By no stretch of the imagination does the phrase “Showdown in the Bronx” hold any unjust meaning.
Time and space do not favor the Red Sox in their quest to chase down the American League Wildcard spot.
53 games appear plenty of time to gradually sneak up and steal the one and only AL Wild Card slot, let alone outright win the AL East.
Boston comes into New York after splitting a four game set against the struggling Cleveland Indians.
Currently 5.5 games separate the Red Sox from the AL Wild Card leader Tampa ...
As Alex Rodriguez rounded the bases for the 600th time in the major leagues, he joined Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds as the only players to reach that plateau.
At the age of 35, media members quickly touted A-Rod for being the youngest player in history to break 600. Most people began to speculate when, not if, he will break Barry Bonds' record of 762 round trippers.
However, the numbers tell a slightly different story. At age 35, A-Rod has connected on 600 ...
The Boston Red Sox are coming to Yankee Stadium for a four game series against the Yankees starting tonight. Despite winning seven of their last 10 games, the Red Sox remain six games behind the Yankees who are sitting atop the American League East standings. They are a team, however, that has the potential to get hot and put even more pressure on the Yankees. As it is now, the Tampa Bay Rays are right on the Yankees heels, just a half game back.Of course ...
With the news that Kevin Youkilis is out for the season for the Boston Red Sox, baseball pundits have deemed this series a do or die series for the Sox against the rival New York Yankees this weekend.
As the four game series at Yankee Stadium commences, Boston is six games back of the first place Yankees, 5.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the Wild Card, and in the midst of a lethal stretch where they play 17 games in a row, including their next 10 on the road. Yet, many wonder if ...
Because it was a national tale, with baseball loyalists viewing Alex Rodriguez as the next home run king, it was wondrous to witness a purist milestone. But mostly, this happened before it turned out to be an asterisk, a national nightmare that is incurable and contemptible, ever since A-Rod’s admission of using performance-enhancing drugs engendered a national discussion.
And as shocking as it was to believe the truth when he unveiled that he used boli in a six-month, cycle period, he sadly disappointed and hoodwinked the masses for confessing that ...
There’s nothing wrong with making unquantifiable excuses when your favorite team isn’t playing well—it’s only human.
If the whole roster seems a little off, it must be residual jetlag from that last long road trip they were on. If it’s a certain player who’s mired in a slump, he probably hasn’t fully recovered from the paper cut he got three years ago. Here in Cleveland, we’ve been doing it for three years—it’s called “rebuilding.”
Sometimes the reasons are legitimate and they’re almost always benign; in most cases, there’s no reason to burst ...
After a one-day plunge into second place in the American League East, the Yankees (67-40) are back atop baseball with the best record in the game as they get set to open up a big four-game series at home against the third-place Red Sox (62-47), who trail New York by six games.
Boston, which has been hampered by injuries to Jason Varitek, Dustin Pedroia, and Kevin Youkilis (who was lost for the season on Thursday), has a chance to jump back in the race for first place if it can pull off ...
Rivalries are a beautiful aspect of sports. They bring out the best and the worst of teams and athletes.
Whether it's Ali and Frazier, Bruins and Canadiens, or even the Dodgers and Giants, rivalry games, matches, and series all come with something special.
Coming from an athlete's perspective, notably hockey, whenever a rivalry game is approaching, athletes keep it in the back of their minds. Sure, we focus on the here and now, but one cannot help but look towards those games against the hated rival. We want nothing more than to ...
Alex Rodriguez joined an elite group of men who have hit 600 in baseball history. Congratulations A-Rod!
Unfortunately, Shaun Marcum joined an exclusive group as well. For every 600th home run that's hit, someone has to serve it up. Here are the men who became famous by throwing the ball that ended up in Cooperstown.Begin Slideshow
Celebrity gossip reporter, Perez Hilton, posted on his website that Alex Rodriguez broke a home run world record on Wednesday afternoon. (Sorry, I thought Perez Hilton breaking the A-Rod story is funnier and more entertaining then Peter Gammons doing so.)
Now, I am not breaking any news—neither is Hilton—but Alex Rodriguez, 35, smashed his 600th home run at Yankee Stadium.
With the blast, which was hit against Blue Jays pitcher Shaun Marcum, Rodriguez became the youngest player, seventh overall, in MLB history to hit 600 home runs.
What’s interesting about Rodriguez’s milestone, which ...