On Deck: For Trenton’s Tommy Phelps, The Future Is Now
by Jessica Quiroli makes her Gotham Baseball magazine debut with a feature on Tommy Phelps, the pitching coach for the Double-A Trenton Thunder the Eastern League Affiliate of the New York Yankees.
Category: Minor Leagues
Stellar Pitching Leads Yanks over ‘Clones in Round One
by STATEN ISLAND, NY – In front of a crowd of just under 2,000 people on a humid night at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at …
Staten Island Yankees Being Sold for Second Time in Five Years
For the second time in their time here on Staten Island, the Staten Island Yankees look like they will be on the market. This time …
NYC Could Benefit from Triple-A Yanks
By now you might have heard that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees will not be playing their 2012 season at PNC Field in Pennsylvania due to …
Minor League Report: Five Players To Watch
This is the final edition of this feature before the minor league playoffs begin. By then, teams will have been crowned champions and many players will be looking ahead to the Arizona Fall League or going home. The five chosen this time managed to play solidly through the July heat and into the final couple […]
SI Yanks Tie Franchise Record 13th Straight Win
In front of a crowd of over 6,000 people on a cool, foggy and wet night at MCU Park in Coney Island the Staten Island …
Zach Attack Helps SI Yanks to 12th Straight Win
In the ninth inning, with two outs on the board a runner at second big third baseman Zach Wilson stepped up to the plate for …
Williams Continues Hot Start as SI Yanks Fall to ‘Clones
While the majority of the attention was on the rehabbing Phil Hughes, it was the young centerfielder Mason Williams who shined once more. Williams who …
Gamel Saves Game with Superman-Like Catch
As the Brooklyn Cyclones were just starting to put together a two-out rally against Yankees right-hander Branden Pinder, Cyclones right-fielder Javier Rodriguez sent a fly …
Shakespeare and Backman: A Season In Brooklyn
by From head – his cranium bursting with myriad bunt, steal, and hit-and run strategies – to foot, with a pack of cigarettes and a lighter tucked into his left baseball sock, Wally Backman is a 69-inch, barrel-chested, tightly wrapped bundle of wired energy.