The Yankees’ Family: Spotlight on Suzanne Molino Singleton

Often times when we watch Yankee games as fans, we’re focused of course, on the Yanks’ road to victory. However, let’s not forget about everyone who makes the franchise its winning team, such as the coaches, grounds crew, the winning team of broadcasters and of course, all of the families who support their careers and schedules!

When you think of the YES Network, for instance, you automatically think of Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, John Flaherty, Jack Curry, Kim Jones and crew. I recently had a lovely chat with Ken’s wife, Suzanne, for some insight into what it’s really like being a baseball wife!

As an accomplished writer, Suzanne blogs for the YES Network as Mrs. Singy and creates inspirational messages through her e-column for women, Snippets Inspiration. As we dished about favorite baseball movies (Angels in the Outfield) and favorite ballpark snack (soft pretzels), our convo switched to meaningful moments.

Considering Ken covers games throughout the Yanks during the season both home and on the road, out of bountiful baseball memories over the years (let’s not forget he was a broadcaster for the Montreal Expos for several years, too, pre-Yankees days), Suzanne has two fond memories in particular about the game. Or rather, touching moments she’ll never forget.

“Ken was a Baltimore Oriole and so we are constantly invited back to their events over the year and when Cal Ripken did his 2,131th consecutive game, when he broke Lou Gehrig’s record. they had two major events surrounding that,” she recalls.

“The first one’s when he tied it and the following evening when he broke it. That was huge. A wonderful display that night, the numbers rolled down on the warehouse. They had Ken and as many players they could gather from Cal’s day and…that’s actually one of the few times I was ever allowed on the field.”

Could you imagine capturing that moment in time? “I’ll never forget that walk through the tunnel that goes onto the field,” she says. “They introduced everybody…and it was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was surreal. It was this rush for me and I because I got to be on the field with all the pomp and circumstance, that was wonderful.”