Sweeny Says: Yankees' March Madness
This is March Madness. The Yankees break camp in one week and Bartolo Colon has probably pitched himself into the Yankee rotation.
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This is March Madness. The Yankees break camp in one week and Bartolo Colon has probably pitched himself into the Yankee rotation.
Bartolo Colon made another strong bid for a spot in the Yankees' rotation, allowing one run over six innings in New York's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Yankees reliever Pedro Feliciano has thrown his second bullpen session since being sidelined by upper left arm soreness.
Last month, Rex Ryan promised a Super Bowl win. On Sunday, the Jets' brash coach reiterated the guarantee by channeling his inner Teddy Roosevelt, while at the same time comparing himself to Yankees legend Babe Ruth.
According to Mark Teixeira, Ben Francisco's effort to knock the ball out his glove on a fourth-inning grounder down the first-base line on Sunday was an unnecessary play. "He could hurt me or hurt himself. That's not baseball," Teixeira said.
Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Reggie Jackson finally felt good enough to join the New York Yankees in Florida for his annual stint as a spring training instructor.
The New York Yankees keep tinkering with their leadoff hitter. Brett Gardner hit first, with Derek Jeter No. 2, for the second time during spring training in Sunday's road game against Philadelphia.
Alex Rodriguez drove in a run for the sixth consecutive game, rotation candidate Freddy Garcia gave up five runs and five hits over six innings and the New York Yankees tied the Toronto Blue Jays 5-5 in 10 innings Saturday.
A.J. Burnett was hit by a line drive in the first inning and hurt by his own wildness and catcher Russell Martin's sloppy play in the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
As a minor league pitcher, Dennis Minogue hardly had Hall of Fame talent. Once he changed his tune — and name — and forever linked Willie, Mickey and the Duke, he earned his spot in Cooperstown.
From the time of his departure after the 2007 season for a period of nearly three years, Joe Torre was not a welcome figure around the Yankees. Well, Torre is part of the Yankee family again, this time for good.
The Yankees have resisted using Brett Gardner, their on-base percentage leader last year, as their everyday leadoff hitter. But they are toying with the idea for certain, and used an alternative look to their batting order last night.
Alex Rodriguez doesn't worry about spring training numbers. His teammates, nevertheless, are impressed by the third baseman's offensive start.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi is tweaking his lineup over the final two weeks of exhibition games and one of the first adjustments is having Brett Gardner hit leadoff against Tampa Bay.
