As the great Yogi Berra is attributed as saying, it's like deja vu all over again regarding the New York Yankees.
No, not because the Bronx Bombers made the postseason for the 52nd time in the 103-year history of the franchise and will play the Houston Astros in the American League Wild Card Game Tuesday night. Playoff baseball is more expected than celebrated in New York, a sentiment that dates all the way back to when George Steinbrenner purchased the team in 1973.
Some critics might say Steinbrenner bought his success by acquiring big-name ...
New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia won't pitch during the 2015 MLB playoffs after deciding to enter treatment at an alcohol rehabilitation center.
Sabathia released an official statement Monday to explain his decision, courtesy of the Yankees' official website:
Today I am checking myself into an alcohol rehabilitation center to receive the professional care and assistance needed to treat my disease.
I love baseball and I love my teammates like brothers, and I am also fully aware that I am leaving at a time when we should all be coming together for one ...
It took exactly 162 games to get here, but the matchup for the 2015 American League Wild Card Game is set. The Houston Astros will visit the New York Yankees for a do-or-die showdown on Tuesday (8:05 p.m. ET on ESPN) with a trip to the division series on the line.
The Yankees (87-75) haven't been to the playoffs since 2012, while the Astros (86-76) last went to the dance in 2005.
Houston won the season series against New York 4-3, splitting a four-game set at Minute Maid Park in its first ...
Alex Rodriguez said they were underdogs, and for once we didn't laugh at the thought.
The New York Yankees as underdogs?
It's a crazy concept, given their $200 million-plus payroll and their history. It's fair to say the Yankees never should be underdogs to make the playoffs, but it's just as fair to say that this year they were.
And it's even fairer to say they're bigger underdogs now that they're in.
Seriously, is anyone picking this club to win the World Series? Has any Yankee team in recent memory entered a postseason with ...
Following a two-year postseason absence, the New York Yankees guaranteed they'll be playing playoff baseball in October again thanks to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. The victory was also the 10,000th in franchise history.
According to the New York Times' Tyler Kepner, the game's final out was also historic:
With the wild-card berth, New York has now made 23 more postseason appearances than any other team in MLB history, per ESPN Stats & Info:
The Yankees' official Twitter account celebrated the evening's other big milestone:
Following the on-field celebration, the Yankees took to the ...
NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka made it through the regular season without needing Tommy John surgery, so that's something. He made it through his final regular-season start with his hamstring intact—another positive.
"I feel good about him," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Wednesday night, suggesting but not yet announcing that Tanaka will be his starter in next week's American League Wild Card Game (because the Yankees still haven't clinched their spot).
He should feel good, but the manager of a team with a $200-plus million payroll really ought to have ...
The pick-an-ace game of chance will not work in October.
The New York Yankees need a definitive answer. But for nearly six months, that all-important No. 1 spot in the rotation has been a revolving door of what-have-you-done-for-me-lately candidates, none of which have been able to keep the position in their grasps for what seems like more than a couple of weeks at a time because of ineffectiveness, injuries or both.
Even through patches of injuries and inconsistency, Masahiro Tanaka has been considered the team’s best option to start any big October ...
NEW YORK — Over in the National League, the Wild Card Game matchup seemed set weeks ago.
Here in the American League, no one wants to acknowledge that any part of it is set yet.
"I think it's still too early," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Thursday, when someone asked who he might start in the AL Wild Card Game. "Because nothing's decided yet."
Technically, he's right. Realistically, the Yankees are headed for baseball's one-game, do-or-die round for the first time in their history, and the question that matters more than anything ...
Legendary New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra died of natural causes at the age of 90 Tuesday night at his home in New Jersey.
News of Berra's death came via the Yogi Berra Museum, and the Yankees' official Twitter feed paid tribute to their iconic player:
Berra's family released a statement via the museum: "While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom. We celebrate his remarkable life and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed."
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred also released a ...
How huge (pun sort of intended) would some vintage CC Sabathia be for the New York Yankees down the stretch?
Yes, the hulking left-hander sports a less-than-stellar 4.80 ERA. And yes, he's an injury-plagued 35-year-old with a creaky right knee.
After two straight solid starts by the six-time All-Star and 2007 American League Cy Young-winner, though, the Yankees can be forgiven for dreaming big.
On Sunday against the New York Mets, in the rubber match of a Subway Series ripe with playoff implications, Sabathia tossed six innings of five-hit, one-run ball with seven ...