The Yankees stumbled to a last-place finish at the dawn of the 90s. But a new series documents how things were even worse off the field
Championships, champagne and ticker-tape parades – that’s the story of New York Yankees baseball, right? Not if you were on the team in 1990.
During that season, the team’s combustible owner, George Steinbrenner, was banned from baseball after connecting with gambler Howard Spira to discredit one of his own players, Dave Winfield. Outfielder Mel Hall brought two cougar cubs into the clubhouse and had a relationship with an underage high school student. On the field, the team was so bad that pitcher Andy Hawkins threw a no-hitter – and still lost. The Yankees stumbled to a last-place finish in the American League East. Their lowlight reel from the season gets a second look in a new documentary on Peacock in the US – Bronx Zoo ‘90: Crime, Chaos and Baseball.
