Phil Hughes is showing his age, or lack thereof.
The 23-year-old right-hander, who excelled in the bullpen throughout the regular season, has been shaky thus far in the postseason.
Thursday night, Hughes had an opportunity to shut the door on the Angels and send the Yankees to the World Series for the first time since 2003.
Entering to protect a 6-5 lead with two out in the bottom of the seventh and the tying run on third, Hughes promptly walked Torii Hunter. Next, against the fabled Vladamir Guerrero, Hughes missed his location on ...
In the hours since the Yankees allowed a golden opportunity to secure the American League pennant slip away—fans, media, and unnecessarily loud Korean War veterans at Dunkin Donuts are attempting to assign blame for the 7-6 loss to the Angels.
Some are saying that Joe Girardi acted alone in this assassination of the Yankees' World Series hopes on Thursday, the opinion being that the second-year manager made a series of dubious decisions that doomed New York.
The Stankiewicz Commission has been assembled to prove that, while Girardi is a jackass made ...
Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love. A fan base classified, though often unfairly, as unruly and vicious.
A blue collar city where its residents work hard and expect the same from its professional sports teams.
You see, that's all Philadelphia fans want from their teams. Leave it all out on the playing field. Give it everything you've got. If you push yourself to the limit and fall short, so be it. You lost honorably.
Which is why football is the perfect sport for this great city. These modern day gladiators throw ...
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Derek Jeter (left) and Alex Rodriguez stand in disbelief as their Yankees batted in the ninth. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
The Anaheim Angels held a 4-0 lead when manager Mike Scioscia walked out to the mound in the seventh inning. Starting pitcher John Lackey had just retired New York Yankees left-fielder and second-place hitter Johnny Damon on ...
Mike Scioscia and Joe Girardi played a game of “What ever you can do, I can do worse” last night.
In one of the worst managed playoff games in quite some time, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outlasted the New York Yankees 7-6 to take Game Five of their best-of-seven ALCS and force a Game Six in the Bronx Saturday night.
This was a game that really had three parts to it.
The first part was the Angels ambushed Yankees’ starter AJ Burnett for four runs in the first inning. A walk ...
It was a brutal week for the New York football teams, as the Giants got killed and the Jets fell to lowly Buffalo and lost Kris Jenkins for the rest of the season. Even the hockey teams mixed in some debacles with a few wins. And something bad probably happened to the Mets even though their season is long over.
But even after last night’s loss, the Yankees are sitting pretty, with a 3-2 lead in the series and heading back home. With a budget as high as our ...
I'll be up in the early hours of Sunday morning here in England watching the Yankees, hopefully, progress to a World Series date with the Phillies next week with victory in Game Six of the ALCS.
No thanks to the never-say-die Angels taking Game Five at Angel Stadium on Thursday to reduce the deficit to 3-2 in favor of the Yankees.
The Phillies will no doubt be taking the ALCS in on the television, too, making notes about the current form of both sides, preparing to defend their World Series crown, and ...
It appears that Alex Rodriguez has finally been accepted by Yankee fans.
FINALLY?
You mean that 36 home runs and 106 RBI's in 2004 wasn’t enough?
Forty-eight home runs, 130 RBI's and an MVP award in 2005 wasn’t enough?
Thirty-five home runs and 121 RBI's in 2006 wasn’t enough?
Fifty-four home runs, 156 RBI's and another MVP award in 2007 wasn’t enough?
And 35 home runs and 103 RBI's in 2008 wasn’t enough?
Now, up until just a few weeks ago, A-Rod had a tendency to transform from a thoroughbred in September into a dog in October.
I ...
Nine of the 13 runs scored in Game Five of the American League Championship Series crossed the plate after the starting pitchers were removed from the game.
First, Angels manager Mike Scioscia took out John Lackey with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh, even though the right-hander was throwing a six-hit shutout with seven strikeouts.
Southpaw Darren Oliver entered and immediately surrendered a bases-clearing double to Mark Teixeira on the first pitch, intentionally walked Alex Rodriguez and gave up an RBI single to Hideki Matsui. The reliever left after ...
I had the chance to attend Game 2 of the ALCS this past weekend, in which the Yankees took on the Angels.
First off, let me say it was the most exciting game I have ever gone to.
Sitting in Section 202 of the bleachers, I had a great view of the game, and an even better scent of all the drunk fans around me.
Better yet was the atmosphere.
There were many ups and downs to the game. Many fans booed when Joba was taken out, and even more when Damaso Marte was ...