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Mark down September 5 as the day that Joe Girardi stopped believing.
No, the always optimistic Yankees manager didn’t concede the season or declare his team out of the wild card race, but after listening to Girardi speak to us since February, I sensed a different tone in his voice after his team was nearly no-hit by Mariners youngster Brandon Morrow.
Sweeny Murti of WFAN asked Girardi ...
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Some pregame news from Safeco Field:
• Darrell Rasner is out, Alfredo Aceves is in. Aceves will make his first big-league start on Tuesday, taking over Rasner’s spot in the rotation after Rasner was rocked by the Rays on Thursday night. This move makes perfect sense, especially after Aceves held the Rays to one run in five innings in relief of Rasner. Why not give the kid a shot?
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Greetings from Gate A4 of the Tampa Airport. It’s 5:40 a.m., which is way too early to be here.
I don’t know who had a worse night last night, Darrell Rasner or Jim Zorn.
Rasner had the shortest non-injury start of his career, taking the Yankees out of the game before the second inning was over. Sure, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez made the score respectable in the ninth, but that’s not ...
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A couple of notes before the Yankees go for the sweep of the Rays:
Bobby Abreu was scratched from the lineup with a sore left wrist. Abreu injured himself while sliding into second base in the ninth inning last night, but he didn’t mention it to the team until today, when he couldn’t do his usual drills in the batting cage. Xavier Nady moves to right field, Johnny Damon moves ...
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Troy Percival, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Maddon and Brian Runge became the answers to trivia questions tonight, as the Yankees and Rays were involved in the first-ever instant replay call in Major League Baseball.
A-Rod’s homer off Percival – a two-run shot in the ninth with the Yankees leading 6-3 – sailed over the left-field foul pole and hit the “D-ring” catwalk, causing ...
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Good win for the Yankees. Where was this baseball a month ago? Two months ago?
The Yankees are actually 8-5 against the Rays this season, the only team in the division with a winning record against the AL East leaders. It’s definitely too late for the Yankees to make a run at the division crown, but can they actually catch the Red Sox for the wild card?
There’s been a lot of ...
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Welcome to Tampa Bay, home of the 2008 AL East champion Rays.
The Yankees have 25 games left, trying to make up a seven-game spread between themselves and the Red Sox. Yesterday’s slugfest over the Tigers didn’t show me much, but it was a win nonetheless.
Robinson Cano made another costly error, Sidney Ponson continues to struggle and the bullpen almost gave up the lead.
Phil Coke ...
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Not much more to say after the Yankees’ big win, but now they have to follow it up with a good weekend against the Blue Jays. With Yankee-killers A.J. Burnett and Roy Halladay lined up to pitch Friday and Sunday, it won’t be an easy weekend, but this is the time that the Yankees need to step up and take care of the business at hand.
The mood in the clubhouse was considerably better than it ...
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12:53 p.m.: Welcome to the final Yankees-Red Sox game ever to be played in this edition of Yankee Stadium.
Given that Boston won what was probably the biggest game in its history here (Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS), it only seems fitting that the Red Sox could deliver the knockout punch with a sweep here today.
Joe Girardi remains his insanely optimistic self, saying earlier today that he ...
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Jack Nicholson was in the front row behind the screen for Wednesday’s game, so I think it’s only appropriate that I steal one of his most famous lines in summing up the Yankees’ situation right now.
You can’t handle the truth!
Sure, many fans have already come to grips with the fact that the Yankees’ streak of postseason appearances is going to come to an ...
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The Yankees are about to take the field for the second game of the series against the Red Sox, and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” has just started playing over the Stadium PA system.
Is this what it’s come to?
The White Sox used this song as their rallying cry on their way to the 2005 World Series title. Are the Yankees trying to draw the same inspiration?
Here’s what Joe Girardi ...
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Not a whole lot to say about this game. If you watched it, you know what happened. If you didn’t, here’s the Cliffs Notes version:
Alex Rodriguez was terrible.
Sure, Andy Pettitte got his rear end handed to him, giving up six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Yes, Jason Giambi failed to get a big hit – or make a simple throw to nail Coco Crisp at the plate. But in the end, it was A-Rod ...
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So it all comes down to this.
Okay, not really. The Yankees and Red Sox open a three-game series in the Bronx tonight with quite a bit on the line. The Yankees trail the Sox by five games in the AL wild card race, while Boston’s lead over the Twins is only one game.
As much pressure as there is on the Yankees - and don’t get me wrong, anything other than a series win will ...
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Carl Pavano is on a two-game winning streak.
Sure, those wins came 502 days apart, but they’re wins nonetheless.
Pavano gave up three runs over five innings against the Orioles, helping the Yankees to a win and giving them a chance to sweep the series on Sunday.
“It’s amazing; this is what I get paid to do and this is what I work for,” Pavano said. “This ...
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Joba Chamberlain threw 30 pitches in a bullpen session today, taking his next step toward a return. But when will that return come? There’s the big question.
Chamberlain thinks he can be back by the beginning of September, but Joe Girardi won’t look that far ahead. The manager won’t look any farther than the next bullpen session, which is scheduled for Monday.
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TORONTO - Here in Toronto the Red Sox didn’t seem too upset after getting shellacked by the Blue Jays 11-0, even though it potentially leaves them out of the AL Wild Card lead for the first time since May.
Typically, David Ortiz summed up what the Sox are really thinking even though they are now 3-7 against the Jays with eight more contests between the two teams.
“We’re ...
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The Yankees aren’t going to have to face Josh Beckett in the three-game series against the Red Sox that begins Tuesday at the Stadium. Beckett was scratched from the start because he has numbness and tingling in pitching hand.
Sox manager Terry Francona said the cause is inflammation in the elbow that is affecting a nerve. Beckett felt these sympoms last Sunday when he started against the ...
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A few notes from last night’s game at Camden Yards:
Bobby Abreu hosted about 25 kids from the Venezuelan Little League team that was bumped from the LLWS on Thursday, busing them in from Williamsport, bringing them on the field during batting practice, setting them up with tickets (and hot dogs) and introducing them to some of his teammates.
Why did Abreu do this? Because he wanted to. ...
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Another lost series for the Yankees, who were smoked by Roy Halladay and the Blue Jays tonight in yet another disappointing ending for Joe Girardi’s club.
Girardi is sticking by his standard line, saying repeatedly, “I believe in my guys.” I have to wonder how much he believes that, though, since all he’s seen for the past three weeks or so are a bunch of guys who don’t look like they ...
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This just in: According to a source, Carl Pavano will start Saturday’s game against the Orioles.
The official announcement will come later today.
Are Yankees fans excited about this? Discuss amongst yourselves.
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