Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Dallas Green - NY Yankees

1988-Oct-07 New York NY

George Dallas Green (1934 – 2017) American professional baseball pitcher, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Mets, from 1960 through 1967.

After the 1988 season, the New York Yankees fired manager Lou Piniella, replacing him with Green. The 1988 team had finished nine games over .500, but fell to nine games under .500 during Green's tenure. Green insulted Steinbrenner by referring to him as "Manager George" for his meddling with the team. Steinbrenner fired Green, in August 1989.

As manager: Philadelphia Phillies (1979–1981) New York Yankees (1989) New York Mets (1993–1996)

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Lou Piniella

1984-Jun-16 New York NY
Baltimore Orioles (1964) Cleveland Indians (1968) Kansas City Royals (1969–1973) New York Yankees (1974–1984)
1985-Oct-27 New York NY
Named Yankees manager
1986-Apr-08 New York NY - Opening Day
1988-Jun-23 New York NY
Re-hired for his second stint as Yankees manager

Lou Piniella - professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder, he played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. During his playing career, he was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1969 with the Royals and captured two World Series championships with the Yankees (1977, 1978).

As manager Piniella managed the New York Yankees (1986-1987, 1988), Cincinnati Reds (1990-1992), Seattle Mariners (1993-2002), Tampa Bay Devils Rays (2003-2005) and Chicago Cubs (2007-2010)

Piniella was named Manager of the Year three times during his career (Seattle Mariners 1995, 2001, Chicago Cubs 2008) and finished his managerial career ranked 14th all time on the list of managerial wins.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Muskegon Michigan - MiLB

1950s Muskegon Clippers

Muskegon had teams that played in the Michigan State League (1890–1902, 1911–1914, 1926, 1940–1941), Central League (1916–1922, 1926, 1934, 1948–1951), Michigan-Ontario League (1923–1924) and the Northwestern League (1884):


Muskegon Reds (1902, 1911, 1916, 1926, 1934, 1940–1941, 1951)
- Detroit Tigers (1940-1941) New York Yankees (1951)
Muskegon Clippers (1948–1950)
- Chicago White Sox (1948-1949) New York Yankees (1951)
Muskegon Anglers (1923–1924)
Muskegon Muskies (1917, 1920–1922)
Muskegon Speeders (1912–1914)
Muskegon Speed Boys (1910)

Sunday, August 3, 2025

NY Yankees v LA Dodgers : 2004

2004-Jun-18 Los Angeles CA
New York Yankees 3 - 6 Los Angeles Dodgers
NYY RBI: Jason Giambi 2; Bernie Williams
LAD RBI: Dave Roberts 2; Paul Lo Duca; Juan Encarnación
LAD Pitching: Jeff Weaver W(6-innings)
NYY Pitching: Javier Vázquez L(5-innings)

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Joe DiMaggio

1994-Nov-18 Stadium Sta Bronx NY

1952-Apr-18, the Yankees retired Joe DiMaggio’s famed No. 5 jersey in an on-field ceremony prior to the club’s home opener. The event marked just the third time the Yankees had retired a player’s uniform number, as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth had been similarly honored in 1940 and 1948, respectively. DiMaggio announced his retirement at age 37 on 1951-Dec-11

Yankee Stadium's fifth monument was dedicated to DiMaggio on 1999-Apr-25, and the West Side Highway was officially renamed The Joe DiMaggio Highway in his honor. 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

World Series - 2024: LA Dodgers v NY Yankees

 
2024-Oct-25:30
Los Angeles Dodgers (Dodger Stadium) - New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium)
 
2024 World Series - 120th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League champion New York Yankees. Dodgers defeat the Yankees 4 games to 1

Freddie Freeman was named the MVP of the series, tying a World Series record with 12 RBIs and hitting home runs in the first four games of the series, including Game 1 when he hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

New York Yankees - 2003

2003-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium Bronx NY
Yankees started the seasons on the road with a 3-4 record
Minnesota Twins 3 – 7 New York Yankees
MIN RBI: Torii Hunter 2; Matt LeCroy
NYY RBI: Hideki Matsui 4(HR); Robin Ventura 2(HR); Raúl Mondesí
MIN pitching: Joe Mays L(5-innings)
NYY pitching: Andy Petitte W(5.2-innings)

Saturday, June 28, 2025

New York Yankees - 1986

1986-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium - New York NY
Kansas City Royals 2 - 4 New York Yankees
KCR RBI: Hal MacRae 2 (HR)
NYY RBI: Butch Wynegar 3(HR), Willie Randolph
KCR pitching: Bud Black L(7-innings)
NYY pitching: Ron Guidry W (5-innings) Dave Righetti S(1.2-innings)

Thursday, June 26, 2025

World Series : 1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates v New York Yankees


1994-Oct-13 Pittsburgh Pa
34th Anniversary Bill Mazeroski's game winning home run in game 7 of the series
1960-Oct-5/13
Pittsburgh Pirates (4) - New York Yankees (3)
Forbes Field (PIT) - Yankee Stadium (NYY)
MVP Bobby Richardson (NYY) 

Friday, June 20, 2025

New York Yankees : 2002

2002-Apr-05 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 – 4 New York Yankees
NYY RBI: Derek Jeter; Alfonso Soriano; Nick Johnson
Pitching – TBD Joe Kennedy (L5-innings 8-hits 4-Ks) NYY Andy Pettite (W 6-innings 2-hits 6-Ks)

Friday, May 16, 2025

Tommy John : New York Yankees

1987-Jun-15 Yankee Stadium - New York
271st career victory
BAL RBI: Fred Lynn
NYY RBI: Mike Pagliarulo, Mike Easler, Gary Ward, Willie Randolph, Rick Cerone, Dave Winfield
Pitching: BAL Eric Bell (L 3.2-innings) NYY Tommy John (W 5.1-innings)

Monday, April 7, 2025

Pinch-hit : New York

1988-Ju-26 New York Statehood
Yankee Stadium
Milwaukee Brewers 2 - 3 New York Yankee

2010-Apr-16 Flags of Our Nation - New York
Yankee Stadium
Texas Rangers 1 - 5 New York Yankees

Thursday, March 6, 2025

World Series: 1952 - Brooklyn Dodgers v New York Yankees

1997-Oct-07 Brooklyn NY
45th Anniversary 1952 World Series

1952-Oct-01/07
New York Yankees v Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium (NYY) - - Ebbets Field (BRO)

The 1952 World Series featured the 3-time defending champions New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Yankees won their 4th consecutive title, tying the mark they set in 1936–1939 under manager Joe McCarthy, and Casey Stengel became the second manager in Major League history with 4 consecutive World Series championships. This was the Yankees' 15th World Series championship win, and the 3rd time they defeated the Dodgers in 6 years.

Monday, February 24, 2025

World Series - 1943 : New York Yankees v St Louis Cardinals

1998-Oct-11 St Louis Mo
55th Anniversary 1943 World Series
1943-Oct-05/11
Yankee Stadium (NYY) - - Sportsman's Park (STL)

The 40th edition of the World Series, matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees in a rematch of the 1942 World Series. The Yankees won the series in five games for their tenth championship


Tuesday, January 28, 2025

All-Star Game : 2013 Citi Field

2013-Jul-16 Flushing NY - Citi Field

The American League shut out the National League for the third time in All-Star game history; the National League has six shutouts. This game marks the first time that there have been shutouts in consecutive All-Star games

MVP: Mariano Rivera (NYY) - Rivera, who retired at the end of the season, was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. Rivera pitched in the 8th inning and retired all 3 batters he faced. He was the first reliever selected to an All-Star team to ever receive the award, as well as the first pitcher since Pedro Martínez in 1999. Given his pending retirement, the award was given in recognition of his outstanding career

Friday, September 20, 2024

World Series - 1937 New York Yankees v New York Giants

1937 New York
Yankee Stadium - - Polo Grounds
New York Yankees 4games - 1 New York Giants

The 1937 Series was the first in which a team (in this case, the Yankees) did not commit a single error, handling 179 total chances (132 putouts, 47 assists) perfectly. Game 4 ended with the final World Series innings ever pitched by Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell, who during the ninth inning gave up Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's final Series home run

Back of envelope: sponsored by Wm P Gabel - Cleveland Ohio

Monday, August 5, 2024

2009 World Series : New York Yankees v Philadelphia Phillies


October 28 - November 4, 2009
Yankee Stadium (NYY) - - Citizens Bank Park (Phi)
Yankees win 4 games to 2
MVP: Hideki Matsui (NYY)

Monday, June 24, 2024

Corey Kluber - No-Hit : 2021

2021-May-19 Arlington Tx - Globe Life Field
New York Yankees 2-0 Texas Rangers
Corey Kluber threw the sixth no-hitter of the 2021 MLB season

Kluber - 0-hits, 1-BB, 9-Ks
NYY RBI: DJ LeMahieu, Tyler Wade

Friday, June 14, 2024

New York Yankees

1983-Apr-18 Yankee Stadium 60th Anniversary - New York NY
1993-Apr-18 Yankee Stadium 70th anniversary - Bronx NY Stadium Station
1998-Apr-18 Yankee Stadium 75th Anniversary - Bronx NY

2006-Aug-16 Ground Breaking - Bronx NY

2008-Sep-21 Yankee Stadium final Game - Bronx NY
Baltimore Orioles 7 - 3 New York Yankees
Attendance: 54,610
BAL RBI: Melvin Mora, Brian Roberts, Jay Payton
NYY RBI: Johnny Damon (HR), José Molina (2 HR), Jason Giambi Robinson Canó
Pitching: BAL Chris Waters (L 5.2-innings) NYY Andy Pettitte (W 5-innings)


1957-Aug-30
1951-Nov-28 - New York Yankees
See Champions in the Home of Champions
1959
1960-Jun-29 - New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium All-Star Game Wednesday July 13th
1965
1969

1994-Sep-22 - New York Yankees - Tampa Office


1942-Aug-31 - WOR radio - Yankees and Giants
1955-May-06 WPIX-11 television - Yankees and Giants