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Robinson Cano Still Plans to Play for Dominican »
New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano became a U.S. citizen earlier this month and the New York Daily News reported Thursday that he plans to don the red, white and blue next spring during the World Baseball Classic. The red, white and blue of the Dominican Republic, that is. Cano told the Daily News: “I still have to play for the [...]
Top 10 New York Yankees Traditions »
Over the years, Thanksgiving has become associated with traditions aplenty. From carving up a turkey to watching football with the family, the holiday has taken on many rituals. The traditional tale dates back to Plymouth Rock in 1621, according to MSNBC.com, with a meal to celebrate the Pilgrims’ gratitude to the Native Americans for [...]
Yankees Should Proceed with Caution on Free Agent »
CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman reported Thursday that free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew was drawing attention from a few American League teams, including the New York Yankees. Drew struggled last season. He suffered an ankle injury in July 2011 that cost him the last half of that season as well as the first half of 2012. In 40 games with the [...]
5 Reasons Hiroki Kuroda Will Be Just as Great for the »
The New York Yankees have agreed to terms with right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year deal, according to ESPN.com. Sources reportedly told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney the deal is worth $15 million plus incentives. The incentives are said to be worth less than $1 million. The money makes sense; Kuroda had turned down the Yankees’ [...]
Rupert Murdoch and the Yankees: A Marriage Made in »
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to be in a buying mood, according to a New York Times report on Monday. Amy Chozick reported that Murdoch’s News Corporation, after spending more than a year dealing with the fallout from a phone-hacking scandal in Great Britain, may be after a 49-percent stake in New York’s YES Network. That, in [...]
Hot Stove: Playoff Hero Raul Ibanez Wants to Come Back »
Raul Ibanez wants to come back to the New York Yankees, according to Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. Davidoff posted early Monday morning that Ibanez was convinced to watch the highlights from Game 3 of the American League Division Series. That was the game in which Ibanez forced extra innings with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, [...]
Yankees Have Competition, Potential Ally in Quest to »
It appears to be a battle of two coasts over free-agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News reported Saturday night that the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels are both pursuing Kuroda. Further, Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com reported on Friday that the Dodgers might have an edge in the race for [...]
Hot Stove: New York Yankee Fans Sometimes Bring the »
There are two types of baseball fans. There are those who love the New York Yankees. Then there is everybody else, the overwhelming majority of whom positively loathe the Yankees, their fans and pretty much everything they stand for. Some of that ill will doubtlessly extends from the franchise’s overwhelming success. The Yankees’ 27 [...]
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day; 2013 New York »
Many fans of the New York Yankees are restless right now. There’s not enough happening.The front office isn’t doing enough to recover from the debacle that was the 2012 American League Championship Series, in which the Yankees were swept by the Detroit Tigers. There are free agents out there that haven’t been signed. And [...]
Ricky Nolasco May Be New York Yankees’ Target »
According to a report in Newsday Thursday night, the New York Yankees may have revived their interest in Miami Marlins right-hander Ricky Nolasco. Erik Boland reported that, while the Yankees never made an offer to free-agent outfielder Torii Hunter, Nolasco is back on the radar. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com tweeted Wednesday morning that Hunter [...]