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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, May 16: at Toronto Girardi gave me the night off. This is how t...

Here is the Yankees' lineup for the series finale against the Royals. After two games in the seventh spot, Mark Teixeira is back to third. Derek Jeter, SS Curtis Granderson, CF Mark Teixeira, 1B Alex Rodriguez, 3B Robinson Cano, 2B Nick Swis...

It started, Mark Penxa says, as a tribute to his grandfather -- an artistic "journey through American sports lore" that featured special renderings of famous athletes, and ones long forgotten. Called Stealing Signs, the first part featured basebal...

Andy Pettitte Stats To Watch Pettitte hasn't lost to the Royals since 1999. His eight straight wins against the Royals mark the longest regular-season winning streak by a Yankees pitcher against the Royals. Similar to his last start, Pettitte wil...

Phil Hughes Stat To Watch One of the reasons Hughes has pitched at least a little bit better of late has been his ability to wiggle out of trouble. Opponents are 2-for-16 against Hughes with runners in scoring position over his last three starts. ...

At the Stage Deli in New York City, there are 31 sandwiches named after celebrities, but only five of those are in homage of athletes -- The Derek Jeter, The Alex Rodriguez, The Pedro Martinez, The Paul LoDuca and The Tiger Woods. Thanks to #cashtag,...

Alex Rodriguez' numbers may not say so -- his five homers and 15 RBI this season are the exact same power numbers Derek Jeter has put up, and Jeter's slugging percentage (.488) is nearly 100 points higher than A-Rod's .399 -- but he insists he feels...

AJ Mass has his latest Top 100 points league rankings and warns about the dangers of really small sample sizes.

Alex Rodriguez thought he had a home run in the eighth inning. His teammates did, too. His hitting coach, the managers, the 45,622 in attendance -- they all thought it was gone. But like it's gone for the Yankees' offense lately, Rodriguez's bal...

Mark Teixeira is again out of the lineup. It is his third day off as he tries to recover from his bronchial infection. He is expected to be back on the field Monday vs. Kansas City. Derek Jeter, SS Curtis Granderson, CF Robinson Cano, 2B Alex R...

Scott Rovak/US PresswireCarlos Beltran is one of the reasons the Cardinals lead the National League Central this season.(The Los Angeles Dodgers host the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday at 8 ET on ESPN) The post-Albert Pujols era is in its first seaso...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: The Yankees' ninth-inning rally fell one hit short on Saturday afternoon. After RBI singles from Nick Swisher and Jayson Nix pulled the Yanks within one run of the Reds, Derek Jeter grounded into a for...

Andy Pettitte tossed eight shutout innings Friday night, yet he was lucky to pick up a win. That's because while he was posting zero after zero on the scoreboard, his teammates were doing the exact same thing -- with one exception, a single run pu...

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day. So please, by all means...

Here is your Thursday lineup: Derek Jeter, SS Curtis Granderson, CF Robinson Cano, 2B Mark Teixeira, 1B Raul Ibanez, LF Nick Swisher, DH Eric Chavez, 3B Andruw Jones, RF Russell Martin, C Phil Hughes, P Early Notes: Brett Lawrie dr...

Star John Travolta's Secret Life Surprises Kelly Preston: "Kelly was suddenly besieged by the reports of John's secret sex life." After their 11-year-old daughter asked what was up, Kelly "fell to the floor in a flood of tears. Suddenly, Kelly feels...