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It began with four years behind the plate, featuring three World Series titles and a forever Game 6 triple which helped bring the Yankees their first championship in 18 years. It ended after 10 years on the bench, featuring six playoff appearances and the team’s first title in nine years. Joe Girardi’s return to The …
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Full time relief pitcher, part-time forensic scientist. Brian Boehringer made 15 appearances for the Yankees during their 1996 World Series title run, but his steely demeanor was a stark difference from some of the more colorful veterans on the team. Teammate Charlie Hayes recently joked on The Post’s Pinstripe Podcast that he thought Boehringer was …
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone was pleased Domingo German changed his mind Saturday about leaving baseball which he said he was doing Friday on social media. However, Boone wants to know more about the situation before addressing the issue. “I kind of reserve comment until I have a handle on the situation,’’ Boone said. “First and …
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The noise of Yankees bats kissing baseballs at an empty Yankee Stadium on Sunday night cut through a blanket of serious heat, and if Mets pitchers turned their heads to watch the balls take flight, their necks would have buckled. Five homers, two by Aaron Judge, reinforced that after more than three months away due …
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Prior to Sunday night’s Mets-Yankees game at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees honored late Post sports photographer Anthony Causi with a moment of silence with his smiling face on the center-field scoreboard. Causi passed away April 12 due to the coronavirus at 48. The Mets and Yankees lined up on the field and in the dugouts …
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Brett Gardner is the longest tenured Yankee, so he has been a natural at advising younger players who seek advice about being part of the most famous baseball team in history. Smartly, Clint Frazier has relied on Gardner. “He and I have had some conversations, not necessarily just recently, but over the years and just …
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Imagine trying to forecast a season when you can’t even, well, forecast a season. Will this major league schedule start, continue, finish? Those are mysteries that dominate 2020 more than who will win a division or an award. But for the purposes of sanity and normalcy, let us go through the exercise and appreciate that …
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The Mets got good and hammered Saturday night at Citi Field, the Yankees handing them a 9-3 loss thanks in large part to a ninth inning that looked an awful lot like the fever dreams that haunted their fans most of last year. It was exactly the kind of game we’ve seen at Citi Field …
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Before the Yankees’ first spring training 2.0 game Saturday night against the Mets at Citi Field, Aaron Boone spoke glowingly about his club’s reserves. “I really like our depth and in the first couple of weeks I think it is going to be important that you lean on that depth a little bit, keep guys …
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The strange career of suspended Yankees right-hander Domingo German took another turn Saturday, with German reversing course and insisting he isn’t retiring from baseball. “Baseball is my life and I promise I am not walking away,’’ German posted on Instagram on Saturday, a day after the 27-year-old strongly hinted his career was over. On Friday, …