John Griffin is a staff writer for Pinstripe Alley, with whom he has been writing since the start of the 2019 season. When he's not overanalyzing Yankees baseball, he teaches History and Latin and is pursuing his PhD in Classics at the CUNY Graduate Center.
1999 Yankees Diary: Late Inning Comeback
The Yankees went down four early, but climbed back to win by three.
The Yankees’ upcoming roster crunch
The rosters may be expanding, but the Yankees have more than two players looking to come off the IL.
NYY News: Matt Blake is keeping the faith
Matt Blake still has faith in the bullpen; YES and MSG apps merging into the Gotham Sports App; the best young players in baseball
Yankees Social Media: Nostalgia Week
From Little League to Old Timers’ Day, this week was all about the past in the Bronx.
1999 Yankees Diary: Twenty-one run salute
The Yankees had fun in Arlington. The Rangers did not.
1999 Yankees Diary: Royally Flushed
The bullpen blew it in the 11th against a terrible Kansas City squad.
Yankees Social Media: 300
Aaron Judge becomes the fastest player to hit 300 home runs — and his teammates become the fastest Tweeters to post about it.
NYY News: So long, Enyel
Former Yankees reliever winds up with team who sparked DFA; Tim Mayza looks to make strong first impression; the most celebrated Little Leaguer of all time
1999 Yankees Diary: A good ol’-fashioned pitchers’ duel
The Rocket won an intense showdown with Minnesota’s Eric Milton on this day in 1999.
There’s no need to rush Jasson Domínguez
Everybody wants to see the Martian, but right now, the timing (as well as his own) just isn’t right.