Last Sunday the Yankees honored Mariano Rivera — by any measure the greatest closer in baseball history — with a majestic ceremony befitting a player who showed class both on and off the field. Chants echoed throughout the Stadium. Fans said goodbye and gave Mo several standing ovations. Perhaps Thursday night’s final home appearance for […]

Perhaps you’ve heard that Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer in the history of baseball, will be retiring after the 2013 season. As the Yankees have all but been eliminated from postseason contention (the team’s elimination number stands at one heading into Wednesday’s game versus the Rays), the stage is set for Rivera’s final home game […]

We hear a lot about “East Coast Bias” in the media. But there’s another East Coast Bias at play in Major League Baseball — scheduling and travel. The West Coast teams — particularly Seattle — get a raw deal when it comes to travel during the season. Whether it’s multiple trips to the East Coast […]

Less than a week before the U.S. Open starts at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY on August 26 and it appears we may have a surprise threat to Serena Williams, the defending women’s champion and the top-ranked female tennis player in the world. Is it Maria “I’m not really changing my name […]

Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game may have been a bit of a disappointment for fans of offense, but my experience at Citi Field provided plenty of thrills and chills. The evening at the Mets’ home ballpark during the AL’s 3-0 win had a little bit of everything — big strikeouts from Matt Harvey, a hit […]

NEW YORK — Curtis Granderson hasn’t been able to contribute much to the Yankees on the field this season due to a broken hand, but that hasn’t stopped the center fielder from contributing off the field with his Grand Kids Foundation. Established in 2007 when Granderson played with the Detroit Tigers, the three-time All-Star has […]

Before Matt Harvey. Before Stephen Strasburg. Before Clayton Kershaw. Before Kerry Wood. Before all the pitching phenoms in the past 25 years, there was Dwight “Doc” Gooden. The flamethrower who burst onto the New York baseball scene with the Mets in 1984 at the preposterously young age of 19 was more than a phenom — […]

NEW YORK — Chris Davis, Prince Fielder and Pedro Alvarez aren’t the only power-hitters going for glory during the MLB All-Star festivities. With all due respect to the star sluggers slated to send moonshots over the Citi Field fence in Monday night’s All-Star Home Run Derby, fans can enjoy another exciting power display by team […]

If you’re a baseball fan who loves good food and hates cancer, then MasterCard’s new “Dig In and Do Good” campaign should be right in your wheelhouse. Last night, at an event at the MLB Fan Cave in New York City, MasterCard and Stand Up 2 Cancer launched this new campaign with the help of […]

The 2013 All-Star Game takes place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. As has become tradition, statues were placed all around the host city representing each team in the league. This year, on the tenth anniversary of the first statues and the fifth anniversary of Statue of Liberty replicas all across New York City, […]

Today, we take the presence of Latino players in Major League Baseball for granted. Some of the biggest stars in the game are from Latin America, including Venezuela’s Miguel Cabrera, the Dominican Republic’s Robinson Cano and Puerto Rico’s Carlos Beltran. According to Fox News Latino, 24.2 percent of the players on 2013 Major League Opening […]

NEW YORK – The All-Star Game serves as a crown jewel showcase for baseball’s best talent as well as the host ballpark. For Citi Field, the Mets’ home since 2009 and the site of this year’s Midsummer Classic on July 16, the diverse and delicious food at the park represents a highlight of any in-game […]