Category Archives: Manhattan

Steinbrenner calls Yankees ‘scrappy’

Posted on May 17, 2013 by admin

One word which is never usually associated with the New York Yankees is “scrappy.” Powerful, favored, high-priced and sometimes maybe even underachieving are words more apt to be used in describing the makeup of the team. That was until Hal Steinbrenner referred to his team with the S-word in describing the depleted Yankees’ surprisingly success a quarter into the 2013 season and holding forth on his commitment to get the payroll below the luxury-tax threshold of $189 million for 2014. “I’m proud of them, my family’s proud of them,”said Steinbrenner following an owner’s meeting at Major League Baseball’s Manhattan headquarters Thursday. “They’ve been fighting hard all year long, and despite significant adversity, they’ve persevered. It’s fun to watch. They’re scrappy. Coming from behind, it seems like certain times in the past, it’s not something you had confidence in.” The Yankees are 25-16 and in first place, a game ahead Continue reading →

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Prince Harry Hits Home Run Off Mark Teixeira During Visit to Harlem RBI Field (Photos)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

While it may have been more fun to see Mark Teixeira try to play cricket, we’ll settle for seeing Prince Harry play baseball. The British royal was in New York on Tuesday as part of his trip around the United States, and he capped off a day that included a stop on the Jersey shore and a ride on a double-decker bus through Manhattan with a little modern rounders action. Harry and Teixeira, who has been out of pinstripes for the Yankees this season after landing himself on the disabled list with a wrist injury from hitting off a tee, got their hacks in at the Harlem RBI field. It’s not the first sporting event Harry has attended on his visit — he checked out some American football and cheerleading the other day. Harry didn’t seem to have trouble adjusting to America’s game of bats and balls. “Great swing,” Teixeira said, according to USA Today. “Three for three. For a guy who’s never played baseball before, to hit three line drives in a row, that’s pretty impressive.” Also impressive — a Continue reading →

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Jeter seen wearing protective footwear

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin

Hot on the heels of the news that Alex Rodriguez got the okay to start working out in Tampa next week, Derek Jeter was spotted stepping out around Manhattan Thursday wearing a bulky protective boot on his left foot. The Yankees captain was spotted in the West Village, hobbling to his car with the protective boot on his surgically-repaired left ankle, reported The New York Daily News. Jeter, at a press conference last week at Yankee Stadium, said that he planned on returning to the field “soon,” but wouldn’t give a specific timetable. The 38-year-old shortstop broke his ankle during the ALCS last October and suffered a setback in spring training, derailing his plans to be ready for Opening Day. “I’ve been told this bone will heal and when it heals I’ll be ready to go,” a smiling Jeter said last week. “It’s frustrating that I can’t magically make it heal sooner than it’s taking, but I have no doubt I’ll be back.” Jeter hasn’t been seen Continue reading →

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Jeter boots it though Manhattan

Posted on May 2, 2013 by admin

Derek Jeter is back in New York, but he doesn’t appear ready to return to the diamond.         Continue reading →

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Robinson Cano shows off his stickball skills up in Harlem

Posted on May 2, 2013 by admin

Yes, that was Robinson Cano jacking a Spaldeen into girders underneath the 125th Street Viaduct Thursday afternoon. And no, the New York Yankees second baseman isn’t moonlighting for a stickball team. Cano was spotted whacking some balls into the stratosphere for a magazine photo shoot on the far Westside of Manhattan during the team’s day off. It looked like the slugger’s All-Star Home Run Derby  appearance all over again.  The only thing missing was his dad lobbing in the pitches. It also looks like Cano’s new agency, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, already got the Yankees upcoming free agent a little work on the side — just in case the Bronx Bombers play hardball. Continue reading →

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CC to be honored at Munson Dinner

Posted on February 2, 2013 by admin

Yankees ace CC Sabathia will receive a “Thurman” — an award for on-field excellence and community service — at the 33rd annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner, established in honor of the late Yankees captain, Tuesday night at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan. Along with Sabathia, the Mets Ike Davis, Chris Canty of the Giants, former Knick Greg Anthony and U.S. Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman will receive Thurmans. Yankees pitcher David Phelps will also be honored with the Rising Star Award. Continue reading →

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Rivera healthy, ready to go

Posted on January 23, 2013 by admin

Enter Sandman. Mariano Rivera has accomplished some amazing feats in his surefire Hall-of-Fame career. However, this one might be near the top. It appears as if Rivera will return to a major league mound for the start of the 2013 season, less than a year after he crumpled to the ground on the Kansas City Royals’ warning-track with a torn ACL. Oh, he just turned 43-years-young. Last night at radio host Ed Randall’s “Fans 4 the Cure” cancer charity event in Manhattan, Rivera claimed a clean bill of health. “I feel great,” he said. A few weeks ago, Rivera said the knee was at 95 percent, but that the remaining five would come quickly. He should be beginning his throwing any day, if he hasn’t already. Rivera’s throwing program is starting earlier this year to make up for lost time in 2012. Usually, Rivera strolls into the Yankee Spring Training complex a few days after pitchers and catchers report, well, because he’s Mariano Rivera. However, this year, he will likely use all the time he can g Continue reading →

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Jeter’s gal Hannah Davis is frontrunner for Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

Posted on January 10, 2013 by admin

Derek Jeter’s latest girlfriend, Hannah Davis, has apparently made a big splash during her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue photo shoot and is believed to be a frontrunner for this year’s prized cover shot. The 22-year-old Ralph Lauren and Victoria’s Secret model is being compared to last year’s SI swimsuit sensation and cover girl, Kate Upton, according to the New York Post. The shoots have just wrapped up, and we’re told green-eyed Davis made a “rare, huge first impression” on the SI editors for her rookie issue, a source said. Davis, who was spotted clubbing with the 38-year-old Jeter in August and meeting him at Manhattan’s Gramercy Park Hotel in December, has stuck with Jeter through thick and thin — literally. The Yankees shortstop is rehabbing from ankle surgery and put on a few pounds after the October operation but that didn’t stop him from hobbling up to the Gramercy in his walking boot for a rendezvous with Davis.  When last seen at a Knicks Continue reading →

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Jeter spotted in NYC with model

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

Derek Jeter — whether chubby, fat or just photographed at an odd angle — still looks better than most people — and has the women to prove it. On Monday night, the New York Yankees shortstop was back in New York and spotted rekindling a romance with an old flame in a romantic Manhattan setting. Jeter was seen at the Gramercy Park Hotel with pretty brunette model Hannah Davis, reports The New York Post. “They were in the hotel bar late,” said a spy. “They got on the elevator and went upstairs.  he mentioned to the waitress that he hadn’t seen her in a month because she doesn’t like Florida, but he’s working on changing that.” Funny, because it was beginning to sound like Jeets just couldn’t fit through the door of his St. Petersburg mansion after reports that New York’s No. 1 bachelor had added some poundage during his off season recovery from ankle surgery. Davis, meanwhile, has no problem squeezing into a tiny swimsuit. Jeter had been spending time in M Continue reading →

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CC’s wild ride to rehab

Posted on November 7, 2012 by admin

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Needing to get from New Jersey to Manhattan for rehabilitation of his elbow following surgery, CC Sabathia had to deal with the minimum of three passengers per car imposed on some bridges following Superstorm Sandy. “He had to go in with two people in his car so he could get in to see the therapist,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday. Yankees trainer Steve Donahue drove with a buddy to meet Sabathia, and they rode with the left-hander into the city. Continue reading →

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