A-Rod, A-Fraud or Alex Rodriguez.
There was a time when Alex Rodriguez was widely considered the best baseball player alive. Those days are long gone. We are now reduced to Oompa Loopma jokes and pictures of him making out with himself.
Rodriguez has 649 career home runs and 1,956 RBI, both good for fifth all-time. We should be celebrate not berate.
He will never be as beloved as Mr. Yankee Derek Jeter, or Mo, or even Andy Pettitte, who admitted to using HGH. But, there was a time when the Yankees couldn't have ...
The New York Yankees, winners of five games in a row and eight of 10, are on a roll, climbing to within 3.5 games of a postseason spot as they head to Tampa Bay—one of the American League's wild-card leaders—for a three-game series this weekend.
The Yankees might just have enough to make a real run through September and into the postseason, with Andy Pettitte showing signs of life on the mound, Alex Rodriguez's drama fueling the collective spirit of the team last Sunday night in Boston and a much-improved offense since the return of Curtis Granderson and ...
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is batting .281 in 15 games since Aug. 6, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks on Friday as the club prepares to take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
Courtesy of SBR Forum, the Yankees are plus-107 road underdogs in the pro baseball odds, with the betting total sitting at seven in the market.
Let's take a closer look at this American League East matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction along the way. Begin Slideshow
By any standard, Brian Cashman's career with the New York Yankees could be called a success, but over the course of his reign, there have been some less-than-successful signings and ill-advised trades.
Since he became general manager in 1998, the team has won four World Series championships and six American League pennants. Along the way he acquired several players that helped the team win those titles.
But, for even the best general managers, there always seems to be one step back for every two steps forward in trying to put together the ...
From 1999-2003, Alfonso Soriano was the second baseman of the future for the New York Yankees. He coupled power and speed with the excitement that is necessary to take a fanbase by storm. Soriano became a fan favorite faster than he could run from first to second.Soriano has been almost exclusively an outfielder since he left the Texas Rangers after the 2005 season. While his defense has always been cause for concern (he made 44 errors in two seasons with the Rangers), his outfield defense was arguably worse.He was terrible ...
Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer in baseball history.
However, had it not been for the New York Yankees moving Rivera to the bullpen in 1995, we might not have ever seen Rivera become what he is today.
Originally a starter when he came up, Rivera made 10 starts that year and had an abysmal 5.94 ERA and 1.680 WHIP.
He did have some flashes of brilliance during a start against the Chicago White Sox, though:
His eight-inning, 11-strikeout performance against the White Sox will go down as his best start, but it's largely ...
The hits just keep on coming for Alex Rodriguez.
I'm not talking about the Ryan Dempster-type hits, I'm referring to the off-the-field hits he continually receives.
Now, according to El Diario La Prensa (h/t Fox News Latino), a New York City shop owner is ready to change the name from A-Rod Bodega.
“We are thinking of changing the name, because the outcry from neighbors is intolerable,” the owner, Ricardo Rodriguez (no relation to the player), is quoted as saying in Spanish to El Diario. “The bodega’s name has been ‘A-Rod’ for 12 years now. Back then, ...
The New York Yankees have been a curious case all year.
Despite the injuries and distractions, the Yankees aren't out of the playoff race yet, sitting 6.5 games back in the AL East and five games back in the wild card.
Now, Derek Jeter is getting closer to returning:
Jeter originally broke his left ankle during the ALCS in October. He's had multiple setbacks this year, including a strained right quadriceps and a calf injury.
Despite that, the Yankees have stayed afloat with Jeter on the DL for most of the year.
Ever since the acquisition of Alfonso ...
Ninety or 91 games very likely gets the final Wild Card spot in the American League. Some have been saying for a few weeks that the Yankees will need to win roughly two-thirds of their games the remainder of the way.
If you believe in the historical statistics, that's exactly right.
The Yankees enter play Wednesday, August 21 with 37 games remaining. Few things are guaranteed in this world, though the Yankees would be setting themselves up very well for October baseball if they can reach either 90 or 91 victories.
That means ...
We could be witnessing history every time we watch New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano step up to the plate.
The 30-year-old slugger blasted his 200th career home run Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, taking Esmil Rogers deep to center.
Cano launched the ball a staggering 426 feet for a three-run home run to reach the milestone, becoming just the 14th second baseman to do so.
DON'T YA KNOW! Robinson Cano hits 200th career home run, a 3-run blast vs. Blue Jays. He's the 14th 2B to reach that mark.
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