Tag: New York Yankees
Missing Bats: Before the strikeout craze, baseball’s ‘Galileos’ fought to change the game
The San Diego School of Baseball was backed by hitting stars such as Tony Gwynn and Alan Trammell, but it was the pitching minds...
When your landlord bats leadoff: The insular, clannish world of baseball real estate
Shortly after haggling his way out of free-agent purgatory and into a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kiké Hernández asked his wife,...
Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame is made for players like Adrián Beltré. As a pure hitter, reliable slugger and slick third baseman, Beltré had few...
Rachel Balkovec, Yankees’ pioneering manager, leaves to run Marlins’ player development
Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to manage in affiliated baseball, has left the New York Yankees for an even bigger task — leading the...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto dines at home of Mets owner as competition heats up: Sources
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 25-year-old free-agent star pitcher from Japan, dined on Saturday night at the Connecticut home of New York Mets owner Steve Cohen,...
