The date is October 2, 1978. With the Yankees down two in the seventh and two runners on, a light-hitting shortstop steps to the plate at Fenway Park. After fouling a ball off his foot, he turns on ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Max Fried couldn’t help but smile. For years, Atlanta Braves pitching coach Rick Kranitz — one of the people closest to Fried in baseball — had told him the pitcher he reminded him the ...
TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees were in the same position that they are now in the winter of 1976 coming off a World Series loss that followed a bunch of seasons with no pennants. Like Hal Steinbrenner was ...