It’s a bummer we have to wait another 24 hours before the Greatest Pitcher on the Planet (as I’m going to call him) Gerrit Cole takes the mound and fires the first pitch of the Yankees 2022 season. It’s like moving Christmas to the next day. But, as someone that was at the two-part 2008 […]
There have been plenty of competing opinions on the Yankees’ off-season, and there’s certainly no shortage in a difference of opinion among the Pinstripe Perspective Staff. Let’s look at where some of us stand heading into this season with our off-season grades. Matthew Jarrel: C- Make no mistake: the Yankees are going to be competitive […]
If there’s one thing that all Yankees fans wanted after flaming out against the Boston Red Sox in the 2021 Wild Card Game at Fenway Park, it was a big name free agent to heal the wound. But in unsurprising fashion, those big names came and went, seemingly without much of an effort from the […]
After 99 days of a brutal, stressful lockout, Opening Day is just a couple of weeks away! How great is that to say? I’ve caught a couple of the Yanks spring training games so far. No, they don’t mean anything, but they’re fun to watch. Below are my predictions for every division and the World […]
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“We can talk about our revenues but you got to pay attention to the expenses too and we’ve got some significant ones. It was a tough two years.” Hey, that’s Rob Manfred’s music! After 99 days of MLB owners crying poor, this was an all-too-familiar refrain. Hal Steinbrenner did little yesterday to assuage Yankees fans’ […]
After 98 long days (at least 43 of which were waiting on the league to make an offer, let’s never forget that), Major League Baseball and its Players Association have reached a tentative deal on a new 5-year collective bargaining agreement, ending the owner-imposed lockout. Interestingly enough, the Yankees voted against the proposal, but nonetheless […]
Despite hours and hours of face-to-face negotiations and a fun night of optimistic tweets that brought a bit too much false hope to baseball Twitter, the inevitable has occurred. This afternoon, Major League Baseball and the Players’ Union reached a stalemate and left the bargaining table with no plans to return. The owner-imposed lockout continues […]
The New York Yankees have a long and storied history of stellar first base play. The names read off like a list of Cooperstown residents and would-be occupants: Gehrig, Mattingly, Martinez, Skowron, Teixeira and Giambi. Is Matt Olson next on this list? Let’s talk about it. The Bird Was the Word Greg Bird was supposed […]
If you know me, or have for whatever reason read my articles throughout the years, you know that I am a day one Gary Sanchez apologist. Through all his struggles, I’ve been right by his side. Now, that’s not going to change heading into the 2022 season, but I’d be lying if I said Kyle […]