Slumping Yankees Need A-Rod, Jeter To Find Stroke In Texas
The Yankees' bats went silent in their last series against the Tigers. Getting Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter back on track would certainly help.
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The Yankees' bats went silent in their last series against the Tigers. Getting Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter back on track would certainly help.
Joe Girardi's plan was to rest Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, giving both a day off amid a grueling stretch of the schedule. Then A-Rod's replacement hurt his foot, forcing the third baseman back on the field.
A.J. Burnett leads the Yankees with four wins, and in a season where the Yankees need him to be the pitcher they gave $82.5 million to, he's stepping up in a big way.
Rutgers was 1-7-1 at the original Yankee Stadium, playing there for the last time in 1948. Army played at the old ballpark 38 times and was part of the first football game at the new stadium, losing to Notre Dame 27-3 last Nov. 20.
Derek Jeter will not start for the Yankees after leaving Wednesday night's game against Detroit with a right hip injury. Eduardo Nunez was listed as the shortstop in the lineup posted in the clubhouse before Thursday afternoon's game.
The captain of the Yankees, a no-brainer Hall-of-Famer, no longer plays like one, and never will. The next time you'll see Derek Jeter hit .330 is in syndication, or on his "Yankeeography."
Nobody's temperature can be taken this many times in one 600-at-bat baseball season. But that's what we're doing because Derek Jeter is almost 37, coming off his worst year ever, and hitting .250 a month into the first year of a new three-year contract.
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says he's OK and will be able to play following his late exit Wednesday night because of a sore right hip.
With many questions surrounding the Mets and the future of the Yankees' old players, there was no better person to talk to than a former Mets player who is also old.
Craig was already saying yesterday that it's the beginning of the end for Derek Jeter. Now, with Jeter revealing last night that he has a hip injury, it really does look like he's getting old.
Tim Lincecum showed up and mowed down Steve's Metropolitans, who lost with a whimper on Wednesday, 2-0. Meanwhile, in Detroit, Derek Jeter left early and the Yankees managed to lay an egg against the Tigers.
The Detroit Tigers took advantage of some sloppy fielding to beat the New York Yankees for the third straight time, 6-3 on Thursday.
Max Scherzer pitched eight scoreless innings, and Magglio Ordonez homered for the first time this season to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
New York Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes is apparently responding well to a cortisone shot last week for his ailing right shoulder and is expected to begin a throwing program in a couple weeks.
Two doubles, no triples, no dingers. Is Derek Jeter's 2011 power outage here to stay?
