The following was originally published as the latest installment of my weekly column on the Bronx News Network blog. By winning the World Series in their $1.5 billion home's inaugural season, the Yankees have fulfilled an obligation to their fan base. Now it’s time for the Yankees to show they are [...]

I watched in only mild misery as The Filth clinched the World Series last night. I married into a Red Sox clan right when Major League Baseball's Atlantic rivalry axis went nuclear in the middle '00s, and beyond that I yield to no man in my longstanding distaste for New [...]

"You can call us anything you want. You're also going to have to call us world champions." -Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman, on the premise that the Yankees bought their title.

It's an important lesson, kids. Sometimes you try real hard, you work night and day, you go [...]

In the midst of celebrating their franchise's 27th World Series title, Yankee players and fans unilaterally dedicated the victory to George Steinbrenner, the dictatorial longtime owner affectionately (depending on who you ask) known as "the Boss." Minutes after the final out, the video screen in center field proclaimed "Boss, this is [...]

It's so easy to hate the New York Yankees: Why are they so smug and superior? Who wears pinstripes aside from banksters these days? And do they really need to win another Series? Hate them all you want, but they just smoked the Philadelphia Phillies at home here in New York. [...]