Month: August 2016

We have just completed seven seasons of Hank’s Yanks baseball. Hank’s Yanks is Hank Steinbrenner’s brain child, which helps hundreds of Tri-State Area kids play baseball, whether they can afford it or not. Approximately 15 kids have been drafted during that time. Many have received college scholarships and at least two are on 40-man rosters, […]

When Brian Cashman made all the player moves last month, many people thought the 2016 season was over. How do you trade Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran to become a playoff contender? A month later, after all these moves were made, I sat down with the Yankees general manager to flat out ask […]

This was a big boxing week in my family. My son, Joey Negron, had his first boxing tournament, since he won The Daily News Light Heavyweight Golden Gloves Championship back in April. This week, he beat two-time champ Leslie Jean for the New York Amateur Boxing Championship Light Heavyweight Division. After the fight, my sons […]

As the community consultant for the New York Yankees, I try to reach kids of all ages and sports. When asked to attend a career day at the Tobias Harris Basketball Camp, I was more than flattered because both Tobias and the kids wanted to hear my story. I found Tobias to be a true […]

When I went to see Doc Gooden today, I didn’t know what I was going to find. This was going to be the first time I was going to see him since his so-called disappearance last week. I was pleasantly surprised that he actually looked decent. Not the Doc Gooden we all have seen in […]

If I were to throw a big time party, I would have to ask Debbie Tymon to plan it. I’m sure many of you are asking, “Who is Debbie Tymon?” Debbie is the Yankees’ Senior Vice President of Marketing – our own in-house party planner. Any event that takes place on the field is planned […]