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Major League Baseball Sends Relief to Japan

Baseball players from Japan are leading a major-league push to send relief to their disaster-ravaged country. After the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, Japanese players from around Major League Baseball frantically tried to reach family members. Charles Krupa,...

Mike Kekich: 5 Facts on the Former Yankee Who Swapped His Wife

In 1972, New York Yankees pitcher Mike Kekich swapped wives -- and then lives -- with teammate Fritz Peterson, a fellow pitcher. The two men took up with each other's spouses, and even traded kids and pets. Sound like a movie plot? That's what Ben Affleck and Matt Damon thought. The stars, with help from Ben's brother...

The Dugout: New York Yankees Spring Training 2011

New York Yankees Chief Executive Somebody's Relative Hank Steinbrenner is blaming Derek Jeter and the rest of the 2010 Yankees roster for not winning the World Series again, claiming their 2009 championship celebration "lasted too long" and that they were "too busy building mansions" to concentrate on winning. Jeter...

Bernie Williams, Going to Bat Against Hunger

"It was great. I mean, I play different stuff than rock 'n' roll, but they made me feel right at home up there. It's what I love about music. I can adjust to other situations than I'm used to being in. That's music. Whatever the groove, it's fun to adjust." It's the morning after former New York Yankees legend Bernie...

The Dugout: Jeters Never Prosper

Derek Jeter is having trouble negotiating the terms of his contract with the New York Yankees to the point that his agent is calling the talks "baffling." So, you see, he's having trouble getting money. I go to other sports sites and read the headline "JETERS NEVER PROSPER," then I get mad about how they totally yanked...

Background on New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the American League's East Division.

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