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Anthony Volpe

Somerset County's Anthony Volpe's Big Grand Slam Helps Yankees Avoid Sweep Somerset County's Anthony Volpe's Big Grand Slam Helps Yankees Avoid Sweep
Somerset County's Anthony Volpe's Big Grand Slam Helps Yankees Avoid Sweep A boy from Jersey is the king of Bronx. On Tuesday evening, Oct. 29, Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 3rd inning — the fourth game of the World Series — with the Yankees trailing the Dodgers 2-1, giving them a 5-2 lead in a game they won 11-4.  The Yankees, who came into the game trailing the series 3-0 and facing elimination, will now attempt to live another day when they face the Dodgers in Game 5 Wednesday, Oct. 30. Volpe grew up in Watchung and attended Delbarton High School, and is a lifelong Yankees fan, having attended the Bombers' last Wo…
Yankee Shortstop Anthony Volpe Swings By NJ Cafe Yankee Shortstop Anthony Volpe Swings By NJ Cafe
Yankee Shortstop Anthony Volpe Swings By NJ Cafe New York Yankee Anthony Volpe paid a visit to his home state on Friday, Oct. 6. The 21-year-old short stop stopped to snap a picture at Blue Cafe in Basking Ridge. "You never know who will come to Blue Café," the shop wrote on Facebook. "Today we were visited by New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe." Last December, Paul McCartney visited the eatery. Volpe this year was the youngest Yankee to make the Opening Day lineup since Derek Jeter in 1996. Like Jeter, Volpe also plays shortstop. He is a lifelong Yankees fan who has talked about attending games as a child and admiring players l…
Out Of Left Field: Superfan Posts Clip Of Sprinting Intruder Making Beeline For Yanks' Volpe Out Of Left Field: Superfan Posts Clip Of Sprinting Intruder Making Beeline For Yanks' Volpe
Out Of Left Field: Superfan Posts Clip Of Sprinting Intruder Making Beeline For Yanks' Volpe The first inkling home viewers had that someone ran onto Coors Field after the Yankees defense had taken their positions Saturday night was an isolated shot of second baseman Gleyber Torres with a security guard dashing past in the background. Viewers knew that someone had run onto the field in Colorado in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Yankees' 6-3 win over the Rockies on July 15. Play-by-play announcer John Flaherty told the YES audience so. What viewers didn't know -- because such things are never shown -- was that it wasn't some clown trying to dodge pursuing security guards. T…