Yankees Magazine: Family Vacation
Oswaldo Cabrera is, by nature, a happy fellow, always smiling, always demonstrating genuine glee and good cheer. He has such a disarming “aww shucks” energy that it almost made his 2022 breakout somehow even more inconceivable. Where did this kid come from, and how is he doing this? Even as
Yankees Magazine: Ultimate validation for Yankees ace
Gerrit Cole understands just how difficult it is to win a Cy Young Award. He certainly appreciates how much it means to everyone around him: his teammates, his manager, the Yankees' front office and, of course, his family. When Cole took the stage at the annual New York Baseball Writers’
Yankees Magazine: Immeasurable Impact
Perhaps Aaron Judge should not have been surprised to learn that he had been named the recipient of Major League Baseball’s most prestigious individual honor, the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award. Bestowed annually since 1971, when Willie Mays was named winner of the inaugural “Commissioner’s Award,” the Clemente Award recognizes the
Yankees Magazine: Roster Shuffle
His heart rate was back to normal. The adrenaline that had been pumping through his body hours earlier had dissipated, and he could finally take a breath and reflect on what he had just done. But Gerrit Cole couldn’t fully relax -- not yet. It was Oct. 27, 2019, Game
Yankees Mag: Just like old times
With 27 World Series championship teams to choose from, Yankees fans can have a spirited debate over which one was the crème de la crème. Nearly a century after winning 110 games and sweeping Pittsburgh in the World Series, the 1927 “Murderers’ Row” team remains synonymous with dominance, while the
Yankees Mag: Historic Rematch
On a cool spring morning in May, University of Pittsburgh head football coach Pat Narduzzi had just finished a recruiting meeting in the Steel City. After he walked the prospective collegiate player to the front door of the state-of-the-art training facility that the Panthers share with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Narduzzi
Yankees Magazine: Jasson Domínguez, a space odyssey
When a ballplayer is so talented that the nickname “El Marciano” (“The Martian”) is bestowed before he has even touched a professional field, there are going to be a lot of high hopes. Given the nickname during his time on the Dominican Republic baseball circuit, Jasson Domínguez has had eyes
Yankees Mag: Quick Hit
Opening Day was a dream for Anthony Volpe, whose smile shined bright as the sun on that late March afternoon, but the rest of 2023 was a lesson in the roller-coaster life of a Major Leaguer. One of the best shortstops in the game all year, Volpe thrilled on the
Yankees Mag: Bauers’ Hour
If you didn’t predict the emergence of Jake Bauers this season, don’t feel bad -- you’re far from alone. As the 27-year-old slugger freely admits, everything that has happened in 2023 has been something of a surprise, even to him. Or if you prefer, you can take it from Yankees
Yankees Mag: Great Expectations
Gerrit Cole is used to it by now. Watchful eyes have been trained upon him since high school. Coaches, teammates, opponents, scouts, fans … not a baseball season goes by in which Cole’s performances aren’t dissected and analyzed from top to bottom by hordes of onlookers. As a former No.
Yankees Mag: Peach of a Guy
It’s easy to get caught up in the scenery on the street that leads up to Ron Blomberg’s home in Roswell, Georgia. Beautiful houses line both sides of the road, just about all of them sitting behind plush green yards. The large hemlock trees that line the pavement are even
Yankees Mag: Thorpedo
The components of a pitching prospect’s scouting report are pretty straight-forward: What do they throw, how well and how hard? Those three factors go into determining a prospect’s overall grade and where he ranks among his peers. For the Yankees’ No. 5 overall (and No. 2 pitching) prospect, Drew Thorpe,
Yankees Mag: Believe
Clarke Schmidt sat in the Yankees’ dugout, weighing the good and the bad. It was the type of early April afternoon that gives the barest hints of an impending summer, a day when 50-something degrees feels optimistically forward-thinking. Two days earlier, Schmidt -- who pitched mostly out of the bullpen
Yankees Mag: Coming ’Round the Mountain
On a picturesque June night in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are getting ready to take the field for a game against the Buffalo Bisons at PNC Field. The sun is out, and the scattered clouds fill the blue sky above Montage Mountain. From the third-base dugout, the view not
Yankees Mag: Roy’s Reflections
Roy White was a steady presence on Yankees teams during an era when the franchise was not at its best, part of the group that helped it return to greatness. For 15 seasons, beginning in September 1965, White was known for playing hard and providing consistency at the plate and
Yankees Mag: A Little Bit of Everything
There’s something magical about watching masters at work. You can settle into your seat and tremble through the excitement as the drama dawns, thrilled to watch the best in the world on the biggest stage. The emotions will mount to a crescendo as the hours pass, before the familiar notes
Yankees Mag: Lethal Weapon 2
It was early afternoon at Yankee Stadium, hours before the sidewalk on 161st Street would be congested with foot traffic. The fans would soon be pouring through the turnstiles, music from the public address system would blast away during batting practice. First pitch was just around the corner, another day
Yankees Mag: Next Level
Throughout all of sports, and especially in Minor League Baseball, players are taught never to look too far ahead. But when Will Warren planned out exactly when he wanted to reach each level of the Yankees’ farm system, the pitcher wasn’t getting ahead of himself; he was setting goals --
Yankees Mag: Surreal
On a cold December morning, still a little before 8 a.m., Harrison Bader drives up to Slave to the Grind, an old-school coffee shop in Bronxville, New York. He gets a parking spot in front of the busy establishment and then walks into the small building filled with the aroma
Yankees Mag: Midsummer Moments
Giancarlo Stanton isn’t known for being the most verbose player in the league; the star slugger tends to let his bat do the talking. When he does something special, it’s often left to others to put his achievements into perspective. After last year’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, when Stanton’s
Yankees Mag: All Revved Up
When Indianapolis, Indiana, is discussed in the context of sports, speed is usually part of the conversation. It is there, in the Midwestern city located almost 200 miles south of Chicago, that the nation’s most storied motorsports event has taken place for more than a century. Not far from the
Yankees Mag: Catching Hope
It was the question I had asked 162 times of 162 different people over the course of a year and a half. To have it asked of me, by Aaron Judge, will forever be a surreal ending to a project that started in my driveway and finished in center field
Yankees Mag: A time to every purpose under heaven
What profit has man in all his toil that he toils under the sun? -- Ecclesiastes 1:3
Yankees Magazine: Rear Guard
Relief pitching is Major League Baseball’s most volatile subdivision, where performance can swing wildly from year to year, month to month, game to game. New arms are called up; old ones get recycled at a quickened pace. “I’ve seen a lot of guys’ first pitches, and I’ve seen a lot
Yankees Magazine: The Trust Process
To some, the thought of a 6-foot-6 left-handed baseball player summons images of a towering figure on the mound, not in the batter’s box. Even though the current landscape of baseball has a guy the size of Aaron Judge holding court as one of the top hitters in the league,