Keidel: Legends Of The Freefall? Yankees In Pinstripe Peril
I said in the spring the Yankees could not bring the World Series back to the Bronx. I was right then. I'm right now.
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I said in the spring the Yankees could not bring the World Series back to the Bronx. I was right then. I'm right now.
But the regular season was not supposed to be anything more than an exercise for the Yankees. We knew the Red Sox were out of it almost from the beginning and were no longer a factor.
I know why you are panicking, Yankees fans. But why do you want the players to act like they are?
Who could have seen this coming? Baseball enters its home stretch with surprise teams all over Roberts' rankings. Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to slide... and slide...
"Who's panicking? I'm not," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "You're going to have highs and lows, but you're still going to have confidence."
Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 and further tighten the AL East race.
Alex Rodriguez returns to the Yankees' lineup Monday and will bat cleanup against the Rays.
Baltimore Orioles closed in on the AL East-leading New York Yankees with an 8-3 victory Sunday.
The New York Yankees are pitching in to help out with the Hurricane Isaac relief effort. The team announced Sunday they will donate more than $25,000 to support the Red Cross Gulf Coast region relief effort associated with storm.
Curtis Granderson is being held out of the New York Yankees' lineup for the finale of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles because of tendinitis in his right hamstring.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez played in the field for the first time during his three-game rehab assignment with the Single A Tampa Yankees on Saturday.
Shortstop J.J. Hardy's bases-loaded error let New York complete a seventh-inning comeback and the Yankees stung the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Saturday to restore their AL East lead to three games.
Curtis Granderson left Saturday's game with tightness in his right hamstring.
Eduardo Nunez was among the Yankees' call-ups and was placed into the starting lineup on Saturday.
Orioles rookie Miguel Gonzalez struck out a career-high nine over seven shutout innings in a masterful pitching performance and Mark Reynolds homered twice.
