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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There is no longer any argument that the Yankees, at 28-18 and atop the AL East by a game despite having nearly a dozen players on the disabled list, have overperformed. And one could certainly make the argument that the T...

A year ago at this time, the Baltimore Orioles were the surprise team in the AL East, with a 27-16 record after 43 games and a two-game lead in the AL East. This year, as unlikely as it sounds, it is hard to dispute that either the Yankees, atop t...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The New York Yankees faced three Tampa Bay Rays starting pitchers in three nights at Tropicana Field, and the worst of them by far was the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner. On Monday night, it was 23-year-old...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The New York Yankees lost their first series after four straight series wins with tonight's 3-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, who took two of the three games at home. Excellent pitching from the Rays' Alex Cobb, and one subpar i...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The story of the Yankees' 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight in the opener of a three-game series between AL East rivals was a simple one: Matt Moore good, CC Sabathia not so good. But there were a couple of minor subplots...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The first meeting of the season between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays turned out to be a mismatch, as did the matchup of the Yankees ace, CC Sabathia, and young Matt Moore, the Rays' No. 2. As soon as Sean Rodriguez ...

CC Sabathia made a surprising admission on Saturday: Just before releasing his first pitch from a spring training bullpen mound before small crowd of coaches and reporters, he was nervous.

For the first time in a generation, the Yanks can exceed expectations.

t last, the Yankees and Ichiro Suzuki have put the final touches on a deal that will keep the 39-year-old outfielder with the Yankees for the next two seasons.

After all the trials and tribulations of September, the Yankees have ended up getting everything they wanted: They won the AL East title, they secured home-field advantage for the first two rounds of the playoffs, and most importantly, they avoided t...

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has a lot of reasons to want his team to win its 28th World Series championship this season, including one very personal one.

TORONTO -- There's life in this aging bunch yet. The Yankees, who after six innings looked for all the world as if they were about to fall into second place in the AL East for the first time since June, rally to win this one, 9-6, to stay even with t...

For a team that needs to win today to avoid possibly tumbling out of first place in the AL East for the first time since June 10, the Yankees are not off to a very good start. Phil Hughes, who got belted around the last time he pitched at the Roge...

TORONTO --If the Yankees somehow finish in a tie with the Baltimore Orioles atop the AL East, a definite possibility with four games remaining in the regular season, Andy Pettitte would pitch the tiebreaker game at Camden Yards on Thursday. Pettitte ...

New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is expected to return to the lineup for Monday's game against the Boston Red Sox, provided he comes through one final workout in Tampa on Sunday and is cleared to play by the team's medical staff.

Recap | Box score | Photos What it means: That by the time the Orioles and Red Sox get done tonight, after 158 games the Yankees could find themselves right back where they started on Opening Day -- in a flat-footed tie atop the AL East. Ragged...