The Yankees welcomed back Curtis Granderson this week from a fractured forearm suffered when he was hit by a pitch in spring training. The 32 year-old has been a mainstay as the starting center fielder in New York since arriving in 2010. He’s hit over 40 home runs in each of the past two seasons, transforming himself from a speedster who knows how to get on base into a power hitting machine.
As the old adage goes, all good things must come to an end. Yankee fans knew the day where iconic closer Mariano Rivera would announce to the world that 2013 would be his final in pinstripes was coming someday soon.
The announcement wasn’t much of a surprise, but it’s a day that Yankee fans rue. At 42 and with only one year remaining on his contract, Rivera seemed to be plotting his retirement last spring, dropping hints that 2012 would be his swan song.
In November of 2007, the Yankees signed 36 year-old Jorge Posada to a four-year, $52 million pact. At the time, they knew that it would probably be the final contract handed out to their longtime backstop, but what the Yankees didn’t predict is that his fellow core four buddies would still be marching on together in the year 2013.
Kenny Ducey and Kris Venezia take you around the majors discussing the Indians-Jays trade, some contract news, and what the Yankees and Mets should do.
Thirty one years after the Beatles first landed in the United States, another famous quartet touched down for the first time in the summer of 1995. That year, under manager Buck Showalter, the Yankees won the inaugural American League wild card, and the core four all first put on their pinstripes.
Listen closely, because I’m only going to say this once. Mariano Rivera is good.
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