New York Yankees News and Rumors
Yankees' Girardi calls for more instant replayMike Mazzeo, ESPN.com New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi strongly advocated for the implementation of expanded instant replay after he was ejected for arguing a blown call in the eighth inning of his team's 3-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the ALCS. |
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Hughes feels no pressure matching up vs. VerlanderOct 14, 2012
Ian Browne, MLB.com To give his team legitimate hope in the American League Championship Series, all Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes has to do in Tuesday night's Game 3 is outpitch the great Justin Verlander. |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta has quietly put his own stamp on the ALCS as Detroit has taken a 2-0 advantage over the Yankees. |
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Scuffling bats holding back Yanks' strong pitchingOct 14, 2012
Mike Bauman, MLB.com The danger here is not only the New York Yankees losing the American League Championship Series. There is also the potential for the Yankees' pitchers to sustain hernias from carrying this entire operation all by themselves. |
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Services for Girardi's late father set for MondayOct 14, 2012
Yankees manager Joe Girardi will attend the funeral services of his father, Jerry, in Tampico, Ill., on Monday -- an off-day after Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS were played at Yankee Stadium over the weekend. |
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Sanchez silences Yanks to give Tigers 2-0 leadOct 14, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Anibal Sanchez shut down a Yankees lineup minus injured Derek Jeter, and the Detroit Tigers capitalized on a missed call by an umpire to beat New York 3-0 Sunday for a 2-0 lead in the AL championship series. |
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There Is A Crack In The Yankees MystiqueOct 14, 2012
Timothy Burke, deadspin.com The captain is sidelined. Poor regular season attendance has become a postseason reality. Even the Yankee Stadium parking lot is failing. More » |
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A Peek Inside The Spiral Down To MadnessOct 14, 2012
Sean Newell, deadspin.com He's OK, he's OK. They're just giving him the day off, Jackie Rabbittson. They're just giving him the day off. Here, take some peanuts. I know how you like the peanuts. I don't, I don't know, Jackie Rabbittson. Maybe they think A-Rod's going to snap out… |
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Without Jeter, Yanks Look to Nix and NunezOct 14, 2012
David Waldstein, nytimes.com Jayson Nix and Eduardo Nunez will try to replace a Yankee legend for the rest of the playoffs after Derek Jeter broke his ankle in Game 1 of the A.L.C.S. |
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Jeter-less Yankees And McCarver Doing "Who's On First" By Himself: Your Championship Series Open ThreadOct 14, 2012
Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com It's the Tigers in the Bronx again at 4:00 p.m. on TBS, in a series that has so far been essentially bereft of story lines, and robbed of any dramatic potential. Oh here's a story line—why are there so many fat guys on the Tigers? The Cardinals play the… |
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Girardi hesitant to turn to Soriano, RobertsonOct 14, 2012
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he is concerned about the heavy workloads he has had to ask of closer Rafael Soriano and setup man David Robertson, acknowledging that both right-handers may be unavailable for Game 2 of the American League Champion… |
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Fracture confirmed; Jeter won't travel with teamOct 14, 2012
Bryan Hoch, MLB.com Yankees captain Derek Jeter will not travel with the team when the American League Championship Series shifts scenes to Detroit's Comerica Park for Tuesday's Game 3. Jeter had an MRI exam and CT scan on Sunday that confirmed the initial diagnosis of a l… |
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Yanks' president: World Series still within graspOct 14, 2012
Matt Ehalt, ESPN.com Yankees president Randy Levine said Sunday he believes he Yankees can still win the World Series despite the loss of shortstop Derek Jeter to a fractured left ankle. |
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The Yankees Lose Captain LuckOct 14, 2012
Sean Newell, deadspin.com Somehow the Yankees lost last night, even though Raul Ibanez had tied yet another game with yet another ninth inning home run, and the loss was not even the worst thing that happened. Derek Jeter is done. Twenty-four hours ago I could not have imagined … |
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Justin Sablich, nytimes.com The Yankees are deflated, and tired, but there's not much time to rest. After another late night of baseball, the Yankees will be back on the field at 4:07 p.m. Eastern for Game 2 against the Tigers. |
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Yanks tickets still for sale day of ALCS Game 2Oct 14, 2012
Darren Rovell, ESPN.com The Yankees still had tickets available and several thousand more were for sale on the secondary market Sunday for Game 2 of the ALCS, a development the team says doesn't reflect the market while one broker attributed it to prices and the schedule. |
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Young sets Tigers' postseason HR recordOct 14, 2012
With his solo homer Saturday in the Tigers' 6-4, 12-inning win over the Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, Delmon Young has claimed one bit of Tigers history. He now owns the franchise career postseason home run record with si… |
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Raul Ibanez does it again in 9th inning but ecstasy turns to agony in Yankees' loss to Detroit Tigers in ALCS openerOct 14, 2012
Such a shame. Such a waste. There was magic in the bat, in the moment, and rational physics was no longer in play. Everything had come together again for Raul Ibanez in mystical, serendipitous harmony. A 17-season journeyman was going to be mentioned, w… |
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With Curtis Granderson struggling, suddenly the Yankees trade that sent Austin Jackson to Tigers doesn't look so goodOct 14, 2012
When Curtis Granderson hit that critical add-on seventh-inning homer Friday in the Yankees’ ALDS clincher against the Buck Showalter’s Orioles you could almost hear the sigh of relief from Brian Cashman over the din of the Stadium crowd. For much as t… |
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Ron Darling enters TBS booth for Game 1 of ALCS, and although Yankees fans might be upset, he brings his A gameOct 14, 2012
Let the whining begin. Just when Bombers fans stopped moaning over TBS using Cal Ripken Jr. during the Yankees-Orioles ALDS, sounds of discontent reverberated again Saturday night when Ron Darling entered the booth for Game 1 of the ALCS. |
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Yankees gain some history, but lose their heartOct 14, 2012
Marty Noble, MLB.com Until Derek Jeter's ankle betrayed him in the 12th inning, Ibanez and the ghosts Jeter often references had put the Yankees in position to win Game 1. Not even Babe, Lou, Joe D., Yogi and Mick operated as Raul Ibanez has of late. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Score and situation: The Detroit Tigers walked the tightrope early and then nearly saw the entire game slip away thanks to Jose Valverde's ninth inning meltdown. Yet somehow, someway, they averted a complete disaster escaped with a 6-4 win over the New … |
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Sam Eifling, deadspin.com What cannot Raul Ibanez do? What situation cannot he handle? Of all the situations with the possibility of can, there is nothing he cannot. More » |
