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Can the Yankees Trust Masahiro Tanaka in a Wild Card »
NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka made it through the regular season without needing Tommy John surgery, so that's something. He made it through his final regular-season start with his hamstring intact—another positive. "I feel good about him," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Wednesday night, suggesting but not yet announcing that [...]
Do the Yankees Have What It Takes to Survive Do-or-Die »
NEW YORK — Over in the National League, the Wild Card Game matchup seemed set weeks ago. Here in the American League, no one wants to acknowledge that any part of it is set yet. "I think it's still too early," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Thursday, when someone asked who he might start in the AL Wild Card Game. "Because [...]
A-Rod’s Blemish-Free Season Forcing Yankees to »
NEW YORK — The ceremony will be simple, the New York Yankees say. Nothing elaborate. No special guests. Just a nice little acknowledgement of what Alex Rodriguez did by reaching 3,000 hits. Simple...as if anything with Rodriguez can ever be simple. Just like what the Yankees did after Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, except with A-Rod, [...]
Shane Spencer’s Legendary Breakout Sparked On- »
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Down here in the Atlantic League, the players hear the stories of what Shane Spencer did. He came out of nowhere and became an instant star. He walked out of the minor leagues and into the World Series. He never played here, but leagues like this are full of guys with dreams of doing what Spencer did in 1998 with the New [...]
Yankees Phenom Luis Severino Too Good to Be Traded for »
NEW YORK — Kids are all the rage in the major leagues these days, to the point that one scout was saying this week he'd rather have 20-year-old Carlos Correa than just about any player in the game. "Not for the future," he said. "For now." So what's wrong with the New York Yankees relying on a 21-year-old starting pitcher? Nothing. Nothing [...]
What Was the Last MLB “Superteam” to »
NEW YORK — The best team ever didn't win. No, that's not right. By definition, the best team ever is one that won. However, the "BEST TEAM EVER!" didn't. It was the 2011 Boston Red Sox, and we know it now as the team that collapsed in a mess of beer and fried chicken. But the day before Opening Day, we knew it as the team the Boston Herald [...]
A-Rod Paints Contrasting Picture in Mirroring Derek »
NEW YORK — Four years ago, it was easy to know what to think. It was easy to know how to feel. Derek Jeter got to 3,000 hits in the most Derek Jeter of ways, and it wasn't just Yankees fans who celebrated. Even now, four years later, the pitcher who gave up Jeter's 3,000th hit can talk about how "special" that day was. "I still have no [...]