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Contract showdown looms for Yanks, Jeter
If Brian Cashman thinks he's got his hands full figuring out what to do with free-agent fan favorites Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Andy Pettitte, imagine what he'll face next year when Derek Jeter's contract expires.
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Agent: Japan isn't option for Matsui
Hideki Matsui may or may not return to the Yankees next season, but according to his agent, the World Series MVP won't be heading back to his native Japan to play in 2010.
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Boras sees Damon as one for ages
Although Johnny Damon has told friends that he would take a shorter deal to remain in pinstripes, agent Scott Boras didn't sound intent on settling for a one- or two-year contract.
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Rotation plans start with Joba and Hughes
Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain finished the season as relievers, but Brian Cashman believes the two youngsters will enter spring training as starting pitchers. "I look at them as starters that can relieve," Cashman said.
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Yankee fans say A-Rod's a keeper in News' poll
It took a World Series title, but fans are finally warming up to A-Rod. Yet, there are still doubters out there. Of the close to 500,0000 votes cast in the News' Keep 'Em or Dump 'Em online poll, 93% said the he should stick around.
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GMs say Matsui done in outfield
More than a half-dozen general managers surveyed Tuesday unanimously agreed that Hideki Matsui's days as an outfielder were behind him, leaving a very limited market for his services.
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Jeter, Teix win Gold Gloves
Derek Jeter has won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players honored for fielding excellence.
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Making a list: Free agents Yankees and Mets are eyeing
With free agency upon us, check out who the Mets and Yankees might have in their sights. There's also the guys who may not give you bang for your buck, and free agents that could surprise us all in 2010.
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Castillo's fate key to moves
On the shopping list for the Mets: a catcher to replace Brian Schneider; a power upgrade in left field; a second baseman if Luis Castillo can be traded; rotation help; an eighth-inning reliever, and a second lefthander in the bullpen.
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Yankees set to let market develop
The Yankees plan to let the free-agent market develop before showering players with lavish offers. That's especially true since Brian Cashman has yet to speak with ownership to determine what the payroll will be next season.
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Lincecum wins 2nd straight NL Cy Young
Giants ace Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.
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Yanks cautious with Hot Stove lit at midnight
The free agency signing period kicks off at 12:01 a.m. Friday, but don't expect the Yankees to storm out of the gate. Unlike their counterparts in the NFL, baseball general managers tend to take a slower, more cautious approach.
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DeRosa's glove could fit Yanks
Is Mark DeRosa headed for a happy homecoming? According to a source, the Yankees are interested in the super-utility man, who can begin fielding offers when free agency begins Thursday night at midnight.
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For A-Rod, title worth the wait
As A-Rod made his way down Broadway during the Yankees' ticker-tape parade, memories of the Yankees' historic collapse in the 2004 ALCS against the Red Sox flashed through the third baseman's head.
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Girardi now extraordinary Joe
To say that Joe Girardi has had an eventful few days would be beyond an understatement. It's perfectly understandable that the Yankee skipper nodded off to sleep around 8:30 one night after Wednesday's World Series clincher.
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Lupica: Yankee 'budget' concerns
For any other team, even a team like the 2009 Yankees that finished 101-48 after A-Rod returned, you would say now comes the hard part, deciding which players they should keep and which they should let go. But these are the Yankees.
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Bondy: Lore starts anew at Stadium
The new Yankee Stadium has a baseball history now, to go along with the rough birthing that led to this moment in time. The billion-dollar building in the Bronx that stood as a monument to extravagance suddenly stands, also, as a testimony to ...
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Harper: 10 ideas for 2010
It won't be a quiet offseason - they're the Yankees, aren't they? We offer thoughts on the best way for the Yankees to put themselves in position to repeat, breaking the decision-making that lies ahead into 10 categories.
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Madden: Time for Cashman to work on next year
Turns out the only thing longer than the baseball season this year was the Yankees' World Series victory parade and ceremony. Now that they've finally concluded, it's right back to business for the Yankee high command as the baseball winter waits for ...
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Yanks opened new Stadium in style
What would a Yankee championship season be without a few hurdles? The franchise with a winning tradition has never let its Lindsay Lohan-esque capacity for news-making thwart it on the field.
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Bondy: Yeah, Yanks! Boo, parade!
The Creatures don't want to complain. We really don't. But that parade Friday was so badly paced, so bogus, it looked like it was produced by Fox Sports. It could have been a parade for the Kansas City Royals, or the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Is this Hideki's last hurrah?
Asked if he wanted to return to the Yankees, or if he would consider playing for another major league team, or if he would prefer to return home to Japan, Matsui said, "Anything is possible at this point" and put the focus on his knees.
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Wang deals with mixed emotions
Friday's championship parade was pure joy to most Yankees, but it unleashed a flood of mixed emotions for Chien-Ming Wang, who has felt "sad" at times during the Yanks' postseason run because he could not contribute on the field.
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Johnny on spot eyes Bronx return
Johnny Damon is one of the three high-profile free agents - along with Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui - on the Bombers' championship roster, but the 36-year-old is hoping to return to the Bronx after capping his four-year run with a championship.
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'New guys' enjoy ride
Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Nick Swisher all were brought to the Bronx to help the Yankees get back to the top of the baseball world. After accomplishing that goal, the foursome was rewarded with its first ticker-tape parade.
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Champs take one last trip together
With seven pending free agents, the business of baseball makes it virtually impossible for a team to return all 25 of its players year after year, turning Friday into a farewell of sorts for the 2009 Yankees.
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Lupica: 'A beautiful thing' for Yankee fans
The best stories weren't on the floats in the Canyon of Heroes. They were on the street and yelling from office windows, the ones making a sound down here that only sports can still make.
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Chamberlain ready to ditch Joba Rules
Joba Chamberlain said Friday he understood the Yankees were pacing him for his own good with the so-called Joba Rules, but the competitor in him just wants to let loose next season.
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Yankees celebrate with Canyon of Heroes parade
They were wind-whipped and chapped-lipped, but pinstripe fans of every stripe exhilarated in the brisk cold Friday as their beloved Yankees rode up Broadway.
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Pettitte presently can wait on future
Andy Pettitte is one of seven Yankees eligible to file for free agency in the next two weeks, though he, Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon will draw the most attention, especially after their impressive performances in the World Series.
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Smith: No. 28 may not be as easy
For Joe Girardi, changing his uniform number to 28 might be one way to see if things will align for the Bombers to repeat as champions in 2010. But Girardi shouldn't count on it. It's going to take more than switching uniform numbers to repeat next ...
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Lupica: The thrill is back
It had been 18 years between World Series when the Yankees won in 1996, and Wade Boggs climbed up on that policeman's horse. This time it was only nine years. It seemed a lot longer. And maybe that is why this one felt so new and fresh.
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Mo saves best for last
When Rivera declared to the crowd of 50,315 delirious Yankees fans soaking in the post-game celebration that he wanted to pitch "another five years," it brought one of the loudest roars on a night full of them.
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Yanks put passion on parade
The Yankees will return to a familiar place Friday to celebrate their 27th world championship. After dispatching the defending champion Phillies in six games, the Yankees will parade up the Canyon of Heroes for the first time since 2000.
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Girardi leads champs his way
Joe Girardi showed guts this week in sticking to his beliefs as the most important game of his life got played out.
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Tracy, Scioscia named Managers of the Year
Jim Tracy of Colorado won the NL Manager of the Year award on Wednesday and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the AL honor. Tracy became the second manager to win the award after taking over during the season.
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Bondy: Creature memories on parade
There's this one big problem about winning a championship: It means the Bleacher Creatures have to wake up early to get to the parade. The morning is always a bad time for Creatures. And by morning, I mean any time before 3 p.m.
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Series win is victory for baby Bosses
Hal Steinbrenner spoke of winning the World Series for his father, George, once the most famous owner in all of sports, but it was the 40-year-old and his siblings who stepped up to center stage to accept the trophy.
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MVP Matsui a worldwide sensation
Hideki Matsui is front-page news, and not just here. He is the big story in Japan, adorning the front pages of many papers there Thursday. "Win or lose, he is front-page material," said Tadashi Watanabe, who writes for the Japanese equivalent of the ...
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Joba rules; Harlan a proud papa
Navigating his scooter as the Yankees celebrated and hundreds of reporters dotted the infield, Harlan Chamberlain caught up with Joba near the makeshift stage and hugged his son. "We just held each other and cried," Harlan said. "It's that wonderful." ...
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Cash on money with new Yanks
After unloading nearly half a billion dollars ($423.5 million) of George Steinbrenner's money on free-agent pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira, Cashman was on his way toward righting the Yankee ship.
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Harper: A-Rod's demons could be gone for good
This season, after all the years of worrying obsessively about his own legacy, Alex Rodriguez seemed to find a joy he didn't know existed in just being part of a team.
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A-Rod's tale is long and sweet
Alex Rodriguez's tumultuous journey included being outed as a former steroid user last winter to hip surgery in March to the nights in October and November when he finally exorcised his reputation as a postseason flop. But the reconstruction of A-Rod ...
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Raissman: MLB Network makes major blunders
There was much to like about MLB Network's World Series coverage, but there were also moments that showed baseball's official network is still experiencing growing pains.
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A season to remember in the Bronx
From Opening Day in their shimmering new palace, through Derek Jeter becoming the Yankees' hit king, right up until the crowning of a world champion, the Bronx Bombers finally found the recipe in 2009 to reclaim their throne atop baseball.
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Harper: Wally may manage to motivate Manuel
The Mets did the right thing in bringing Wally Backman back to the organization after all these years. And Jerry Manuel will have much more to worry about when he goes into the 2010 season on a short leash.
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Wally takes over Cyclones as rumors follow
Wally Backman, who was introduced Tuesday as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones, allegedly angled to replace Manuel while the Mets skipper held the same position with the White Sox six years ago. Backman vehemently denied the charge.
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Joba makes pitch to Andy for return
Joba Chamberlain helped wrap presents for children in foster care Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, but the pitcher is hoping for a special present for the Yankees this winter: the return of Andy Pettitte.
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Fans can win tickets to Yankees City Hall ceremony
Five hundred lucky Yankee fans will score tickets to Friday's ceremony honoring the Bronx Bombers. Starting at 2 p.m. Thursday, fans can enter their names in a drawing for tickets to the City Hall festivities.
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27 things about those 27 rings
The Yankees have more championships than the three teams with the next-highest title totals (Cardinals, 10; A's, 9; Red Sox, 7) combined - and they've won nine more titles than any other team has made World Series appearances (Dodgers, 18).
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