If CC Sabathia’s planning to play hardball with the Yankees, he’s not doing a very good job hiding his love of New York. Just a few minutes ago, the Yankees ace posted a new Twitter message: Missing the Bronx already,my daughter just asked me “can we go to Yankee game” I love NYC The Tweet [...]
Read More...The strike zone seemed tight tonight. Joe Girardi said so, Russell Martin said so, and CC Sabathia said so. But not one of them seemed to think that was the reason the Tigers won this game and put the Yankees on the verge of elimination. “I’m not going to sit here and say it was [...]
Read More...It’s been a few days since Joe Girardi approached Mark Teixeira with the idea of moving Robinson Cano up to the third spot in the batting order. The move would have happened sooner, but it’s been a while since Cano, Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez were in the same lineup together. “I told Joe, not only [...]
Read More...The Yankees lost tonight, but the mood in the clubhouse was beyond loose. Things were normal for a while — quiet, like after most losses — then the rookies started getting to their lockers and finding costumes. Andrew Brackman and Dellin Betances are towering versions of Milli Vanilli. George Kontos is George Michael. Jesus Montero [...]
Read More...Even before Freddy Garcia walked out to the mound and stepped on the rubber, the Yankees had already wrapped up a spot the postseason. But Garcia hadn’t secured a spot in the postseason rotation. He might have done that this afternoon. “What he did today is what he’s been doing most of the year for [...]
Read More...Does Robinson Cano think he should be the American League’s MVP? Not exactly. “I would say whoever you guys pick,” Cano said yesterday. “That’s not my choice. It’s like if you ask my mom, ‘Who is the prettiest man in the world?’ She’s going to say me.” On Thursday, Cano said he would vote for himself [...]
Read More...The Yankees have lost four in a row and they’ve scored one run in their past 25 innings. But we’ll get to all of that later. Tonight’s most intriguing subplot was behind the plate where each of the four catchers on the active roster — and one who’s not yet on the roster — became [...]
Read More...Jesus Montero was leaning against the rail of the Yankees dugout, looking out toward right field. His name is written above his first big league locker, and it’s written into his first big league lineup, an in about an hour, the Yankees top hitting prospect will make his debut. “I felt like I was dreaming,” [...]
Read More...Down the stretch last year, Phil Hughes helped beat the Red Sox with a six-inning start at home, then he got a win out of the bullpen in Boston. But Hughes doesn’t remember those outings. “Really, the only start I remember here is the last one earlier in the year,” he said. “It wasn’t good, [...]
Read More...When Freddy Garcia agreed to a minor league deal this winter, the expectation was that he would eventually fall apart. Sure, he’d won some games with Chicago last year, but he was clearly beyond his prime, and clearly a signing based more on heavy desperation than high expectation. But here we are, about to flip [...]
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