For the New York Yankees, the lineage of legends is a very long and linked line, one that extends from, among others, Babe Ruth to Lou Gehrig to Joe DiMaggio to Yogi Berra to Mickey Mantle to Thurman Munson to Don Mattingly.
And now the latest link, Derek Jeter, is leaving.
The longtime Yankees captain announced via Facebook on Wednesday that the 2014 season will be the 20th—and final—of his career. Jeter, who will be turning 40 on June 26, missed most of last year while trying to recover from an ankle injury sustained during ...
New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12, that the 2014 season would be his last in Major League Baseball. As you would expect, ticket prices for games near the end of his career soared quickly.
Jeter is a lock to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The 39-year-old has spent his entire 19-year career in pinstripes, winning five World Series, including winning a World Series Most Valuable Player award. He also made 13 American League All-Star teams. He won many awards throughout his career, but being named ...
A year after Mariano Rivera called it a career for the New York Yankees, another legend is set to hang it up, as shortstop Derek Jeter announced on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the 2014 MLB season.
The 39-year-old announced the news on Facebook, and he will likely enjoy a similar farewell tour to the one the league put on for Rivera last season now that he has made his plans known before the start of the season.
Various leg injuries limited him to just 17 games last ...
Masahiro Tanaka is officially a member of the New York Yankees organization.
When the team welcomed him to America with a press conference at Yankee Stadium, the brightest pitching star from Japan entered Major League Baseball. Within a few days, fans and media members will garner a live view of his pitches and ability.
For now, we have his personality and demeanor to dissect.
After shelling out $175 million for Tanaka, including the posting fee to his Japanese team, the Yankees are counting on him to lead their rotation for a long time. ...
It's been a busy offseason for the New York Yankees, with perhaps their biggest splash coming when they added Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka on a seven-year, $155 million deal to help shore up their rotation.
Tanaka joins CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova as locks to make the rotation this spring, but the No. 5 starter job is still up for grabs at this point.
There are a handful of candidates expected to compete for the job, but the Yankees would love nothing more than for right-hander Michael Pineda to prove ...
Suppose you just inked a giant major league contract. What’s the first big purchase you would make?
For Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, it was a ridiculously expensive charter flight from Tokyo to New York City. According to Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News, the newest addition to the Yankees' roster arrived in New York on Tuesday after a long international flight aboard a very empty jumbo jet.
Indeed, Tanaka allegedly dropped $195,000 to secure private transportation aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines. As its name suggests, the Dreamliner is ...
The New York Yankees have a long history of outstanding offensive performance that stretches back to the days of Ruth and Gehrig. Not much has changed in this millennium: the guys in pinstripes continue to put up some of the best numbers in the MLB on a yearly basis.
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Alex Rodriguez finally learned his fate when arbitrator Fredric Horowitz dropped his suspension from 211 games to 162 games, first reported by USA Today's Bob Nightengale. In the process, it has given the New York Yankees salary relief for the 2014 season by wiping A-Rod's money off of the books.
Now is the time for the Yankees to release Rodriguez.
The Yankees are faced with the date of February 14. That's the date when pitchers and catchers report to spring training. ESPN's Jayson Stark says that it is unlikely that Rodriguez would ...
Hell hath no fury like the New York Yankees when they miss the playoffs.
It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, the entire sport, from San Diego to St. Petersburg, feels the effects. After missing out on the postseason in 2008, the Yankees committed $423.5 million to CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira—three key players in the team's run to a 27th championship the following year.
Despite a public declaration to keep their payroll below the $189 million mark, Brian Cashman has spared no expense thus far ...
The New York Yankees' starting rotation got a whole lot deeper on Jan. 22.
Prior to signing Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka to an enormous contract, the Yankees rotation was suspect. CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda were expected to head a rotation comprised of question marks.
Ivan Nova would have taken the reigns as the No. 3 starter, and it remains to be seen if he can continue his successes from the second half of the 2013 season. Following Nova would have been a combination of David Phelps, Adam Warren, Michael Pineda and ...