More than 55,000 fans packed Shea Stadium on October 26, 2000, for the fifth game of the World Series. The “hometown” Mets trailed the reigning, defending, undisputed two-time World Series champion Yankees three games to one.
The stars were out in full force during the 2025 World Series. From Max Scherzer in Toronto to Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, and of course, Shohei Ohtani, in Los Angeles, there was no shortage of the game's best under the brightest lights.
“Do you believe in ‘due?’” It feels like I’ve heard Michael Kay ask or say some variation of that a thousand times over the last quarter-century. Anyway, if you believe in due, then you had to think the 2000 Yankees were close to snapping out of it.
During the regular season, there’s no better feeling than punching your ticket to October. Having taken the first step onto the long road to a championship, it’s a great opportunity to pop some champagne, let loose, and celebrate your accomplishments.
Twenty-five years ago today, Andy Pettitte took the mound for the Yankees in search of his 100th career win. Obviously, the 100-win mark is hardly as prestigious
Coming off a series loss to Cleveland, including a one-hit shutout at the hands of Bartolo Colón in the finale, it wasn’t quite a five-alarm fire in New York yet.
On February 18, 1999, the New York Yankees acquired Roger Clemens from the Toronto Blue Jays. Headlining the haul headed to Toronto: David “Boomer” Wells, who’d won 34 games for the Yankees the previous two seasons.
The first game of a critical rivalry series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park came out in favor of the visitors, but a scary injury and its aftermath were far more important than the game’s outcome, as they should have been.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
After an uneven 1999 campaign, a 28-year-old Andy Pettitte responded with a 2000 season that was pretty strong throughout. And on this day 25 years ago, he took the ball once more and looked in control again, carving through a dangerous Mariners lineup for most of the afternoon.
Anyone who has watched any amount of 2025 Yankees baseball is familiar with shoddy defense. Believe it or not, this iteration of the team did not invent the concept.
In the span of eight days in August 2000, the Anaheim Angels and New York Yankees competed in seven games and two separate series, one at the Big A and the other in the Bronx.
After avoiding the sweep in Anaheim in the final game of their three-game set, the 2000 Yankees headed on down to Arlington for three games against the Texas Rangers.
Andy Pettitte has done a lot in pinstripes. He’s won five World Series titles, has 219 of his career wins been for the Yankees, and he’s made more October starts than anyone in history.
Mark DeRosa, fresh off getting named Team USA's manager for the second World Baseball Classic in a row, has settled on his coaching staff for the 2026 tournament.
The New York Yankees returned to their winning ways on Thursday, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7. After a season-opening sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the Bronx, New York dropped the first two games against Arizona before salvaging Thursday’s win.
New York Yankees legend Andy Pettitte will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Thursday as the Yankees open up the season against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium.
One of the many benefits of playing for the New York Yankees is that there's no shortage of former stars around to provide tips and guidance. That's especially true during spring training, when many Yankees legends head down to Florida to help their old team prepare for the upcoming season.
If the New York Yankees are going to make the playoffs they are going to need a healthy Aaron Judge back as soon as possible and probably a trade or two to strengthen their lineup. But before any of that happens they are making some significant changes to their coaching staff.
On this day 19 years ago, the Lakers capped off the most dominant postseason in league history by winning Game 5 of the NBA Finals over the Philadelphia 76ers.
CC Sabathia contemporaries Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are more celebrated. But when it comes to consistency, few can approach Sabathia over the past three decades, Matt Whitener writes.
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In their storied history with multiple MLB championships, a New York Yankees pitcher has won 20 or more games in a single season 59 times. Can you name them all?