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Red Sox-Yankees: How Joe Girardi Blew a Possible NY »
No outs, the tying run is on second base, and the Yankees are down by a single run. Before I continue, I'll set the scene. One night earlier, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon blew a save in devastating fashion, allowing a game-tying two-run homer to Alex Rodriguez and a walk-off bomb to journeyman OF Marcus Thames. Papelbon's back on the [...]
The 10 Nastiest Pitchers of All Time »
You don't need all-world credentials to capture a spot on this list. You don't need a 20-win season or an ERA under 3.00. You don't need to be a present or future Hall of Famer... All you need is nasty "stuff." I mean really, nasty stuff; downright filthy. The kind of stuff that sends hitters back to the bench thinking, "Do I really belong [...]
Melky Cabrera for Javier Vazquez: Yankees Are Taking »
Come on now, this is getting a little ridiculous. A year after acquiring the high-priced trio of C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett, and a couple of weeks after trading for spark plug Curtis Granderson, the New York Yankees have added Javier Vazquez -- a quality right-handed starter -- to their already loaded roster. And all they had [...]