In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for theNew York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at thePost, serving as the Yankees beat rep...
Ruth had a “fat strap” sewn into the tail of his jersey -- a length of material that would come up under his legs and tie to buttonholes at the front bottom of his jersey to keep it from coming untucked as he competed.
who watched the Yankees take batting practice and posed for pictures on the field before the game. And unlike in January, Peyton Manning wasn't booed when he took a knee this time. ... Girardi, who was drafted by Colorado in 1992, was presented with a Rockies jersey in a home plate c...
The snap in his swing never came back. It was not for trying. Rodriguez would regularly take extra batting practice this year. He always loved making deep dives into the mechanics of his swing, but watching him this year was painful. He couldn’t elevate the ball, couldn’t generate the ...
Turns out the ball that was thrown back was not actually the souvenir ball. But Heineman eventually got the right ball back by making an exchange with Ryan Kindler and his father, Eric, who are from New Jersey. "Obviously it's something you dream of," Heineman said. "For it to happen...
Beckham later returned to the field, wearing a Blue Jays Jersey with his name stitched across the back, for the ceremonial first pitch thrown by Canadian team mates Ante Jazic and Kevin Harmse. The Galaxy are scheduled to fly to Washington on Tuesday for a match on Thursday against D.C. ...
The youngster, sporting a Yankees hat, face mask and Judge T-shirt with No. 99 on the back, watched pre-game batting practice before meeting his hero in the New York dugout. “I asked him who his favourite player was and he turned around and showed me his little ...
After Houston’s sign-stealing scandal was uncovered, some speculated that Altuve didn’t want his jersey pulled off because he was concealing a buzzer that helped in the plot. The allegation was never proven, and Altuve said he did it because he was shy and that he got in trouble w...
With two outs in the ninth, Torres sent a long drive to left-center. A fan wearing a Dodgers jersey reached over the wall and caught the ball. Umpires ruled fan interference and gave Torres a double, a call confirmed on video replay. The fan immediately left the area. ...
already launched on a lifetime as a nerd who loved to read and pursued passions single-mindedly. One of my first such passions was geography. My parents bought me some flash cards of the states to amuse me on that long drive west from New Jersey, where we landed in the United States,...