Exhausted Yankees still in good shape
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Even after two draining nights of disappointment, the New York Yankees are still in good shape. Sure, they squandered a pair of chances to close out Boston.
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It's still early, but it's not too hard to anticipate a showdown coming between the Yankees and Red Sox in the next round.
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The New York Yankees haven&#39;t given up improving their pitching rotation yet, and they appear to be making moves with a certain tall left-hander in Arizona in mind.
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Relaxing for the announcement last night were the Boston Red Sox. And in this corner ... the New York Yankees. Thanks to bouncing back from a 5-1 deficit against the Minnesota Twins last night, the stars are aligned.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Friday night for their first win in a week. Alex Rodriguez had three hits as the Yankees opened a big 10-game homestand after a disastrous 1-7 road trip. New York has won nine of its last 10 games at Yankee Stadium.
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At an age when most catchers have retired to the couch, switched positions or stopped being productive, Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is still a formidable threat.
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The Yankees climbed into the pennant race by beating mediocre teams after the All-Star Game break. Now they have built enough confidence to hang with the elite.
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The champagne remained stashed out of sight for a second straight night. The Yankees sat quietly at the dining table in the middle of their clubhouse last night, eating their chicken and beef and pasta and talking about going home for some Bronx-style home cooking. &quot;We're still in good shape, up three games to two,&quot; said captain Derek Jeter, after ...
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It&#39;s not Randy Johnson or Carlos Beltran or even Tony Womack, but the Yankees yesterday made a signing that will bring back an important piece of their very successful recent past.
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The New York Yankees couldn&#039;t quite wipe out memories of the second-worst loss in franchise history in 24 hours.
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The New York Yankees are comfortably the richest team in baseball. Their $180m annual wage bill is more than double that of most of their counterparts, and they have many of the game&#39;s most luminous stars in their line-up.
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Baltimore's Sidney Ponson held the Yankees to two hits in his fourth career shutout. The Yankees have not scored a run in the last 17 innings.
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The New York Yankees turned a long day into a productive one -- at the plate and in the AL East standings.
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BASEBALL George Steinbrenner says he's fit and feeling fine. And for those who don't believe him, the New York Yankees owner invites them to join him at the gym. ``No, I did not have a stroke. I am not ill. I work out daily," he said in a telephone interview last week from his office in Tampa. ``I'd like to ...
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The Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive post-season trip with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. But there were no high-fives or celebratory hugs in the Yankees clubhouse, because they believe the best is yet to come.
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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Rookie reliever Jim Hoey, who was shut down at the end of last season because of a tired right shoulder, says he feels 100 percent healthy.