New York Yankees News and Rumors
A position-by-position look at some of the greatest players in Dodgers and Yankees historyKevin Kaduk, yahoo.com It took 17 seasons of interleague play and the series will last only two games, but the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are finally hooking up in the Bronx starting Tuesday night (weather permitting). It's the first time the two have met at the… |
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Yankees place Teixeira (wrist) back on DL3 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Mark Teixeira is back on the 15-day disabled list with an aching right wrist, the latest injury setback for the depleted New York Yankees. |
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The Dodgers are in the Bronx to face the Yankees for the first time in 32 years, so Cliff Corcoran looks back at the 11 World Series showdowns between these iconic franchises. |
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Yankees, Dodgers spice up interleague10 hours ago
Interleague play, a novelty gone stale, or worse, gets some pizzazz back for the next two nights. The Dodgers play the Yankees in the Bronx for the first time since the final game of the 1981 World Series. How long has it been? It hasn't happened in the… |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com We have our first title change since The Stew introduced its Glass Joe Title a few weeks back. Named for lovable loser Glass Joe of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" fame, the titles — one for each league — belong to the losingest losers in baseball. B… |
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Donnie Baseball returns to Bronx wearing Dodger blueJun 17 (yesterday)
Austin Laymance, MLB.com Don Mattingly is a Yankees icon. But he won't be wearing his old pinstripes when he returns to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday with his struggling Dodgers club. |
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British humour makes baseball even betterJun 17 (yesterday)
David Brown, yahoo.com It's no matter that British comedian Anthony Richardson probably did this voiceover of New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox opening day for folks who are less familiar with Major League Baseball. American fans of our nation's pastime should find it funny, to… |
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Yanks nearing deal with first-rounder ClarkinJun 17 (yesterday)
Jason Mastrodonato, MLB.com Moments before Ian Clarkin was chosen in the First-Year Player Draft, a video showed the southpaw confessing his dislike for the Yankees. But that didn't dissuade the Bombers from taking him with the 33rd overall pick, and it hasn't stopped the 18-year-… |
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Fifty years later, Downing recalls '63 season fondlyJun 17 (yesterday)
Lyle Spencer, MLB.com Spencer: Al Downing was a major factor in the Yankees' run to the 1963 AL Pennant, 50 years ago. And he had a front-row seat as Dodgers' pitchers dominated the Bombers in an historic World Series. |
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Do It Again: Rewatching Game 4 of Heat-SpursJun 17 (yesterday)
I once rewatched the entirety of the Red Sox 2004 ALCS victory over the New York Yankees. Not exactly to understand it better, because there were plen... |
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Yankees, Rivera survive wild 9th to snap skidJun 16 (yesterday)
Associated Press, ESPN.com Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth, and the New York Yankees snapped their five-game losing streak with a wild 6-5 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday. |
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Photo: Dazzling lightning show interrupts Double-A Midland RockHounds gameJun 16 (3 days ago)
Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Don’t let the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees see that wild photo above. It might bring back too many uncomfortable memories. The photo actually comes from Thursday night when the Midland RockHounds - Double-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s - we |
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Hanson leads Angels to third straight winJun 15 (3 days ago)
Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com Tommy Hanson -- throwing harder than he has all season -- tossed a quality start and four relievers combined to get the last eight outs as the Angels beat the Yankees, 6-2, in front of a packed Angel Stadium to capture their third straight win. |
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Why the Yankees are missing out on Cuban talentJun 15 (3 days ago)
With the Dodgers coming to the Bronx this week, it’s only natural to wonder where the big-spending Yankees were when Yasiel Puig was being shopped as a free agent last summer. |
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Yankees May Need Rodriguez After AllJun 14 (4 days ago)
David Waldstein, nytimes.com With Kevin Youkilis back on the disabled list, Alex Rodriguez’s progress in rehabilitation looms ever larger. |
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Derek Jeter resumes hitting and fielding drillsJun 14 (4 days ago)
TAMPA,Fla. (AP) -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter resumed hitting and fielding drills Friday for the first time since mid-April, a day after receiving medically clearance to increase his rehabilitation program for a broken left ankle. |
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MLB Notebook: A's work overtime for W'sJun 14 (4 days ago)
Roger Schlueter, MLB.com With their 3-2 victory over the Yankees on Thursday, the A's became the seventh team since 1916 to have two wins in games lasting at least 18 innings in the same season. |
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You Will Never Watch the Red Sox and Yankees the Same Way AgainJun 14 (5 days ago)
In the name of Dylan Thomas's boathouse, Anthony Richardson is back. You may remember Anthony from such films as Dream Team vs. Team USA. Now he's her... |
