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Monday, May 7th, 2012
It was a scene that no Yankee fan ever wanted to see. Mariano Rivera was lying in the outfield, grimacing after tearing his ACL shagging fly balls in Kansas City last week. It was gut-wrenching to see one of the best players to ever wear the pinstripes writhing in pain. ...
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Nick Swisher admits that he got caught up in his contract situation a bit, especially early last season. He knew he was headed to a spot where the New York Yankees had an option to keep him around this season and badly wanted to make sure that happened. Swisher recovered ...
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
The New York media was all over Joe Girardi for having too many pitchers going into spring training for the starting rotation. At this point in time the Yankees manager already doesn't have enough starting pitching and the regular season for his team is set to start Friday. It goes to ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Just when you thought you saw it all from Yankees camp, a bit of surprising news came about over the weekend. Andy Pettitte, who has appeared in seven World Series while wearing Yankees' pinstripes, has decided to come out of retirement and give it another go.
After dispelling the notion that ...
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Alex Rodriguez played in only 99 games last season due to injury. That is the lowest amount of games A-Rod has played in since 1995. Rodriguez claims to have taken Kobe Bryant's advice and went to Germany for a version of plasma-rich platelet therapy to help rehab his knee. No.13 ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Brian Cashman stayed very quiet this off-season, waiting patiently to make a move that would make financial sense for the New York Yankees. That's not a sentence you would often hear associated with the Bronx Bombers since 1995, but this team has stayed relatively quiet during the winter over the ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Jorge Posada announced his retirement this week on his own terms with the only team he's ever known. After 17 seasons in pinstripes, Posada decided he would rather hang up his catcher's gear than try to squeeze out another year of his career with another squad. An interesting note from ...
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The New York Yankees have quickly gotten down to business since the end of the World Series this past weekend. The organization's top two priorities going into the offseason were dealing with CC Sabathia's opt-out clause and Brian Cashman's expiring contract. On Monday, Cashman and the Yankees successfully extended Sabtahia's ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Joe Torre raised eyebrows when he mentioned that Major League Baseball planned to look into the matter of teams allowing beer in their respective clubhouses. The discussion, of course, stems from the reports of Boston Red Sox players imbibing during games this season. Torre, the executive vice president of baseball ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The depth of the starting rotation may have been the biggest cause for concern for the New York Yankees in 2011, but it was actually the bats that actually cost the organization a chance to move forward towards a possible 28th World Series title this October. Even with a lineup ...
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