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The New York Yankees survived the wild card round against the Boston Red Sox to advance to the American League Division Series of MLB playoffs.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | A Mild Recap for a Wild Week

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist October 10, 2025

I told The Hoya I would only write this column this week if the New York Yankees won the wild card series against their — and my — arch-rival, the Boston Red Sox. Otherwise, I would be too busy mourning...

Major League Baseball has introduced a tennis-like system allowing players to challenge ball and strike calls for the 2026 season.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | UmpAIres, For Real This Time

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist October 3, 2025

Happy Friday. By the time you read this, the New York Yankees will have hosted the Boston Red Sox in a three-game wild card series to open the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason. It was either the...

MLB playoffs start Sept. 30 with the Wild Card Series where teams will compete for a spot in the Division Series.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Could Rob Manfred Please Stop Ruining My Life?

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist September 25, 2025

The Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs are impending. As my anxiety grows in anticipation of the first game Sept. 30 — to which I have tickets, unless the New York Yankees utterly collapse and lose...

Aaron Judge was supposed to be part of a class of talented prospects, but the Yankees have squandered his tenure so far.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Where Have All The Yankees Gone?

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist September 19, 2025

I was devastated after the New York Yankees lost the 2017 American League Championship Series (ALCS) to the cheating Houston Astr*s. But I was only a little devastated, not throw-remote-at-the-TV-and-then-go-cry-and-take-all-my-posters-down...

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe has committed the second most errors in MLB this season. (Jeffrey Hyde/Flickr)

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Analytics Can’t Catch Fly Balls

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist September 5, 2025

If my house was on fire, I’m fairly certain that the New York Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone would be confident that I still had the nicest place on the block. Living in denial is certainly one way to...

Aaron Judge should win the American League Most Valuable Player award this year, Jay Kakani writes.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Captain America: Brave New World Baseball Classic

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist April 25, 2025

Chris Evans. Wyatt Russell. Anthony Mackie.  Aaron Judge. These are not just random names — far from it. All of these people have, at some point, been Captain America. The first three are actors....

Out of Left Field | BREAKING: MLB to Introduce UmpAIres, Reactions Mixed

Out of Left Field | BREAKING: MLB to Introduce UmpAIres, Reactions Mixed

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist March 30, 2025

As the Major League Baseball (MLB) season begins, I am taking this opportunity to carry out my public service obligations and ensure that you are all informed viewers. It has recently come to my attention...

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole suffered an offseason elbow injury and will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. (@yankees/Instagram)

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | Shrug Off the Injury Bug

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist March 13, 2025

I hate bugs. They are gross, pesky, slimy and some of them manage to ruin my baseball season before it even begins.  This offseason, I have distracted myself from reliving the New York Yankees’...

Outfielders Cody Bellinger, Jasson Dominguez and Aaron Judge pose  for team photos at Yankees spring training. (@yankees/Twitter)

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | How to Overreact to Spring Training

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist February 21, 2025

The New York Yankees play baseball today. At 1:05 p.m., the Tampa Bay Rays will venture to George M. Steinbrenner Field and take on the Yankees in both teams’ first matchup of spring training —...

The U.S. government exempts the MLB from federal antitrust laws, thereby privileging majors leaguers over minor leaguers. (@mlb/Instagram)

OUT OF LEFT FIELD | (Anti)Trust Me, This One Is Not About the Yankees

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist January 30, 2025

I wish I could tell you that writing this column is my only commitment at Georgetown University — that my devotion is to you and you alone. But I would be lying, in part because I’m also one of the...

After finishing an impressive season with the New York Yankees, Soto took a 15-year long contract worth $765 million to join the New York Mets in free agency. (@mets/Instagram)

HERMAN | I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Not Feeling 22

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist January 16, 2025

Nobody predicted back in 2012 that the New York Mets would steal the New York Yankees’ second-best player from under their nose 13 years later. That is, nobody except Taylor Swift. After all, it’s...

The New York Yankees dropped the 2024 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-4 after multiple mishaps throughout the series. (@yankees/Instagram)

HERMAN | Please, Don’t Take Me Out to the Ballgame

By Eilat Herman, Hoya Sports Columnist November 19, 2024

I have to confess to you all. I lied to you in my last column, and I deeply apologize for my actions. Let me explain. Last week, I told you I was a pessimistic person, and I knew the New York Yankees...

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