Baseball players are in the public eye and leave much bigger legacies than regular schmucks you like and me, and if they’re lucky enough that legacy will be a positive one. Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Reggie Jackson, Aaron Boone, David Cone, Bernie...

Jeter single for a scoreless first inning. The ball didn’t leave the infield in the second inning, as Marty Cordova grounded out back to Wells, Ron Coomer struck out, and Alex Ochoa popped out into foul territory behind the plate. Another 13 pitches,...

Yankees have not had a player named Hall since the now-infamous Mel Hall, who was one of the team’s bright spots during the fallow years of the early 1990s. Hall played hard, pounded right-handed pitching, and delivered his fair share of clutch hits,...

In 71 games after the trade, he hit .241/.315/.430 with eleven homers. He had three singles and three walks in the four-game ALDS loss to the Angels. The outfield picture was shored up the following offseason with the addition of Hideki Matsui, who...

League pennants and 11 division titles. Numbers don't lie, folks. People try to label him the "checkbook GM," but he's really not. Look at players who have come up and done well for the Yankees: Robinson Cano, Brett Gardner, Ivan Nova, David Robertson,...

It's a great program." Jurrjens was participating in his first camp as a pro, but recalled seeing pros organize camps like Saturday's when he was growing up in Curacao. "The hitting coach for the Giants [Hensley Muelens], when he was with the Yankees,...