The American League's playoff field is virtually set. The Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers will duke it out for the right to represent the American League in the World Series. Each team has some key strengths and a few glaring weaknesses. Find out who will represent the American League in the 2010 World Series.Begin Slideshow
The New York Yankees are in a slump. A bad one at that. However, they are still very much in the hunt. With their magic number down to 3, and facing the Red Sox, there's a good chance that they will have clinched a playoff spot by the end of the weekend. With many of the Yankees in their 30's, it's vital that they clinch by the weekend so that they can rest their starters. The Yankees toughest opponent standing in the way of them heading back to ...
The Red Sox jumped out to a quick 10-1 lead by the fifth inning, but the Yankees managed to come all the way back to the point where they put the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning, only to see Robinson Cano strikeout to end the game 10-8.
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The Yankees hit six home runs combined. Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira had two each and Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson had the others.
A-Rod tied and past Sammy Sosa on the ...
The New York Yankees are not in the playoffs; their magic number remains frozen at three just for a spot in October. Three appears to be getting bigger and growing harder to reach with each game. The Yankees need to stop playing Jekyll and Hyde since winning the first two games of their last series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays came and left in second place, but with the latest Yankee loss, and their win, they have officially taken over the AL East. Everything was working for the ...
The Yankees have seemingly been stuck in the mud as of late. Despite remaining one of the best teams in all of Major League Baseball, they have unarguably had a rough September.Following tonight's loss to the Red Sox, the Yankees have compiled a 10-12 record this September. Hand in hand with that 10-12 record are year-worst performances in pitching and hitting.The pitching staff has, obviously, compiled a 10-12 record along with a 4.56 ERA (the worst ERA for this team in any given month of the season) and the team's ...
Yankees vs. Red Sox, the most storied and greatest rivalry in sports will have a little less meaning this time around because of Boston's injury-plagued season that has left them on the brink of elimination, but it still is a must win series for the Bronx Bombers. The Red Sox are going to be on the outside looking in this year and have had a miserable season this year with key injuries to team leaders Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis, that coupled with disappointing performances form Josh Beckett and free agent acquisition ...
Via Chad Jennings:
To further limit his innings, Phil Hughes will take his next start on Wednesday. Dustin Moseley will start for the Yankees on Sunday.
Joe Girardi said there might be more changes coming as the Yankees setup their playoff rotation.
This change, though, Girardi said is strictly for Hughes’ workload. Girardi said he expects Wednesday to be Hughes’ last outing of the regular season.
Hughes was supposed to start two more times which potentially could have added 18 more innings to the 169.1 he’s already accumulated. Obviously ...
The big series in the standings may be the Yankees vs. the Rays, but judging by the ticket prices on StubHub, the one the fans care about is Yankees vs. Red Sox and we have a good one tonight as Andy Pettitte goes up against Josh Beckett.
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The Yankees have begun making plans for the postseason, and those include plans for Phil Hughes. They won’t reveal those plans though.
Brian Cashman confirmed what I thought yesterday, Royce Ring can pitch himself on to the playoff ...
There is no professional sports league in which it is tougher for a franchise to reach the postseason than Major League Baseball. Making the postseason in baseball is a true accomplishment for any team, even for the Yankees and their $206 million payroll.
In baseball, just eight of thirty ballclubs reach the postseason each year. In the NHL and NBA, more than half of the 30-team leagues are vying for a shot at a trophy when the regular season comes to an end. Reaching the playoffs in the NFL is a ...
The CC Sabathia vs. Felix Hernandez debate may have ended last night as Sabathia dropped a big game to the Rays, allowing seven runs over just 5.1 innings. The Yankees eventually lost 10-3 at home.
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Sabathia was doing well enough through 5 innings. At one point he struck out 3 batters in a row looking. It all fell apart in the 6th though as he allowed a single, double, K, single, single, walk, and a walk before was relieved by Joba Chamberlain.
In the 7th Javier Vazquez ...