Happy Birthday: Johnny Gill (And Others)

May 22, 2017By Patrick Moran

Happy Birthday to former New Edition, LSG and solo singer Johnny Gill, who turns 51 today (dayum, your boy’s getting old).  Gill rose to prominence in 1987 when taking Bobby Brown’s spot in New Edition after Brown got booted from the group.   Gill became a solo star around three years later when his 1990 album … Read More

Happy Derek Jeter Day

May 14, 2017By Patrick Moran

Happy Derek Jeter Day, ya’ll. The New York Yankees retire Jeter’s No. 2 tonight before the Yanks take on Houston at the Stadium. The festivities will be televised on ESPN. In honor of tonight’s historic event, check out some of Jeter’s career highlights on this montage I found on Youtube, originally posted by Colin Fitzgerald.

Five Unheralded Yanks Dominating Fantasy Baseball

May 8, 2017By Patrick Moran

If you drafted any of these Yankees and/or snagged them off the waiver wire early in the season, odds are you’re probably doing very well in your fantasy baseball league. The following five Yanks entered the season with precious little fantasy fanfare (except for arguably Judge), yet have been explosive over the first month of … Read More

Yanks Literally Turning Their Fortunes Around

May 4, 2017By Patrick Moran

The Yankees are literally turning their fortunes around from where they were a year ago.  Last night’s come from behind 8-6 victory over the Blue Jays saw them improve to 17-9 in 2017.  A year ago at this it was the complete opposite with New York off to a 9-17 start.  They find themselves a … Read More

Thoughts: Greg Bird Lands On DL

May 3, 2017By Patrick Moran

The Yankees placed first basemen Greg Bird on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday with a bruised right ankle. The 24-year old has been (mostly) playing on the sore ankle since fouling a ball off it during a spring training game in late March.  Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Bird had a MRI in New York … Read More

Yanks 7, White Sox 3 #WelcomeBackMatt

April 17, 2017By Patrick Moran

One of my best friends, a Yankee fanatic begins each season with a simple Facebook status that reads “162-0” in honor of his favorite team finishing the regular season undefeated. With each corresponding Yankee loss that figure adds one to the right side.  After the first give games, his status read “158-4”. The way things … Read More

Yanks 9, Cards 3 #UnbeatableAtHome

April 16, 2017By Patrick Moran

Literally around 24 hours ago I wrote that Greg Bird should spend some time in the minors to work on a swing that looked overmatched for MLB pitching.  To quote the great Chris Jericho, I am a “stupid idiot”. After tonight I think Bird may win a battle title.  Entering the game with one hit … Read More

Yanks 3, Cards 2 #SixPackOfWins

April 15, 2017By Patrick Moran

Last night I said the New York Yankees were victorious in one of the more exciting games I’ve seen in quite some time.  This afternoon they won in one if the weirder ones. The Bombers did a lot of whiffing at the plate; striking out a franchise record-tying 17 times.  However, they also drew eight … Read More

Yanks 4, Cards 3 #ClutchClippard

April 14, 2017By Patrick Moran

Watching winning baseball is a lot of fun. While I wouldn’t exactly say the world’s at my feet, at least I had a handful of respectful Friday night options.  Ultimately I decided to reward the New York Yankees for a solid week of work by grabbing a pizza, two liter of cola and staying in … Read More

Yanks 3, Rays 2 #SevyAndHicksShow

April 13, 2017By Patrick Moran

It took nine games to arrive there but the New York Yankees got over the .500 hump tonight. Aaron Hicks went deep twice to deliver all the offense, Luis Severino was superb on the bump and the highly touted tandem of Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman closed the door on the Tampa Rays as the … Read More