Yesterday, I was asked to speak to the kids at the Lasorda baseball academy formerly known as Baseball Heaven. The Steel baseball youth program had their 8 – 12-year-olds there. The program is ran by longtime baseball coach in Long Island.. Manny Bardeguez who has been a champion for the ...

Yesterday I was standing on the field watching Aaron Judge talking to Anthony Volpe as they were each taking dry swings before stepping into the batting cage. The look on Volpe’s face told the story as he was taking in what ever Judge had to say. This picture took me ...

To the overall baseball community Nelsey Cruz was the sister of the wonderful baseball star and humanitarian Nelson Cruz. To Nelson Cruz and the community of Monte Cristi Province Nelsey was the Governor and a true person of the people. Nelson once asked her why did she work so hard ...

One of America’s top Hispanic journalists Gabriel Balcecar called me this morning to let me know the latest news on the tragedy in the Dominican Republic nightclub (Jet Set ). He told me that the latest number of deaths was approaching a hundred. He let me know that Hall of ...

Nelsey Cruz the sister of one of baseball’s all-time great players Nelson Cruz, and former Yankee Octavio Dotal died yesterday at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic. To say that Nelson is shattered would be an understatement. The Cruz family is one of the most respected families in the ...

Statement from YES Network Chairman and New York Yankees President Randy Levine  On behalf of the YES Network and the New York Yankees, I want to express our deep appreciation to everyone who supported our efforts to keep the YES Network from going dark. All of you worked tirelessly to urge ...

It’s the start of the 1974 baseball season, and many of the Yankees are actually driving past their historic home (Yankee Stadium), crossing the Triboro bridge into the borough of Queens. They were renovating the house that Ruth had built, so we had to spend the next two seasons at ...

Those were the psychological words used by Thurman Munson to his new student Goose Gossage in 1978. Gossage was trying to get used to his new surroundings (Yankee Stadium )and trying to get past the aura of being a fabled Yankee. Gossage was brought to New York to become the ...

I was standing behind the batting cage watching the hitters and thinking about years gone by. I was thinking about Bobby Murcer and Jerry Kenny just getting back from the Army in 1969. I was thinking about Lou Piniella taking his first swing in the cage in 1974 and loving ...

I got together with Devin Williams yesterday and we talked about the start of the season and playing in New York and his eyes told the whole story.He has come to New York all throughout his career as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers and ironically his very first game ...

You have to love Brandon Nimmo. He is definitely one of the most uplifting people you will ever come across in the game of baseball. I met him for the first time last year at Citi Field when he didn’t know me from Adam yet was one of the most ...

A respected New York journalist asked me earlier this week about how I thought Dave Sims and Suzyn Waldman were doing.The reason he asked me was because he knew I was a big fan of the Yankees broadcasters of yesteryear. He knew I had a special relationship with Bill White ...