Yankees' Tanaka Has 1st Bullpen Session Since Elbow Injury
Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said Tanaka looked "fine,'' but that it's "more important how he feels tomorrow.''
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Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said Tanaka looked "fine,'' but that it's "more important how he feels tomorrow.''
The Rays won their third in a row and sent New York to its fifth straight loss.
The use of metal detectors at the stadium will be in addition to bag checks and have prompted the Yankees to urge their fans to get to the ballpark earlier.
The New York Yankees have been abysmal at the plate during a four-game losing streak. Now they have to face baseball's best pitching staff since the All-Star break over the weekend.
Minutes after he was elected baseball's 10th commissioner, Rob Manfred didn't want to discuss what great issues he expects to take on when he succeeds Selig on Jan. 25.
Rob Manfred has been elected baseball's 10th commissioner and will succeed Bud Selig in January.
And if you need more proof that the Yankees' ship is tanking, a Steinbrenner spouted off on Wednesday. Well, to the extent that the way more laconic Hal does these days.
Steinbrenner said he will wait until after the season to turn his attention to a new deal for Cashman, whose contract is expiring. Cashman has been the Yankees' general manager since 1998.
These places have come and gone over the years, but New York and New Jersey boast some of the best in the country. Here's how they stack up against each other.
Rob Manfred, Tom Werner and Tim Brosnan seek election Thursday, with a three-quarters majority of the 30 teams needed in the first contested balloting for a new commissioner in 46 years.
Sounding much like his late father, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says his team's offense has to snap out of its funk. A-Rod in the lineup would be nice right about now.
Maybe Yankees manager Joe Girardi got lucky with his 26th career ejection: He didn't have to watch from the dugout as New York blew a late lead in a painful defeat.
Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones homered in a four-run eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday night for a two-game sweep of the rain-shortened series.
It was not quite said with his father's famed intensity, but the message was the same. A Steinbrenner is not happy with the Yankees.
Masahiro Tanaka, who has been out since July 8 with a small tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, threw nearly a dozen fastballs from the stretch off flat ground on Wednesday.
