 This could be the final run at another World Series title by the New York Yankees "Core Four" of Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera.
Unfortunately, father time waits for no one and this group, which has collectively won more championship rings than any other collection of players in baseball history, is not able to avoid the inevitable.
As the Yankees prepare to open the 2...
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 AJ Burnett’s disastrous season as a Yankee starting pitcher is even further magnified when you look at his performance as part of the team’s starting five.
Burnett is 10 – 15 while pitching for a team that until very recently was boasting the best record in baseball. Prior to Tuesday night's game, out of the Yankees 93 wins, the starting five has accounted for 72. Burnett’s 10-win shar...
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 The Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays put on one of the most exhilarating three-game series just last week in St. Petersburg with each game being decided by just one run. As anticipation built for the two top teams in the AL East to battle for a big four-game set in New York, fans could only wonder how this series would match the other--and more importantly, who would gain the upper hand overall.
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 The two teams with the best record in baseball battled for a total of 30 innings in a three-game series, and after all three games being decided by one run the Rays settled into first place one-half game ahead of the Yankees.
Wednesday night, at a not-so beautiful Tropicana Field, the home standing TB Rays claimed first place in the AL East thanks to two 2-run homers by lefty hitting Dan John...
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 Alex Rodriguez came back from the 15-day DL Sunday and got right back in the swing of things. He picked up two hits in his first game back and then in a 4-3 Labor Day loss to Baltimore today he added a couple of RBI to crack the 100 RBI mark for the 14th straight year--the first player in MLB history to achieve that feat.
A-Rod smacked a classic long, towering HR (22) that bounced ...
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 AJ Burnett, pay attention. The way rookie righty Ivan Nova pitched Sunday afternoon vs. the White Sox in a 2-1 win is what Yankee faithful expect out of you. Burnett, who has a 9-11 record on the team with one of the best records in baseball, may be pitching himself out of the rotation. He gave NYY just 3.1 innings in his last outing and Chicago beat him up for 8 ea...
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