Johnny Damon Makes Plea To Yankees: Let Me Fill In!
Damon really, really wants to wear the pinstripes again -- even if just for six weeks or so. "If Granderson returns, I would leave. If there's no room for me, I'm gone."
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Damon really, really wants to wear the pinstripes again -- even if just for six weeks or so. "If Granderson returns, I would leave. If there's no room for me, I'm gone."
Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis each had two hits and Brian Matusz pitched two scoreless innings as the Baltimore Orioles won their third straight game, 5-1, over the New York Yankees on Monday.
Clearly, nothing is more important than human life. But many years later a question remains about Mays: Was this accident the reason why he was not voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano was asked Sunday if he'd consider waiving his no-trade rights to reunite with the Yankees.
For some reason, the lords of Major League Baseball think the World Baseball Classic is important stuff. The negatives vastly outweigh the positives. But there's no going back.
Curtis Granderson will be back. It is up to the rest of the Yankees to hold the ship together until his bat returns to the lineup.
Yankee outfielder Curtis Granderson will be out for approximately 10 weeks with a fractured right forearm after being plunked in his first spring training at-bat.
Yankees captain Derek Jeter is about two weeks away from playing in a game for the first time since breaking his ankle last fall.
The bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling during the 2004 World Series is set to be sold off — a casualty of sorts of the high-profile collapse of the former Boston Red Sox pitcher's video game company.
Robinson Cano and Zoilo Almonte homered for the New York Yankees, who opened spring training with an 8-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
Yankees captain Derek Jeter has practiced on-field running and agility drills for the first time since breaking his ankle last fall.
The 43-year-old Rivera threw 25 pitches Friday and said he was happy with the results. He expects to be ready when the Yankees open the regular season on April 1 against Boston.
That leaves no room for worry regarding MLB's latest performance-enhancing drugs scandal -- a headache with A-Rod at the center of it all.
Even though he is publicly keeping an open mind and trying to make sure he doesn't damage any egos, it's hard to imagine Joe Girardi changing his mind.
Yankees outfielders Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner could be switching positions. Granderson worked out in left field on Thursday and the speedy Gardner switched to center.
"It probably wasn't the best thing to say, but I didn't mean anything by it," Price said. "I wasn't looking to offend the Yankees. It's probably the best organization in all of sports. Not just baseball, but all of sports."
Pineda was arrested and charged with DUI in Tampa on Aug. 20 last year.
Another PED scandal has been "quietly revisited," and it also involves Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, according to the New York Daily News.
Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes could be sidelined for two weeks because of a bulging disk that will be treated with anti-inflammatory medication.
If Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price was on your wish list, well, keep on dreaming.
"We expressed to Scott (Boras) how much we like Robby and what a great Yankee he's been, and we hope he continues his career here for a long time to come," Hal Steinbrenner said Tuesday.
"There's always a little bit of concern, but it's upper back by his shoulder blades, so we'll see how he is in a couple of days," manager Joe Girardi said. "You're usually more concerned about the lower (back problem) lingering."
You just hope it isn't so. These days, there is no way of knowing who is using performance-enhancing drugs and who is not. But the idea that Robinson Cano has used PEDs is enough to sicken any baseball fan or official.
"I don't feel anything about nervousness," Cano said. "To be honest, I'm not focused on free agency. My focus right now is on the 2013 season. I still have one more year under contract and my mind right now is just on helping the team win another championship."
Derek Jeter received an ovation that could be heard throughout Steinbrenner Field when he jogged onto the diamond for the New York Yankees' first full-squad workout Monday.
