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3 days ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo credit should read MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images After taking two of three against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the Bronx, the 2000 Yankees hit the road for a quick three-game road trip to Detroit to take on the Tigers at their brand new home of Comerica Park. At 9-23, Detroit had gotten off to an absolutely dreadful start to the millennium.
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4 days ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! Once again, the New York Knicks have been dominating the NY media, the Yankees have themselves had a busy week. What have they been up to on social media? Let’s take a look!Last weekend, the Yankees held their annual Homecoming Dinner.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For my brother and I, Yankee Stadium is basically our third home. First is, of course, our actual home, the place where we grew up. In second comes Villanova, where we both went to school and watched Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Donte DiVincenzo bring home a pair of championships. But after that, well, that’s where Yankee Stadium fits in, both this one and the last.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images NJ.com | Max Goodman: After reassigning DJ LeMahieu’s rehab to Triple-A Scranton yesterday, the Yankees revealed that their former leadoff hitter may be activated as soon as this weekend’s West Coast trip, which begins this Friday in Oakland Sacramento.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by Linda Cataffo/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images After completing a three-game sweep of Cleveland to finish off a brief road trip, the Yankees returned to the Bronx for a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles. After two consecutive seasons finishing fourth in the American League East, the O’s had gotten off to a decent start to the new millennium.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. was the big story of the spring. Drafted with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft, the 19-year-old infielder made some adjustments to his swing after a lackluster first full professional season. MLB.com’s minor-league outlet, MLB Pipeline, was impressed enough to rank Lombard No. 1 in the Yankees’ system, ahead of slugging 2022 first-rounder Spencer Jones.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | John Griffin
Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. was the big story of the spring. Drafted with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft, the 19-year-old infielder made some adjustments to his swing after a lackluster first full professional season. MLB.com’s minor-league outlet, MLB Pipeline, was impressed enough to rank Lombard No. 1 in the Yankees’ system, ahead of slugging 2022 first-rounder Spencer Jones.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! While Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks have been the talk of the town, the Yankees have continued to grind away at home and on the road. What have they been up to on social media? Let’s take a look!When the Yankees signed Carlos Rodón three years ago, they envisioned a Gerrit Cole/Rodón pairing atop the rotation.
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1 week ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
Five years ago, during the height of the COVID lockdowns, I celebrated Star Wars Day by finally sitting down and investigating a question that I had long wondered: how exactly did the New York Yankees become synonymous with the villainous Evil Empire of the Star Wars galaxy? The following year, I questioned to what extent the Yankees could still claim the status as baseball’s Evil Empire.
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2 weeks ago | 
pinstripealley.com | John Griffin
You awake to the pitter-patter of rain beating against your window, turning your Bronx apartment into the percussion section of the jazz band playing that Saturday night in Harlem. As you look outside, you think to yourself, “Looks like the Giants and the Robins — or are they the Dodgers, I can never be sure — won’t be playing tonight. Thank God my Yankees are up in Boston.” The day is Thursday, April 30, 1925.
