Manager Joe Girardi's original lineup yesterday had Nick Swisher batting fifth and playing right field. Yet when Swisher's left knee problem didn't allow him to run well he was scratched from the Yankees' 7-5 victory. Marcus Thames went from designated...
CHICAGO -- Two starts are a very small sample to judge what Ivan Nova can mean to the Yankees during the most important part of the year. But ask yourself this: What if Nova pitches like Joba Chamberlain did when he surfaced from the minor leagues four...
CHICAGO -- Ivan Nova certainly pitched well enough to post his first major league win yesterday against the White Sox, but without some help from the bullpen, the rookie would still be winless in two starts. Although the quartet of Yankees relievers...
100 mph: hot but possibly hazardous If you spend enough time at ballparks, you can start to identify what’s happening on the field with your eyes closed. A home run, for instance: The ball makes a different sound off the bat than even a well-struck...
Daly affirmations Book tells how to coach like Chuck Three years ago, Brendan Suhr, then a Knicks executive, asked the legendary Chuck Daly about collaborating on a textbook on his coaching philosophy. “He told me, Write it when I’m dead,” Suhr said in...
Marcus Thames launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Saturday to set a season high with their eighth straight victory. Robinson Cano had a two-run single and New York, still missing...
Derek Jeter passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list and drove in three runs and Dustin Moseley filled in admirably for an injured A.J. Burnett, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night. Mark Teixeira hit...
Mark Teixeira hit his 25th homer, becoming the fourth player to hit at least 25 in each of his first eight big league seasons, and Lance Berkman won over Yankees fans with two doubles - and not hitting Alex Rodriguez again. Rodriguez was back in the...
By Brian Costa ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—David Robertson knew how to throw a fastball. And he had a pretty good idea of how to throw a curveball. But five years ago, as he sat down to watch a game on television with his coach at the University of Alabama,...
By Brian Costa CLEVELAND— At the low point of his career, Joba Chamberlain went duck hunting.He was playing the "Big Buck Hunter" arcade game in the visiting clubhouse at Progressive Field Monday, pointing a plastic gun at the screen. As he sniped off...
NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Thames is making the most of every opportunity to play, a big reason the New York Yankees are rolling right along without several injured All-Stars. Thames launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and New York beat the...
New York Yankees' Marcus Thames, right, is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees won 7-5. (AP...
Had this been a playoff start for Phil Hughes . . . it probably wouldn't have featured a win at the end.Were this early October rather than late August, a dangerous Rangers , Twins or Rays lineup as opposed to the meek Athletics, we'd hold no discussion...
Felix Hernandez nearly became the first pitcher in more than 25 years to throw four straight complete games against the New York Yankees, and Russell Branyan hit a pair of homers off A.J. Burnett and drove in four runs to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6...
