Palladino: Teixeira-Youkilis Return Should Send Yankees' Backups To Bench
We all love a good Wally Pipp story. But those are few and far between in the sporting annals. Not every backup is Lou Gehrig.
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We all love a good Wally Pipp story. But those are few and far between in the sporting annals. Not every backup is Lou Gehrig.
For eight weeks, the Yankees managed to succeed with a makeshift lineup that had little resemblance to their usual star-filled batting order. Turns out they were primed to be knocked off their perch.
Dillon Gee struck out a career-high 12 and limited the Yankees to four hits over 7 1-3 innings Thursday night in a 3-1 win that gave the Mets a four-game season sweep of their older, more prestigious rival.
Obviously the Mets aren't this good and the Yankees aren't this bad. But the Yankees weren't as good as they let on, and are now playing more like many of us thought they would a month ago.
University of Illinois trustees have agreed to a deal in which New York Yankees star Curtis Granderson will pay for most of a new baseball stadium at his alma mater, the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Jeter, who turns 39 next month, doesn't want to put a timetable on his return. The Yankees have said he will be sidelined until after the All-Star break in mid-July.
The Mets have taken three in a row from their crosstown rivals for their first four-game winning streak of the year and will go for a Big Apple whitewash in the finale Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
Slumping infielders Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada sparked a five-run first inning that kept the New York Mets sailing along in this surprising Subway Series with a 9-4 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday night.
Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis were hitless Wednesday in their first minor-league rehab game, working their way back from injuries for a return to the New York Yankees.
Before interleague play, the term "Subway Series" was pretty much reserved for the World Series. But no city has had the number of Subway Series that The Big Apple has.
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon had a gift for Mariano Rivera in one hand Tuesday and a white flag in the other.
The Mets insist there was no funny business going on when they raised prices for players' family members ahead of the Subway Series.
If you didn't love Tuesday night's game, then either baseball is in the bowels of your sporting allegiances or you have a galactic hole in your soul.
Joe Torre hated the idea. Joe Girardi isn't thrilled with it. And really, we all know the only true Subway Series occurred when the Yanks faced either the Mets, New York Giants, or Brooklyn Dodgers for all the marbles.
"I think we surprised ourselves," Mets captain David Wright said, "because when you get Mo coming in, it's usually game over."
David Wright and Lucas Duda hit RBI singles off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and the New York Mets rallied past the Yankees 2-1 on Tuesday night to beat baseball's career saves leader only hours after honoring him at Citi Field.
Injured New York Yankees infielders Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis are ready to start minor league rehab assignments. Both players could rejoin the Yankees as early as Friday after playing for Trenton on Wednesday and Thursday.
Harvey will get a chance to notch a win against his childhood team Tuesday when the Mets take on the Yankees at Citi Field.
Subway Series tickets can get pricey. No surprise there. Apparently that also applies to Yankees family members.
David Robertson got right to the point after giving up the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Monday night: "I did a terrible job. I didn't have command of anything tonight."
Mo sat in front of a sculpture of Jackie Robinson's No. 42, and chatted about everything from his cut fastball to the 2000 World Series that pitted New York's teams against one another in a true Subway Series.
Mariano Rivera, the Final 42, sui generis of any generation, the man whose mythology isn't hyperbole. To list his bona fides is to not only insult him and you, but also his peers, since he has none.
With the Yankees visiting Citi Field, Mets' first baseman Ike Davis is looking to keep the momentum going.
Rivera says the Subway Series has become more like a divisional game in recent years.
The four total games will be the fewest between the Mets and Yanks since the first two seasons of interleague play back in 1997 and 1998 when the teams played just one three-game series.
