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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...

Reid Brignac, the newest Yankee, said what a lot of new Yankees have said on their first day in the home clubhouse in the Bronx, that Derek Jeter was one of his boyhood idols. Now, Brignac, acquired in a trade with the Colorado Rockies on Saturday...

The plug was pulled in a hurry on Sunday's Yankees-Blue Jays game, at around 12:30 p.m. with a smattering of fans in the stands and a light mist falling on the field. If you think that's strange, consider these factors: The opponent is making anot...

Sunday's game between the Yankees and Blue Jays has been postponed about 30 minutes before first pitch. No makeup date has been scheduled yet. CC Sabathia, who was supposed to start Sundday, will open the series against the Orioles in Baltimore at...

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...

One of the knocks on Brett Gardner in the first quarter of this season is that the Yankees' fastest runner has been a bit slow pulling the trigger in steal situations. And yet, in the bottom of the ninth inning of Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Seattl...

Andy Pettitte said he is pretty sure the tightness in his left trapezius that caused him to leave Thursday's game with two out in the fifth inning was nothing more serious than a muscle spasm. But Pettitte said he is not at all sure that he will ...

The Yankees lost more than a ballgame tonight; they also lost Andy Pettitte to yet another injury, this one to his left trapezius, the muscle between the shoulder and the neck, in the fifth inning. The 3-2 loss to the Mariners is bad enough, but for ...

As expected, the Yankees recalled a right-handed relief pitcher for tonight's game against the Mariners. As not expected, that reliever was not Joba Chamberlain, who was expected to rejoin the team after spending 15 days on the disabled list with ...

Here's tonight's lineup against the Seattle Mariners and their right-handed substitute starter, ex-Yank Hector Noesi" Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix SS Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay 1B Curtis Granderson DH David Adams 3B Ichiro...

KANSAS CITY -- All season long, Hiroki Kuroda has been the New York Yankees' best and most consistent starter, and he is hot right now. But off the mound, the 38-year-old right-hander usually runs pretty cool. Except for Sunday afternoon, because ...

KANSAS CITY -- The last time Mariano Rivera came to Kauffman Stadium, he left on the back of a cart, his ACL torn and his season over. This time, he leaves with two more saves and the Yankees with three more victories, including Sunday's 4-2 win over...

Defiant Joba Chamberlain is not fit to wear the same uniform as Mo Rivera.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova, already on the disabled list with inflammation of the right triceps, injured himself while playing catch in Tampa on Sunday morning and will not be recalled to pitch during Monday's makeup doublehea...

Sore ribs finally landed Yankees infielder Eduardo Nunez on the disabled list, forcing the team to select the contract of Alberto Gonzalez from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre.