• Giancarlo Stanton injures hamstring in painful split for Yankees

    Giancarlo Stanton injures hamstring in painful split for Yankees

    Saturday’s doubleheader boxscores will reveal the Yankees and Rays split a pair of seven-inning games since the Yankees copped the opener and the Rays won the nightcap. In reality, the Yankees may have been losers, because when they walked out of Tropicana Field, they didn’t know how long they would be without Giancarlo Stanton. After …
  • Giancarlo Stanton checks out Vanessa Hudgens as model ex moves on

    Giancarlo Stanton checks out Vanessa Hudgens as model ex moves on

    Giancarlo Stanton appears to have a new beauty on his mind, Swipe Sports noted Wednesday, as the Yankees superstar, 30, has been checking out Vanessa Hudgens on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Aug 3, 2020 at 2:35pm PDT On Monday, Hudgens shared a sunny snap from …
  • Giancarlo Stanton’s model ex linked to Dodgers star Cody Bellinger

    Giancarlo Stanton’s model ex linked to Dodgers star Cody Bellinger

    It appears Chase Carter’s baseball allegiances have shifted to the West Coast. Swipe Sports The 23-year-old model, who previously dated Yankees superstar Giancarlo Stanton, has seemingly moved on with Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger, according to Swipe Sports. In a recent Instagram story, Chase and Bellinger, 25, are seen holding hands, with the …
  • James Paxton struggles as Yankees get ripped by Nationals

    James Paxton struggles as Yankees get ripped by Nationals

    WASHINGTON — There is no such thing as early in this condensed baseball season. No time to ease into things. In a normal schedule the page turned feels like a feather. Now it weighs in like a bank safe. James Paxton, who had lower back surgery in early February and wouldn’t have been ready by …
  • Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks kneel during national anthem

    Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks kneel during national anthem

    WASHINGTON — After the entire Yankees roster knelt before the national anthem on Thursday’s Opening Night, two players took the extra step — or simply stayed down, to express it literally — on Saturday night. Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton became the first Yankees to make this controversial statement. Before the Yankees and Nationals continued …
  • This was perfect start for Giancarlo Stanton and Yankees

    This was perfect start for Giancarlo Stanton and Yankees

    Sometimes, these things can be an illusion on television. A ball looks like it is absolutely clobbered in real time — but on replay, slowed down, you see it was hit south of the trademark, or all the way up to the tip of the barrel. A switch of cameras shows a cannon shot that’s …
  • Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    In any other season, Gerrit Cole is the main story and two sidebars. What did you eat for breakfast and how did you feed the Nationals their lunch? No detail would be too small. This is what it is like when you are the big new Yankee making his debut. Whether your name is Clemens …
  • Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    WASHINGTON — What Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of when he dropped an ocean of money on Gerrit Cole in December came to life Thursday on a stormy late July evening. Nothing about this baseball season has been normal. Spring training vanished in the middle of March due to the coronavirus and the invisible COVID-19 dances into …
  • Yankees and Nationals kneel before the national anthem

    Yankees and Nationals kneel before the national anthem

    WASHINGTON — Everyone from both the Yankees and Nationals knelt … before the national anthem. Major League Baseball’s long-awaited opening night featured a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park that recognized a social issue that has risen to prominence since the death of George Floyd in custody of Minneapolis police in May. The entire Yankees and …
  • Giancarlo Stanton starts Yankees season with 459-foot home run

    Giancarlo Stanton starts Yankees season with 459-foot home run

    New York Yankees Giancarlo Stanton opened the 2020 season with a monster home run into left-center field. The 459-foot blast in the first inning gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead on Thursday night. It had an exit velocity of 112.2, according to Statcast. Stanton, who slammed Washington Nationals Max Scherzer’s 96.9 mph cutter, joined a …