Yankees' Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Farm Team Renamed 'RailRiders'
The top minor league affiliate of the Yankees is looking to northeastern Pennsylvania's history for its new identity.
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The top minor league affiliate of the Yankees is looking to northeastern Pennsylvania's history for its new identity.
Reacting to the Marlins' latest payroll purge on Twitter, slugger Giancarlo Stanton gave it three exclamation marks. Didn't we all?
The Yankees appear reluctant to offer 37-year-old free agent outfielder Torii Hunter a two-year deal.
By week's end, Derek Jeter's $8 million dollar option (already now $9.5 million) for 2014 could grow to $11.5 million. And that would be another wrinkle for the Yankees as they try to reduce their payroll.
Tris Speaker was one of the best players of a bygone era in baseball.
Also rejecting the one-year guaranteed offers were the New York Yankees' trio of Nick Swisher, Rafael Soriano and Hiroki Kuroda.
Lee MacPhail was GM and president of the Baltimore Orioles and general manager of the Yankees before serving as AL president from 1974 through the 1983 season.
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket shelves.
Taylor has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty in August to distributing crack cocaine.
Detroit Tigers star Delmon Young has pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment for shouting an anti-Semitic slur and tackling a man to the ground outside a New York City hotel.
The former big-league skipper has his sights set on Toronto. And right on cue, the AL East hopeful delivered a jab at the aging Bronx Bombers.
"He had to go in with two people in his car so he could get in to see the therapist," Yankees GM Brian Cashman said Tuesday.
"Do I have something I'm looking to execute while I'm out here? No," Cashman said. "Whatever agents are here, I'll meet with the agents and then obviously have a chance to engage the 29 clubs."
Donations for the relief effort are currently being accepted at Yankee Stadium outside Gate 2 and will be accepted through the end of the week.
Election Day is not usually about sports, but it's time to credit our past presidents for the biggest sports events that occurred during their times in office.
When talking about the countless acts of charity which have emerged in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Craig recalled a classic line from late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
"I can only say the Yankees told us they were interested in signing Soriano while expecting Rivera to come back," agent Scott Boras said.
Can he come back to be the Great Mariano after such a severe injury? There is room for doubt, so the Yankees must fortify the rest of their setup corps as well. Does that include Rafael Soriano?
To the delight of Yankees fans, Mariano Rivera informed Brian Cashman he will return for the 2013 season.
With the start of free agency looming, the Yankees have made qualifying offers to reliever Rafael Soriano, starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda and right fielder Nick Swisher.
Former Yankees' prospect Brien Taylor facing 40 years in jail after pleading guilty to cocaine distribution.
A statement from police in the Dominican Republic reports that several individuals attacked Perez inside his home in a town west of the capital.
While the ALCS was one-sided, the battle for one of the most desirable free agents is expected to be a lot tighter.
We need Mariano Rivera once more -- for a proper salute, for our sanity and for his sanctity. Please give us just a few more deeds under brown leaves, before He leaves.
"The damage and destruction to the Tri-State area caused by Hurricane Sandy is daunting, but we have seen the great resiliency of this region before," Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement.
