Old Yankee Stadium Facts

Original Yankee Stadium

1. The old stadium was called, "The House that Ruth Built."
2. Players names were placed in white chalk above the lockers.
3. Took 500 workers 185 days to complete the construction of the stadium.
4. After Ruth died in 1948 they held a viewing where more than 100,000 fans showed up.
5. When Negro League teams played at the Stadium, they were not allowed to use the Yankee dressing rooms. Instead they used the visitor dressing rooms.
6. The last homerun at Old Yankee Stadium was on September 30, 1973 was Duke Sims.

Severino gets the go-ahead in today's game, still searching for his first win against Hill and the Athletics. Game time is at 7:05 p.m.

Yankees vs. Athletics Game Preview

Pineda will be facing Sturkamp in today's match-up against the Oakland Athletics. New York is looking to revive there offense at the plate while the Athletics continue to struggle, stranding 84 runs since the beginning of the season. But New York isn't any better, only going 4-for-57 with runners in scoring position.

If anything both of these teams need to get out of this slump. New York just got out of there slump. Hopefully Pineda and the Yankees can capitalize in these next three games. They need to improve or this season isn't looking very good. I think Pineda will get the job done today's game. Both teams have something to prove.

Game time: 7:05 p.m. at Yankee Stadium.

Yankees Vs. Mariners Game Preview

Tonight's game will be against the Seattle Mariners. Severino gets the ball in tonight's start against Karns, both are still looking for there first wins of the season. Game time will be at 7:05 p.m. at Yankee Stadium. It's going to be one interesting night since Robinson Cano will be returning to the Bronx but not in pinstripes. 

"I understand [why they act the way they do]," Cano said. "I agree with them. I'm not there anymore. It's not like you're going to cheer for [someone on the opposing team the way you'd cheer for] one of your guys. I have fun with it. I don't have any complaints about Yankees fans. They remember me and supported me, and it's something I'm always going to appreciate."

We will see the reactions later tonight. Maybe he will be cheered on for the 9 years he played for the Yankees or will he be booed for leaving. I get he left because business is business. If he didn't like the contract they offered Cano, at least they gave it there best shot. I'm sure people will be excited to see him back in action.

This should be a good game. New York is looking to bounce back from there tough series loss to the Blue Jays. There bats fell short in the last two games. They hope to gain some ground with Severino on the mound.

Final: New York 3 - Toronto 2 Game Recap

Last night was definitely a good performance by the New York Yankees winning 3-2 against one of there toughest tests of the year. Last season the Yankees were on a roll but the only the that kept hurting New York's second half of the season were the Blue Jays. 

New York entered the sixth inning trailing 2-1 until McCann hit a homerun to tie the game at two. Jacoby Ellsbury scored the winning run with his go-ahead single in the seventh inning. It's great to see some life in Ellsbury because he has been taking hits lately because of his poor performance at the plate. 

Masahiro was a lot better in this start, only giving up two runs over five innings. He only lasted five innings due to his high pitch count. He needs to keep working, he's still not at his best. But he got the job done last night regardless. Tanaka is still looking for his first win of the season. Overall this was a very good game.

Pineda gets the mound in tonight's start against Happ and the Blue Jays. Game time is at 7:07 p.m. at the Rogers Centre.

Yankee World Series Facts

1. It's pretty well known that New York has the most World Series Championship wins, at 27.
2. Mickey Mantle has 18 world series homeruns which is the most in history.
3. Yogi Berra played in more world series games than any other Yankee catcher in history.
4. Casey Stengel and Joe McCarthy have the most titles as managers.
5.  Mariano Rivera pitched in the most World Series games.
6. New York at least have won two titles in each decade accept for the 1980's. That shows they can be pretty consistent. 
7. Jeter was the only player in history to be named All-Star Game MVP and and World Series MVP in the year 2000. 

Game time for tonight is at 8:10 p.m. and watch Tanaka looking for his first win of the season against Justin Verlander.

(This game has officially been postponed.)

Final: New York 8 - Detroit 4

New York managed to pull away in this game, and a lot of the credit has got to go to Sabathia looking pretty decent in his first start not allowing any hits/runs until the 4th inning. Castro continues to stay hot for the Yankees and A-Rod smashed his first homerun of the 2016 season. I would say today's game was a good one for the Bronx Bombers!