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What could be better than the celebration of New York baseball each summer?
David Price struck out eight over five scrappy innings to become the AL leader in wins and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 7-3 on Thursday night to avert a three-game series sweep.
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez each homered off Justin Verlander, and Phil Hughes pitched a four-hitter to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-1 victory.
It was tied at 1 when Curtis Granderson cleared the bases with a drive just inside the pole in right field off left-hander Casey Crosby, who was making his major league debut.
Is it too early to panic Yankee fans? Steve Silverman believes the Yankees' powerful lineup will carry them during the summer.
New York couldn't be terribly frustrated about its play, yet it wasn't enough to beat a team in the profound groove occupied by the Angels.
Mark Teixeira's hot streak continued as he drove in 5 RBIs during the Yankees' 9-2 win over the Oakland A's on Saturday.
Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher hit two-run homers to help the Yankees win for the seventh straight time in Oakland, beating the Athletics, 6-3, on Friday night.
Why do the Yankees look so mediocre? Anyone who has watched the Yankees this year knows that they haven't hit with men on base. As a team, the club is hitting just .223 with runners in scoring position.
Alex Rodriguez gave Will Smith a rude welcome to the major leagues Wednesday night, hitting two homers off the rookie to back another strong start for Andy Pettitte and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 8-3.
Losers in six of their last seven games, the Yankees are now tied for last place in the AL East.
Neil Keefe looks at Joe Girardi's answers from his postgame press conference on Monday night to try to make sense of the Yankees' struggles.
Dropped as low as seventh in the batting order for the first time in eight years, Mark Teixeira didn't think it would make much a difference on what pitches he'll see.
The offensively-challenged Yankees are just 8-11 since the beginning of May, a month which began with a three-game slide.
The Mets have been winning games by being opportunistic, a quality the Yanks appear to have suddenly forgotten.
Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning, Curtis Granderson also connected, and the New York Yankees got three hits from Alex Rodriguez in an 8-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.
The Yankees honored Purple Heart recipient Megan Leavey and combat dog Sgt. Rex at Yankee Stadium before Sunday's game.
Dave Robertson blew a save the other night, and the city sighed. Not because we dislike Dave Robertson, who has the electric arm and the elastic memory of a big-time reliever, but because he's not Mariano Rivera.
The Yankees needed Robinson Cano to break out offensively and his resurgence can help the Yankees toward first place.
The Yankees' offense erupted on Sunday as they tagged the Royals for 10 runs and won 10-4.
"I'm coming back. Write it down in big letters. I'm not going out like this," the Yankees' closer told reporters on Friday. If it takes two, three, four, five, seven more (seasons), whatever it takes."
Neil Keefe isn't ready to say goodbye to Mariano Rivera and hopes that the Greatest of All Time will return to the Yankees in 2013.
You couldn't think of a worse way for a Hall of Fame career to potentially end. Yankees fans could only hope Rivera's torn ACL won't force him to limp into retirement.
CC Sabathia went 8 strong innings on Sunday as the Yankees defeated the Tigers, 6-2.
Miguel Cabrera and Tigers out-slugged the Yankees on Saturday and won 7-5.
