Bob Klapisch

NEW YORK — On a scale of 1-to-10 (ten being Juan Soto , the Jedi master himself) the bat flip out of Anthony Volpe's hands was a solid eight.

If anyone understands the beauty (and the risk) of a triple-digit fastball, it's Doc Gooden , who blistered his way into the history books in 1985.

Michael Kay immediately picked up the phone when he saw John Sterling's name on the caller ID.

| NEW YORK — Amazing, isn't it, how the baseball world can shape-shift before you've even finished blinking.

| NEW YORK — If you're like me, you've always put up with bad umpires because the game needed them to survive.

NEW YORK — It's hardly a secret by now that Clay Holmes would like to be a Yankee for the rest of career.

NEW YORK — The Yankees spent most of Thursday night teasing their fans into believing a breakthrough rally was coming against the A's. Never happened.

NEW YORK — Think back to the day Gerrit Cole experienced the first twinge in his elbow. Remember how you felt about the Yankees beginning the season without their ace.

Once regarded as merely a No. 5 starter, Clarke is rapidly becoming a primary weapon in the Yankees' rotation.

The expression on Clarke Schmidt’s face needed no translation as Aaron Boone stepped out of the dugout. The manager was coming for the ball in the sixth inning. Any amateur