Joel Sherman has been at the Post since 1989, serving as Yankees beat writer from 1989-95 and baseball columnist since 1996. His Hardball blog won a 2008 Best Sports Blog honor from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Joel’s books include "Birth of a Dynasty, Behind the Pinstripes with the 1996 Yankees." He served as a weekly baseball analyst on New York 1 from 2000-05, was a regular contributor on the MSG Network from 2000-08, and was part of the My 9 Yankees postgame show for the past two seasons.
He graduated from NYU in 1985.
Pessimism about making deals always rules leading up to the trade deadline. It is one part strategy: Teams hope that by making it sound as if there is no way they would meet the current prices then those prices will go...
July 29, 2010 5:00 AM
We have seen this movie. The Mets had a manager and GM holding on for their jobs. They had played surprisingly well for about half the schedule, but as the trade deadline neared they began trending the wrong way. They...
July 28, 2010 12:00 AM
The Yankees all but had Cliff Lee on their roster two weeks ago. They are going to make sure they do not do anything to let him slip away again. That is a major reason they are hesitant to obtain Dan Haren from the...
July 25, 2010 2:42 AMThe Yankees' best leadoff man bats ninth and their best center fielder plays left. Brett Gardner resides on the majors' top team, but not in a meritocracy. Manager Joe Girardi talks often about doing what is best...
July 22, 2010 12:00 AMGeorge Steinbrenner's his toric influence remains a powerful force around the Yankees. Andy Pettitte had not yet limped off the field Sunday, and every Yankees fan had a collective Boss moment: Who are we going to...
July 21, 2010 12:00 AM
Joe Girardi's free agency be came a little more interesting yesterday when Lou Piniella announced his retirement as Cubs manager, effective at the conclusion of the season. It had been assumed for a while that this...
July 21, 2010 12:00 AM
George Steinbrenner was not one to stay happy for long. He was famous — or, perhaps, infamous — for responding to championships by ordering a quick return to work the next day or the day after to begin focusing on the...
July 18, 2010 3:23 AM
In a different time, you would be reading a quote right now from George Steinbrenner about A.J. Burnett spitting the bit or slapping the bit or, perhaps, just showing the littlest bit of brains. Burnett, after all, is...
July 18, 2010 2:10 AM
A night that began with somber dignity at the Stadium ended with a pie in the face. Mariano Rivera placed two roses on home plate to honor the memories of George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard before the game, and A...
July 17, 2010 12:00 AMGeorge Steinbrenner never truly occupied this new building. His energy, his endless demand for winning and -- of course -- his money helped turn the current Yankee Stadium from concept to $1.5 billion tribute to what...
July 17, 2010 12:00 AMChuck Knoblauch and I were chatting near his locker at Legends Field. It was his first spring with the Yankees, 1998, and, at some point, I mentioned, "You know, you've got to win tomorrow." He chuckled, but saw me...
July 16, 2010 12:00 AM
Come closer. I want to tell you a secret: That championship the Yankees won last year was for George Steinbrenner, but it was by Hal Steinbrenner. Do you get it? It means that in all significant ways when it comes to...
July 15, 2010 4:08 AM
Soon after George Steinbrenner fainted at Otto Graham’s funeral in 2003, word circulated that this was not heat or emotion that had felled Steinbrenner but something more sinister to his overall health. His public...
July 14, 2010 3:23 AM
Think about 9 p.m. on Friday. Jose Reyes has just doubled to move the Mets into a 2-2 tie with the Braves. Miguel Cairo has just doubled to put the Reds in front of the Phillies, 6-1. Think about the possibilities...
July 13, 2010 12:00 AM
Jerry Manuel now faces the easiest tough decision of his career. Carlos Beltran will return to the Mets' roster to open the second half and Manuel already has installed him in the cleanup. Beltran's return gives the...
July 12, 2010 12:00 AM
The Yankees refused to enter extension talks with Derek Jeter last offseason because, they insisted, it was their policy to wait until a contract ended before negotiating a new one. That was a good alibi. It was not...
July 11, 2010 2:26 AMThe Yankees will spin now. They will say Cliff Lee was an extravagance and not a necessity. They will point out that they are glad to keep a prospect as good as Jesus Montero and still know that they are going to get...
July 10, 2010 4:42 AM
Jerry Manuel hated to be coming out of the dugout. After all, the thinning crowd was booing in anticipation that he was going to lift Johan Santana; one out, two on in the ninth. Francisco Rodriguez was warming, and...
July 07, 2010 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON – The tortoise outdid the hare yesterday, and that is a fable that should be re-told at the All-Star Game. There has been a recent groundswell to include Nationals fireballing phenom Stephen Strasburg at the...
July 04, 2010 3:07 AM
The dominant forces of this season have been the rise of pitching and the promotion of elite prospects. But I believe a third trend is heavily influencing the 2010 campaign: the comeback. It is as if revival meetings...
July 04, 2010 2:59 AM
WASHINGTON -- Another body blow. Another shot at not just the Mets won- loss record, but their psyche as a team. How many can they take? It is 10 walk-off losses now, making the 2010 Mets kind of the antithesis of...
July 04, 2010 12:00 AMJust enough. That is by how much Alex Rodriguez's go-ahead, two-run homer cleared the right-field fence in the eighth inning yesterday -- symbolic in many ways of the Yankees' offense this year, too. They have done...
July 02, 2010 12:00 AMWhen Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik obtained Cliff Lee in the offseason, he imagined turning his 85-win 2009 team into a championship contender. So imagine Zduriencik’s pain in the next few weeks when he is compelled to...
June 30, 2010 3:41 AM
These 2010 Mets have ticked off a few more items from the "Prove You're Contenders List." They rebounded from a lost series against the Yankees to win consecutive sets against two strong AL contenders, the Tigers...
June 28, 2010 12:00 AMBy the time the latest Subway Series had concluded, the Yankees had reasserted that they were the best baseball team in New York. The season series ended 3-3, but in such cases tie goes to the team with the better...
June 24, 2010 3:05 AMMariano Rivera returns to the site of his worst moment tonight. He plays in a stadium in Arizona where a ball left his hands, Luis Gonzalez looped a base hit and a dynasty ended. That was nearly a decade ago, the 2001...
June 21, 2010 1:08 AM
A funny thing happened on the way to the guillotine for Jerry Manuel — he began to work on a contract extension. The last time the Mets and Yankees got together, Manuel was fighting for his job. Now he is fighting for...
June 20, 2010 4:08 AM
There is a seduction to be coming a Yankee, and Mark Teixeira was enchanted before the organization had even made him an official contract offer. Teixeira had many suitors as a free agent after the 2008 season, but...
June 20, 2010 12:00 AM
Before the 2006 AL Division Series, as a way of both compliment and psychological warfare, Tigers manager Jim Leyland dubbed the seemingly overwhelming Yankees lineup Murderers' Row and Cano. BOX SCORE These days...
June 19, 2010 12:00 AMThe most common answer was, “I would take both.” But the respondents were not allowed to squirm away that easily, not when the competition created is: “Who is the best young pitcher in New York: Phil Hughes or Mike...
June 18, 2010 4:15 AM
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