MLB Suspends Yankees' Pineda 10 Games For Pine Tar Fiasco
Michael Pineda will likely miss two starts after Major League Baseball suspended him 10 games for his role in the pine tar incident at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday night.
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Michael Pineda will likely miss two starts after Major League Baseball suspended him 10 games for his role in the pine tar incident at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday night.
Ivan Nova is no longer an option for the Yankees in 2014.
There could be no more orgasmic theater than that for Red Sox fans, watching a Yankee be banished to the corner, dunce cap in tow, the beer-soaked crowd shouting their vulgar salutations. Michael Pineda earned every octave.
Sorry, New York isn't a National League town. Not anymore, and not by a long shot, according to a map generated by the New York Times.
The pine tar glistened on Michael Pineda's neck, improving his grip and inviting trouble at Fenway Park. He got both.
Joe Girardi doesn't expect to be fined for pushing a television camera to keep it from showing pitcher Michael Pineda walking in the tunnel from the team's dugout to the clubhouse.
The Yankees right-hander was tossed from Wednesday's game at Fenway Park after the Boston dugout complained about a dark substance on Pineda's neck in the bottom of the second inning.
The latest reports are in on Ivan Nova and they are not good.
Johnny Damon was beloved in Boston. Then, seemingly overnight, he became in the eyes of the Red Sox's faithful a modern day Judas.
Masahiro Tanaka is well aware of what awaits in his first start Tuesday night at Fenway Park: the Green Monster and Boston's fanatical fans.
Al Dukes is fired up about Masahiro Tanaka making his first start in Fenway Park tonight, so he put pen to paper for this parody effort to mark the monumental moment in time.
The idea of replay is to get the calls on the field right, and so far Major League Baseball has done a pretty good job of doing just that. However, there have been certain "gray areas" that have forced umpires into tough spots.
Nova will be further examined Monday in New York by Yankees team physician Dr. Chris Ahmad. He had no discomfort in his elbow until his final pitch Saturday when he felt a pop.
Nova left Saturday night's game against Tampa Bay in the fifth inning. An MRI exam after the game revealed the injury.
Teixeira played five innings of defense in Friday's intrasquad game at the Yankees' minor-league complex. He says he is ready to return Sunday, the first day he is eligible to be activated from the 15-day disabled list.
Scouts said the 32-year-old "looked fit and healthy" following Tommy John surgery and his pitches were clocked between 87-93 mph, according Jon Heyman of WFAN and CBSSports.com.
It's one of the rarest -- and most exciting -- plays in baseball. And it happened on Thursday night.
CC Sabathia pitched seven innings for a rare win at Tropicana Field, leading the NewYork Yankees past David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays 10-2 Thursday night in a matchup of former AL Cy Young Award winners.
"I'll be ready Sunday," the veteran slugger said. "I will be fully ready to play Sunday and will be very disappointed if I don't."
Jerry was in a festive mood for Boomer's birthday and why not? There was so much good New York sports news to update the guys about.
Mandela's plaque was unveiled in a ceremony before Wednesday night's game against the Cubs.
Masahiro Tanaka allowed two bunt hits in eight dominant innings, Carlos Beltran homered for the third straight game and New York welcomed the Chicago Cubs to the current Yankee Stadium with a 3-0 victory.
Since Mark Teixiera went on the disabled list on April 5 with a strained right hamstring, the $200 million Bronx Bombers have cobbled together a platoon at first base.
I mentioned to Derek Jeter the uncertainty of Martin Brodeur's future, and the possibility that he could still play next year, but in another uniform. "Man, I hope not," he said.
The real issues come with the fans who are just now showing up, and then heading home disappointed for missing their only chance to see Derek Jeter in person. The question for them is, "Where ya been?"
