Hartnett: Yankees Must Add Victorino's Spark
Acquiring Shane Victorino could help cure the Yankees' over-reliance upon the longball.
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Acquiring Shane Victorino could help cure the Yankees' over-reliance upon the longball.
An overwhelming blue-clad, pro-Chelsea crowd made Yankee Stadium feel a bit like London's Stamford Bridge, with six sections of loud Blues supporters behind the first-base dugout.
Coco Crisp collected the game-winning hit as the Yankees lost in 12 innings to the Oakland A's. The Athletics completed a four-game sweep over the Yankees.
The Yankees have lost three in a row to the Athletics. They lost 2-1 on Saturday night and are facing the prospect of a four-game sweep on Sunday.
Mariano Rivera is not counting out a 2012 return, but is being patient.
The surprise Oakland A's have become a dangerous team both in the AL West and in competition with the Yankees.
The Yankees have as deep a bench as they have had since the championship teams of the late '90's. In the wake of Brett Gardner's injury, Raul Ibanez and Andruw Jones have filled in well and Eric Chavez has gotten more at-bats.
New York rallied to tie the game with solo homers from Russell Martin and Robinson Cano in the eighth and ninth innings, but it wasn't enough as the A's topped the Yankees, 3-2, on Friday night.
It has been debated ad nauseam since Roger Clemens' infamous bat toss at Mike Piazza in Game 2 of the 2000 World Series: Was it reflex or rage fueled by steroids?
Manager Joe Girardi said Thursday it's time for everyone to move forward, and he is happy to have Jackson back.
The Yankees said Thursday night Gardner would have inflamed tissue removed in a procedure that will be performed by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
The Yankees received word their left fielder will undergo elbow surgery, then they got shut down by an unfazed rookie. Not quite the kind of start they had hoped for on their final West Coast swing.
Hiroki Kuroda pitched four-hit ball, Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer in a four-run first inning and the New York Yankees completed a thorough sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 6-0, rain-shortened victory Wednesday.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera would prefer to not know the status of his recovery from a torn ACL.
We've been through this before, haven't we? These are not the Bronx Bunters.
