Lou Gehrig

B&C Morning Show: Jerry Recco’s Update Interrupted

As is usually the case, Jerry Recco failed to make it through his first update without being interrupted. Today’s interruption though, was understandable – which isn’t always the case.

WFAN–2012/06/13

A jersey once worn by the late Yankees baseball player Lou Gehrig (Credit: HAI DO/AFP/Getty Images)

Yankees To Don Throwback Uniforms In Honor Of Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary

On Friday night, the Yankees will go back to their roots — to nearly the very beginning — and don throwback uniforms in honor of Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary, according to CBSSports.com.

2012/04/18

Daisuke Matsuzaka #18 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after a rough inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park April 9, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

By The Numbers: Worth The Money? An Analysis Of Dice-K … Then And Now

Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka achieved varied success in his five years with the Boston Red Sox, but was the $51,111,111.11 paid for the rights to negotiate with the Japanese star worth the money?

2012/03/29

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov parties with Jay-Z at the 40/40 Club (credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for New Jersey Nets)

The 4 Best NYC Bars To Party Like A Pro Athlete

Here are 4 of the best bars to have a beer and possibly bump into an all-star while you’re out.

CBS New York–2011/12/15

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By The Numbers: MLB’s Top 10 Practically Unbreakable Records

Not one of us figured 714, 892, 3508 or 2130 would ever be surpassed. They were baseball’s Magic Numbers. Well, decades later, we certainly know better.

WFAN–2011/08/23

Poll: Derek Jeter Ties Babe Ruth As Greatest All-Time Yankee

Derek Jeter has tied Babe Ruth as the greatest Yankee of all time among New York City baseball fans. For that, No. 2 can thank the female fan for voting for him in droves.

WFAN–2011/07/29

More Than Stats, Jeter’s Intangibles Put Him In Pantheon Of Yankees Legends

He’s on the verge of making history, but what is it, really, that makes Derek Jeter one of the all-time Yankee greats? Is it a number like 3,000? Or is it something more?

2011/07/08

Hartnett: 3,000 Will Be Remembered As A Footnote In Derek Jeter’s Glorious Yankees Career

As Derek Jeter approaches 3,000 hits, the landmark has little bearing on his baseball legacy as possibly the most dominant winner in the game’s history.

WFAN–2011/07/08

Jeter First In Pinstripes To 3,000 Hits

Sometime in the next week or so, Derek Jeter will hold up his right hand to ask the plate umpire for time, give his bat one more ritualistic twirl and then, perhaps take an iconic inside-out swing and send another liner to right field to become the 28th player – and first in four years – to reach the magic number.

WFAN–2011/06/12

By The Numbers: APBA Baseball

Bobby Lemke and Leo Smith were two of my best friends growing up in Hoboken in the 1960’s. And they still are. If the weather was bad and we couldn’t play stickball, boxball or touch football, we would head to Bobby’s house (or Leo’s or mine) to play APBA Baseball.

WFAN–2010/11/19

Yankees Lose 4-3 To Orioles Despite A-Rod’s Exploits

Despite Alex Rodriguez driving in two runs and reaching 100 RBI for the 13th straight season, the Yankees dropped their Labor Day matinee to the Orioles.

2010/09/06

By The Numbers: A Forgotten Season: Gehrig in ’27

For this episode of By The Numbers, I would like to focus on a season Lou Gehrig had when he played on what has come to be known as arguably the greatest team ever, the 1927 Yankees.

WFAN–2010/08/18

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