Top 10 Derek Jeter Moments

June 26, 1974, 40 years ago today:  Charles and Dorothy Jeter discover a crashed Kryptonian spacecraft while driving through Pequannock, New Jersey. Inside, they find a baby boy. They take him home a…

Yanks Survive Nuno Start, Weak Bats, to Beat Mariners

My Grandma -- a Dodger fan turned Met fan from Queens, whose 90th birthday would have been last week -- said, "It's not how good you are when you play good, it's how good you are when yo…

Mission Impossible: Mr. Phelps vs. King Felix

Remember Mission: Impossible ? The 1960s TV show, not the insult to the fans that is the Tom Cruise movie franchise, which did to that show what J.J. Abrams did to Star Trek . Peter Graves played Jim…

Who Will Be the Next "Face of Baseball"?

Last year, it was Mariano Rivera's turn to have a "farewell tour," with every opposing team essentially giving him a "day" in his last appearance in that ballpark. This year, …

Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part III: 1983-2001

July 4, 1983, Yankee Stadium.  Both teams have changed tremendously in 5 years. The rivalry has fallen a bit. Despite the opponent and the 4th of July holiday, only 41,077 fans come out to The Stadiu…

Detroit's All-Time Baseball Team

I was pleased to see that the team the Yankees would face on August 30, 2006, what would have been my the 100th birthday of my grandfather, an original "Bleacher Creature," was the Tigers, …