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Yankees—Orioles: MLB Regular Season Game 52 »
Regular Season Game 52 Yankees vs. Orioles Yankee Stadium: Bronx, NY Game Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: YES | Radio: WCBS | XM: 176 Lineups: YANKEES (31-20) Derek Jeter SS Nick Swisher RF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Marcus Thames DH Francisco Cervelli C Curtis Granderson CF Kevin Russo LF Pitching: RHP Javier Vazquez [...]
Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: New York Yankees »
When Phil Hughes was named the Yankees fifth starter many wondered what kind of rules he would have to deal with as a starter and this weekend we finally got an idea what's in store. Here's the report from Bobbie Dittmeier (hat-tip to TYU ): The plan, according to ESPNNewYork.com, could give the right-hander, who will turn 24 next month, close to [...]
A-Rod, Pettitte Carry Yanks Past Indians »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 N.Y. Yankees « 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 x 11 18 0 WP: A. Pettitte (7-1) LP: M. Talbot (6-4) Andy Pettitte and the Yankees rolled over the Indians yesterday in the Bronx, taking the series finale 11-2. Pettitte had another [...]
New York Yankees Minor League Report: May 31 »
(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-21) lost to Durham (29-22) 9-1 Box Score - Recap Batting Greg Golson, CF: 1-for-5Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2-for-3, 2B, BB, RDavid Winfree, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (28)Jon Weber, DH: 0-for-3, BBJesus Montero, C: 0-for-3, BB - now batting .229Colin Curtis, LF: 1-for-4Reid Gorecki, RF: 0-for-3, BB Pitching Ivan [...]
Don’t Walk Teixiera to Face A-Rod »
Here are the times it's happened: Today: Indians walked Tex to load the bases for A-Rod. He then hits another grand slam extending the Yankees lead from 2-1 to 6-1. 5/14/10: Twins walk A-Rod to load the bases and Alex turns a 4-3 deficit into a 7-4 lead with a grand slam. 10/4/09: Tampa's Andy Sonnanstine walked Tex to load the bases in the top [...]
Jesus Montero Talks About His Early Season Struggles »
From Wayne Coffey (hat-tip to Was Watching): "I am worried about my hitting, but not that much," Montero says in front of his locker in the PNC Field clubhouse. Not even five minutes later, he says, "I'm not upset that I'm not hitting. I'm still the same guy...trying to hit the ball hard every single time." ..."I have been working every single [...]
This Week in New York Yankees History (May 30 to June »
This Week in Yankees History: May 30-June 5 May 30 1884: Former Yankees shortstop Rube Oldring (1905, 1916) is born. Rube hit .267 in 51 games for the Yankees with two tours with the team. 1894: Former Yankees pitcher Al Mamaux (1924) is born. On July 12, 1924, Al was purchased by the Yankees from Reading (International League). [...]
Sherman: Expect Yankees To Get Cliff Lee, But Not At »
From Joel Sherman: The Yankees are just one of many teams that have begun to proceed as if Cliff Lee— not Roy Oswalt—will be the prize of the July 31 trade market. That means they have increased their scouting attention on a pitcher they already were following closely because he projects as the best pitcher of the coming [...]
Yankees-Twins: Javier Vazquez Struggles as Minnesota »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E N.Y. Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 Minnesota « 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 x 8 12 1 WP: N. Blackburn (6-1) LP: J. Vazquez (3-5) Since I'm pretty busy this morning and last night's game was pretty damn awful, I'm going to keep this to bullet points. After three nice [...]
New York Yankees Have No Interest in Oswalt, But They »
First the Oswalt info from Jon Heyman via Twitter : "bad news for A'stros. Yankees unlikely to become heavily involved in Oswalt. 'We like our starters,' one official said." Like I said yesterday, they don't need a starting pitcher right now, and won't need one down the road unless they suffer some major injuries, so this is no surprise. He's also [...]