones and infielder
- [RiverDogs Hire Tyler Schwemin  as Director of Video Production](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/riverdogs-hire-tyler-schwemin-as-director-of-video-production/) - CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston RiverDogs President and General Manager Dave Echols has announced the hiring of Tyler Schwemin as the ...Read More
- [Report: Yankees Acquire Kirby Yates](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/report-yankees-acquire-kirby-yates/) - The Yankees per Jack Curry’s report, have purchased the contract of right-handed reliever Kirby Yates from the Cleveland Indians. Yankees ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect Profile #28 – Ben Gamel](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-profile-28-ben-gamel/) - The New York Yankees drafted Ben Gamel out of Bishop Kenny High School with the 325th overall pick in the ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #39 – Vicente Campos](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-39-vicente-campos/) - Vicente Campos is a big (6’4’’) righty with good pedigree as he is related to both Kelvim and
- [Yankees Top Prospect #30 – Trey Amburgey](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-30-trey-amburgey/) - Drafted in the 13th round with the 393 overall pick of the 2015 First-Year-Player Draft by the New York Yankees ...Read More
- [Former Citadel Standout Asher Wojciechowski  to Participate in Hot Stove Banquet](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/former-citadel-standout-asher-wojciechowski-to-participate-in-hot-stove-banquet/) - CHARLESTON, SC – Former Citadel standout Asher Wojciechowski of Beaufort who now pitches for the Houston Astros, will join … ...Read More
- [Report: Yankees sign Donovan Solano to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/report-yankees-sign-donovan-solano-to-milb-deal/) - The Yankees have signed infielder Donovan Solano to a minor-league contract according to El Heraldo in Colombia (via River Ave ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #31 – Miguel Andujar](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-31-miguel-andujar/) - Without question Miguel Andujar will begin the 2016 season as the best third base prospect in the Yankees system. Andujar ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #32 – Nick Rumbelow](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-32-nick-rumbelow/) - As the Yankees have spent their offseason making over their bullpen to be arguably the best in the game, it ...Read More
- [Franklin, the System’s All-Star Manager](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/franklin-the-systems-all-star-manager/) - Every spring training, on one of the fields that make up the Yankees Player Development Complex on Himes Avenue in ...Read More
- [Osborn To Lead 2016 Tampa Yankees](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/osborn-to-lead-2016-tampa-yankees/) - Tampa, Fla. – The New York Yankees Player Development office has officially announced the 2016 Tampa Yankees Field Staff. The ...Read More
- [Majority of Coaching Staff to Return for Pulaski Yankees’ 2016 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/majority-of-coaching-staff-to-return-for-pulaski-yankees-2016-season/) - Pulaski, VA – With only a few months until the home opener at Calfee Park, the New York Yankees have ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #33 – Tyler Austin](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-33-tyler-austin/) - Once unanimously regarded as a top-five prospect in the Yankees organization and the 77th best prospect in all of baseball ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #34 – Leonardo Molina](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-34-leonardo-molina/) - The New York Yankees signed Dominican centerfielder Leonardo Molina on August 1, 2013 for $1.4 million just one … [visit site to ...Read More
- [RailRiders Announce 2015 Coaching Staff](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/railriders-announce-2015-coaching-staff/) - Moosic, Pa. – After nearly a decade that saw little change, the SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) field and support ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #35 – Johnny Barbato](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-35-johnny-barbato/) - All in all, Yankees right-handed reliever Johnny Barbato, our No. 35 prospect – who could, as Dick Clark and Rick ...Read More
- [Yankees Set 2016 Thunder Coaching Staff](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-set-2016-thunder-coaching-staff/) - The New York Yankees announced that former Major League outfielder Bobby … [visit site to read more]
- [Franklin Returning to Pulaski for Second Tour as Manager](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/franklin-returning-to-pulaski-for-second-tour-as-manager/) - Veteran minor league manager Tony Franklin will return to the Pulaski Yankees in 2016 as their manager according to sources. ...Read More
- [Bobby Mitchell to Manage Trenton In 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/bobby-mitchell-to-manage-trenton-in-2016/) - The Trenton Thunder officially announced on Tuesday afternoon that Bobby Mitchell, formerly … [visit site to read more]
- [Yankees Top Prospect #36 – Jordan Montgomery](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-36-jordan-montgomery/) - Jordan Montgomery was selected by the New York Yankees in the fourth round of the 2014 First-Year-Player Draft with … ...Read More
- [Pinstripe Pals Program Returns](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/pinstripe-pals-program-returns/) - Moosic, Pa. – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) love baseball, families and NEPA. In 2016, they will continue to ...Read More
- [Dorante Returns for Third Season as RiverDogs Skipper](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/dorante-returns-for-third-season-as-riverdogs-skipper/) - CHARLESTON, SC – The New York Yankees have announced that Luis Dorante, who guided the Charleston RiverDogs the past two ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #37 – Jeff Degano](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-37-jeff-degano/) - With the 57th overall draft pick in the second round of the 2015 First-Year-Player Draft the New York Yankees selected ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #38 – Domingo German](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-38-domingo-german/) - The Marlins signed German as a 17 year old from Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic during the 2009-10 ...Read More
- [Thunder Welcome Back 1994 Front Office Member John Fierko](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/thunder-welcome-back-1994-front-office-member-john-fierko/) - The Thunder are pleased to announce the hiring of John Fierko as the VP of Ticket Sales among several additions ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #39 – Kyle Holder](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-39-kyle-holder/) - Drafted 30th overall by the New York Yankees in the first round as a compensation pick in 2015, many experts ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #40 – Donny Sands](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-40-donny-sands/) - In 2015 the New York Yankee selected infielder Donny Sands with the 243 overall pick in the eighth round of ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospects #41 – Jordan Foley](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospects-41-jordan-foley/) - The New York Yankees drafted right-handed pitcher Jordan Foley twice, the first time was in 26th round … [visit site ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospects #42 – Tyler Webb](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospects-42-tyler-webb/) - The Yankees as an organization have stockpiled a wealth of high-end bullpen depth throughout the system over the course of ...Read More
- [Ruth Took A Giant Step Forward in 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/ruth-took-a-giant-step-forward-in-2015/) - Eric Ruth was another Yankees farmhand who enjoyed his time in Trenton in 2015. Like teammate Billy Fleming, who lives ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #43 – Jose Mesa Jr.](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-43-jose-mesa-jr/) - In the 24th round of the 2012 First-Year-Player Draft the New York Yankees selected right-handed pitcher, and son of former ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #44 – Nestor Cortes](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-44-nestor-cortes/) - Nestor Cortes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 36th round of the 2012 First-Year-Player Draft … [visit ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #45 – Chaz Hebert](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-45-chaz-hebert/) - Originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the 27th round of the 2011 First-Year-Player Draft left-handed pitcher
- [Yankees Top Prospect #46 – Chris Gittens](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-46-chris-gittens/) - Chris Gittens was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 362nd overall pick in the 12th round of … ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #47 – Gabe Encinas](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-47-gabe-encinas/) - The New York Yankees drafted right-handed pitcher Gabriel Encinas in the 6th round of the 2010 … [visit site to ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #48 – Carlos Vidal](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-48-carlos-vidal/) - Carlos Vidal was signed by the New York Yankees as an international free agent out of Lorica, Columbia as an ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #49 – Dermis Garcia](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-49-dermis-garcia/) - The New York Yankees signed Dermis Garcia for $3,000,000 as part of the huge international free agent hall the … ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospect #50 – Jhalan Jackson](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/yankees-top-prospect-50-jhalan-jackson/) - Drafted in June 2015 in the seventh round of the First-Year-Player Draft by the Yankees out of Florida Southern College, ...Read More
- [Welcome to Yankees Top 50 Prospects Month](https://gothambaseball.com/2016/01/welcome-to-yankees-top-50-prospects-month/) - The New Year is here! And in Pinstriped Prospects tradition January brings the Pinstriped Prospects New York Yankees top prospect ...Read More
- [Fleming Aims to Continue Solid Play in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/fleming-aims-to-continue-solid-play-in-2016/) - The Yankees and Billy Fleming are both anxiously looking ahead to 2016. What both the player and the club what ...Read More
- [The Mets Gospel: Chapter 1](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/the-mets-gospel-chapter-i/) - So the Winter Meetings have come and gone, and though the Mets weren't idle, their moves more lukewarm hot plate than hot stove.
- [Pedrique Headed to Scranton After One Season in Trenton](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/pedrique-headed-to-scranton-after-one-season-in-trenton/) - After one season as the Manager of the Trenton Thunder, Al Pedrique confirmed to Pinstriped Prospects on Tuesday morning that ...Read More
- [Prospect Profile: Rookie Davis](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/prospect-profile-rookie-davis/) - This story was originally apart of our 2016 New York Yankees Top 50 Prospect Profiles.
- [Prospect Profile: Eric Jagielo](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/prospect-profile-eric-jagielo/) - This story was originally apart of our 2016 New York Yankees Top 50 Prospect Profiles.
- [Yankees Send 4 MiLB Prospects to Reds for Chapman](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-send-4-milb-prospects-to-reds-for-chapman/) - With the new year approaching, the New York Yankees are adding some firepower to their bullpen as they acquire four ...Read More
- [Cortes Yet Another Lefty Ready to Emerge](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/cortes-yet-another-lefty-ready-to-emerge/) - His name is beginning to be mentioned, perhaps because he is a lefty and has a sinking fastball that often ...Read More
- [The Mets Gospel: Chapter 2: Who Is The Real Jeff Wilpon?](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/the-mets-gospel-chapter-2-who-is-the-real-jeff-wilpon/) - As a cacophony of voices calling for the Wilpon / Katz families to sell the New York Mets -- a throng I happily join -- there is a small part of me that wonders if it's fair. Yes, the popular view is that Fred Wilpon should divest himself of an asset he can no longer
- [Top 10 New York Yankees Starting Pitching Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/top-10-new-york-yankees-starting-pitching-prospects/) - Next up on our lists of top New York Yankees prospects is the mound. The Yankees have always been ...Read More
- [For Greg, Rookie Status is Bye Bye Birdie](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/for-greg-rookie-status-is-bye-bye-birdie/) - Somebody recently asked me whether Greg Bird would still be considered an MLB Rookie in 2016. Knowing the rule, Ann-Margret’s ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign Five to MiLB Deals](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-sign-five-to-milb-deals/) - In addition to the Yankees re-signing shortstop Jose Rosario they have … [visit site to read more]
- [Thunder Fans Make Holiday Wishes Come True](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/thunder-fans-make-holiday-wishes-come-true/) - The 11th annual Trenton Thunder Gift of Baseball program, giving fans the chance to share the experience of cheering on ...Read More
- [Baseball Prospectus Rules Judge Top Yankees Prospect](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/baseball-prospectus-rules-judge-top-yankees-prospect/) - One day after Baseball America released their annual list of Top 10 New York Yankees prospects, Baseball Prospectus followed suit, although ...Read More
- [Four More Yankees OF To Keep An Eye On](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/four-more-yankees-of-to-keep-an-eye-on/) - Earlier today we released our top 10 New York Yankees outfield prospect list. Now take a look at 4 prospects ...Read More
- [Yanks, Mets Featured In Six Of 11 ESPN Sunday Night Telecasts Through Mid-July](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yanks-mets-featured-in-six-of-11-espn-sunday-night-telecasts-through-mid-july/) - ESPN has set is early-season slate of Sunday Night Baseball telecasts, with the Yankees (yawn) and the Mets (!) featured three times each among the first 11 scheduled contests, through July 17. The Mets take on the Royals on Opening Night (very prescient of the schedule makers!) on Sunday, April 3 (8:30 p.m. ET). The
- [Baseball America Names Mateo Yankees Top Prospect](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/baseball-america-names-mateo-yankees-top-prospect/) - Earlier today Baseball America released their annual New York Yankees Top 10 Prospect list and named shortstop
- [Top 10 New York Yankees Outfield Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/top-10-new-york-yankees-outfield-prospects/) - Next up on our lists of top New York Yankees prospects is the outfield. The Yankees have a lot ...Read More
- [Clarkin Remains Key to Yankees Mound Future](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/clarkin-remains-key-to-yankees-mound-future/) - Both infielder Greg Bird and reliever Andrew Bailey saw a lot more of Yankees left-handed pitching prospect Ian Clarkin than ...Read More
- [Yankees Re-Sign IF Rosario to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-re-sign-if-rosario-to-milb-deal/) - The New York Yankees have re-signed utility infielder Jose … [visit site to read more]
- [Yankees Farm System in Its Best Shape in Years](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-farm-system-in-its-best-shape-in-years/) - Even with graduating two of their top prospects to the major leagues in 2015, the New York Yankees still have ...Read More
- [Former Yankees RHP Bailey, Signs with Phillies](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/former-yankees-rhp-bailey-signs-with-phillies/) - Former New York Yankees right-handed relief pitcher Andrew Bailey has signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, … ...Read More
- [Dave Echols Appointed President of the Charleston RiverDogs](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/dave-echols-appointed-president-of-the-charleston-riverdogs/) - CHARLESTON, SC – Marv Goldklang, Chairman and principal owner of the Charleston RiverDogs, has announced that Dave Echols has been ...Read More
- [Wade Finds Himself in a Tough Spot](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/wade-finds-himself-in-a-tough-spot/) - Tyler Wade is a great guy to talk to. Honest with answers to questions. Introspective about his play and what ...Read More
- [Yankees Winter League Wrap Up](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-winter-league-wrap-up/) - The off-season is in full swing, the winter meetings are over and we are almost to the end of 2015. ...Read More
- [Yanks' Miller, McCann, Mets' Familia Among Thurman Munson Award Honorees](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yanks-miller-mccann-mets-familia-among-thurman-munson-award-honorees/) - The 36th Annual Thurman Munson Awards, which remember the late, great Yankees captain and catcher, will be presented at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Tuesday night, February 9, 2016, and the honorees announced today are: New York baseball’s two premier closers – the Yankees Andrew Miller (36 saves) and the Mets
- [Trading Refsnyder is Best Solution for Yankees](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/trading-refsnyder-is-best-solution-for-yankees/) - Rob Refsnyder had a good run, especially with some fans, but it is time for him to go. It is ...Read More
- [Former Yankees MiLB SS Castillo Signs With Giants](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/former-yankees-milb-ss-castillo-signs-with-giants/) - The San Francisco Giants have signed former New York Yankees prospect Ali Castillo to a minor league deal according … ...Read More
- [Top 5 New York Yankees Catching Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/top-5-new-york-yankees-catching-prospects/) - Next up on our lists of top New York Yankees prospects is catcher. Last year the catching position was ...Read More
- [Yankees Re-Sign RHP German to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-re-sign-rhp-german-to-milb-deal/) - The New York Yankees announced today that they have re-signed right-handed pitcher Domingo German to a minor league … [visit ...Read More
- [Yankees Re-Sign RHP Moreno to MiLB Deal](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-re-sign-rhp-moreno-to-milb-deal/) - The Yankees have come to terms with RHP Diego Moreno; signing him to a minor league deal. Moreno, who originally ...Read More
- [Yankees Select 3 Players in the MiLB Portion of the Rule-V](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-select-3-players-in-the-milb-portion-of-the-rule-v/) - In the minor league phase of the 2015 Rule-V draft the New York Yankees made 3 selections, picking up catcher ...Read More
- [Yankees Lose 4 In MiLB Phase of Rule V Draft](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-lose-4-in-milb-phase-of-rule-v-draft/) - In the Triple-A phase of the Rule-V draft the New York Yankees lost Luis Niebla,
- [Yankees Selected Catcher Santiago Nessy in Rule-V](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-selected-catcher-santiago-nessy-in-rule-v/) - The Yankees drafted catcher Santiago Nessy from the Kansas City Royals in the minor league phase of the Rule-V … ...Read More
- [Braves Take Rutckyj in Rule V](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/braves-take-rutckyj-in-rule-v/) - In a surprise selection the Atlanta Braves selected left-handed pitcher Evan Rutckyj in the Rule V draft. Rutckyj, … [visit ...Read More
- [Yankees Lose Cave in Rule V Draft](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-lose-cave-in-rule-v-draft/) - The Cincinnati Reds used the second overall selection in Thursday mornings Rule V Draft to select former Yankees prospect,
- [Yankees Prospect Rewind: Brandon Weeden](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-prospect-rewind-brandon-weeden/) - Before he spent his Sundays under center as a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Cowboys, … [visit ...Read More
- [Cessa, Green Add Depth to Yankees Organization](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/cessa-green-add-depth-to-yankees-organization/) - Lefty reliever Justin Wilson, who actually is more effective against right-handers, was 5-0, 3.10 in 74 appearances out of the ...Read More
- [Topps adds New York Yankees Luis Severino to Topps Authentics™ Lineup](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/topps-adds-new-york-yankees-luis-severino-to-topps-authentics-lineup/) - The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, has added New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino to its Topps Authentics lineup with an exclusive memorabilia deal. Severino’s autographed memorabilia will be sold exclusively through Topps Authentics, which will include baseballs, jerseys, oversized cards and more. "I'm very excited to start
- [Yankees Must Develop Their Own Starting Pitching](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-must-develop-their-own-starting-pitching/) - Right-hander Luis Severino’s drop-and-deliver motion was a picture to watch at three levels in 2015. After going 9-2, 2.45 combined ...Read More
- [Yankees Sign Pete Kozma to Minor League Contract](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-sign-pete-kozma-to-minor-league-contract/) - At this time one year ago, the New York Yankees acquired a National League shortstop. One year later the Yankees ...Read More
- [Zehner Keeping A Good Mindset, Preparing For Spring Training](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/zehner-keeping-a-good-mindset-preparing-for-spring-training/) - The New York Yankees drafted outfielder Zack Zehner in the 18th round of the 2015 draft out of Cal Poly ...Read More
- [Yankees Non-Tender Domingo German](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-non-tender-domingo-german/) - The Yankees announced on Thursday morning that they have non-tendered right-handed pitcher Domingo German, removing … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Yankees Prospect Rewind: Brien Taylor](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/yankees-prospect-rewind-brien-taylor/) - With almost guaranteed certainty a first overall draft pick will eventually reach the major leagues. Their showings in either high ...Read More
- [Don’t Judge Aaron Judge Before His Time](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/dont-judge-aaron-judge-before-his-time/) - Yankees power prospect Aaron Judge is a pleasure to deal with. He’s cooperative, modest, easy to like and easy to ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Ryan Krill Batting Practice](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/video-ryan-krill-batting-practice/) - Yankees prospect Ryan Krill taking batting … [visit site to read more]
- [Top Five New York Yankees Shortstop Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/12/top-five-new-york-yankees-shortstop-prospects/) - Next up on our lists of top New York Yankees prospects is the shortstop position. This is arguably the position ...Read More
- [MiLB.com Names Yankees Organizational All-Stars](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/milb-com-names-yankees-organizational-all-stars/) - After struggling for years to produce depth from their farm system, 2015 was a banner campaign for the New York ...Read More
- [Pulaski Yankees Announce 2016 Schedule](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/pulaski-yankees-announce-2016-schedule/) - The Pulaski Yankees have announced their 2016 season scheduled and they will open up the year at home with a ...Read More
- [Yankees Will Need to Trade a Shortstop Prospect or Two](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-will-need-to-trade-a-shortstop-prospect-or-two/) - Over the past few years, the Yankees system’s strength was definitely in the catching department, with players such as Gary ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Jeff Hendrix Batting Practice](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-jeff-hendrix-batting-practice/) - Yankees prospect Jeff Hendrix taking batting … [visit site to read more]
- [Hernandez Working Out Well For The Yankees](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/hernandez-working-out-well-for-the-yankees/) - Originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 2010 First-Year-Player Draft, Jake Hernandez opted to head ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Jake Hernandez 10th Inning Single – Sept. 6, 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-jake-hernandez-10th-inning-single-sept-6-2015/) - Yankees prospect Jake Hernandez with a 10th inning single in the game on September 6, … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Glow-in-the-Park Fridays Highlight 2016 Promo Schedule](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/glow-in-the-park-fridays-highlight-2016-promo-schedule/) - Moosic, Pa. – The SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) are excited to roll out their preliminary 2016 promotional schedule. The ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Junior Valera 5th Inning Single – Sept 6, 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-junior-valera-5th-inning-single-sept-6-2015/) - Junior Valera with a single in the fifth inning in the game on September 6, … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [How Yankee Prospects Faired in the Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/how-yankee-prospects-faired-in-the-arizona-fall-league/) - The Surprise Saguaros had the best record in the regular season of the Arizona Fall League and featured eight New ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Thairo Estrada Single – Sept. 6, 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-thairo-estrada-single-sept-6-2015/) - Thairo Estrada with a single in the game on September 6, … [visit site to read more]
- [Report: Yankees Signed Spencer Mahoney Out of Indy League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/report-yankees-signed-spencer-mahoney-out-of-indy-league/) - Baseball America has released their weekly transaction round-up and in addition to the Yankees releasing Rainiero Coa, … [visit site ...Read More
- [For Lail, Ruth, Location Beats Speed](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/for-lail-ruth-location-beats-speed/) - The mantra the Yankees – and really any club – teach to pitchers is a simple one. Follow these, and ...Read More
- [Yankees Release Catcher Rainiero Coa](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-release-catcher-rainiero-coa/) - Every year during the offseason the various organizations do some cleaning, they release players to make room for the next ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Jhalan Jackson RBI Double – Sept. 6, 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-jhalan-jackson-rbi-double-sept-6-2015/) - New York Yankees prospect Jhalan Jackson with an RBI double in the game on September 6, 2015, scoring
- [[VIDEO] Trey Amburgey Homerun – Sept. 6, 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-trey-amburgey-homerun-sept-6-2015/) - Trey Amburgey was drafted in round the 13th round. He played for St. Petersburg College and is a centerfielder … ...Read More
- [Four More Yankees Prospects to Watch in 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/four-more-yankees-prospects-to-watch-in-2016/) - Roughly two months ago, I wrote an article with four Yankees prospects to watch in 2016. The four players on ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Yankees Prospect Kyle Holder](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-yankees-prospect-kyle-holder/) - With their second first-round pick of 2015 draft, 30th overall, the New York Yankees selected shortstop
- [Yankees Position Prospects Shine in Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-position-prospects-shine-in-arizona-fall-league/) - The Arizona Fall League came to a close on Saturday evening after the Scottsdale Scorpions defeated the Surprise Saguaros in ...Read More
- [[VIDEO] Yankees Prospect James Kaprielian Pitching](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/video-yankees-prospect-james-kaprielian-pitching/) - The New York Yankees selected James Kaprielian in the first round of the … [visit site to read more]
- [Which Yankees Prospects Are Most Likely To Be Selected In the Rule V Draft](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/which-yankees-prospects-are-most-likely-to-be-selected-in-the-rule-v-draft/) - This past Friday the Yankees finalized their 40-man roster when they added
- [Padres Sign Former Yankees Farm Hand Vargas to MLB Deal       ](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/padres-sign-former-yankees-farm-hand-vargas-to-mlb-deal/) - Yesterday afternoon the San Diego Padres announced that they have signed former New York Yankees minor league pitcher
- [The Yankees Know What They Have in Franklin](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/the-yankees-know-what-they-have-in-franklin/) - Yankees minor-league manager Tony Franklin was just where you would expect to find him the week before Thanksgiving. On a ...Read More
- [Yankees Add 3 Prospects to 40-Man Roster](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-add-3-prospects-to-40-man-roster/) - This afternoon the New York Yankees announced that they have added 3 minor leaguers to their 40-man roster in advance ...Read More
- [Thunder Announce First Wave of 2016 Promotions](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/thunder-announce-first-wave-of-2016-promotions/) - The Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, are proud to announce the first round of promotions for the ...Read More
- [Yogi Berra Museum to Host “What’s It Worth” Sports Memorabilia Appraisal Day on December 12](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yogi-berra-museum-to-host-whats-it-worth-sports-memorabilia-appraisal-day-on-december-12/) - Collectors of vintage sports memorabilia can learn more about their value at “What’s It Worth?,” a special appraisal day at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., on Saturday, December 12 from noon to 4 p.m. John Brigandi of Brigandi Coins & Collectibles in New York City, one of the nation’s
- [Yankees Have Tough Roster Decisions to Make](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-have-tough-roster-decisions-to-make/) - Tomorrow night is the deadline for all major league teams to set their rosters and the New York Yankees have ...Read More
- [Cubs Sign Former Yankees Prospect Acevedo to MLB Contract](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/cubs-sign-former-yankees-prospect-acevedo-to-mlb-contract/) - The Chicago Cubs announced today that they have signed former New York Yankees pitching prospect
- [On the Rise: Dustin Fowler](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/on-the-rise-dustin-fowler/) - When you hear prospect names being talked about these days, it’s hard not to notice that
- [After 2015, Jagielo’s Future is Uncertain](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/after-2015-jagielos-future-is-uncertain/) - Eric Jagielo is a good guy. Loves to talk about Notre Dame and … [visit site to read more]
- [Report: Yankees Sign Two Free Agents](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/report-yankees-sign-two-free-agents/) - Yesterday Baseball America released their weekly transaction report and the New York Yankees began to dip their toes into the ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Five MiLB Third-Base Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-top-five-milb-third-base-prospects/) - As with the other lists, I refused to assume which players would be forced to move positions. As long as ...Read More
- [Alex Robinett Becoming More Than a Bronx Bomber](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/alex-robinett-becoming-more-than-a-bronx-bomber/) - One of the most difficult challenges for any person upon entering college is choosing a career that makes true difference ...Read More
- [Scout: Yankees Had to Move a Catcher](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/scout-yankees-had-to-move-a-catcher/) - The Yankees made a pair of trades Wednesday, Neither are the type that will bring about major change, but it ...Read More
- [Who is OF Aaron Hicks?](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/who-is-of-aaron-hicks/) - Today the New York Yankees announced that they have traded highly regarded backup catcher
- [Who is RHP Ronald Herrera?](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/who-is-rhp-ronald-herrera/) - The opening salvo of the offseason has been fired as the New York Yankees acquire pitcher
- [MLB Hedges Bets Against Illegal Gambling With New Partnership](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/mlb-hedges-bets-against-illegal-gambling-with-new-partnership/) - The Black Sox, Pete Rose, even recently the Yomiuri Giants, all involved in the dark side of baseball and gambling. With Daily Fantasy continuing to be a controversial topic, and the specter of legal sports gambling and its millions of dollars in revenue coming more into focus, how can fans, and the game be assured
- [See Ya! Charity Roast of Michael Kay Tuesday At Yogi Berra Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/see-ya-charity-roast-of-michael-kay-tuesday-at-yogi-berra-museum/) - Michael Kay, the longtime Yankee play-by-play announcer and ESPN Radio host, will be roasted at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., on Nov. 17, with proceeds to benefit the Museum’s education programs. The charity dinner and roast will feature a number of Kay’s colleagues, including fellow YES Network broadcasters David
- [Four More Yankees Minor Leaguers Declare Free Agency](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/four-more-yankees-minor-leaguers-declare-free-agency/) - Last Friday we reported 9 Yankees minor leaguers elected free agency, on
- [2016 Initial Draft Order Set](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/2016-initial-draft-order-set/) - Now that the World Series is over the teams are starting to make plans concerning next year. While the playoffs ...Read More
- [Surprise Can’t Secure Win in AFL Tie](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/surprise-cant-secure-win-in-afl-tie/) - For the first time this season I have attended a game in which Gary Sanchez … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Chaz Hebert Makes Name For Himself in Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/chaz-hebert-makes-name-for-himself-in-arizona-fall-league/) - Just one week removed from the end of the World Series, the stars of the future are making their mark ...Read More
- [Mets Wagner, Hampton, Castillo Among Newcomers On Baseball Hall Ballot](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/mets-wagner-hampton-castillo-among-newcomers-on-baseball-hall-ballot/) - Three players with strong Mets ties are among the newcomers on the Baseball Writers' Association of America 2016 Hall of Fame ballot as announced today. Billy Wagner, whose 422 career saves rank second among left-handers, and fellow lefty Mike Hampton, the 2000 NLCS MVP, are on the ballot for the first time along with second
- [Yankees Top MiLB Five Second Basemen](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-top-milb-five-second-basemen/) - Much like the top five first-baseman list, this list assumes that players will not be forced to move to second-base ...Read More
- [Two More Yankees Minor Leaguers Declare Free Agency](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/two-more-yankees-minor-leaguers-declare-free-agency/) - On Friday we saw 9 Yankees minor league players declare free agency and over the weekend 2 more players elected ...Read More
- [Yankees’ Sanchez Named AFL Fall Stars Star of the Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-sanchez-named-afl-fall-stars-star-of-the-game/) - The New York Yankees organization impressed many in Saturday night’s Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game with
- [Yankees Lose 9 Minor Leaguers to Free Agency](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-lose-9-minor-leaguers-to-free-agency/) - It is that time again, we are at the point in the off season when those players who have been ...Read More
- [Tyler Webb: On the Cusp of the Majors](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/tyler-webb-on-the-cusp-of-the-majors/) - The past few seasons the Yankees have built a stockpile of young bullpen depth in their farm system. In that ...Read More
- [Yankees’ Fowler Shines in Arizona Fall League Action](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-fowler-shines-in-arizona-fall-league-action/) - Dustin Fowler continues to impress as he went 3 for 4 with a big 3-run … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Sanchez Enhancing His Value as Trade Chip](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/sanchez-enhancing-his-value-as-trade-chip/) - The question has come up. Why the feeling the Yankees need to trade catcher Gary Sanchez? After all, he is ...Read More
- [Ruby Named GM, Olerud Joins as COO](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/ruby-named-gm-olerud-joins-as-coo/) - Moosic, Pa. – The SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) have announced two changes to their executive management team effective immediately. ...Read More
- [Staten Island Yankees Release 2016 Schedule](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/staten-island-yankees-release-2016-schedule/) - The Staten Island Yankees have released their 2016 season schedule today and the Baby Bombers will continue the hunt for ...Read More
- [[Photos] New York Yankees Prospects in the 2015 Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/photos-new-york-yankees-prospects-in-the-2015-arizona-fall-league/) - The New York Yankees sent 8 players out to the desert as their Arizona Fall League representatives. None making a ...Read More
- [Acevedo Throws 2 Shutout Innings in AFL](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/acevedo-throws-2-shutout-innings-in-afl/) - New York Yankees prospect Domingo Acevedo threw 2 shutout innings … [visit site to read more]
- [Yankees Outright Moreno, Santos Elects Free Agency](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/yankees-outright-moreno-santos-elects-free-agency/) - The New York Yankees have outrighted right-handed pitcher Diego Moreno off of … [visit site to read more]
- [Sanchez, Hebert to Represent Yankees in Fall Stars Game](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/sanchez-hebert-to-represent-yankees-in-fall-stars-game/) - Catcher Gary Sanchez and left-handed pitcher
- [Top Five Yankees MiLB First Basemen](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/top-five-yankees-milb-first-basemen/) - First-base is usually the last position you’d want a prospect to play, which is why making a list of first-base ...Read More
- [Sanchez Goes Yard But Surprise Falls to Salt River](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/11/sanchez-goes-yard-but-surprise-falls-to-salt-river/) - After a scheduled day off Gary Sanchez was back out there on Saturday for the Surprise Saguaros and was back ...Read More
- [Clarkin Tapped for 3 Runs in First AFL Loss](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/clarkin-tapped-for-3-runs-in-first-afl-loss/) - New York Yankees top pitching prospect Ian Clarkin got the start last … [visit site to read more]
- [Zulia Splits Double Header, Pirela Gets 4 Hits](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/zulia-splits-double-header-pirela-gets-4-hits/) - Aguilas del Zulia split a doubleheader with Bravos de Margarita and several Yankees got into the games including
- [Mitchell Allows 3 Runs, Culver Hitless In Roberto Clemente League Opener](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/mitchell-allows-3-runs-culver-hitless-in-roberto-clemente-league-opener/) - Last night the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League had their opening day and … [visit site to read more]
- [Pirela Records 3 Hits, 3 RBIs in Zulia Victory](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/pirela-records-3-hits-3-rbis-in-zulia-victory/) - New York Yankees infielder Jose Pirela had a big game for Aguilas del Zulia yesterday … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Sanchez Held Hitless for First Time in the AFL](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/sanchez-held-hitless-for-first-time-in-the-afl/) - On Thursday something happened in the Arizona Fall League for the first time this season, New York Yankees prospect
- [Austin Gets 2 Hits, Scores Thrice But Saguaros Falls](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/austin-gets-2-hits-scores-thrice-but-saguaros-falls/) - New York Yankees prospect Tyler Austin was one of 5 Baby Bombers to play … [visit site to read more]
- [Most Draftees Never Make It](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/most-draftees-never-make-it/) - So much more attention is paid to the Major League Baseball Draft than in the past. Part has to do ...Read More
- [Thunder and NJM Score for Anchor House](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/thunder-and-njm-score-for-anchor-house/) - The Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, scored 254 runs on their way to 40 wins at ARM ...Read More
- [Yankees Release MiLB 1B Kyle Roller](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/yankees-release-milb-1b-kyle-roller/) - The New York Yankees have released minor league first baseman Kyle … [visit site to read more]
- [Webb Tosses Scoreless Inning, Sanchez Named Hitter of the Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/webb-tosses-scoreless-inning-sanchez-named-hitter-of-the-week/) - Only one Yankees prospect played in the game yesterday for the Surprise Saguaros, that was left-handed relief pitcher
- [Gary Sanchez Continues Hot Start in Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/gary-sanchez-continues-hot-start-in-arizona-fall-league/) - We are just over a third of the way through the Arizona Fall League season and there is little question ...Read More
- [Yankees 2014 International Free Agent Class Had Up and Down Debuts](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/yankees-2014-international-free-agent-class-had-up-and-down-debuts/) - In 2014 the New York Yankees spent big in the international market signing 10 out of the top 30 prospects ...Read More
- [Former Yankees Playing Throughout the Caribbean](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/former-yankees-playing-throughout-the-caribbean/) - A lot of current Yankees prospects are playing throughout the Caribbean Leagues this winter, joining them are several former Yankees. ...Read More
- [Ian Clarkin Gets First AFL Win, Sanchez Homers Again](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/ian-clarkin-gets-first-afl-win-sanchez-homers-again/) - After not pitching a single inning in 2015 due to injury,
- [Mailbag: Vargas, Mateo, DeCarr, Hensley, Kaprielian and more!](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/mailbag-vargas-mateo-decarr-hensley-kaprielian-and-more/) - Last week we brought back our off-season Yankees prospect mailbag. We asked out followers all week to send in their ...Read More
- [Webb Throws Shutout Inning But Surprise Falls](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/webb-throws-shutout-inning-but-surprise-falls/) - New York Yankees pitching prospect Tyler Webb through a shutout inning … [visit site to read more]
- [Jose Pirela Back in Action in Venezuela](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/jose-pirela-back-in-action-in-venezuela/) - New York Yankees utility infielder Jose Pirela is back in action in the Venezuelan … [visit site to read more]
- [Sanchez’s Big Bat Keeps Rolling in the Arizona Fall League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/sanchezs-big-bat-keeps-rolling-in-the-arizona-fall-league/) - Another game in the Arizona Fall League and another 3 hits for New York Yankees prospect
- [Sanchez Leads Surprise to Big Victory](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/sanchez-leads-surprise-to-big-victory/) - New York Yankees prospect Gary Sanchez had another big day in the Arizona Fall League, … [visit site to read ...Read More
- [Ten Years Apart In Pinstripes, Two Ex Yankees Keep Inspiring](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/ten-years-apart-in-pinstripes-two-ex-yankees-keep-inspiring/) - They played in the Bronx, 10 years a part, and are now reunited through a common bond in a new special card set released by Topps this week. Jim Abbott, born without a right hand but never slowing down his passion for baseball, and Curtis Pride, once drafted by the Mets despite being deaf since
- [Tradable Yankees Upper-Minors Prospects](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/tradable-yankees-upper-minors-prospects/) - Throughout the majors are players who were drafted by another organization and became stars with another – or maybe even ...Read More
- [Graterol Hitless In Zulia Victory](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/graterol-hitless-in-zulia-victory/) - Juan Graterol went hitless but earned an RBI late in Aguilas de … [visit site to read more]
- [Niebla Continuing Success in the Mexican Pacific League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/niebla-continuing-success-in-the-mexican-pacific-league/) - New York Yankees prospect Luis Niebla is continuing his strong season this winter in the starting rotation for Caneros de ...Read More
- [Clarkin Returns to Game Action in Surprise Loss](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/clarkin-returns-to-game-action-in-surprise-loss/) - Monday was the start of a new week of Arizona Fall League games and New York Yankees prospects were front ...Read More
- [Yankees Stenhouse Focusing On Building Strength This Off-Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/yankees-stenhouse-focusing-on-building-strength-this-off-season/) - In January 2014 the New York Yankees made a free agent acquisition down under. They signed Australian 17-year old right-handed ...Read More
- [Petit, Davies Declare Free Agency](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/petit-davies-declare-free-agency/) - The 2015-2016 off-season is officially underway in the minors and with that two former New York Yankees minor leaguers have ...Read More
- [Mailbag: Surprise prospect as well as Judge, Spencer, Campos](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/mailbag-surprise-prospect-as-well-as-judge-spencer-campos/) - The Arizona Fall League is underway and we are one step closer to the World Series, with that it is ...Read More
- [Acevedo Earns the Victory in First AFL Appearance](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/acevedo-earns-the-victory-in-first-afl-appearance/) - It did not take long for flame throwing Yankees prospect Domingo … [visit site to read more]
- [You May Know the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, But You Don’t Know the Whole Story... Until Now](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/you-may-know-the-story-of-the-brooklyn-dodgers-but-you-dont-know-the-whole-story-until-now/) - Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Series title, author David Krell’s “Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture” (October 1, 2015; $29.95) brings to life the lesser-known stories of the team’s 125-year history. With the Foreword written by Branch Rickey III, grandson of the legendary Dodgers
- [Gamel Drives In 2 in Caracas Victory](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/gamel-drives-in-2-in-caracas-victory/) - Ben Gamel went 2-for-5 with a run scored and 2 RBIs to raise his … [visit site to read more]
- [Sanchez Continues Hot Hitting as Saguaros Wins](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/sanchez-continues-hot-hitting-as-saguaros-wins/) - New York Yankees catching prospect Gary Sanchez continued his strong start to the 2015 … [visit site to read more]
- [Mateo Eclipses Moncada in ROI (Return on Investment)](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/mateo-eclipses-moncada-in-roi-return-on-investment/) - Last year, when Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada went on the auction block – what else could it be called – ...Read More
- [Fireworks Dates Set for 2016 Season](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/fireworks-dates-set-for-2016-season/) - Thunder fans will get 21 chances to see a post-game fireworks show during the 2016 season at ARM & HAMMER ...Read More
- [Graterol Gets 2 Hits, But Zulia Falls in Venezuela](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/graterol-gets-2-hits-but-zulia-falls-in-venezuela/) - New York Yankees minor league catcher Juan Graterol went 2-for-4 with a … [visit site to read more]
- [2015 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-scrantonwilkes-barre-railriders-players-of-the-year/) - We took a look at the Players of the Year for the Dominican Summer League Yankees, the
- [Yankees Bats Shine in Arizona Fall League Opener](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/yankees-bats-shine-in-arizona-fall-league-opener/) - The Surprise Saguaros had eight hits and five runs in their 6-5 loss to the Peoria Javelinas in the opening ...Read More
- [Three Yankees Prospects Playing In the Mexican Pacific League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/three-yankees-prospects-playing-in-the-mexican-pacific-league/) - The Mexican Pacific League opened up their 2015 season last week and three New York Yankees minor league prospects are ...Read More
- [2015 Trenton Thunder Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-trenton-thunder-players-of-the-year/) - We took a look at the Players of the Year for the Dominican Summer League Yankees, the
- [Montgomery Earns the Save as Caracas Defeats Lara](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/montgomery-earns-the-save-as-caracas-defeats-lara/) - On Monday night three Yankees minor leaguers met in the Venezuelan Winter League but in the end two came out ...Read More
- [2015 Charleston RiverDogs Year-In-Review](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-charleston-riverdogs-year-in-review/) - The old saying, “you can’t tell the players without a scorecard,” has never been more true when looking back at ...Read More
- [Instructional League Report: Cale Coshow Has Eye on 2016 Big League Debut](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/instructional-league-report-cale-coshow-has-eye-on-2016-big-league-debut/) - The 2015 season was a watershed career moment for Cale Coshow. As … [visit site to read more]
- [12 Yankees MiLB Players Playing in the Venezuelan Winter League](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/12-yankees-milb-players-playing-in-the-venezuelan-winter-league/) - The 2015 Venezuelan Winter League is underway and 12 New York Yankees minor league players and 2 managers are enjoying ...Read More
- [2015 Tampa Yankees Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-tampa-yankees-players-of-the-year/) - We took a look at the Players of the Year for the Dominican Summer League Yankees, the
- [Breaking Down Yankees Arizona Fall League Contingent](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/breaking-down-yankees-arizona-fall-league-contingent/) - This Tuesday the Arizona Fall League will kick off its 2015 season with some of the top prospects from all ...Read More
- [Yankees Add Domingo Acevedo to Arizona Fall League Roster](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/yankees-add-domingo-acevedo-to-arizona-fall-league-roster/) - Yesterday the New York Yankees officially added right-handed pitcher Domingo Acevedo to the roster of the Surprise Saguaros to fill ...Read More
- [2015 Yankees MiLB All-Star Team](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-yankees-milb-all-star-team/) - There’s no question that the Yankees farm system had a successful 2015 campaign. Here are the players at each position ...Read More
- [Four Former Yankees Farm Hands Made Debuts Elsewhere in 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/four-former-yankees-farm-hands-made-debuts-elsewhere-in-2015/) - The Yankees enjoyed the fruits of their productive farm system in 2015. They weren’t alone though, as other teams jumped ...Read More
- [No Verdict on Refsynder Quite Yet](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/no-verdict-on-refsynder-quite-yet/) - Has there ever been a more-debated Yankees prospect than second baseman Rob Refsnyder? There are fans who are simply taken ...Read More
- [New York Times Columnists Reflect On Yogi Berra In Oct. 19 Panel At Yogi Berra Museum](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/new-york-times-columnists-reflect-on-yogi-berra-in-oct-19-panel-at-yogi-berra-museum/) - A trio of preeminent New York Times sports columnists – Dave Anderson, George Vecsey and Harvey Araton – will reflect on the extraordinary life and career of Yogi Berra in a panel discussion at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on Monday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Copies of a New York Times commemorative
- [Topps Reveals First-Ever “Final Five” Fan Vote For 2016 Number One Card](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/topps-reveals-first-ever-final-five-fan-vote-for-2016-number-one-card/) - After thousands of online votes, the “Final Five” athletes have been chosen for a chance to be featured on Card No. 1 in 2016 Topps® Baseball Series One, joining a line of players that has included Hank Aaron, Ted Williams and Derek Jeter. It is the first time ever fans have participated in selecting the
- [18 Yankees Farm Hands Made MLB Debuts in 2015](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/18-yankees-farm-hands-made-mlb-debuts-in-2015/) - What a difference a year makes. From a system that was at one time devoid of big league contributors to ...Read More
- [2015 Charleston RiverDogs Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-charleston-riverdogs-players-of-the-year/) - We took a look at the Players of the Year for the Dominican Summer League Yankees, the
- ['Doc' Adams, Bill Dahlen Among 2016 Pre-Integration Committee Candidates](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/doc-adams-bill-dahlen-among-2016-pre-integration-committee-candidates/) - Six former big league players, three executives and one of the game’s earliest organizers comprise the 10-name Pre-Integration Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 7 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. Those with close New York ties are "Doc" Adams (Knickerbocker Base Ball Club) and Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn Superbas). Adams,
- [2015 Staten Island Yankees Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-staten-island-yankees-players-of-the-year/) - For the first time since 2011 the Staten Island Yankees made the New York-Penn League playoffs, making their seventh trip ...Read More
- [2015 Pulaski Yankees Players of the Year](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/10/2015-pulaski-yankees-players-of-the-year/) - The 2015 season was the first season the New York Yankees fielded a team in the Appalachian League since 1982 ...Read More
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- [Yankees Prospects To Watch In 2016](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/09/yankees-prospects-to-watch-in-2016/) - Without question, the New York Yankees farm system has seen a renaissance under Gary Denbo’s direction. Luis Severino and Greg ...Read More
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- [SI Yanks Fall in Game One of NY-Penn League Championship](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/09/si-yanks-fall-in-game-one-of-ny-penn-league-championship/) - MORGANTOWN, WV – The Staten Island Yankees find themselves down 1-0 in the 2015 New York-Penn League Championship Series after ...Read More
- [Yankees Top Prospects Heading to Instructs](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/09/yankees-top-prospects-heading-to-instructs/) - DayDateOpponent Monday28-SepCamp Day Tuesday29-Sep@ Phillies Wednesday30-SepCamp Day Thursday1-Octvs. Phillies Friday2-Oct@ Blue Jays Saturday3-OctCamp Day Sunday4-OctOff Day Monday5-OctCamp Day Tuesday6-Octvs. Phillies ...Read More
- [SI Yanks Aim for Seventh NY-Penn League Championship against Black Bears](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/09/si-yanks-aim-for-seventh-ny-penn-league-championship-against-black-bears/) - With their victory Sunday evening the West Virginia Black Bears advanced to the New York – Penn League Championship series ...Read More
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- [P-Yanks Jonathan Padilla Named Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week](https://gothambaseball.com/2015/09/p-yanks-jonathan-padilla-named-appalachian-league-pitcher-of-the-week/) - Right-handed pitcher Jonathan Padilla of the Pulaski Yankees was named the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week for the week ...Read More
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