by Paul Semendinger February 13, 2022 Note – This article is a modified passage that comes from my book The Least Among Them. This book was recognized by National Review as a best book of 2021. Reviews from experts and fans alike have been very positive. *** As we await the Super Bowl, let’s jump into Yankees history and look at the connections between the New York Yankees and professional football. These connections go back to the early days of both sports. While some of t

September 21, 2021 *** This week we asked our writers: Following the 13-game winning streak, the Yankees have gone 7-15. What was the single biggest factor that caused the bottom to fall out so dramatically? Here are their responses… *** Lincoln Mitchell – The Yankees are not a very good team. They are a slightly above average team that got hot for a while. *** Chris O’Connor – I think the biggest thing has been the faltering of the pitching staff. During the 13-game win stre

by Paul Semendinger August 18, 2021 *** There’s an old baseball adage that you’re never as good as you look when you’re winning and you’re never as bad as you look when you’re losing. For much of the season, the Yankees looked bad. Real bad. They were bad to the point where they were no fun to even watch. But now, boy do they look good. They look great. They look fantastic. Earlier in the year, they’d find ways to lose games. Now they find ways to hang in there and win. I

By Paul Semendinger July 30, 2021 *** Half way ain’t good enough. MAYBE… if the Yankees started the year with players like Joey Gallo and Anthony Rizzo in the lineup, they wouldn’t be 8.5 games out. But they got them too late… They are steps in the right direction, but they didn’t complete the puzzle. The job wasn’t finished. The deadline closed with a whimper. *** At the close of the deadline, the Yankees picked up Andrew Heaney, a left-handed pitcher. Andrew Heaney, of the

By Paul Semendinger June 7, 2021 *** It’s a frustrating time to be a Yankees fan. Very very frustrating. This was supposed to be our time. Our era. We waited and waited. Since 2009. We know that for some franchises that wait doesn’t seem so long. But these are the Yankees. Our Yankees. We love them. And we want them to win. *** The fully operational death star never came to be. I wish Mr. Cashman had never said that, had never uttered those lines. They gave false hope. It was

By Chris O’Connor February 9, 2021 *** Despite missing out on Trevor Bauer, the Mets are looking vastly improved from the sub-.500 team that they were last year. With new owner Steve Cohen in town, the Yankees all of a sudden may be threatened as the undisputed top team in New York for the foreseeable future. Did that future begin already? As we head toward 2021, I wanted to take a look at a position-by-position breakdown of the Yankees and Mets rosters to see which team rea

The following passage comes from the manuscript of The Least Among Them a brand new and original look at the history of the Yankees in a very unique way. This book will be published by Artemesia Publishing in October 2021. This wonderful book is available for pre-order now! (I like to run this article each year on Super Bowl Sunday.) *** As we await the Super Bowl, let’s jump into Yankees history and look at the connections between the New York Yankees and professional footba

Thanks for visiting our site. Since we have so many new readers, I figured that I should share this primer with our readers. The following is what you can regularly expect from our site throughout the winter months. DAILY FEATURES: Our Daily Morning Feature article is always posted by 6:00 a.m. (We sometimes post this a little earlier, but you can count on a new article being posted each and every day of the week for that 6:00 a.m. time slot.) Yankees Baseball Card Trivia a

(I originally ran this piece on Super Sunday in 2017 for the It’s About the Money Yankees site and I have run it on Super Sunday ever since. Of note – all the archives from It’s About The Money can be found by clicking the Popular Content Tab at the top of the page. This passage comes from my manuscript, “The Least Among Them,” which is currently seeking a publisher.) *** As we await the Super Bowl, let’s jump into Yankees history and look at the connections between the New

This is not what Major League Baseball wanted…at all. Just when it looked like they had completed a thorough investigation, albeit, with the legitimate (and somewhat infuriating) decision that no consequences were handed out to any players, a new potential scandal blows up. BLOWS UP. There are reports, seemingly credible, that a number of Astros used electronic buzzers worn under their uniform tops as a way to be told of upcoming pitches. If this is true, and I will repeat,