Bronx Briefing: Bigger Burden For A.J. Burnett
It was refreshing to see "Good A.J." with his infamous "great stuff" in his first two starts of the year. The Yankees are going to need it for more a lot more than two starts.
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It was refreshing to see "Good A.J." with his infamous "great stuff" in his first two starts of the year. The Yankees are going to need it for more a lot more than two starts.
UConn star Kemba Walker says he's a little nervous about appearing at Yankee Stadium. He's been asked to throw out the first pitch before Wednesday night's game between the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles.
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira joined Boomer & Craig back on April 6th and was boasting to the guys about his solid start after years of struggling in the first month of the season. In the four games since, Teixeira has gone hitless.
On Sunday night, I left Fenway Park the same time I have several times before: upset, disappointed and devastated.
The Red Sox took two of three games from New York after starting the season 0-6 on the road. Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher joined WFAN's Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts to dissect the series.
Once upon a time, a closer would come in with two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh inning. He'd strike out the batter in dramatic fashion, shut down the opposition for the next two innings, and "save" the game for the winners.
He entered fabulous and exits forlorn, his numbers penned into the books with disappearing ink. Like so many of his bulging brethren, Manny Ramirez's legacy stirs in baseball purgatory.
Josh Beckett out-dueled CC Sabathia to lead the Red Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night. But the big story to come out of New York's series loss to Boston was Derek Jeter's lack of production.
CC Sabathia has now started three games and the Yankees are 1-2. They have lost his last two, despite the big man allowing a total of one run in those games.
This weekend, Yankees hurler Mark Prior pitched on consecutive days for the first time as he tries to convert to a reliever in his comeback from a series of injuries.
After an eventful weekend in the sports world, Boomer & Craig had a lot to get to for today's edition of the "Morning Extravaganza," and the guys had a little issue when deciding what to talk about first.
Josh Beckett allowed two hits in eight shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Sunday night to take two out of three games from their rivals after opening the season with six straight losses.
The New York Yankees have signed right-hander Carlos Silva to a minor league contract on Saturday.
Russell Martin hit two of New York's four homers and the Yankees rebounded for a 9-4 win over Boston on Saturday, one day after becoming the only team to lose to the Red Sox this season.
The Red Sox ended their worst losing streak to start a season since World War II as Dustin Pedroia homered and drove in three runs to lift Boston to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees.
