The last time the New York Yankees played the Cincinnati Reds, they won 1-0. That was in April, in an exhibition game. and Yankee Manager Ralph Houk still remembers the occasion. “I had a little chat ...

The New York Yankees—among ball clubs the royalty and far-out winners of the 1958 American League pennant—faced up scornfully one afternoon last week to aging (35) Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher ...

Forty-seven is a little late in life for a man to change his whole philosophy. But give Ralph Houk credit for trying. “Winning is all that counts,” he used to say. Houk was a winner then. Now that ...

One of baseball’s oldest maxims holds that hitters can’t pitch and pitchers can’t hit. The New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth was a magnificent exception, a star pitcher (lifetime record: 94-46) long before ...

HOUSTON – When his fuse is lit, Aaron Boone’s rage toward umpires is All-Star level stuff. Boone earned his MLB-tying sixth ejection of 2025 as Wednesday night’s eighth inning devolved into a chaotic ...

Jim Schmakel, the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse manager for 47 years, is the thread that ties Tram and Lou to Tork and Greene. Tiger Stadium to Comerica Park. Ralph Houk to A.J. Hinch – not to mention the ...

• Ralph Houk, who managed the powerhouse New York Yankees of the early 1960s to two World Series championships, died Wednesday at 90. A Red Sox spokesman said Houk's grandson, Scott Slaboden, told the ...

Joseph “Joey” Daniel Houk, age 16, of Unity, passed away unexpectedly and way too soon on Friday, June 13,2025. A public memorial gathering to share memories of Joey will be held from 3 until 7 p.m.