Add Nova, Robertson To Growing List Of Ailing Yankees
It's amazing the Yankees could even field a team at this point.
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It's amazing the Yankees could even field a team at this point.
Andy Pettitte's comeback effort wasn't a one-shot deal, obviously, so not a big deal that he didn't get a "W" next to his name Sunday. Those will come, assuming he continues to feel this good.
Andy Pettitte lasted 6.1 innings in his return but surrendered four runs as the Yankees lost 6-2 to the Mariners on Sunday.
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.
Neil Keefe says David Robertson is the right choice to close for the Yankees, calls out Mark Teixeira and praises Henrik Lundqvist in this week's Thursday Thoughts.
Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer off fill-in closer David Robertson in the ninth inning, falling down on a twisted ankle as he finished his swing, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Wednesday night.
The treatment for the blood clot was the reliever's "complication" that doctors revealed they encountered when examining Mariano Rivera on Monday, WFAN's Sweeny Murti reported.
What Yankees GM Brian Cashman said Tuesday should calm the worst-case fears of the Bronx faithful.
While most of the talk around Yankee Stadium still revolved around Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte's imminent return, Michael Pineda sat in the dugout Tuesday afternoon, his right arm in a sling.
David Robertson struck out Carlos Pena with the bases loaded to end a rocky ninth inning in his first save chance since Mariano Rivera's season-ending knee injury, helping the New York Yankees end a seven-game skid against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night.
The word coming out of the Rivera's examinations Monday won't do much to assuage the fears of Yankees fans.
Well, isn't this a fortuitous turn of events? Phil Hughes, on the firing line, turned in 6 2/3 innings of a great start for the Yankees.
The Yankees' offense erupted on Sunday as they tagged the Royals for 10 runs and won 10-4.
The reaction generated by Mariano Rivera's injury--and subsuquent declaration that he will return--was a 24-hour period perhaps unlike any other in recent times regarding an athlete and an injury.
If Cashman goes against his better judgment and starts to look for a closer, he is only going to hurt his team.
Derek Jeter belted a two-run homer, CC Sabathia went eight innings for the third straight time and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on an encouraging Friday night.
I went to bed last night thinking I had seen Mariano Rivera pitch for the last time. Boy, am I glad I was wrong.
"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."
It's easy to list the numbers and stats that detail Mariano Rivera's greatness. It's quite another to have witnessed it firsthand as cutter after cutter broke bat after bat and made the best hitters look helpless for 15 years.
Mariano Rivera's career is now in doubt after suffering a torn ACL and meniscus while shagging fly balls during his pregame routine.
David Robertson is faced with the unenviable task of filling Mariano Rivera's shoes but is ready to take on the challenge.
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.
... and Bridget Jones's Diary was still in theaters. Yes, it's been that long.
Jerry Recco's first update involved a lot of reaction. That is, reaction to the Yankees' loss of Mariano Rivera.
