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AP Photo/Brian BlancoCC Sabathia has struggled against the Rays since joining the Yankees, going 3-8 in 18 starts.Tropicana Field has not been a very welcoming host to the New York Yankees and CC Sabathia, but tonight New York has a chance to start r...

Dec. 12, 1998: Twelve years ago yesterday, Alex Rodriguez signed baseball's first $200 million deal. Almost exactly two years earlier -- 14 years ago today -- Kevin Brown became MLB's first $100 million man. That's when Brown, the right-handed ...

Derek Jeter cheerily posed with four student leaders from his Turn 2 Foundation who were wearing Yankees jerseys and elf hats and asked a question to the group of photographers snapping away.

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: The New York Yankees' 11-inning defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday didn't do much to hurt them in the standings. They're still 20 games over .500 and in control of their destiny in the AL East. But ...

The Phillie Phanatic long has owned a foothold in its home city. Now it's got a head hold. Which is to say, as the above photo shows, fans can wear (and are wearing) the Philadelphia Phillies' beloved mascot -- and pretty much all other mascots --...

AP Photo/Kathy WillensLet's start with what Brian Cashman told me. Eduardo Nunez is playing shortstop at Triple-A after being out since May with a thumb injury. When I pressed Cashman if Nunez could be an option as a righty platoon guy to go along wi...

Recap | Box score | Photos What it means: That you just saw something you haven't seen in nine years. The New York Yankees hadn't been swept in a four-game series since the Toronto Blue Jays did it to them in May 2003. The Oakland A's last swept a...

AP Photo/Elise AmendolaBOSTON -- The win on Saturday afternoon felt like it was pulled out of 2001 or something. Back then, Freddy Garcia and Andruw Jones were two of the best players in the game. They have had plenty of good seasons since, but now t...

AP Photo/Kathy Willens Hiroki Kuroda's tenure with the Yankees got off to a bad start. Kuroda, 37, lost six of his first nine outings and pitched to a 4.56 ERA. He's gotten a lot better since. The Japanese right-hander improved to 5-1 in ...

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Recap | Box score | Photos What it means: Sometimes, a great pitching matchup fizzles but a pretty good game still emerges. R.A. Dickey and CC Sabathia were the names on the marquee, but both were out of the game before six innings were up, each h...

AP Photo/Kathy WillensCC Sabathia and the Yankees go for their 10th straight win tonight against the Braves. The New York Yankees are baseball's hottest team, entering tonight's contest against the Atlanta Braves (7 ET on ESPN) with a nine-game win ...

AP Photo/David GoldmanATLANTA -- For the first one-third of the 2012 baseball season, the Yankees and their fans have taken turns worrying about one starting pitcher or another. In spring training, it was Michael Pineda. Early in the season, it ...

Recap | Box score | Photos WHAT IT MEANS: The New York Yankees are heating up, and knocking on the door of first place in the American League East. Despite the fact that they have struggled at times over the first two months of this season, inc...

AP Photo/Tom DiPace Jose Reyes makes his return to New York for the first time since leaving the Mets as a free agent. Jose Reyes returns to Flushing, NY to face his former team, the New York Mets, starting tonight at Citi Field as the Miami Marlin...

AP Photo/Frank Franklin IIHiroki Kuroda has never pitched worse. On Wednesday night, he gave up six runs on 10 hits. He has never done that before as a major leaguer. Kuroda is now 1-for-3 as a Yankees starter. That's one good start, and two bad o...