{"id":34339,"date":"2026-08-09T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34339"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:04:54","slug":"john-flaherty-enjoying-next-chapter-after-yankees-yes-stint-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34339","title":{"rendered":"John Flaherty enjoying &#8216;next chapter&#8217; after Yankees&#8217; YES stint ended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>John Flaherty is enjoying a second life that does not include much baseball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlash\u201d had been a part of Yankees fans\u2019 summers for decades, a catcher with the team from 2003-05 before trading in his mitt for a microphone and beginning a 20-year run as an analyst on YES Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/18\/sports\/michael-kay-clears-the-air-on-rumored-john-flaherty-beef\/\">That run ended this year<\/a>, Flaherty\u2019s contract not renewed after the 2025 season. The network stuck with David Cone, Paul O\u2019Neill and Joe Girardi as its three main analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it was a surprise,\u201d Flaherty said while wearing the pinstripes Saturday, when he was back in The Bronx for Old-Timers\u2019 Day. \u201cIt was definitely something that I think I saw coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an adjustment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An adjustment that took a little while to sink in. 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season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first major league season in 38 years where I haven\u2019t been part of a schedule, so it\u2019s been great,\u201d said Flaherty, who had just returned from a trip to Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yankees Trade Deadline Was A Disaster &amp; Lombard Gets Called Up | Pinstripe Post\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_mRYkQHWts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>No, he is not watching baseball every day, even if he will check in on scores every once in a while. Flaherty, who grew up in West Nyack, did not rule out a return to a studio or booth one day if an opportunity arises, but he called having a summer to himself \u201cpretty nice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t think about it while you\u2019re in the grind,\u201d said Flaherty, who added he is consistently honored to be a part of Old-Timers\u2019 Day and pal around with legends and former teammates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great run at YES,\u201d Flaherty said, \u201cbut I\u2019m enjoying this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Flaherty is enjoying a second life that does not include much baseball.\u00a0 \u201cFlash\u201d had been a part of Yankees fans\u2019 summers for decades, a catcher with the team from 2003-05 before trading in his mitt for a microphone and beginning a 20-year run as an analyst on YES Network.\u00a0 That run ended this year,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/crop-40257241.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}