Joel Sherman has been at the Post since 1989, serving as Yankees beat writer from 1989-95 and baseball columnist since 1996. His Hardball blog won a 2008 Best Sports Blog honor from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Joel’s books include "Birth of a Dynasty, Behind the Pinstripes with the 1996 Yankees." He served as a weekly baseball analyst on New York 1 from 2000-05, was a regular contributor on the MSG Network from 2000-08, and was part of the My 9 Yankees postgame show for the past two seasons.
He graduated from NYU in 1985.
There is no pretense around the Mets now about playing out the season with Carlos Beltran. The adults in the organization know there is no baseball miracle coming with the Mets just 11⁄2 games out of last place....
July 20, 2011 1:31 AMCarlos Beltran was suffering from the flu yesterday, struggling so much, in fact, that he never even came to Citi Field. So as he arrived to the third spot on his lineup card yesterday, a place usually occupied by...
July 17, 2011 1:47 AM
There was surprise in the major league landscape. Not that the Mets had traded Francisco Rodriguez, but that they did so while ostensibly in a pennant race and yet the uproar was, at best, tame from the New York fans...
July 17, 2011 12:45 AMThe identity of the Mets' closer matters and it doesn't. There will be a comfort level in the clubhouse and, especially, in the bullpen if the Mets can uncover a late-game pecking order after trading Francisco...
July 16, 2011 12:00 AM
Jose Reyes and David Wright will not be on the field tonight against the Phillies, and yet so much of the second half of the Mets’ season is about them. Because the Mets cannot make a long-shot run to the playoffs...
July 15, 2011 2:23 AMIn his most important player transaction so far as Mets general manager, Sandy Alderson married common sense to dollars and cents and traded Francisco Rodriguez to the Brewers. Though the Mets are still, at the least,...
July 13, 2011 2:41 AM
This was chilling and memorable, nostalgic and surreal, impressive and historic. But because this was Derek Jeter, the most important element of a special day was this: It was meaningful. For at the end of his career...
July 10, 2011 1:53 AM
You want to get a pretty good baseball argument going? Then ask a front office executive what he thinks Jose Reyes will receive as a free agent. I have been doing exactly that for months, and as recently as this week...
July 10, 2011 1:50 AM
In 1996, the initial Yankee marvel was not the rookie shortstop. Dwight Gooden had not pitched at all in 1995, had not pitched well in the majors since 1993 and was horrendous to open that '96 campaign, losing each...
July 09, 2011 12:00 AMThis was recently sitting with Alex Rodriguez. The subject was Derek Jeter and an approaching milestone and A-Rod was looking for just the right words to express the magnitude. Finally he said this: “You can’t fake 3...
July 08, 2011 3:18 AM
CLEVELAND -- In this bizarro portion of the Yankees schedule, Derek Jeter is the controversial one and Alex Rodriguez is -- wait for it -- the singles hitter with "intangibles." Jeter is going for a milestone amid...
July 07, 2011 12:00 AMCLEVELAND — This was not how it was supposed to be. It was not long ago that Derek Jeter and 4,000 hits were spoken in the same sentence without sarcasm; a recent time when there were legitimate projections on Jeter...
July 06, 2011 1:39 AMCLEVELAND -- It was right here, right on this field, the last time Derek Jeter encountered this level of doubt. The stadium was called Jacobs Field then and Jeter had a stylish haircut, at least stylish for 1996,...
July 05, 2011 12:00 AM
Sandy Alderson was pigeonholed early in his administration as a risk-averse executive who would strongly reject the idea of a mega-contract for any player, but specifically an injury-prone one such as Jose Reyes, who...
July 04, 2011 1:28 AM
Eduardo Nunez can hit 1.000 -- and, believe me, against the Mets he is trying -- and he is heading back to the bench this week. He can win admirers (and has), but not a full-time job. Derek Jeter is...
July 03, 2011 12:00 AM
It is a New York, New York, weekend and that feels right. It works either way. Because more than any other matchup Yankees vs. Mets — or Mets vs. Yankees — is a switch-hitter’s paradise. They arrived to the ongoing...
July 03, 2011 12:00 AM
It is easy to forget now with time, but Joe Torre came to the Yankees viewed as an all-time loser. He had combined to play and manage 4,106 games, the second most without appearing in a World Series. Thus, traits...
July 02, 2011 12:00 AMThis Subway Series is a long story short. It is about the shortstop who is here and the shortstop who is not. In other words, it is about the plot lines that have dominated New York baseball already for half a...
July 01, 2011 12:00 AMThe Yankees have the best record in the American League and the worst record against the Red Sox. Which carries the most influence with the trade deadline a month away? Organizations generally try to build a team good...
June 28, 2011 3:26 AMThis has been the half season in which players have hurt and pitchers have killed. Albert Pujols, Buster Posey and Derek Jeter are part of a pained brigade that has led to roughly 1,700 more days lost to the disabled...
June 26, 2011 12:51 AMThis Mets season exists on two levels. They are trying to win this year, to honor the $140 million-plus payroll and the Wilpons’ insatiable hunger to fill Citi Field, and to appease a disillusioned fan base. But even...
June 23, 2011 3:36 AM
Mets fans should not concentrate on what Sandy Alderson offered yesterday as news. For there was little surprise in Jose Reyes’ request the sides table contract extension negotiations during the season. Players...
June 22, 2011 1:45 AM
1. In Sunday’s Post I wrote this Hardball column about the Mets’ dilemma over whether to be buyers, sellers or stand pat as the trade deadline approaches. I received a lot of interesting feedback from executives and...
June 20, 2011 10:41 AMDo you believe in the Pittsburgh Pirates? That is a question mainly for Mets fans. If you don’t believe in the Pirates, why should anyone believe in the Mets? They have similar records and similar run differentials....
June 19, 2011 12:00 AMThe last time Derek Jeter missed significant time, he was a great player in his prime. He was joined on the disabled list for the first month of the 2003 season by Mariano Rivera. With main set-up man Steve Karsay out...
June 16, 2011 1:26 AM
PSSST, come close I want to tell you something. Closer. I don’t want to say this too loud because one of the policies of Yankee Stadium is to do your darnedest not to offend Derek Jeter. But you were nice enough to...
June 15, 2011 1:46 AMDerek Jeter’s honor code goes like this: “I’m all right.” It has been his scripted line for all inquiries into injuries. Derek, noticed you limping. “I’m all right.” Did you grimace on that swing? “I’m all right.” Were...
June 14, 2011 3:27 AMMariano Rivera acquired a new first name this season. "Yeah, now everyone calls me 41-year-old Mariano Rivera," the premier closer in history says, a smile at the corner of his mouth. "It doesn't bother me." I...
June 14, 2011 12:00 AM
Sandy Alderson was hired as Mets general manager to deal with issues exactly like Jose Reyes’ free agency. He is viewed industry wide as an executive who does not believe in the long, expensive contract, which made him...
June 12, 2011 12:37 AMAlex Rodriguez has decided to eliminate his Yuri problem. Rodriguez has decided to bar his cousin, Yuri Sucart, from essentially serving as his go-fer on the road any longer, a source close to the slugger told The Post...
June 11, 2011 2:39 AM
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