One swing of the bat erased 52 nervous hours for the Yankees. Nick Swisher's two-run, walk-off homer to beat the Orioles, 3-2, on Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx cleansed the palette after a frustrating day by Joe Girardi and the Bombers' offense, and prevented New York from taking a four-game losing streak into an off-day before a tough three-game series in Texas. A loss would've given Baltimore its first three-game sweep in New York since 1986, been the first time the Yanks were swept at the new stadium and handed the ...
Yesterday, Jorge Posada was hit square in the facemask with a foul tip. He appeared to shake off its affects, and it seemed that today's day off was just a regular breather with a day game after a night game.
But when Francisco Cervelli came up with two men on in the bottom of the seventh inning, Posada was not sent up to pinch-hit for the solid-contact-challenged backup catcher.
Joe Girardi was asked if Posada was available in that situation, and he replied "No." When further queried, Girardi said Posada had some ...
The Yankees almost had one of their worst series of the season until Nick Swisher won the game with a ninth-inning walk-off home run off of the Orioles Koji Uehara to lead the Yankees to a 3-2 victory.
Here are some highlights:
This was the fourth walk-off win for the Yankees this year.
Ivan Nova was great on the mound today making only one mistake, a two-run home run allowed to Matt Wieters.
Brad Bergesen held the Yankees to just four hits.
The victory avoids the Yankees first ...
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated is a lot of things, but this is a great take on the upcoming contract negotiations with Derek Jeter.
Take a read:
Derek Jeter will be back as a Yankee next season, and for more seasons after that. Of course he will. Doesn’t matter whether he’s hitting .264 today. Or .364. Or .164.
Jeter will be back with the Yankees because they want him back, he surely wants to be back and no other team will likely compete with the Yankees financially ...
Marty Appel was the Public Relations Director for the New York Yankees from 1973 to 1977. After resigning as the PR Director in 1977, he began a sports management company and later worked with World Team Tennis and Billie Jean King. Later on in his career he won an Emmy as the executive producer of Yankee telecasts. He has written 18 books including collaborations with Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and Tom Seaver.BW: I know Mantle lived a wild life, what was the weirdest thing you ever saw or read in ...
Here is a quick couple of updates via the Daily News:
Phil Hughes will be skipped one start in the Yankees rotation to limit his innings, manager Joe Girardi said before Wednesday’s series finale against Baltimore. Dustin Moseley will start Sunday in Texas, and Hughes will return to the rotation next Wednesday in Tampa.
Also, Girardi said Alfredo Aceves (back) will not return this season, and Damaso Marte (shoulder) will “probably not” be back in 2010.
Alex Rodriguez is in the lineup and Mark ...
Entering tonight’s series finale against the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees are the only team in baseball without a four game losing streak this season. Tonight’s starter Ivan Nova would like to keep it that way.
New York has lost three straight for the fifth time this season. The combination of rough pitching and silent bats has the Yankees off to a lackluster September.
During the three game losing streak, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett, and CC Sabathia have not pitched great. Burnett was decent, but did not get enough run support. Sabathia failed ...
The Yankees haven’t been swept at home by the Baltimore Orioles since 1986, so they’ll be trying to avoid that as they go back to playing afternoon games, at least for one day. Ivan Nova will be on the mound taking on righty Brad Bergesen who has a 6-10 record with a 5.47 ERA.
Here are some notes:
CC Sabathia was denied his 20th win last night. He also had a 21-game unbeaten streak in the Bronx snapped. That is a record he now shares with Whitey Ford.
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A recent article by John Harper of the New York Daily News quoted two former players saying that Derek Jeter will play hardball with the Yankees over his next contract.
I am asking why would Derek Jeter need to play hardball?
Is he going anywhere else? No.
Will he ever wear another uniform? Of course not.
Jeter has said he eventually wants to be a part owner of the Yankees.
Do you think that will ever happen if he ever plays for another organization? I have said countless times that he is today’s Joe DiMaggio—great ...