Love that Robinson Cano merited an ESPN the Magazine cover, but I find the photo unappealing.
The cover story on if the Yankees will pony up the cash necessary to keep baseball’s best second baseman is accessible to those with ESPN Insider access.
This week’s New York magazine cover features Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, “Pitching God.”
Every time I look through Rivera’s baseball-reference.com page, I find something new that amazes me.
The only good thing about the Yankees’ week: Kate Upton in the stands Friday night.
Source: Daily Mail
Frank Sinatra, then 27 years old, scores an autograph from Lou Gehrig prior to Game 4 of the 1939 World Series.
The Yankees won, 7-4, that day at Crosley Field to complete a sweep of the Reds and claim their fourth straight World Series title. Gehrig played in only eight games in 1939, with the final appearance of his career coming on April 30 at Yankee Stadium. He died less than two years after this photo was taken.
Mariano Rivera breaks five bats in one GIF
One broken bat is cool, but five broken bats is basically an event.
Amazing 1924 photo in Library of Congress’ Flickr feed of Babe Ruth knocked out after chasing a foul ball in Washington, D.C.
Source: Flickr / library_of_congress
Video of the Yankees’ incredible 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play in tonight’s top of the eighth. Love the emotion shown by these early season — dare I say it? — overachievers. What a start by Kevin Youkilis, who’s now hitting .424 and becoming — dare I say this, too? — a quick fan favorite.
Sports Illustrated has six regional covers for this week’s baseball preview issue.
The cover boys are all hurlers, three lefties and three righties. They are: Justin Verlander of the Tigers, C.C. Sabathia of the Yankees, Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals, David Price of the Rays, James Shields of the Royals and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers.
Mr. October and Mr. Weather. There are no limits to how sad this Yankees season is shaping up.
George: Guys, hitting is not about muscle. It’s simple physics. Calculate the velocity, v, in relation to the trajectory, t, in which g, gravity, of course remains a constant. (Hits a home run) It’s not complicated.
Jeter: Now who are you again?
George: George Costanza, assistant to the traveling secretary.
Williams: Are you the guy who put us in that Ramada in Milwaukee?
George: Do you wanna talk about hotels, or do you wanna win some ball games?
Jeter: We won the World Series.
George: In six games.(via The Abstinence)
An honorable mention in the Best Seinfeld Sports Moments piece I wrote for ESPN.com in 2004.
Kevin Youkilis t-shirts are in stock at the Yankees’ online shop.
I will not be buying one. Ever.
George Bush, Captain of the Yale Baseball Team, Receives Babe Ruth’s Manuscript of His Autobiography which He Was Donating to Yale by The U.S. National Archives on Flickr.
A man who made American history with another who’d do so for decades to come.
911: President George W. Bush at World Series, 10/30/2001. by The U.S. National Archives on Flickr.
George W. Bush and Derek Jeter before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series. No. 43 threw a strike, No. 2 went 1-for-4.
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