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Playoff Pulse: Yankees Dodge Catcher Controversy This Time Around

Playoff Pulse is our morning rundown of the night that was and the night that will be during the MLB postseason. Looking Forward ... Controversy? What controversy? We won't know officially until Saturday afternoon if backup Yankees catcher Jose Molina is once again paired with scheduled Game 2 starter A.J. Burnett,...

CC! CC! Ace Delivers Big on Bronx Stage

NEW YORK -- They could have tossed aside their mittens and shunned their wool coats, that's how blistering hot the cozy confines of the new Yankee Stadium felt now that CC Sabathia had everything under control. It's been quite awhile since this corner of the Bronx has rocked with so much confidence and rolled with such...

Thanks to A.J. Burnett, Jose Molina Gets Playoff Start

When September opened, one of the biggest question marks surrounding the Yankees was how much they could trust A.J. Burnett in a big playoff start. He'd just flopped at Fenway Park for the second time, calling into question his fitness under the spotlight and making some Yankee fans worry about their investment in the...

Joba Chamberlain to Work Out of Bullpen On Sunday

With the playoffs looming, Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters in New York Saturday that Joba Chamberlain will make an appearance out of the bullpen during Sunday's season finale against the Rays. The idea is to see how Chamberlain handles the shorter warmup time after a year in the starting rotation to determine if...

Cashman: Time for Joba to 'Step It Up'

As fall begins and the Yankees near their first American League East championship since (gasp!) 2006, it's time for the focus in the Bronx to turn to the playoffs. While discussing Joba Chamberlain with the Bergen Record, Brian Cashman let two interesting playoff-related tidbits slip. The first is that the Yankees are...

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Mariano Rivera Tears ACL Before Royals Beat Yankees (VIDEO)

Mariano Rivera's career may have ended Thursday night, not while basking in the glow of adoring fans at Yankee Stadium, but in agonizing pain on the outfield grass before a few thousand fans in Kansas City. Baseball's greatest closer tore a ligament in his right knee while shagging balls during batting practice before a...

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05/28/12 Pregame notes: âHe just believes in itâ Source: The LoHud Yankees Blog Asked about his first career start in Anaheim, Phil Hughes didn't go into detail.
05/28/12 Yankees carry winning streak into Anaheim Source: The LoHud Yankees Blog When the Yankees offense has struggled, Joe Girardi has been asked a lot of questions about Alex Rodriguez or Mark Teixeira or Robinson Cano â whichever middle-of-the-order hitter has been the slumping poster boy of the moment.
05/26/12 Teixeira delivers big hits again as Yankees win Source: Herald & Review - Decatur IL Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer and a solo shot among his career high-tying four hits to back CC Sabathia's sixth win of the year, and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
05/26/12 Yankees manager Joe Girardi craves sugar cereal Source: Republican-American - Waterbury CT Joe Girardi recalls being about 8 when a train derailed behind his grandparents' farm and left enough stray boxes of Cap'n Crunch cereal to feed him and his four siblings for a full year.
05/26/12 Girardi exercises caution with Robertson Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Dave Robertson began a throwing program Thursday in Tampa, and although the reliever is hoping to rejoin the Yankees in Detroit next weekend, Joe Girardi isn't so sure that's a reality.