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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Should Aaron Judge continue to bat second? Other than his high number of walks, he does not …
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Part 20 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees. There are some who look at Gary Sanchez and borrow from Peggy Lee’s hit song in 1969, “Is That All There Is”? Others, mesmerized by the catcher’s right-handed power, believe there is more to come from a bat that at times resembles Manny Ramirez’s. And …
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“The Last Dance’’ ends Sunday, completing five weeks of Phil Jackson being depicted in the most positive light during his run with the Bulls. Charley Rosen, Jackson’s confidant/biographer and his former Albany Patroons assistant, has appeared in two episodes. He’s still worried Jackson’s failed 3 ½-year run as Knicks president has hurt his perception in …
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Part 21 in a series analyzing the New York Mets. It’s been a long time since Amed Rosario was the Mets’ top prospect. Now that distinction belongs to Ronny Mauricio, the 19-year-old who finished last season at Class-A Columbia. Since the Mets signed Rosario for $1.75 million in 2012, he’s shown glimpses of promise, like …
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Another NFL player seems to be in trouble. Two days after Miramar, Florida, police announced arrest warrants for cornerbacks DeAndre Baker and Quinton Dunbar for armed robbery and aggravated assault, former Giant wide receiver Cody Latimer was arrested and charged on felony charges of assault in the second degree, menacing and illegal discharge of a …
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Read any good books during quarantine? I reached deep in my bookshelf and grabbed “The Fielding Bible: Volume III,” by John Dewan and Ben Jedlovec of Baseball Info Solutions. On page 63, I found this: “The most important defensive impact a catcher can have, that we’ve found we can measure, involves the ability to prevent …
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DeAndre Baker turned himself into the Miramar (Florida) Police Department on Saturday morning, his lawyer confirmed. Now the justice system will grind away to determine whether the Giants cornerback flushed his career away or will be exonerated. “Police reports are just that, reports of what was told to them or said to them,’’ Bradley Cohen, …
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Alex Rodriguez’s bid to become an MLB owner may be over for now, but the former slugger sure is acting like one. And that might make some baseball players livid. Rodriguez, who recently flirted with buying the Mets, implored players on Friday to cave into the owners’ demands and accept a 50 percent split of …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. There is so much talk about Giannis (Antetokounmpo) being a free agent in ’21 and his being …
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Bob Watson and Joe Torre were teammates on the 1973 NL All-Star team and Watson played for Torre for three years in Atlanta. But it was in The Bronx where the two made history, with Watson as the general manager when Torre and the Yankees won the World Series in 1996. “All of a sudden …
You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Should Aaron Judge continue to bat second? Other than his high number of walks, he does not …
