Kuroda, Yankees Beat Red Sox 5-2, Snap Three-Game Losing Streak
Brett Gardner and Lyle Overbay each had three hits and drove in a run to back Hiroki Kuroda's seven strong innings.
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Brett Gardner and Lyle Overbay each had three hits and drove in a run to back Hiroki Kuroda's seven strong innings.
If the Yankees take two-of-three or better, it could be a head start to a strong second half. The Red Sox may feel good about the first half of their season, but reality is about to hit them in the face.
One of the best arms in the world is under team control for at least the next five years. Enjoy it while it's dominating the National League instead of worrying about details that have little to do with winning or losing baseball games.
Donnie Baseball deserves another look from Hall of Fame voters. Between 1984-1987, Mattingly averaged 29 home runs and 120 RBIs per season. His on-base plus slugging during that stretch was .918, .939, .967 and .937.
Neither Daniel Webster nor William Shakespeare conjured a word that frames his ability or his nobility. If possible, he's an even better person.
Matt Harvey is the best pitcher on the Mets. He might be the best pitcher in the NL, if not MLB. But that's not enough for the competitive kid from Connecticut.
David Robertson still believes the injury-plagued New York Yankees can overcome their struggles and make a push for the postseason.
Alex Rodriguez joined WFAN radio host Mike Francesa on Wednesday to talk about his rehab and a little about baseball's Biogenesis scandal.
Rivera is not just a great baseball player, he is the best at his position by a significant margin. Sure, he has peers -- just not in MLB.
Start the countdown: A-Rod's return is just five days away. "I will be back on Monday and I'm very excited," he told WFAN radio Wednesday.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced on Wednesday that Alex Rodriguez will move his rehab assignment from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton.
Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis drove in runs to back a night of pulsating pitching.
Two years ago, baseball added sexual discrimination language into its collective bargaining agreement with players. Now, the organization is taking additional steps to make the policy clear.
The trip started at Bryant Park on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue, on about 80,000 square feet of red carpet, and continued past Grand Central Terminal.
MLB Executive Vice President and former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre says "we're pretty confident we'll have it in place for 2014."
Even though Tuesday night's All-Star game is for the young, there's still a place at Citi Field for the guys sporting a bit of gray.
The commish knows whether Alex Rodriguez will be suspended in the sport's latest performance-enhancing drugs scandal. He's just not saying -- yet.
The Orioles slugger says he's chasing baseball's true single-season home run leader, Roger Maris, "and I think most fans agree with me on that."
The entire apparatus is so swathed in entitlement that you, the fan, the customer, client, and de facto employer have become lost in the tornadic narcissism. You're just too dumb. You didn't play the game.
"That was probably one of the uglier games I've seen in this stadium for sure," Vernon Wells said. "Just anything we did wrong came back to bite us."
Rodriguez, mum on his meeting with MLB, is expected to be with the Double-A team as the Thunder open a three-game series in Reading, Pa., Monday.
With all of the excitement surrounding the upcoming Major League Baseball All Star Game the timing was perfect for athletes from the Wheelchair Sports Federation to put their own skills on display on Sunday.
The best possible outcome for Rodriguez would be a 150-game suspension.
Under baseball's labor contract, pitchers who start on the Sunday before the All-Star game may opt not to participate.
The century-old, 34.5-inch bat used by "The Georgia Peach" is available to the highest bidder through Hunt Auctions.
