Yankees Out To Spoil Home Opener For Francona, Indians
Terry Francona spent eight seasons competing with the Yankees for AL East supremacy. On Monday, the Cleveland Indians manager will face his former adversary in his new team's first home game.
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Terry Francona spent eight seasons competing with the Yankees for AL East supremacy. On Monday, the Cleveland Indians manager will face his former adversary in his new team's first home game.
Cleveland has caught "Indians fever" -- partially due to former Yankee Nick Swisher.
CC Sabathia put in a strong seven-inning outing as the Yankees shut out the Tigers at Comerica Park.
The Yankees are off to a 1-4 start to begin the season after failing to the Tigers 8-4 on Saturday.
Yankees have activated Phil Hughes from the DL. He will start Saturday night against the Tigers. To make room, the Yankees sent reliever Cody Eppley to Triple-A.
Curtis Granderson will soon resume throwing and could return to the lineup in May. If all goes well for the Yankees, they could have Granderson, Jeter and Teixeira back by May 1.
Goldin Auctions -- which is located in West Berlin, N.J. -- is auctioning off a prized Wagner card online. The company is referring to the card as "The 1909 T206 White Border Honus Wagner, The 'Jumbo' Wagner."
Eduardo Nunez, filling in for injured shortstop Derek Jeter, left the game in the fourth inning after being hit by a pitch as Ivan Nova and the Yankees fell to the Tigers in the opener of the three-game series.
Following two straight duds to start the season, the banged-up New York Yankees finally looked like themselves Thursday night.
Derek Jeter is taking part in long toss and undergoing therapy in Tampa, according to CBSSports.com/WFAN baseball insider Jon Heyman, so he doesn't exactly appear to be on the fast track back to the Bronx.
Cano said he's known Jay-Z since he was a rookie in 2005 and that he made the decision last weekend.
Hiroki Kuroda raised his pitching hand to block Shane Victorino's line drive. Four batters later, Kuroda was out of the game. Another injury for the Yankees. And another loss, too.
Back in the warmth of the clubhouse, Clay Buchholz took pride in how he chilled the Yankees' bats. For the first time since 1999, the Boston Red Sox are 2-0. For the first time since 1935, they began the season with two wins at the Yankees.
Neil Keefe was embarrassed by the Opening Day performance from CC Sabathia and the makeshift Yankees lineup.
Former baseball star Jose Canseco said on Twitter that the second baseman "just gave the Yankees $100 million."
