Working as an occasional official scorer for Major League Baseball at Yankees games, I have been one of the fortunate people who've been allowed to dwell a bit within Bob Sheppard's air space.
Tony Sachs | Posted 11.12.2009 | Sports
For my money, there was one unsung hero, one key player, that transformed the New York Yankees from a third place team in 2008 to World Series champs in '09.
Arn Tellem | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports
Matsui is one of those rare superstars who recognize the unique role his astonishing talent has given him and the good he can do for others.
Chris Campbell | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York
The Yankees clearly have many, many great years ahead of them, and likely will for generations to come. But the game just doesn't feel the same anymore.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media
If there's one thing that could bring Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannity together (apart from the occasional CNN-bashing), it's baseball. Both cable ne...
Av Sinensky | Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy
Sources inside the Yankees revealed late last night that they will be holding a press conference to announce that they have acquired the rights to the Florida Marlins' 2003 World Series Championship.
AP | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
LOS ANGELES — Mary J. Blige is going back to the Bronx. Major League Baseball says the Bronx-born singer will perform the national anthem at Ya...
The National | David Samuels | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
New York City has been battered and bruised by the economic crisis, but now the Yankees are headed to the World Series. In a season at the team's new ...
AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The lyrics to Jay'z "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean up that language...
AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York
LOS ANGELES — Joe Torre says he doesn't plan to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers after his contract expires. "I have one year on my contract and ...
AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are reclassifying more than a quarter of their ritzy Legends Suite seats next season, and slashing prices on many of...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York
Angels descended on Yankee Stadium this weekend, and not the ones from Los Angeles (or for that matter, Anaheim). Victoria's Secret held an open ca...
AP | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A college football bowl game will be played at Yankee Stadium starting in 2010. The New York Yankees have scheduled a news conferenc...
Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
The game was about more than just Derek's hit. It was a baptism for a new stadium, for the new home of the most historic franchise in sports
AP | DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Manny Pacquiao stood face-to-face with Miguel Cotto on a makeshift stage set up along the first base line, the wind whipping off the ...
Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York
4DSBx's mission is simple: to make sure the Yankees organization live up to promises made while garnering community support for their new stadium in the Bronx.
AP | JAY COHEN | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — CC Sabathia gave the Yankees a dominant performance that put them in position for a four-game sweep of the Red Sox. Sabathia didn't a...
Posted 09.07.2009 | New York
Muhammad Ali made a guest appearance at the Yankees-Red Sox game Thursday night to much fanfare among the crowd. According to the New York Daily News...
AP | JAY COHEN | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Melky Cabrera and the New York Yankees knocked out John Smoltz early, and soon it was all over: They had finally beaten the Boston Re...
Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment
In spite of all of its problems, it wasn't until today when I heard the news about David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, that for the first time in my life, I am ready to turn my back on baseball.
Newsday | Mark Herrmann | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York
The Mets received permission from Major League Baseball to show the live feed on video screens the instant the ball is in play, allowing fans to follo...
David Vines | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York
Both the Mets and the Yankees entered the 2009 season with great expectations for this year and beyond. New ballparks went up in Queens and The Bronx...
AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York
New York (AP) - A baseball fan has settled a lawsuit that claimed he was kicked out of Yankee Stadium by a police officer because he left his seat to ...
AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- A baseball fan who says he was kicked out of a Yankees game because he left his seat during ''God Bless America'' has settled a lawsu...
nytimes.com | CHARLES V. BAGLI | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York
Television broadcasts have embarrassed the owners of new ballparks in New York, showing large areas of empty seats. Those who study sports facilities ...
Billy Altman | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York