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Nobody will ever feel sorry for the New York Yankees because of their payroll, their bank account, and all of those championship flags flapping above their home ballpark. Think about this: The small handful of players who are unavailable to the Yanke...

Blog | June 18, 2013

While the big news on Monday is Mark Teixeira likely going back on the DL and Brian Cashman taking a major dig at his hitting coach, Kevin Long, there were -- as always -- some injury updates as well. • Michael Pineda will pitch Thursday in ...

ANAHEIM -- Throughout this unprecedented run of injuries that has decimated the New York Yankees and reduced their lineup to what hitting coach Kevin Long referred to as "the B-squad," there has always been the feeling in the back of many minds that,...

A Miami-Dade County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit Major League Baseball filed against a South Florida clinic operator and his associates alleged to be part of an ongoing performance-enhancing drug scandal.

The baseball season is a long and lonely road. To preserve his sanity, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter keeps a diary. These are excerpts from the Captain's private journal. Wednesday, June 5 vs. Cleveland Indians This story about the suspensions th...

The only thing that makes me feel good about Major League Baseball's recent public resurrection of the Biogenesis affair is that the public face of the 20-odd targets of the investigation (if you can call it that) seems to be Ryan Braun. That's not b...

Well, this makes for a fun item, even though it had a zero chance of happening. It turns out that there was a team that had a little interest in acquiring Alex Rodriguez after last October's awful postseason. Not a major league team, but a Japane...

SEATTLE -- When the Yankees signed Kevin Youkilis as an emergency replacement for the injured Alex Rodriguez, it seemed like an acceptable low-risk/high-reward proposition. For a one-time $12 million investment, they would add a player still reaso...

SEATTLE -- This may turn out to be a moot point depending on how MLB's investigation of Biogenesis turns out, but Joe Girardi today said Alex Rodriguez is closer to returning to action than Derek Jeter. A-Rod, who underwent hip surgery in January...

What's going on in Alex Rodriguez's head right now is a mystery.

Here it is what Alex Rodriguez is saying about the latest Biogenesis reports: "Myself and others are being mentioned in a media report before the process is even concluded. I would hope this thing would follow the guidelines of our Basic Agreement...

Chris Ryan talks to Zach Lowe about the NBA Finals, Jonah Keri about the new PED scandal in baseball, and Robert Mays about offseason football. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Sports on iTunes, and check out our podcasts...

Alex Rodriguez said Thursday he is not ready to talk about the alleged connection between him and the founder of a Miami-area clinic at the heart of an ongoing performance-enhancing drug scandal in Major League Baseball.

Bud Selig and baseball are walking a fine line with the apparent intent to punish the Biogenesis 20. It could cost the game its labor peace.

The game survives. It always survives. A routine Wednesday afternoon game on a gorgeous June day in Seattle between two teams rapidly going nowhere can slog along for 13 uneventful innings -- so uneventful that it was 0-0 heading to the 14th, with...

Biogenesis of America founder Tony Bosch asked Alex Rodriguez for financial help after Major League Baseball filed a lawsuit against him in March, but was denied by the New York Yankees third baseman, according to a New York Daily News report.