This is going to be about Joe Torre and Tim McCarver, but before I even get into it, I should start by saying that I don’t really like Joe Torre. I’m not talking about the man, just the manager. He inherited a great team built by Gene Michael with help from Buck Showalter, and he won a lot of games. As he should have.
Once he lost Don Zimmer as his sidekick in 2004 though, the wheels really started to come off and he made a number of questionable decisions. His ...
Tonight in the Bronx, history can be made.
Currently sitting at 598 career home runs, Alex Rodriguez is only two home runs away from becoming just the seventh member of the 600 home run club.
Since his time in pinstripes, he has not always said the smartest things. But there is no denying that A-Rod is one of the greatest baseball players of all-time.
Therefore, in honor of his pursuit for number 600, I present "A-Rod's 10 Most Memorable Moments In Pinstripes."
Since being acquired from the Texas Rangers in 2004, he ...
As covered extensively on ESPN, Alex Rodriguez is nearly to a huge milestone in Major League Baseball, providing 600 balls to people with crappy seats at games.
Rodriguez, as a relatively poor boy in the Dominican Republic, always had horrible seats to baseball games and vowed to one day become a dominant power hitter to make up for it.
As he hit No. 598 over the weekend, the Yankee announcers talked about the generosity of A-Rod.
"Only a few players in history have been this great with giving free souvenirs to poor baseball ...
After saying good-bye to two prolific men, the New York Yankees ended the weekend placing ace Andy Pettitte on the DL.
Pettitte will be gone for five weeks with a grade one tear in his left hamstring. This digs the dagger even deeper as the Seattle Mariners played the reigning champs like fools by trading Cliff Lee to the Texas Rangers.
The Yankees got used by Seattle, who got more bang for Lee with the Bombers in the mix. Well, nothing good comes from dwelling in the baseball past, but this ...
"Hey! He looks familiar! Wait a second, he was in the game yesterday!" These words are spoken constantly as athletes pop up on television sets around the world. Whether it is in a commercial or in a movie, sport stars find a way to get their image out there.
We take a look at some of the funniest and interesting television cameos by the same athletes you see every day on the playing field.Begin Slideshow
Despite winning two-out-of-three from the second place Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, the New York Yankees had their wins come at a price.
On Saturday, starting pitcher AJ Burnett was pulled after two innings because he suffered lacerations on both of his palms after he slammed a set of double doors in frustration after giving up a HR to Reid Brignac. Burnett originally said he “fell,” but the truth came out later.
The whole thing sounds like a bad Lifetime movie.
Burnett is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in a couple ...
That Joba bravado has been replaced by inconsistent relief pitching.
It’s clear the New York Yankees' constant juggling of roles, responsibilities, and pitch counts have messed with Joba Chamberlain’s head.
Today’s Joba isn’t the same Joba who, at the age of 21, made his MLB debut in 2007 throwing fire out of the Yankee bullpen.
Joba set the American League on its ear that year, with a 2-0 record and a 0.38 ERA in 19 appearances. If not for a swarm of midges in Cleveland, he would have been a playoff hero as ...
To the casual observer, the Yankees appear to sit in a comfortable position atop the American League East. It is true that after taking two of three games in the Bronx over the weekend from their closest competition, the Yanks now possess a full three game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays.
As owners of the best record in baseball at 58-33 as of July 19, there is clearly no need to panic in the Bronx. That being said, this most recent series with the ...
The Yankees' starting rotation has been one of their strengths, but lately we’ve seen AJ Burnett leave a game early because of a self inflicted wound and Andy Pettitte limping off the mound. Now, there are real questions to be answered.
Here are some notes:
Andy Pettitte has a Grade-1 groin strain and is out for 4-to-5 weeks .
The Yankees will not trade for a starting pitcher in Pettitte’s absence.
Sergio Mitre will be taking his place. He’s starting tonight for Triple-A Scranton and will throw 75 pitches to stretch himself ...
With the recent injury to Andy Pettitte, who is expected to be out of the Yankees starting rotation for up to five weeks, it has put the Yankees into a bind regarding their staff.
Pettitte will miss five to six starts, with Sergio Mitre pitching in Andy's spot in the rotation. Mitre did not fare well last year in a similar role when he started nine games, generating a 3-3 record and 7.16 ERA with a 1.750 WHIP.
But that was the first year after Tommy John surgery, normally not a banner ...