Fink Thinks: Off-Season Opinions
The Yankees do not set modest goals. Rather, they despise them. Winning 27 World Series titles and 40 American League pennants will do that to a team.
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The Yankees do not set modest goals. Rather, they despise them. Winning 27 World Series titles and 40 American League pennants will do that to a team.
Major League Baseball said Sunday that the 12 games averaged 8.6 million viewers, up from 8.43 million last year. The 5.3 rating was the same.
Yankees reliever Damaso Marte has had surgery on his pitching shoulder and expects to be sidelined until late next season.
TBS said Saturday that the series between the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees averaged a 5.1 rating on the network, which also saw its audience jump 36 percent over 2009 to 8,223,000 viewers.
And now the Yankees have to deal with contract negotiations for Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and perhaps Andy Pettitte, plus their likely attempt to woo Cliff Lee and possibly Carl Crawford.
No disputing this: The Texas Rangers are routing the New York Yankees and are now just one win from their first trip to the World Series.
Mark Teixeira's season ended in a painful grimace instead of a jubilant celebration.
Andy Pettitte pulled his cap down low, peeked over his glove into home plate and gave yet another gutsy postseason performance. Too bad for him this one came against Cliff Lee.
Cliff Lee's left arm has been the most dominant force in baseball during the past two postseasons. Now, all that October success has earned him another matchup with the New York Yankees.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi reiterated that A.J. Burnett is slated to start Game 4 against Texas on Tuesday night, despite his struggles.
David Murphy homered and had an RBI double and the Texas Rangers got even in the AL championship series with a 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 2 on Saturday.
Alex Rodriguez scooted home soon after his two-run single that nearly was a double-play grounder, and the Yankees rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Rangers 6-5 Friday in Game 1 of the ALCS.
When CC Sabathia starts the AL championship series opener Friday night against Texas, it will be his first outing in nine days. The New York Yankees ace went eight days between starts last time around and faced the oddity of being "a little too strong."
Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez have a fondness for the Texas Rangers, a team that failed to win during their time there.
The Texas Rangers mobbed Cliff Lee in front of the pitcher's mound before trotting off to the clubhouse for a celebration 50 seasons in the making.
General manager Brian Cashman said Monday that New York decided against using a three-man rotation against Texas or Tampa Bay.
As the weather turns crisp, the New York Yankees have regained their sharpness of the first four months, once again looking like the World Series champions of old in their first-round sweep of the Minnesota Twins.
Phil Hughes pitched seven shutout innings, Marcus Thames and Nick Swisher homered and the Yankees beat the Twins 6-1 Saturday night to complete yet another three-game sweep of Minnesota and return to the AL championship series.
Andy Pettitte and Lance Berkman, friends from their time together in Houston, helped push the defending World Series champs within a game of eliminating the frustrated Minnesota Twins.
Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning to rally the New York Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the AL division series.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and New York Sen. Charles Schumer have a friendly bet riding on the Twins-Yankees playoff series.
The New York Yankees are starting the 2010 MLB playoffs on the road.
Police say a New Hampshire man has been stabbed in a bar fight over the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry.
