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3 days ago
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Game on! Yankees Old-Timers' Day 2025 features return of traditional alumni baseball game
TORONTO – It's game on at Yankees Old-Timers' Day this year. In honoring the 25th anniversary of their 2000 World Series championship team on Aug. 9, the Yankees are also planning to host the traditional Old-Timers' Day baseball game. They haven't played one of those at Yankee Stadium since 2019, opting last year for an on-field Q&A session that included Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre. The manager of that 2000 World Series championship team that defeated the Mets in the Subway Series, Torre is scheduled to attend the 77th Old-Timers' Day. He'll be joined by nine Monument Park inductees, seven players who've had their numbers retired by the Yankees, and a few first-time invitees. Roger Clemens makes Yankees Old-Timers' Day debut Roger Clemens leads the list of first-time invitees for Yankees Old-Timers' Day this year. Which Yankees from 2000 World Series team will be at Old-Timers' Day? Yankees' Hall of Fame captain Derek Jeter is not among the attendees, but several of his 2000 Yankee teammates are scheduled to be present, including Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Paul O'Neill, David Cone and Dwight Gooden. Graig Nettles returns for Yankees Old-Timers' Day Also, Graig Nettles is due to make his first return to the Stadium in years, joining 1977-78 world champion teammates including Ron Guidry and Lou Piniella. What time does Yankees Old-Timers' Day game start? To witness the ceremonies prior to the Yankees' scheduled 2:05 p.m. game against the Houston Astros, fans are requested to be seated by noon for Old-Timers' Day introductions by master of ceremonies Michael Kay. Yankees Old-Timers' Day: Full list of invitees (Alphabetical list according to the Yankees. * = First-time attendees): Jesse Barfield Clay Bellinger Aaron Boone Homer Bush Chris Chambliss Roger Clemens* David Cone Johnny Damon Bucky Dent Brian Doyle John Flaherty Dwight Gooden Ron Guidry Orlando 'El Duque'' Hernandez David Justice* Jill Martin (widow of Billy Martin) Tino Martinez Lee Mazzilli Ramiro Mendoza Gene Monaham Diana Munson (widow of Thurman Munson) Kay Murcer (widow of Bobby Murcer) Graig Nettles Paul O'Neill Andy Pettitte Lou Piniella Jorge Posada Willie Randolph Mariano Rivera Mickey Rivers Luis Sojo Alfonso Soriano* Shane Spencer Mike Stanton Joe Torre Jose Vizcaino* Roy White Bernie Williams This article originally appeared on Yankees Old-Timers' Day 2025: List of players includes 2000 World Series team
New York Post
11-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Keith Hernandez nearly gets drilled by foul ball in SNY Mets booth — and didn't realize: ‘Dangerous'
Keith Hernandez had zero clue that a ball almost drilled him. During the second game of Thursday's doubleheader between the Mets and the Orioles, Hernandez was inches away from being struck by a foul ball hit by Baltimore outfielder Cedric Mullins while in the SNY booth at Camden Yards. 'Cedric Mullins fouls one back this way,' play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen said during the seventh inning of the nightcap. 'And that went right past Keith's ear and he never saw it.' Following the play, the camera then showed a slow-motion replay from inside the broadcasting booth, where a ball zips past Hernandez's head while he was looking toward the ground. Hernandez appeared to not be paying attention as he took quite some time to react to the ball that nearly hit him. The SNY crew then shared a long laugh about the incident, with Cohen saying how the former Mets first baseman was lucky the ball missed him. 'I mean we can laugh about it now,' Cohen said. 'But if that ball was just a few feet more to the left, you could've been done for the season.' Hernandez interjected, 'That could have been dangerous.' 'Or maybe forever,' Cohen continued. 'You could have been back in the incinerator.' Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez celebrate 20 years on SNY. SNY Hernandez, 71, attributed the near-miss to his eyes and reflexes, which are apparently starting to slip, he said. 'My eyes are going on me and so are my reflexes,' Hernandez said. In addition to Cohen and Hernandez, the Orioles announcers also poked fun at the incident, saying that the 17-year MLB veteran likely caught the ball. Mets Keith Hernandez is introduced to the crowd during Old Timers Day celebration before the game when the New York Mets played the Colorado Rockies Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at Citi Field in Queens. for the NY POST 'Well Keith Hernandez is in there, and he was a pretty good first baseman he probably caught it,' MASN's Ben McDonald said. McDonald then joked about how shaken up the SNY crew was, saying the pair 'looked like they just called a doubleheader today.' 'We gotta get them boys some coffee over there,' the former Orioles pitcher continued. Fellow Baltimore announcer Kevin Brown followed up with praise for the SNY booth, calling the pair 'elite.' 'Those guys, and baseball fans know it, are just elite,' Brown said. 'They are so fun to watch and to listen to.'
New York Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Juan Soto is ‘very, very glum' inside Mets' clubhouse: Michael Kay
Juan Soto is 'glum' around the Mets' clubhouse and he wanted to return to the Yankees last offseason before signing a historic 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets, Yanks' broadcaster Michael Kay claimed on his radio show on Monday. Soto has faced intense scrutiny after his less-than-stellar return to The Bronx over the weekend, which has included knocks on how hard he runs after hits to his apparent happiness in Queens. Kay prefaced his comments on his show – 'The Michael Kay Show' – by saying that he had spoken to people involved with the Yankees and the Mets, and he had arrived at 8 a.m. before Saturday's game, and 'really talked for hours with people.' Advertisement 'People that I talked to on the Mets side, and they can deny it publicly, because, of course, that's what they have to do, he is very, very glum around the clubhouse,' Kay said, according to Awful Announcing. 'He does not have a hop in his step. He does not smile much. I'm not gonna say he is unhappy. Because how can you be unhappy with a $765 million contract? But money is not a guarantee that you are gonna be comfortable somewhere.' 3 Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets reacts after he strikes out in the fifth inning at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Bronx, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST So what exactly made him join the Mets? Advertisement Kay claimed that Soto wanted to remain a Yankee and that it had been his family that pushed him to sign with the Mets because they 'felt very comfortable around Alex and Steve Cohen.' 'Why isn't he happy? It comes down to this. I'll say it now, and it will be denied. Of course, it has to be denied. But I have talked to people that I respect. He wanted to return to the Yankees,' Kay said. 'That was his preference. His family said, 'You are going to the Mets.' His family felt very comfortable around Alex and Steve Cohen. And they said, 'You are going to the Mets.' And he is a guy that listens to his family. So I think at this point, he is probably a bit down, pouting a bit. And then to come into Yankee Stadium with three straight sellout crowds, at a place that was his Field of Dreams. It became his Field of Nightmares over the weekend.' It was the second report that surfaced on Monday related to Soto's happiness in Flushing. Advertisement 3 Michael Kay during the New York Yankees Old Timers Day on August 24, 2024 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 3 Juan Soto (22) in the outfield as New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) bats when the New York Yankees played the New York Mets Sunday, May 18, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post In a column published by Bob Klapisch reported that the 'Mets' hierarchy' was 'concerned about Soto's lack of enthusiasm for his new team.' 'The only time Soto seemed happy this weekend was while he interacted with Judge, manager Aaron Boone and second baseman Jazz Chisholm during batting practice,' he wrote. Advertisement The scrutiny over Soto is sure to ratchet up with the slugger and the Mets in the middle of a slump. Soto had just one hit in four at-bats on Monday night in the Mets' 3-1 loss to the Red Sox.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The First Home Run of a Yankees Legend Came on May 4
May 4 doesn't always jump off the page in Yankees history. But in 1997, it quietly became the start of a legacy that will be remembered forever in the Bronx and throughout baseball. That afternoon in Kansas City, a 25-year-old catcher named Jorge Posada stepped into the box against Royals right-hander Jim Converse and crushed a ball. He sent it over the fence for his first home run in the big leagues. It was the beginning of the last Yankees' dynasty. Advertisement It was really an unassuming moment at the time. The home run came in the seventh inning of a Yankees win, but looking back, it was the first flash of what Posada would become. The numbers he put up the rest of his career speak for themselves: 275 career home runs, five All-Star selections, five Silver Sluggers, four World Series rings. He was a 'true Yankee,' spending 17 seasons in the Bronx and never playing for another team. Posada was more than those numbers. He was considered the heartbeat behind the plate. He was tough, smart, and steady. Posada was a cornerstone of the Core Four. Derek Jeter's best friend. New York Yankees legend Jorge Posada at Old Timers Day in 2024 at Yankee Stadium. © Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images And Posada will always be a key part of the Yankees' storied history. Advertisement Ironically, his first homer wasn't hit in front of a packed house in the Bronx. It came on a spring day in Missouri with little fanfare. Posada would go on to homer in the World Series, catch no-hitters, mentor generations of pitchers, and help define an era of Yankees baseball. But May 4, 1997, was the day a legacy began quietly in Kansas City. Related: Yankees Hold Shortstop Out of Game Following Shoulder Issue Related: Yankees Want a Right-Handed Hitter, But Not That All-Star Third Baseman
