Alex Rodriguez has left the man who negotiated his 10-year, $275 million contract. Rodriguez is not expected to replace Scott Boras with Pittsburgh attorney Jay Reisinger and Washington lawyer Jim Sharp, who helped him with his legal affairs. Reisinger was the one who negotiated Rodriguez's ordeal with Congress for performance-enhancing drugs. Reisinger also represented Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte in their trials. Rodriguez was seen with Guy Oseary, a Hollywood agent, who has been seen with Rodriguez over the past week. When sources called the offices of Oseary, they were ...
It may be all over except for the crying.With eight innings of one-hit ball on Thursday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics, C.C. Sabathia has become the front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award, and he may have even clinched it.Why?Well, I'll tell ya. C.C. Sabathia will be the 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner because . . . Begin Slideshow
The weather wasn’t the only thing red hot at Yankee Stadium yesterday as CC Sabathia picked up his sixth consecutive win and 19th of the season as he one-hit the Oakland Athletics over eight innings during the Yankees 5-0 win yesterday afternoon.
Curtis Granderson also had a big day picking up a pair of home runs, including one of left-hander Jerry Blevins.
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Even though the Yankees are in the midst of a battle for the AL East against the menace known as the Tampa Bay Rays, and trying to defend their world title, one cannot help but speculate what the future holds, especially when it involves the speedy left fielder Carl Crawford.
Crawford, who has spent his entire nine-season career in Tampa Bay, will be a free agent at the end of this season. Through those nine seasons, Crawford has averaged a .295 batting average, 13 home runs, 77 RBI’s, and a ...
The Yankees, winners of five straight, are about to embark on a rarity in baseball scheduling: five consecutive day games.
Luckily for the Yankees, they have thrived this season in day games, going 31-16.
The teams collectively hits better during the day, with a team batting average of .283 in day games compared to a .262 clip at night.
Here are some individual player statistics of those who fare better during the day than at night:
The red-hot Mark Teixeira loves the day this season. He is batting at a higher average of .326 ...
In baseball, as in life, predicting the future is exceedingly difficult. Six years ago, when Cubs right-hander Greg Maddux took his long-reserved place in baseball's venerated 300-win club, pundits across the sports talk universe wondered aloud whether another man would ever reach that milestone.Two years and 363 days later, however, Maddux's longtime teammate Tom Glavine reached the plateau as well. The rumblings grew louder: Tim Kurkjian and Peter Gammons, then the dynamic duo of ESPN baseball coverage, declared the club all but closed for the remainder of baseball eternity.Less than ...
A few weeks ago I wrote a blurb about Cliff Lee and noted how many innings he was throwing and wondered out loud if it would carry over to next season. As it turns out he didn’t even make it that far before the innings total began to affect him as his back has been acting up.
Here’s more via ESPN:
Texas Rangers starter Cliff Lee complained of back discomfort after Tuesday’s start and flew back to Texas to be examined by Keith Meister, the club physician.
Rangers assistant general manager Thad ...
Yesterday I passed along a story that the Yankees had won a waiver claim for Ted Lilly and may have been pursuing him even though the trade deadline had passed.
Later on in the day, though, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that Lilly was interested in signing an extension and staying in Los Angeles with the Dodgers.
Buster Olney of ESPN confirmed the report and added that the Dodgers were interested in seeing Lilly stay in Dodger Blue as well.
Given those reports and the fact that the trade deadline has ...
The Yankees go for a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics tonight and their sixth win overall and have their best man on the job, CC Sabathia.
Here are some notes:
Javier Vazquez is back in the rotation. Dustin Moseley is out.
Andy Pettitte threw a bullpen session yesterday and said he felt great. Up next is a simulated game this weekend and then at least one rehab start. He could be back as soon as a week and a half from now.
Derek Jeter will ...
Making a much anticipated start, Dallas Braden will take the hill today against the New York Yankees, making his Yankee Stadium debut in front of the ravenous Yankee Stadium crowd.
Braden, LHP from the Oakland Athletics is having a subpar season individually, going 9-9 with a 3.28 ERA.
His stuff isn’t overwhelming, with his fastball topping out at about 90 mph, while also possessing a solid changeup, a slider, and curveball. He also threw the 19th perfect game in MLB history earlier this season against the Tampa Bay Rays on May ...