Yankees Magazine Podcast Season 6, Episode 2: Thunder Man

It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights. We’re ready to raise the curtains on the 2022 New York Yankees campaign, and with it, the sixth season of the Yankees Magazine Podcast.

It’s our fifth season finale of the Yankees Magazine Podcast, and we’re both reporting from and wrapping up Spring Training 2022.

We’re ready for spring games, chatting with MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch about Aaron Judge and other Yankees news

Yankees Magazine Podcast Season 5, Episode 17: Thanks for Listening, Thanks for Understanding

This week, we’re coming to you from the Arizona Fall League, where Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz is reporting several stories that will run in 2022. In the first segment, Jon chats with MLB.com’s Jim Callis about the Yankees prospects who are spending the fall in Arizona, then we welcome Yankees Magazine Podcast listener Joe Geraghty, who shares some memories of the Bronx Zoo teams from the late-1970s.

This week, Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nate Maciborski and Jon Schwartz chat about the team’s decision to give Aaron Boone a new three-year contract to remain manager. Then, a fun discussion of a magazine story from a century ago, when scientists attempted to figure out Babe Ruth.

It’s the least wonderful time of the year, the very unhappy recap of the 2021 Yankees’ postseason. Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz recap the campaign’s final moments, plus offer some hope for the year to come.

Yankees Magazine Podcast: We’re counting down THE BASEBALL 100 with Joe Posnanski, looking at Mike Mussina (99) and Derek Jeter (79)

Lots to talk about as the calendar turns to September, and Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz are here to take into the season’s final month. First, a look at Nate’s feature on Jordan Montgomery, who figures to play a huge role in whatever run the Yankees can make in the push to the pennant.

Last week at this time, the Yankees were in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa. A week later, they were leading the AL Wild Card race. Quite a few days!

Time to meet the new kids on the block. This week, we’re chatting about two ways that Brian Cashman & Co. build out their rosters.

There’s plenty to chat about with the Yankees right now, as they start the second half on a roll. Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nate Maciborski and Jon Schwartz look at the exciting replacements showing off a different brand of baseball and an ace in Gerrit Cole looking very much like himself.

We’re cracking open the July issue on this week’s Yankees Magazine Podcast. First, Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz discuss Jon’s story about the inaugural Lou Gehrig Day throughout Major League Baseball. In their chat, they try to make sense of what the day can mean in the future, and why ALS has remained unbeaten in the 80 years since Lou Gehrig’s death. Then, the three editors talk about Al’s Q&A with Brett Gardner, the longest-tenured Yankee, and a key part of the team’s conscience.

It’s once, twice, three times a Yankees Magazine Podcast episode about triple plays. This week, Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz chat about the spate of triple plays thrilling Yankees fans early this season. Then we head north to Cape Cod, for a discussion about Nathan’s feature on Yankees who thrived in the Cape Cod Baseball League before making it big as Major Leaguers.

We’re back in the office, finally. The Yankees Magazine Podcast is back in its home studio, coming to you from Yankee Stadium, and we bet you can hear the smiles on our faces (and certainly hear the improved audio quality — we won’t miss recording remotely, that’s for sure). This week, Al Santasiere, Nate Maciborski and Jon Schwartz chat about the team’s remarkable bullpen, and how it rates among the greatest relief squads in team history. Then, we celebrate Father’s Day a bit early, with a discussion about our June feature on former Yankees whose sons are currently starring in the majors.

Lots to discuss this week, as the Yankees got their first no-hitter in more than two decades, then learned some rough news a week later. Still, Corey Kluber’s remarkable effort on May 19 made for an evening no Yankees fan will ever forget, and — with a bit of work — we were able to memorialize it on the June cover of Yankees Magazine, which goes on sale May 31. Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz discuss the no-no and the overnight effort to reconfigure the magazine, and they also chat about May cover boy Aaron Judge’s outstanding month at the plate.

This week on the Yankees Magazine Podcast, we take some time to consider a life very well lived. Anthony McCarron drops by to chat with Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz about Dr. Bobby Brown, who passed away in March. Anthony shares anecdotes that he included in the feature on Dr. Brown that ran in the May issue, as well as a few that he didn’t have enough room to include, which is no surprise considering the joyful and heartwarming stories everyone had to offer about the former Yankees infielder, cardiologist and American League president. Plus, Anthony and Jon chat about some news around the Yankees, and volley back and forth some storylines they’re particularly enjoying so far in 2021.

We’re feeling nostalgic this week on the Yankees Magazine Podcast, so editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz fire up the Wayback Machine, setting their sights on the far-off past of … four weeks ago. That’s right, we’re reminiscing about Opening Day, chatting about Jon’s feature “Happy Returns” in the May issue, which drops on April 30. Then, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch stops by to discuss the season’s first month, plus the debut of his newsletter, which everyone should sign up for (right after they pre-order his upcoming book THE BRONX ZOOM).

This week on the Yankees Magazine Podcast, Al Santasiere, Nate Maciborski and Jon Schwartz discuss the 2021 New York Yankees Official Yearbook, which is available at Yankee Stadium and at retail locations around the area. Then, the editors turn their attention to Giancarlo Stanton, and the message that he’s intent on conveying as the sport recognizes Jackie Robinson Day

Just in time for Opening Day, it’s another season of the Yankees Magazine Podcast. With the Yankees about to take the field in the Bronx against the Blue Jays, we’re celebrating so many different things: The return of fans, a new season, and our 100th episode! Join Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz as they chat about Nate’s emotional Q&A with Yankees manager Aaron Boone, and then prepare to laugh along throughout the season at a few predictions. 

This week, YES Network’s Meredith Marakovits drops by to chat about her observations from Tampa this spring, plus the new app that the YES Network just launched. She and Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz assess some of the storylines from Yankees camp, then the magazine’s editor in chief, Alfred Santasiere III, calls in to discuss Jon’s feature on Deivi García, which is available in the spring issue of Yankees Magazine.

This week, we take the Yankees Magazine Podcast up and down the East Coast. First, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch checks in from Tampa, where he has been reporting on all the goings-on at Yankees camp, writing features about new teammates such as Jameson Taillon while also shooting some professional-caliber photos. Then, Jon Schwartz and Nathan Maciborski discuss the spring edition of Yankees Magazine, particularly Nate’s recap of the hot stove season.

This week, as we prep for players to report to Tampa for spring training, Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nate Maciborski and Jon Schwartz chat about some of the greatest home run stories from 2020. In particular, they discuss Al’s upcoming Q&A feature with 2020 home run king Luke Voit, and Nate’s feature on Kyle Higaghioka’s three–home run in September. Both stories appear in the Spring edition of Yankees Magazine, which will be published in time for the 2021 spring training opener

It took a while, but the Hot Stove League is finally bubbling, and this week, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch stops by to discuss the Jameson Taillon trade. Then, Yankees Magazine’s Jon Schwartz chats with listener Calvin Curtis about the injury rehab process. Calvin purchased a subscription offer for Yankees Magazine that came with the opportunity to participate in a segment on the podcast. If you’d like to get your chance behind the microphone, call (800) GO-YANKS or visit yankees.com/publications.