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Right or Wrong, Joe Girardi's Moves Backfire in Yankees' Crushing Loss

NEW YORK -- It was a bad day Tuesday for the Yankees, and a worse day for Joe Girardi's leverage. It started with the Cubs hiring Mike Quade as manager, meaning Girardi -- whose contract as Yankees manager expires after this season -- can't use the Cubs to get more from the Yankees. It ended with a few questionable...

Major League Notebook: May 7

Here's what's happening around baseball on Friday May 7, 2010: • It's getting a little warmer in South Florida, particularly around the office of Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez. He convened a closed-door meeting prior to batting practice Friday, delivering what he described as a "state of the union" speech to his...

Phil Hughes Is the Yankees' Fifth Starter

The battle for the final starting spot in the New York Yankees rotation has come to an end, and now that the dust has settled, we can all see that it is Phil Hughes standing alone atop the mountain. Yankees manager Joe Girardi made the announcement on Thursday morning that Hughes beat out Joba Chamberlain, Alfredo Aceves,...

The New New Joba Chamberlain Rules

Anyone else long for the day when Joba Chamberlain is just another starting pitcher in the major leagues? Whether he turns out to be the second coming of Nolan Ryan, Ryan Vogelsong or something in between, it will be nice to stop all of the discussion about how many innings, pitches and days a week he can pitch before...

Baseball Brunch: Off to the Races

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Now that the hands are dealt -- expect for one or two more this month -- we can examine the pennant races to come.There wasn't much point in assessing the races until after Friday's non-waiver trade deadline, when we know what we're dealing with. Some...