Yanks Make It Two-for-Two Against Rays

Greg C. posted 9/5/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com [flag]

It was another nice win for the Yankees tonight over the first-place Rays. They jumped out to an early lead, scoring six runs in the first four innings. And even though Carl Pavano wasn't very good tonight, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks in just four+ innings, the Yanks were able ... [link]

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Tampa Bay 7, Yankees 5: Kazmir Demonstrates Exactly What Yankees Lack

Three Idiots on Sports found this 9/5/2008 on www.nytimes.com

Scott Kazmir pitched confidently with his fastball, spotting it at the knees on the outside corner or firing it high in the zone, daring the Yankees to hit it. >

Kazmir Dominates, Yanks Fail to Sweep

Greg C. posted 9/5/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

Dreams of October baseball continue to slip away for the Yanks and us fans. Tonight they missed an opportunity to cut the Red Sox lead to 6.5 games as they failed to complete a sweep of the Rays in Tampa. Instead they sit 7.5 games out with just 22 to play....

9/3 Minor League Report (Playoff Edition)

Greg C. posted 9/5/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

All the days Yankees minor league action

Rays avoid sweep, hold off Yankees 7-5 (AP)

Outs Per Swing found this 9/5/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Scott Kazmir allowed one hit in six scoreless innings, and Tampa Bay's bullpen weathered ninth-inning home runs by Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez to hang on for a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night. Willy Aybar homered and ...

Rasner flops as fading Yankees fail to sweep Rays

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 9/5/2008 on www.newsday.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Joe Girardi, in what may have been his best quote of the season, explained the other day why he wasn't planning to replace struggling Sidney Ponson in the rotation.

Kazmir pitches Rays to win over; Angels win, too
Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are struggling to get back into the playoff race while the Los Angeles Angels are closing in on another postseason berth.

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Alex Rodriguez has homered in four of the last five games, including in three straight against the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. And all those home runs have one thing in common--they were all meaningless. A-Rod's dinger on Tuesday came ...

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While Whitey Ford may not have thrown anything more than a ceremonial first pitch in the renovated Yankee Stadium that reopened in 1976, but the legendary Yankees hurler will always carry fond memories of his time in the Bronx.

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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 ...

Obama Replaces Cashman! Yankees Get Change!
In breaking news today. Barrack Obama has withdrawn his run for the Presidency of the United States and accepted the position of replacing Brian Cashman as General Manager of The New York Yankees. Issuing a brief statement, he said, "We gonna ...