Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Ump Blows it as Yanks Win

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Ump Blows it as Yanks Win: Replay Debate Heats Up after Screw Up By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK, June 27- Phil Hughes pitched eight strong innings and the New Y...

Ump Blows it as Yanks Win

Replay Debate Heats Up after Screw Up

By Rich Mancuso

BRONX, NEW YORK, June 27- Phil Hughes pitched eight strong innings and the New York Yankees, with a three-run first inning and a late home run from Alex Rodriguez overcame a ninth inning rally and defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-4 in the Bronx Tuesday night.

But the game story was not about the Yankees hitting another home run, a solo shot by Rodriguez in the seventh that gave New York a 5-0 lead. It was a ball that was supposedly caught by Dewayne Wise when he went over the wall down the left field line with two outs in the Indians seventh inning, on a ball hit off the bat of Jack Hannahan.

Third base umpire Mike DiMuro, after the game, saw the play on replay and realized the ball hit off Wise’s glove and fell in the stands. At the time, the Indians had a runner on third base.

Had the play been ruled a foul ball, it may not have mattered in the final outcome. Though Cleveland would score four runs in the ninth off Cory Wade, including a home run before Rafael Soriano recorded the final out and his 16^th save.

DiMuro, a veteran umpire of twelve years said, “Now that I see the tape it is obvious that the ball fell out of his (Wise) glove. In hindsight, I should have asked him to show me the ball since he fell into the stands and out of my line of vision.”

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said about the play, “It was a tough play. As much as we want them to be perfect (umpires) they are so much under a micro scope.” But, the Yankees, as with every team in baseball have been the victims of calls that have gone against them.

This time they could joke about the play and call. However, the missed call once again brings up the question about expanding the use of instant replay in the game.

Wise got a huge ovation from the crowd and tapped the glove of Yankee captain Derek Jeter as they ran to the dugout.

“What was I supposed to do run back to left field?” commented Wise about the play that also got a smile from Hughes. “I saw him looking at my glove so I just got up, put my head down and ran off the field,” he said about the call from DiMuro.

Hughes (8-6) gave up six hits, and struck out four in winning for the fifth time in his last seven starts. Rodriguez hit his 13^th home run and 642^nd of his career. The Yankees increased their major league lead home run total to 116 and won their fourth straight game.

“We only hit one home run,” said Girardi that got a laugh from media in his post game press conference. New York had a streak end of five straight games with two home runs or more. 

They look to sweep Cleveland Wednesday afternoon and are a season high 17 games over .500, with a four game lead in the American League east.

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Mark Teixeira, Eric Chavez, Jayson Nix, pitching coach Larry Rothschild, and Yankees General Partner and Vice Chairperson Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal surprised students of Flying Manes at one of their classes at the Riverdale Equestrian Center in the Bronx.




The Yankees helped the students in grooming the horses and assisted in leading and walking beside the horses during the students’ riding lessons. At the conclusion of the event, on behalf of the New York Yankees Foundation, the Yankees players presented Flying Manes with a check for $10,000.



Flying Manes Therapeutic Riding was created by Stefanie and Bricklin Dwyer in 2009 with the goal of providing therapeutic riding lessons and other equine-assisted activities to individuals in the New York City area who are faced with physical, cognitive and emotional challenges. The organization—which requires more than 70 volunteers—offers children and young adults a unique, confidence-building sense of accomplishment and has worked with close to 100 students in the four years since it was founded.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Home Run Derby

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Home runs continue as Yankees come home and beat Indians

By Rich Mancuso

BRONX, NEW YORK, June 26- Already with a Major League leading 112 home runs, the New York Yankees returned to the Bronx Monday night where they will play 13 of their next 20 games at Yankee Stadium. That’s good news for New York because a majority of those home runs have been hit in the Bronx.

That is not to say that the Yankees don’t hit the long ball on the road. That was seen over the past three days when they hit five at Citi Field against the cross town Mets as they took two of three.

With Hiroki Kuroda on the mound, and in command, the Yankees home run ball continued Monday night. Robinson Cano hit his 17^th, Nick Swisher got his 12^th, and Dewayne Wise hit his first, getting the start in center, as New York won the  opening of a three-game series over the Cleveland Indians 7-1.

“You can hold him down for a while, but he’s going to get hot,” said Yankees manager Joe Girardi about Cano who has hit six of the 17 home runs in the last eight games.

Cano drove in three runs. Kuroda (7-7) took a shutout into the eighth inning and won for the fourth time in his last six starts.

The continued home run domination of the Yankees has the opposition looking. During the series with the Mets, manager Terry Collins said they hit home runs everywhere.

With three more home runs Monday night, the Yankees have now hit 14 home runs combined over their last five games. They have hit two home runs in five straight games for the first time since August 21-26 of last season.

“It feels good, everything is connecting,” commented Cano who has increased his batting average to .302 after a slow start. Earlier in the day, Cano also took the lead in voting to start at second base for the American League in the all-star game that will take place in Kansas City July 10^th.

The win was the first of seven games on this home stand that will see the Yankees host the top two teams in the American League Central. The White Sox come to the Bronx, a four game series that begins Thursday evening.

Wise got the start and Curtis Granderson was inserted as the designated hitter. Alex Rodriguez was given a night off.

Phil Hughes (7-6) gets the start for New York as the series continues Tuesday night in the Bronx.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Business Booming for Bronx Bank Robbers

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Business Booming for Bronx Bank Robbers: By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, June 25- With unemployment in the borough once again at record levels, a handful of individual...

Business Booming for Bronx Bank Robbers

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, June 25- With unemployment in the borough once again at record levels, a handful of individuals have been robbing banks at an alarming rate--keeping themselves and cops extremely busy with no less than 21 robberies or attempts since January.

In the latest incident a gunman entered the Capital One Bank at 725 Co-op City Boulevard at Just before 10 a.m., on June 16. The suspect fled with an unknown amount of cash. The NYPD has not released any information pertaining to this case.

In the other recent cases, it was just after 10 a.m. on June 14, when a man entered the Bank of America branch located at 2198 White Plains Road. The suspect passed the teller a note, demanding cash before fleeing.

Police described that suspect as a male Black, 5 foot 8, with a medium build. The perpetrator was reported to be wearing army-style shorts and hat.

Less than an hour earlier a man entered the HSBC Bank located at 3478 Boston Road. The suspect passed the teller a note demanded cash, but apparently fled empty handed.

That suspect was described as a male Black wearing a fishing hat.

On Wednesday, June 13, police were called to the Banco Popular at 752 E. Tremont Avenue, after a man held up the bank at gunpoint.

A source close to the investigation stated at the time that the suspect was possibly wanted for another recent robbery at the same bank. That suspect was described as a male Black in his 20's, 6-feet tall, wearing a black pea-coat, black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

On June 12, a man robbed the Capital One Bank at 19 E. Mt. Eden Avenue. That suspect was described as a heavy-set male Black, weighing 220 pounds, wearing a purple shirt and hat.

Back on June 8, a man entered the Chase Bank, located at 360 E. 149 Street, passed the teller a note and fled with an unknown amount of cash. This suspect was described as a Black male, 5' 5'' with a slim build.

A Baychester CitiBank was robbed on June 7. Police were called to 3955 Baychester Avenue at 9:30 a.m., that suspect was only described as a male Black, dressed in black.

On May 30, police once again were called to Capital One on Co-op City Boulevard, when two suspects, only described as male Black's, stole $3000 in US currency.

On May 18, police were again called to the Banco Popular on E. Tremont Avenue, after a hold-up. The gunman fled with an undetermined amount of cash.

On May 16, a robbery was reported at the Emigrant Savings Bank at 101 E. 170 Street. The perpetrator was described as a male Hispanic wearing a black shirt.

On May 14 a man robbed the HSBC Bank on W. 235 Street in Riverdale of $3,228. Police would later release a surveillance photo of the suspect, described as a Black man in his 20's, wearing a fake beard and a black baseball cap.

The same suspect is also wanted for two similar hold-ups in Brooklyn.

On May 5, an incident at the Chase Bank at 5 E. Burnside Avenue was reported, but it is not known if the suspect fled with any money.

The Chase Bank at 784 Castle Hill Avenue reported a robbery by a Black male on April 21.

On March 31, a hold-up was reported at the Chase Bank at 3775 Riverdale Avenue. Police were reportedly looking for a white male, who apparently fled empty-handed after the teller hit a silent alarm.

On January 18, an attempt was made at the Capital One Bank located at 2159 White Plains Road. Determined to make a withdrawal, sources say the suspect then walked over to the Chase Bank at 2126 White Plains Road and robbed that location.

The CitiBank at 1265 Castle Hill Avenue was held-up at gunpoint on January 17. Despite the handgun, this male suspect fled empty handed.

Leaving no bank behind, on January 14, the Chase Bank at 1489 Metropolitan Avenue in Parkchester was robbed of an unknown amount of cash.

On January 10, a woman entered the Chase Bank at 1308 E. Gun Hill Road. Witnesses say the woman claimed she had a bomb, but fled empty handed. The determined woman would return to the same bank on January 12, but once again fled empty-handed.

The year began with an attempted robbery on January 3, at the Chase Bank at 3514 White Plains Road.

Two hours later the Apple Bank at 44 E. 162 Street was robbed by a male suspect, who fled with an undetermined amount of cash.

Meanwhile, two Bronx men were charged on Thursday, June 15, with an October robbery of a Yonkers bank-- with a pellet gun.

Cops say Michael Johnson, 36, of Walton Avenue and his cousin Andre Johnson, 29, of Co-op City, were charged in connection with an October 7 hold-up of the Key Bank, located at 2500 Central Park Avenue.

The suspects in that case fled with an estimated $100,000.

The Johnson cousins are suspected in a half dozen other bank robberies in Yonkers, Nyack and surrounding areas. The pair were being held without bond in White Plains.

Andre Johnson is reportedly cooperating with the FBI, who is assisting local police in the investigation.

Anyone with any information on the Bronx cases are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stopper's hot line at 1 (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.