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ALCS 2010: New York Yankees’ Season on the Brink »
A.J. Burnett was pitching well until Bengie Molina sent the first pitch he saw in the sixth inning into the left field seats for a three-run homer and a 5-3 lead, one the Rangers would never relinquish en route to a 10-3 victory in Game 4 and a 3-1 American League Championship Series lead. I don't have any problem with manager Joe Girardi leaving [...]
ALCS 2010 Preview: New York Yankees Get What They »
Things have gone exactly to plan for the Yankees so far this postseason. New York tanked the American League East so it could face the whipping boy Twins instead of Cliff Lee and the Rangers, and what happened? The Bombers once again easily dispatched of Minnesota in three games, while the AL East champion Rays were taken to the limit before being [...]
2010 ALDS Preview: New York Yankees-Minnesota Twins »
No matter what they say, over the final three-plus weeks of the season, the Yankees played as if they favored taking on the Twins in the first round of the playoffs over securing home-field advantage and having to play Cliff Lee and the Rangers. New York (95-67) seems to have gotten what it wanted and will open up the best-of-five American [...]
Bernie Williams Interview: Life With and Without the »
One of Bernie Williams' most memorable conversations with the late George Steinbrenner had nothing to do with baseball. About eight or nine years ago, the Yankees suspended their annual Family Day at the Stadium, an event during which the players were able to bring their children to play around on the field. Williams' wife, Waleska, was upset [...]
New York Yankees’ American League Division »
It only took six days for Joe Girardi to finally realize the Yankees needed to start winning games or they wouldn't be going to the playoffs. On Sept. 20, I wrote how there was a very real chance of Boston pulling within 4 1/2 games of New York with a sweep at Yankee Stadium and that Girardi needed to stop counting his chickens before they hatched [...]
New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays Battle One Last »
Don't tell Joe Girardi, but the Yankees haven't clinched anything yet. The sputtering Bombers, who have lost nine of their last 13, somehow still have the best record in baseball. But their lead entering their final four-game series with the second-place Rays is just half a game, so the American League East title and homefield advantage could very [...]
Yankees-Rays: Joe Girardi Lies When Saying Winning the »
Before the Yankees' painful 1-0 loss to the Rays in 11 innings on Monday night, Manager Joe Girardi told MLB.com that "the division is important because everyone wants their home fans behind them as long as you can. We had it last year and it worked out very well for us. It's important to us."He was obviously not telling the truth.If you really [...]
Nick Swisher Bails Out Joe Girardi as Yankees Snap »
One swing of the bat erased 52 nervous hours for the Yankees. Nick Swisher's two-run, walk-off homer to beat the Orioles, 3-2, on Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx cleansed the palette after a frustrating day by Joe Girardi and the Bombers' offense, and prevented New York from taking a four-game losing streak into an off-day before a tough [...]
Buck Showalter’s Hiring Makes American League »
When Buck Showalter was named the Orioles' 17th full time skipper on July 29th, it signaled the completion of the American League East's stranglehold on the title of Division with the Best Managers. With Joe Maddon in Tampa Bay, Cito Gaston in Toronto, Joe Girardi in New York, Terry Francona in Boston and Showalter now in Baltimore, the AL East [...]
Yankees-Tigers: Austin Jackson Makes Yankee Stadium »
Much of the attention will be on Johnny Damon when the Tigers open up a four-game series Monday night in the Bronx, but there's another Detroit outfielder with something to prove this week. Austin Jackson is set to make his Yankee Stadium debut in a Tigers uniform, not in the pinstripes many believed they'd see him wearing for many years to come [...]