CORTLAND, NY – Coach Bill McConnell wasted no time working on his roster once the New York Collegiate Baseball League season ended, landing one of the biggest names and risers in baseball circuits around the country. Chris Mattison, a 6’4”, 190 lb. sophomore catcher out of Lancaster, Pa., and Frederick Community College in Frederick, Md., will be joining the Cortland Crush as … [Read more...] about Cortland Crush sign first recruit for 2015
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The Bronx Banter: Episode Eight
In this Labor Day Weekend Edition of The Bronx Banter, Hosts Dave Holcomb and Ty Sipala discuss the Yankees who slipped in the standings this week once again. Series losses against Tampa Bay and Toronto have New York reeling a bit, but more games against the AL East are coming up on the schedule. Also in the show, the hosts extensively talk about Alfonso Soriano, Alex … [Read more...] about The Bronx Banter: Episode Eight
The Bronx Banter: Episode 7
Hosts Dave Holcomb and Ty Sipala have a full show for our listeners today. To open the podcast, the co-hosts breakdown the weekend Red Sox and Yankees series and review the fallout from the Ryan Dempster beaming Alex Rodriguez incident from every angle. Plus, we compare A-Rod and Dempster's suspensions and then Dempster and Girardi's fine. In the second segment, the show moves … [Read more...] about The Bronx Banter: Episode 7
The Bronx Banter Episode Five
It's another half hour of Yankees talk with hosts Dave Holcomb and Ty Sipala. Today, we talk steroids and the biogenesis scandal spreading across Major League Baseball. A-Rod will appeal his 211 game suspension and play this week against Chicago. Twelve other players were also suspended by the MLB and at least three of them had connections to the New York Yankees. In the last … [Read more...] about The Bronx Banter Episode Five
A-Rod suspension actually helps Yankees
Orioles Manger Buck Showalter explains why the Yankees would actually benefit from a lifetime ban on Alex Rodriguez. By Dave Holcomb The Cleveland Indians have won seven, going on eight straight, Pittsburgh is on the verge of sweeping St. Louis in a five-game set, and Boston and Tampa Bay alternate days in first place, but it’s once again Yankees third baseman Alex … [Read more...] about A-Rod suspension actually helps Yankees