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Yankees add seven to roster
The Yankees added seven players to their 40-man roster today, protecting them from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft: RHPs Hector Noesi, Ivan Nova and Romulo Sanchez, infielders Reegie Corona, Eduardo Nunez and Kevin Russo and outfielder Austin ...
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Knicks looking for a little Yankee magic
Now that the Knicks have apparently decided not to sign Allen Iverson, it seems like they're looking for some positive PR.
Enter Joe Girardi.
The Yankees manager was named as the winner of the Knicks' Sweetwater Clifton "City Spirit" Award for ...
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Hall of Fame has some new additions
If you’ve never been to the Baseball Hall of Fame, now is the perfect time.
That’s because the Hall has added artifacts from the Yankees’ World Series win to its “Autumn Glory” exhibit in Cooperstown.
Among the ...
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DVD Contest: Blogging the Bombers 3rd Annual Pinstriped Prognosticator Challenge
It’s time for the third annual “Pinstriped Prognosticator Challenge” here at Blogging the Bombers, where you folks try to predict where six notable free agents will land this winter. This year’s prize? The Major League ...
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Something's brewing ... and it's not good
With free agency set to kick off at 12:01 tonight, the baseball world will wait to see where players such as John Lackey, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay land in the coming weeks.
But things could get ugly in baseball in the very near future. Ken ...
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Scioscia, Tracy capture top manager honors
Mike Scioscia of the Angels won his second American League Manager of the Year award, beating out Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire. Scioscia received 15 of the 28 first-place votes, while Gardenhire got six. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was listed first ...
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Gardenhire, Scioscia favored for AL honor
The BBWAA awards season continues today with the Manager of the Year awards in both the American and National League, and while Colorado's Jim Tracy figures to be a runaway winner in the NL, the AL should be a very interesting race.
Despite the ...
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Cody Ransom? Say it ain't so!
Baseball America posted the complete list of this winter's minor-league free agents (thanks to Peter Abraham at the Boston Globe for posting this on the excellent Extra Bases blog), so here are the 17 players in the Yankees system that can sign ...
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Joba: Bring back Pettitte
Joba Chamberlain has one wish for this holiday season: a Yankees 2010 rotation that includes Andy Pettitte.
Chamberlain spoke to a few reporters yesterday at Madison Square Garden, as he attended the New Yorkers For Children’s “Wrap ...
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AL Cy Young: Why I voted for King Felix
Zack Greinke ran away with the American League Cy Young Award today, picking up 25 of the 28 first-place votes.
Mine was not one of them.
I listed Felix Hernandez first on my ballot, and Greinke second, though the decision was a very difficult ...
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Does CC have a Cy shot? It's unlikely
I'm back in the swing of things following a weekend away with my family, just in time for the bulk of the BBWAA awards to be handed out.
Congrats to Oakland's Andrew Bailey and Florida's Chris Coghlan, who took home Rookie of the Year honors on ...
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Girardi to be honored by March of Dimes
Joe Girardi will be honored as the March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year in two weeks, joining Sportswoman of the Year Venus Williams at the March of Dimes New York Division's 26th Annual Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, December 2 at the Waldorf Astoria ...
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Happy for an old friend
Caught up briefly with former Yankee coach Don Zimmer Friday at the dinner for Joe Torre’s Safe at Home Foundation and Zim had the same old twinkle in his eye as he recounted that he recently signed his 62nd baseball contract. Zim will return ...
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Yankees have five arbitration decisions to make
The MLBPA released the list of 210 players eligible for arbitration, though only five of them belong to the Yankees, who must decide by December 12 whether to offer them arbitration or non-tender them. Here’s a quick rundown:
Chien-Ming ...
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Will Roy be on the Yankees' Halladay wish list?
The Yankees will hold their organizational meetings early next week, and from the sounds of things, they’ll have plenty to talk about - most of it involving the potential trade market.
Teams all around the majors are putting some of their ...
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Cashman leaves GM meetings in same position
The general managers meetings have come and gone and we basically don’t know any more about what the Yankees will look like in 2010 than we did before they started.
That’s not surprising. Until the Yankees hold their organizational ...
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Boras: Damon looking for "fair market value"
Every year at the general managers meetings and at the winter meetings, Scott Boras makes his customary trip through the lobby, stopping to answer reporters’ questions for about 30 minutes.
Boras always has a few new lines to use, many of ...
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Cashman not "desperate" to get things rolling
Another relatively news-free day here in Chicago, where the general managers met for about four hours to discuss a range of topics from the draft to the Arizona Fall League to instant replay.
It seems that nothing actually will change on any of ...
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Jeter, Teixeira are golden
Everyone expected Mark Teixeira to capture the American League Gold Glove at first base this season, but for all the talk of Derek Jeter's decline at shortstop, not many expected the captain to do the same.
Yet when the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards ...
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We have our World Series DVD contest winners!
Congratulations to Brad Scheller and Steven Spaller, the two winners in our World Series DVD contest.
Both Brad and Steven correctly predicted that the Yankees would win the AL pennant and the World Series, with Hideki Matsui taking home World ...
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Yanks to be "a little more cautious than anxious"
For those of you hoping for Brian Cashman to make some big splash at the GM meetings, don’t hold your breath.
Cashman said this afternoon that he has no plans to conduct any business in Chicago other than getting a feel for the potential ...
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Elias free agent rankings are out
The Elias rankings are out, so we now know which potential free agents will bring compensatory draft picks if they are signed by other teams (as long as their former team offers them arbitration).
Here is the entire list of Type A (two draft ...
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Steinbrenners thank Yankees fans
Hal and Hank Steinbrenner just released a joint statement thanking the fans for their support during the 2009 season.
“After the overwhelming public response to the historic achievement of our 27th World Championship, I would like to thank ...
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M's GM won't comment on Hideki Matsui
Slim pickings so far on Day 1 of the GM meetings, as many general managers haven't even arrived yet.
Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik stopped to answer a few questions, mostly about the idea of trading Felix Hernandez this winter.
"He's our property ...
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General managers set to light hot stove
Greetings from Chicago, where the general managers meetings will kick off on Monday morning.
I don't even know if we're technically in Chicago, since the event is taking place at the O'Hare Airport Hilton, which is attached to the terminal. I ...
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Special night at Yogi's museum this week
Baseball season may be over, but that means very little at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. The museum will host a charity event on Wednesday titled “Closers,” a tribute to relief pitchers.
Guests will include Mariano Rivera, ...
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Thoughts and observations from the parade
Some day-after thoughts and observations from the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade:
* Fans brought very creative signs with them to the parade. Two stood out to people on the parade route. Suzyn Waldman saw one that said, “This one’s ...
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Parade was one last hurrah for 2009 Yankees
I hope everybody got a good look at the 2009 Yankees during Friday’s ticker-tape parade. That’s the last time you’ll ever see them all together in the same place.
It’s sad to say, but with the current business model of ...
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Damon hopes parade wasn't the end
Johnny Damon has now experienced the thrill of winning a World Series with both the Yankees and Red Sox. But while he left Boston before the Sox won their second title of the decade, he’s hoping to get another crack at it with the Yankees.
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Yankees reflect on a memorable day
Rather than wax poetic about ticker tape, floats and the Canyon of Heroes, I figured I would let the Yankees themselves tell you what they thought of today’s parade.
Derek Jeter: “You feel like you’re the President. You could ...
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Yankees talk about trip through Canyon of Heroes
The Yankees react as the city celebrates World Series title No. 27:
Mariano Rivera: "It was wonderful. Beautiful. The fans here are the best. It was magnificent."
Alex Rodriguez: "I've never seen so many people collected in one place. I've ...
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Do you love a parade?
I'm on the train heading into the city to cover the Yankees' parade, and judging by the number of Yankees jerseys, hats and jackets that I see, a lot of you are, too.
So I thought it would be fun to hear about your experience and give you a chance ...
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Pettitte has seen expectations become great
How have things changed since the Yankees won the title in 1996? I asked one of the men responsible for winning that World Series - who also happened to play a major role in winning the championship this year, and Andy Pettitte’s answer was ...
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Yankees already favorites for 2010
The Yankees haven't even gone down the Canyon of Heroes yet, but they've already been established as the World Series favorites in 2010. Courtesy of our friends at Bodog.com, here are the odds for the 2010 World Series.
Odds to win the 2010 ...
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Yankees have some fun on Letterman
Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada stopped by the “Late Show with David Letterman” tonight, talking about the 2009 World Series championship they wrapped up on Wednesday.
It was your typical back-and-forth between talk show ...
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The Boss speaks
George Steinbrenner released a statement earlier today to congratulate the Yankees on their 27th World Series title.
“The Steinbrenner Family and the Yankees Organization are extremely proud of the members of the 2009 New York Yankees for ...
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Who's in, who's out?
There will be a lot of talk about the 2010 Yankees in the coming days and weeks, and we’ll have plenty of time to discuss it starting Monday, when I head to Chicago for the general managers meetings.
But what are the people in question ...
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Win VIP tickets to Yankees championship parade!
The Yankees will celebrate their 27th championship with a ticker-tape parade on Friday, and while more than three million people will be trying to jam themselves into downtown Manhattan to get a glimpse of the Bombers, one lucky reader of Blogging ...
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Three of Core Four to visit Letterman tonight
Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will appear on tonight's "Late Show" with David Letterman. No Mariano Rivera?
The show airs at 11:35 p.m. on CBS.
Update, 2:10: CBS has just announced that Hideki Matsui will join his three ...
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The morning headlines: 27th Heaven
The Yankees are World Series champions after their Game 6 win over the Phillies, and the Daily News has wall-to-wall coverage of their big win.
Hideki Matsui had a night to remember, leading the Bombers to a 7-3 win to clinch their first title ...
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Hall of Fame takes some souvenirs
Long after Game 6 was over, two men emerged from the Yankee clubhouse carrying boxes. Jeff Idelson, the president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Brad Horn, the museum’s director of communications and education, collected items from the ...
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The Yankees are World Series champions
The 2000s started with the Yankees winning the World Series, and now the decade ends with them holding the Commissioner’s Trophy once again.
The Yankees’ 7-3 win over the Phillies (I predicted 7-4 … not bad) in Game 6 wrapped up ...
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World Series Game 6: Phillies-Yankees live blog
7:48: Nobody is going to confuse Mary J. Blige's rendition of the National Anthem with Whitney Houston's classic version from Super Bowl XXV, but it was certainly good in its own way. A little lengthy for my taste, but still solid.
7:40: ...
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How early would Joe go to Mo?
Mariano Rivera has been a hot topic on sports radio in New York for the past couple days, especially after Mike Francesa suggested that the legendary closer should be asked to get the final nine outs if the Yankees have a lead in the seventh.
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World Series Game 6: Lineups & Notes
LINEUPS
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Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Jorge Posada, C
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Brett Gardner, CF
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Jimmy Rollins, SS
Shane Victorino, CF
Chase ...
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World Series Game 6: Brosius to throw 1st pitch
Major League Baseball announced that Scott Brosius, the Yankees' 1998 World Series MVP, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before tonight's game.
Brosius is the third member of the 1998 Yankees to throw out a first pitch in the series, ...
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World Series Game 6 Yankees vs. Phillies: Lineups
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Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner CF
PHILLIES
TBA
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World Series Game 6 Live Chat: Wed. at 2:30 p.m.
Nervous about Pettitte pitching on three days' rest? Confident the Yanks can tear Pedro apart? Stuck somewhere in-between? We're talking Game 6 - live - tomorrow (Wednesday) at 2:30 p.m. As we always do, we're opening the floor for questions a ...
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World Series Game 6: Schedule of Events
4:50 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. Yankees take batting practice
5:00 p.m. Gates Open to the Public
5:50 p.m. - 6:50 p.m. Phillies take batting practice
7:35 p.m. ...
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Pettitte, Yankees ready to close out Phillies
There’s been a lot of talk about pitching on short rest in the past day or two, but Andy Pettitte wasn’t all that interested in discussing that topic on Tuesday.
Either he’ll pitch well in Game 6 or he won’t, but he ...
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