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When is a home run not a home run? How many pitching changes can you fit on the head of a pin? For answers to these and other baseball rules questions, just 'Ask The Ump!'

Vidal Nuno represents what Phil Hughes once did. The thing about a rookie is that the slate is completely clean and fans can let their imaginations loose to dream. Hughes was supposed to be a No. 1 and is now more a No. 4 or 5. Nuno is an out-of-...

BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi said he has yet to figure out how he will rotate his four outfielders in three spots. The decision seems relatively easy: Play the least productive one, Ichiro Suzuki, less. Girardi is not going to make any such declaratio...

BALTIMORE -- While the Yankees are not expected to have anyone come off the disabled list during this eight-game road trip, Joe Girardi was in a chipper mood because there was some positive news on many of the injuries. "All our guys are increasin...

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez started his third week of on-field work by adding defensive drills and hitting in a cage.

Here's the lineup Joe Girardi is sending out against the Toronto Blue Jays and their righthanded knuckleballer R.A. Dickey: Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix 3B Ichiro Suzuki R...

Joe Girardi won't come out and say it. It is not the manager's style to anoint anyone until he has to, but it is clear David Phelps is putting a tight grasp on a starting spot in the rotation. "We have always envisioned him as a starter," Girardi ...

Robinson Cano hit a pair of two-run homers to back a solid effort by David Phelps and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the ninth straight time at Yankee Stadium, 7-2 Saturday.

Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0 on Friday night.

Andy Pettitte, who left his start early Thursday night, has been placed on the 15-day disabled with a strained left trapezius muscle (upper shoulder/back).

Yankees manager Joe Girardi provided updates on the team's injured stars before Thursday's game against Seattle. Here's the latest on the injured contingent. • Yankees designated hitter Travis Hafner's batting practice session Thursday went ...

With Travis Hafner close to a return, Joe Girardi will begin to unveil how he plans to use his four outfield starters in the three open spots. Against most right-handed pitchers, Hafner will be the DH, leaving Girardi to choose between Brett Gard...

With two outs in the top of the ninth and the Yankees down by 10 runs, Joe Girardi turned to Wednesday's starting shortstop, Alberto Gonzalez, to get the final out. "We need one out," Girardi said. "It is not something I want to do. For me, to br...

New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes is still very inconsistent. NOT EVEN ONE, AND HE WAS DONE: Hughes was awful. He could only pick up two outs before manager Joe Girardi gave him the hook in the first inning. It was his shortest start of his ca...

Here are some injury updates, courtesy of Joe Girardi: • Travis Hafner (shoulder) is out for Wednesday, but could be back Thursday. • Joba Chamberlain (oblique) is eligible to come off the DL and might do so on Thursday. • Mark Te...

Kansas coach Bill Self dishes on Andrew Wiggins' decision to join the Jayhawks, Wiggins' potential, the one-and-done rule and more. Self Yankees 1B Lyle Overbay shares his thoughts on the atmosphere in New York's clubhouse, Joe Girardi, Mariano Riv...