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The village on fire that is the Yankees received a helicopter bucket Saturday in the form of their 2-1 victory over the Mets, courtesy of an old-school bottom of the ninth inning that featured a Clint Frazier walk, a Jordy Mercer hit-and-run single and Erik Kratz’s safety squeeze attempt that sure seemed to compel old …
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Daniel Jones stood out. He was impossible to miss. There he was, his “no contact” jersey looking like a red dot at the center of a mass of blue and white, breaking down the team huddle before Friday night’s team scrimmage at gray and empty MetLife Stadium. Sometimes quarterbacks do this, but usually they do …
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The promising news for the Giants is that linebacker Lorenzo Carter resembled Lawrence Taylor in the first half of Friday night’s Blue-White scrimmage at MetLife Stadium. The discouraging flip side was that rookie Andrew Thomas and the offensive line played a part in making Carter look that dominant in a shaky initial game-situation performance by …
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The injury news keeps getting worse for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is headed back to the Injured List and it doesn’t sound like Gleyber Torres will be back anytime soon. On a Zoom call with fans Thursday, general manager Brian Cashman said Judge (calf strain) will be shelved twice as long as the first time …
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Three at-bats are what the Yankees got from Aaron Judge’s return from a strained calf and the injured list on Wednesday. When their anemic lineup gets the next one is unknown. Thursday, one day after Judge left the second game of a doubleheader against the Braves in Atlanta due a right calf issue, the right …
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The Yankees began a stretch of 35 games in 33 days with a doubleheader in Atlanta on Wednesday. It couldn’t have gone much worse. They dropped both ends of the twin bill, with Gerrit Cole beaten in the first game, as the Yankees lost 5-1 in seven innings. And then they dropped the second game …
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Jason Garrett was aware of Patrick Graham “from afar’’ but did not know him, despite their shared experience in the NFL for more than a decade. Joe Judge brought these two together as two of his top lieutenants on his first Giants coaching staff, and the professional relationship has taken off. “He’s been a real …
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Not at every position and certainly not where new head coach Joe Judge has little choice but to rely on those who were here last season. When it comes time for the Giants to put the finishing touches on their roster, though, the unexpected figures to be front and center and the norm will likely …
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Around the scheduled end time for a two-hour practice, Joe Judge called the Giants together and cut the music. It quickly became clear over the silence that this wasn’t the end. This was a new beginning. Judge ripped his team with colorful language during a short pause in an otherwise nonstop practice on a hot …
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Directors of player health and performance, Casey Stengel once said, are like umpires and weather forecasters. We talk about them only when things go wrong on their watch. (OK, you got me. Casey surely never uttered the words “directors of player health and performance” in that exact order. Just plug in “Railroad conductors” or “Milkmen” …
The village on fire that is the Yankees received a helicopter bucket Saturday in the form of their 2-1 victory over the Mets, courtesy of an old-school bottom of the ninth inning that featured a Clint Frazier walk, a Jordy Mercer hit-and-run single and Erik Kratz’s safety squeeze attempt that sure seemed to compel old …
