This past week’s Yankees power outage prompted discussion of toughness and grit and heart concerning your favorite $198-million ballclub, and more often than not, it’s all a bunch of garbage. They’re baseball players. Sometimes they come through, sometim...
The Yankees, at this moment, are dealing with more problems with youth than age. It has been common to wonder year after year if a team that relies so much on older players, as the Yankees do annually, has reached a tipping point in which grayness outwei...
The Yankees could thank Alex Rodriguez for their back-to-back wins, or maybe Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes. Or they could look to general manager Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi, who called a team-meeting before Tuesday’s game after the Yankees had lost si...
For a team built for two- and three-run homers, the Yankees certainly have had a hard time hitting them recently. So while the middle of their lineup continues to flail in clutch situations, they’ll have to take games like last night’s 3-2 win over the R...
One of my favorite perks of this job came at the old Stadium, sitting next to now-retired Newsday columnist Steve Jacobson, a world-class storyteller who covered the Yankees as a beat in his younger days. Jacobson’s tenure included the 1965 club, which f...
Joe Girardi recalls being about 8 when a train derailed behind his grandparents' farm and left enough stray boxes of Cap'n Crunch cereal to feed him and his four siblings for a full year. What a treat that became. The kids typically only got sugar cereal...
Oakland, CA – Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher belted two-run homers, and Ivan Nova stretched his road unbeaten streak as the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics, 6-3, on Friday night. Robinson Cano added a solo blast for the Yankees, who have won ...
OAKLAND, Calif. – Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher hit two-run homers to help the New York Yankees win for the seventh straight time in Oakland, beating the Athletics 6-3 on Friday night. Robinson Cano also homered and Ivan Nova (5-2) allowed three runs in...
New York, NY – New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner denied a report Thursday that his family is looking to sell the storied franchise. The New York Daily News reported on its website late Wednesday night that the Steinbrenner family...
The Daily News reported Thursday that there were rumors in Major League Baseball and New York banking circles that the Steinbrenner family "is exploring the possibility of selling the Yankees." "It is pure fiction," he said. "The Yankees are not for sale...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Two innings after leapfrogging Paul Waner for 15th on the all-time hit list, Derek Jeter moved into a tie for 14th place with George Brett , bunting for a base hit. Jeter, who came around to score the Yankees' fifth run on Mark Teixeir...
OAKLAND -- The Yankees envisioned Raul Ibanez as their everyday designated hitter against right-handers who would play in the field occasionally. Instead, the veteran has spent more time patrolling the outfield. Saturday marked Ibanez's 23rd start of the...
The Marlins and Rays have some catching up to do for baseball supremacy in Florida. Turns out the most popular team in the state is from out of state. A poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found the New York Yankees to be the favorite of ...
Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesEric Chavez joins Raul Ibanez in congratulating Nick Swisher following his home run in the Yankees' 6-3 win over the A's last night. OAKLAND -- Eric Chavez's framed photograph still hangs in the runway leading to the playing field h...
This afternoon Sabathia will attempt to avoid losing his third consecutive game when the Yankees continue a three-game weekend set with the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. The left-hander allowed four earned runs over six innings of work in a 5-2 loss...
