You wouldn't know it due to all the well-deserved adulation directed toward Mariano Rivera these days, but one of the New York Yankees' all-time greatest pitchers is possibly just a few innings away from the end of a remarkable career.
Andy Pettitte, with 255 career wins, five world championships and eight pennants (seven AL, one NL), may take the mound at Yankee Stadium for the final time Sunday. If so, Pettitte will finish third on the Yankees list of career wins and likely tie with Whitey Ford for the most games started ...
The New York Yankees have had the epitome of an up-and-down season in 2013, and there have been a number of players that have both surprised and disappointed the team.
Entering play on Thursday, the Yankees are 80-72. This puts them 2.5 games back in the American League Wild Card. To make the playoffs before the end of the season (10 more games), they'll have to pass the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles and either the Texas Rangers or the Tampa Bay Rays. Plus, they'll have to stave off the Kansas City ...
To say that the New York Yankees season has been plagued by injuries is an understatement.
The Yankees have been absolutely decimated by injuries this year, though it did allow them to set a new franchise record by using 56 different players (and counting).
Except for the ultra reliable Robinson Cano, nearly all of the team’s stars and former stars have spent a chunk of the season on the disabled list, including Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis, Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez.
Things went just as poorly for the Yankees’ top prospects ...
Just for a moment, imagine that it's possible.
The New York Yankees making the 2013 postseason, that is.
It's been a challenging-as-all-heck year for the Yankees, who had an aging roster to begin with and then endured injury after injury after injury over the course of 150 or so games games so far.
Things didn't get any easier for the Yankees on Tuesday, either, following a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays—their fourth straight loss. That leaves New York, at 79-72, three-and-a-half games back of an American League wild card spot entering ...
Alex Rodriguez has admitted that New York Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera is his role model.
According to XM MLB Chat, Rodriguez described what it was like to compete against and play with Rivera in an interview during Sunday's Yankee radio pregame show with Suzyn Waldman:
He's our Roberto Clemente in many ways. And I love him, I love him to pieces. And I'm having such a great time playing the game, and he's a major part of it. Me coming back and having the privilege to put on the pinstripes and share the uniform ...
The New York Yankees have had a complete roller coaster of a 2013 season. It started with low expectations entering the season due to several injuries to key players.
Then the Yankees got off to a fast start in April thanks to a pair of players performing above their current abilities.
Vernon Wells batted .300 with six homers and Travis Hafner carried the Yankees with six home runs, 17 RBI and batted .316 in April.
That should have been exactly what the Yankees needed as they prepared for the return of several stars ...
This year has been filled with injury and disappointment for the New York Yankees, and the team will see major changes in 2014.
As the final remnants of the 2013 MLB season play out, the Bombers find themselves desperately trying to remain relevant to the playoff chase after suffering three straight losses to the Boston Red Sox. With 12 games remaining in the regular season, the team trails the Texas Rangers by two-and-a-half games for the final postseason spot.
Many can point fingers at numerous key injuries to the likes of Derek ...
The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the New York Yankees on Sunday night, extending their lead in the AL East to 12.5 over their bitter rivals.
The Yankees are on the verge of missing out on the playoffs for the second time in 19 years after dropping three straight, as the team sits three games behind the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers for the two AL Wild Card spots.
The AL Wild Card race is a tight one, as six teams sit within four games of each other for ...
After a weekend at Fenway Park that included more injuries on the path to setting new roster records, poor starting pitching and a depleted bullpen, the New York Yankees limped out of Boston on Sunday night having been swept in their three-game series.
With the Yankees now four games back in the loss column in the race for the American League Wild Card, they are left hoping a scheduling advantage can keep them alive long enough to still be playing meaningful baseball next week.
When the series began on Friday night, the ...
The New York Yankees may be losing Alex Rodriguez a little earlier than expected, as A-Rod was forced to leave Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox in the fifth inning due to his right calf. Per ESPN's Wallace Matthews:
A-Rod left the game with a tight right calf
— wallace matthews (@ESPNNYYankees) September 16, 2013
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