Jared Max: Gardner Is Simply A Guy You Can't Help But Root Like Crazy For
When it comes to the placing of value on playing in an all-star game, Brett Gardner is the anti-Carmelo Anthony.
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When it comes to the placing of value on playing in an all-star game, Brett Gardner is the anti-Carmelo Anthony.
It's a common aphorism that objects in your rear-view mirror are closer than they appear.
Masahiro Tanaka allowed two hits over 7 2-3 innings, Brett Gardner hit a first-inning home run, and the Yankees rallied past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 Thursday.
Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner is an All-Star for the first time, picked as a replacement for injured Kansas City star Alex Gordon.
What is lost on the A-Rod Apologist, shrieking in indignity over the All-Star snub, is that he's blown past the point of total forgiveness.
The Yankees really, really want outfielder Brett Gardner to join reliever Dellin Betances and first baseman Mark Teixeira at the All-Star game.
With Chase Headley still sidelined by a sore right calf, Cole Figueroa made his New York Yankees' debut in a series finale against Oakland.
It's not looking good for either local player hoping to play in this month's All-Star game.
I get the core thing. I really do. But are homegrown players really that much more revered than ones that came from outside the organization?
Alex Rodriguez says he is "obviously disappointed" to be left off the American League All-Star team, but considered himself "a long shot" to get selected.
The first-place Yankees are about to get a pair of important players back at once.
Manager Joe Girardi confirmed the news on Tuesday, just hours before the Yankees were to start a three-game series with the visiting Athletics.
As far as top prospects go, for the first time in a while both New York baseball teams appear to be in really good shape.
"It's an amazing year," he said. "The bad hips, all the other stuff, the more than a year off at his age. To come back and do what he's done is pretty amazing."
Hank Steinbrenner says Alex Rodriguez is having "one of the greatest comeback years any player has ever had." But it's not enough to earn him a place on the AL's All-Star team.
Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson.
The Yanks and Mets both survived the first half of the season, one comfortably and one barely. It's what the second half holds that hints that the only October baseball will occur in The Bronx.
The All-Star Game will have a Kansas City flavor, just not as much as it appeared last month. As for New York? The Big Apple will have to settle for bench players.
Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees settled their dispute over a marketing payment with a deal announced Friday that gives $3.5 million to charitable groups.
Carlos Beltran has been put on the 15-day disabled list by the New York Yankees because of a strained left oblique muscle.
New York Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury got his second day off this week while rehabilitating a sprained right knee with Class A Tampa.
The dispute over Alex Rodriguez's milestone bonus for hitting home run No. 660 may soon come to an end. And plenty of good may come out of it.
Nathan Eovaldi pitched scoreless, five-hit ball into the sixth inning, Garrett Jones homered and the New York Yankees snapped their three-game skid with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Joe Girardi said Ellsbury, who has been on the shelf since May 20 with a sprained knee, could still return for this weekend's series against Tampa Bay.
Ivan Nova made only two major mistakes Tuesday night. Albert Pujols and Erick Aybar deposited them both into the trees beyond center field at the Big A.
