DAN LOVALLO

BROADCASTER, PODCASTER

Report: Rizzo reups with Yankees. Good news for Judge?

Report: Rizzo reups with Yankees. Good news for Judge?

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Yankees and free agent first baseman Anthony Rizzo have reached agreement on a new contract. Rizzo opted out of his two-year deal with the Yankees after the season. Website reports – usually designed to generate...
Rizzuto was accomplished broadcaster

Rizzuto was accomplished broadcaster

The late Phil Rizzuto is in the baseball Hall of Fame for his ability as a shortstop and the intangibles he brought to those championship New York Yankees clubs. But I also believe he belongs in the broadcasters’ wing at Cooperstown. Rizzuto was an accomplished...

Elston Howard should be in Hall of Fame

Isn’t it time to enshrine Elston Howard in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown? Isn’t it time to recognize the great career of the first African-American to play for the exalted New York Yankees? In my latest Substack post, I make the case why it is...

Yankees of 2020 can’t hold a candle to 1960 Yankees

The New York Yankees played three doubleheaders in three days, 60 years ago this week. Keep that in mind, when you hear and read about the “tough” schedule the Bombers will face, starting on Aug. 26, 2020: three doubleheaders in five days. And unlike this...