A-Rod Ready For 'Strange And Surreal' Setting In Final Game With Yankees
The Yankees announced Sunday that the 41-year-old designated hitter will be released following the game Friday night.
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The Yankees announced Sunday that the 41-year-old designated hitter will be released following the game Friday night.
A-Rod's turbulent time as a New York Yankee, and likely his MLB career, ends tonight. What's this maddening superstar's legacy?
The Yankees' 1996 championship season was as unexpected as it was endearing, as diverse as the city it represented, a gift basket of baseball misfits, retreads, and blooming stars.
Alex Rodriguez as a Yankee was never boring. He was great at times and he was ridiculous at times.
Alex Rodriguez, batting cleanup in his final road start with the Yankees at Fenway Park, was vigorously booed as he stepped to the plate for the first time in the second inning.
Alex Rodriguez has been turned down in his request to play the field for his final game with the New York Yankees.
By the time Alex Rodriguez collects his last payment as a player from the Yankees next year, he will have received $317,368,852 from New York, according to a review of his contracts by The Associated Press.
This week's episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast takes a look at the end of Alex Rodriguez's Yankees career through the eyes of three reporters who have covered him extensively over the years.
Starlin Castro's two-run double in the seventh inning capped a five-run frame for the New York Yankees in a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
In an interview Wednesday with WFAN's Suzyn Waldman, the retiring Yankees superstar didn't mention PEDs specifically, but took ownership for his mistakes and following bad advice.
Rick Porcello continued to dominate at Fenway Park with eight solid innings, Matt Barnes cleaned up a mess created by closer Craig Kimbrel
The Yankees entered Tuesday's game 4½ games out of the second wild-card spot. The Red Sox are one of the teams ahead of them.
The Boston Red Sox canceled a David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway at Fenway Park Tuesday night after the bobbleheads were deemed "racially insensitive."
According to resale market ticket aggregator TiqIQ, tickets for the Yankees' home game Friday night against Tampa Bay have a current average list price of $305.49, more than four times the $75.92 price they were selling for before A-Rod announced Sunday that he is retiring.
In this "Mike & the Mad Dog" clip from March 23, 2005, Mike Francesa discusses some of his memories of Mickey Mantle, which leads to a discussion about Whitey Ford as well.
Not even the most ardent A-Rod hater could hate what he saw from him during his somber farewell speech. But even the most ardent A-Rod apologist had to be bewildered by the whole thing.
In baseball, as in life, one often gets in the end what one has coming to him.
Alex Rodriguez said that after hanging them up following Friday's game he'd be heading to Miami to be with his family before taking on his new advisory role.
Masahiro Tanaka pitched effectively into the seventh inning and on the day they officially announced the end of Alex Rodriguez's career, the New York Yankees recorded a 3-2 victory.
The three-time MVP will officially be released from his player contract and then will assume a role as a special adviser and instructor with the Yankees.
Photos from Alex Rodriguez's years with the New York Yankees.
To those who abhor New York, Mark Teixeira is a perfect emblem of the modern Yankees. The product of a spending spree, a player groomed by another team only to be hand-delivered to Darth Vader.
Starlin Castro's grand slam powered a five-run third inning Friday night for the New York Yankees in their 13-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium.
After 14 seasons in MLB and eight with the Yankees, first baseman Mark Teixeira announced he will retire at the end of this season.
If you heard in April that the Mets and Yanks would square off in August with almost identical records, you'd assume that either the Yanks were having a surprisingly good season or the Mets were alarmingly bad.
