• Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    Gerrit Cole shows Yankees he can thrive while grinding: Sherman

    In any other season, Gerrit Cole is the main story and two sidebars. What did you eat for breakfast and how did you feed the Nationals their lunch? No detail would be too small. This is what it is like when you are the big new Yankee making his debut. Whether your name is Clemens …
  • Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    Yankees win rain-shortened opener as Gerrit Cole thrives in debut

    WASHINGTON — What Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of when he dropped an ocean of money on Gerrit Cole in December came to life Thursday on a stormy late July evening. Nothing about this baseball season has been normal. Spring training vanished in the middle of March due to the coronavirus and the invisible COVID-19 dances into …
  • Yankees-Nationals Opening Day could get rained out

    Yankees-Nationals Opening Day could get rained out

    We’ve waited this long for the 2020 season to get underway, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and a labor dispute — so why shouldn’t the Yankees and Nationals have to wait another day because of rain? Thursday night’s season opener for both teams is in danger of being postponed by rain, with a shaky forecast …
  • Max Scherzer look-alike will confuse Nationals, Yankees fans

    Max Scherzer look-alike will confuse Nationals, Yankees fans

    They say that somewhere in the world there is someone who looks just like you, and it just so happens that Max Scherzer’s doppelgänger resides five miles from Nationals Park. “I was at a grocery store [in 2015] going down the aisle and a random guy was yelling at me, ‘Hey Max, Max,’ and I …
  • Max Scherzer takes another shot at MLB owners amid contentious talks

    Max Scherzer takes another shot at MLB owners amid contentious talks

    Nationals ace Max Scherzer flung another high-and-inside pitch at Major League Baseball owners. The three-time Cy Young winner, who serves as a member of the MLBPA’s executive subcommittee, continues to be outspoken in the midst of salary disputes between the players union and MLB. Scherzer took to Twitter Wednesday to unload another jab at team …
  • Foley’s closing leaves city without piece of its heart

    Foley’s closing leaves city without piece of its heart

    There was never a bad time to go to Foley’s, of course, but the very best were those late hours each January after the baseball writers’ dinner, because that’s when the very best element of Foley’s was on display. There were writers crowding those tables, of course, some of them dressed in their once-a-year black-tie …
  • Mark Teixeira: MLB should be back, but owners better not ‘break’ union

    Mark Teixeira: MLB should be back, but owners better not ‘break’ union

    Mark Teixeira said he was “cautiously optimistic” Major League Baseball and the Players Association would come to an agreement in the coming weeks to allow for there to be an abbreviated season. But the retired Yankee added if the two sides don’t come together, there could be dire consequences for the sport. “I would hate …
  • Max Scherzer rips MLB: Players won’t negotiate ‘second pay cut’

    Max Scherzer rips MLB: Players won’t negotiate ‘second pay cut’

    If the players and owners are running out of time to restart the 2020 baseball season by early July, they sure don’t appear to be running out of words. The tense negotiations exploded once more Wednesday night when Nationals veteran pitcher Max Scherzer, a member of the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive subcommittee, tweeted …