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Remembering Reggie Jackson With The Yankees

"He'd give you the shirt off his back. Of course, he'd call a press conference to announce it." - Catfish Hunter  "Off the record, he's a piece of shit."–Billy Martin Out of the blue, the man who once seemingly made headlines all the time came out of the shadows recently to dominate

THE BOSS: GEORGE STEINBRENNER

“If things go right, they're his team. If things go wrong, they're your team. His favorite line is, 'I will never have a heart attack. I give them.'" -Bob Watson, former Yankee GM With the recent unfair turn down of his admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame, one can only wonder

The Greatest Baseball Team — Ever

There is always the debate among baseball aficionados, experts, fans - -what was the greatest baseball team of all time? In my book Five O’Clock Lighting, there is provided for all the definitive answer, the 1927 New York Yankees, hands down. You could look it up: http://frommerbooks.com/five-o-clock-lightning-NEW.html When Yankee owner Colonel Ruppert's

REMEMBERING JACOB RUPPERT

Owners come and owners go. Some have been hands-on and others have tended to their own affairs and let the teams they owned function led by pros. The Jake, the man who created the New York Yankee empire was so involved that he even took a broom from time to

More Yankee Quiz

You asked and now you receive – questions simple, weird, relevant, irrelevant, but all New York Yankees related.  Take the quiz and see how much you know.   51. Who wore uniform Number 2 before Derek Jeter? 52. Who originally designed the intertwined Yankees logo, “NY”? A. Jake Ruppert B. NYC Police Department C. Tiffany

From “the Captain” to “Friday Night Massacre”

The Bronx Bombers alias the New York Yankees, the most successful franchise in baseball history has a corner on lots of things including nick-names. For your reading pleasure, a sampling of nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words and of course nick-names, "The Captain" - Derek Jeter - was such an

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