The Yankees saved their skins—and by some accounts, their manager Joe Torre—when they rallied past a two-run deficit and Roger Clemens’ injured hamstring to beat the Cleveland Indians last night at Yankee Stadium 8 to 4.
Johnny Damon, who put the Yankees to sleep three Octobers ago with a grand slam as a Red Sox Read More
On Aug. 5, the New York Post editorial page opined about George Steinbrenner’s contributions to the city these past three decades, a response to increasing questions raised during the week about the Yankees boss’ health.
“An article in CondéNast Portfolio confirms a report last month by the Post’s Phil Mushnick that Steinbrenner, suffering from Read More
Good Jobs New York, a watchdog organization, still thinks that the new Yankee Stadium is a bad idea. When the City Council approved the idea in April 2006, Good Jobs did not think it would pay for itself. Now, after additional city commitments, rising infrastructure costs and revised estimates by the Independent Budget Office, Read More
In an investigative profile in The Village Voice, Tom Robbins delves into Stanley Schlein’s record, not as lawyer to George Steinbrenner, nor as counsel to the Bronx Democratic Party-which he both, fortunately for the new Yankee stadium, serves as. But rather as court-appointed guardian for the incapacitated.
The message: Don’t live in the Bronx Read More
In an investigative profile in The Village Voice, Tom Robbins delves into Stanley Schlein’s record, not as lawyer to George Steinbrenner, nor as counsel to the Bronx Democratic Party–which he both, fortunately for the new Yankee stadium, serves as. But rather as court-appointed guardian for the incapacitated.
The message: Don’t live in the Bronx Read More
Back in the late 1980’s, developers of controversial projects were so desperate to get into the good graces of the locals they bought off local chambers of commerce, senior centers and neighborhood groups, writing out fat checks to get their endorsements.
Remember when the Alexander’s department-store chain and the Kravco real-estate company offered $250,000 to Read More
Back in the late 1980’s, developers of controversial projects were so desperate to get into the good graces of the locals they bought off local chambers of commerce, senior centers and neighborhood groups, writing out fat checks to get their endorsements.
Remember when the Alexander’s department-store chain and the Kravco real-estate company offered $250,000 Read More
As Matthew Schuerman noted earlier, the Yankee stadium plan easily passed the City Council subcommittee (3-0) and committee (22-1) this morning.
But the meeting was not without its moments, and tensions, as a crowd of partisans for and against the stadium packed the small chamber. The opposition held up green and orange signs Read More
As of this writing, it is unclear whether New York’s baseball community will enjoy a meaningful autumn. For a certain element of that community—the voluble though feckless cult known as “Yankee fans”—fall baseball is considered an entitlement. Should the Yankees fail to live up to their end of the devil’s bargain, autumn in New York Read More
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2005-In his first act as President, John F. Kerry signed legislation today mandating that the New York Yankees receive exclusive rights to all Little League players with batting averages over .300 and/or 70-mile-an-hour fastballs.
The legislation, sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, came in response to complaints from Yankee executives Read More
