Yankees HOPE Week: An Angel in Queens

The Yankees visited An Angel in Queens to celebrate Hope Week on Tuesday. Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, Hiroki Kuroda, and Boone Logan were the players that visited.

An Angel in Queens is a nonprofit organization started by Jorge Munoz that helps bring hot meals to the less fortunate. Every night at around 9:30 pm Jorge arrives at the intersection from his home in Woodhaven, driving his white pickup truck with enough home cooked meals to feed the dozens of day laborers who congregate there.

The Yankees donated rice and they helped Munoz cook. They also donated him $10,000 towards his organization.

The Yankees visit An Angel in Queens. (Yankees Photo)

Munoz cooks for over 100 people every day. He lost his job as a bus driver, but he still strides to feed people with the little money that he has.

"I feel great great when i see these guys with their smiling faces," Munoz said. "Because they got something to eat before they go to sleep."

You can read more about An Angel in Queens by Clicking Here.

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Monday: Flying Manes

Yankees HOPE Week will continue all week long.

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Yankees HOPE Week: Flying Manes

The Yankees kicked off hope week yesterday with a visit to the Flying Manes, a nonprofit organization that helps children with physical and emotional disabilities by offering therapeutic horse riding instruction. It was started by Stefanie Dwyer and her husband Bricklin about four years ago.

Mark Teixeira, Eric Chavez, Jayson Nix, pitching coach Larry Rothschild, and Yankees general partner Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindell all attended the event.

The Yankees surprised the children by bringing the horses down to an enclosed area. The players interacted with them and shared many laughs throughout the day.

Mark Teixeira spent time with 9 year old Owen Atkins, who is suffering from cerebral palsy. Teixeira guided Atkins horse while he sat on the saddle.

It's great. This is wonderful. Owen in a huge Yankees fan," Dan said. "You just cannot put this into words. He's extremely excited. We watch a lot of Yankee games on TV. This is something that he will have for his whole life and it is really inspiring."

Mark Teixeira with Owen Atkins. (New York Daily News)

Mark Teixeira played a game with Owen. Teixeira held a ball and and Owen took his best swing and hit it.

"We really enjoy being with our fans and being with the community," Teixeira said. "Anytime you can put a smile on a kids face, it makes it all worth it."


You can read more about the Flying Manes by Clicking Here.


The Yankees HOPE Week will continue all week long.

Happy Birthday, Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Atlanta Braves on June 20th, 2012 at Yankee Stadium. (Getty Images)

Arguably one of the greatest players to put on a Yankee uniform celebrates his birthday today.

Derek Jeter turned 38 today, but on the field he looks like hes 25 again.

Jeter has started 2012 off at an unbelievable pace. He had 37 hits in 95 at bats with a .389 average in April. It was one of his best starts to a season in his career.

Derek seemed to take off after he recovered from his hamstring injury back in 2011. He went down to Tampa and adjusted his stance and every since he's been hitting a hot bat.

Jeter would collect his 3,000th hit in grand style with a home run to left field off of David Price.

Derek Jeter is one of those players that you rarely see come around.

Happy birthday, Derek.

Cano, Wise Lead Yanks' to Victory

Dewayne Wise hits a 2-run shot to right field in the second inning of Monday nights game against the Cleveland Indians. (Getty Images)

Joe Girardi pushed the right button on Monday when he penciled Dewayne Wise in the starting lineup, which gave Curtis Granderson a half of day off. 

Dewayne Wise signed a minor league contract in the offseason with the Yankees, hoping that he would get some playing time with them. Wise knew that the Yankees were filled in the outfield, but he wasn't bothered by the fact that he might have to start in the minor leagues. He stated that he wanted to contribute some way, and he did just that tonight.

In his first at bat, Wise sent a hanging curveball deep to right field for a 2-run shot in the second inning. It increased their lead to 4-0 over the Indians. Wise would come up for the third time in the sixth inning and would send one into the right center field gap to score Eric Chavez and give himself an RBI triple. Wise had 3 runs batted in (RBIs) on the night.

For a player that doesn't get many at bats, he looked locked in tonight.

Robinson Cano helped carry the Yankees to victory tonight as well. Cano slugged a 2-run double to right in the first inning and a solo home run right in the third inning. Cano also had 3 runs batted in (RBIs) on the night.

Nick Swisher also contributed with a solo home run to left field to go back-to-back with Cano.

Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and he was outstanding. Kuroda allowed 1 run on 5 hits in 7 innings of work. He struck out 7 batters and walked 2. His splitter was working tonight and that seemed to be his strike out pitch. During the postgame, Kuroda said that he wasn't feeling his splitter while throwing in the bullpen. Kuroda finished with 103 pitches, 67 of them were for strikes.

The Yankees and Indians will play game 2 of 3 tomorrow.

Game 72: Indians at Yankees

                         June 25th, 2012, 7:05 pm ET, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

The Yankees and Indians will square off tonight in their first meeting of this season.

Click Here for the probable pitchers for this series.

Here are the lineups:

Indians (37-34)
Shin-Soo Choo, RF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Jason Kipnis, 2B
Carlos Santana, C
Michael Brantley, CF
Johnny Damon, LF
Casey Kotchman, 1B
Jack Hannahan, 3B
Lonnie Chisenhall, DH

Pitching: Josh Tomlin RHP (3-4, 5.12 ERA this season)

Yankees (43-28)
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, DH
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Raul Ibanez, LF
Eric Chavez, 3B
Dewayne Wise, CF
Chris Stewart, C

Pitching: Hiroki Kuroda RHP (6-7, 3.57 ERA this season)

Enjoy the game!