Bobby Valentine-”CC’s gone”

By On October 9, 2011 · 29 Comments · In TV and Radio, Whimsy

Let the rumor mill begin. I’m not sure what to make of this, but its been out there the past few days so I just thought I’d pass it along. ESPN analyst Bobby Valentine was quoted as saying he “knows” CC will opt out and “head to Los Angeles or Chicago”. I didn’t hear him [...]

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The TYA staff on the Yankees’ television and radio broadcast teams

By On May 21, 2011 · 9 Comments · In TV and Radio

A few weeks ago we were approached by the excellent Mike Sielski of The Wall Street Journal for our general opinions on various aspects of the television and radio broadcast teams presently covering the Yankees. Unfortunately, due to space restrictions, none of our answers ended up making it into Mike’s article, but he was [...]

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Like Mattingly, the Greatest Test of Jeter’s Leadership Could Come When It’s Time to Step Aside

By On May 2, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Former Players, History, Player Analysis, TV and Radio

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

For most of his career, has been a mainstay atop the Yankees lineup. Since the start of the 1998 season, the Captain has started only one game lower than third in the batting order, and that time he was called [...]

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MLB’s Advanced Media Strategy: What Strategy?

By On April 13, 2011 · 20 Comments · In Business of Baseball, General Musings, Media, TV and Radio

Although I think about this all the time, I got set off on this ironically by something on Twitter. to have the head of MLB’s advanced media on his podcast to explain their “media strategy”. This was after MLBAM apparently removed a video of a NESN reporter choking on a sandwich [...]

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Girardi Makes Radio Waves; Yanks’ Manager Personifies Modern Media Realities

By On March 25, 2011 · 5 Comments · In TV and Radio

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi has been making waves of late…radio waves that is. Over the past two weeks, the Yankees’ manager has caused such a stir in radio circles that even Heinrich Hertz would be impressed.

At the beginning of March, WFAN afternoon host

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Making Changes In The Radio Booth

By On February 15, 2011 · 41 Comments · In TV and Radio

With the radio contract between WCBS-880 and the Yankees coming to a close and a bidding war for the radio rights to the Yankees on the horizon,there may be changes to the Yankees’ broadcast team in the near future. RAB touched on this yesterday, and many of the commenters on that post [...]

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