
Was Joe DiMaggio the most perfect ballplayer in baseball history?
Was Joe DiMaggio the most perfect ballplayer in baseball history?
Was Joe DiMaggio the most perfect ballplayer in baseball history?
If you could travel back in time to watch the Baltimore Orioles of the 1890s, you would recognize that they were playing baseball, but you would be shocked at the style of play. The bunting of Willie Keeler would amaze you.
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RANKING ALL THE MEN FIRED BY GEORGE, AND THE OTHER YANKEE SKIPPERS TOO By Dan Holmes Didn’t it seem bizarre that the New York Yankees ignored their
Babe Ruth left his mark on the game like no other. He was an overgrown kid, an ungovernable force who swept his way through the sporting world, dominating headlines every year after he became a Yankee until his death nearly three decades later.
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Thurman Munson’s career, though abbreviated by his tragic death, deserves to be honored with induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In the spring of 1951, Joe DiMaggio’s legendary career was winding down. The 12-time All-Star and three-time Most Valuable Player was even talking about his retirement openly.
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A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
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Our baseball experts pick a 28-roster team for the New York Yankees.
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What rule change prompted Joe DiMaggio to scream foul and get rid of his favorite glove?
Whitey Ford, legendary big game pitcher for the Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s, and best friend to Mickey Mantle, has died.
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New York Yankees All-Time Team STARTING LINEUP Yogi BERRA 1946-1963 Catcher Lou GEHRIG 1923-1939 first base Joe GORDON 1938-1943, 1946 second base Derek JETER 1995-2014 shortstop Alex
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For eight seasons, Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano surrounded Derek Jeter in the Yankees’ infield. A rose between two thorns, the cheaters and Mr. Perfect Pinstripe. Once
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This interview aired on CNBC in 2002, with Tim Russert showing his love for baseball as he talks with one of the greatest batteries in history, Yogi
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Wally Pipp has been reduced to an answer to a trivia question. He’s a footnote on the career of a great player. But Pipp deserves better: he
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Even in the 1920s before the advent of cable news channels and social media, when you were the most famous athlete in America, your health was front