Yankees, Athletics and Cards draw first blood
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The New York Yankees, Oakland  Athletics and St Louis Cardinals struck the first blow in their  division series on Tuesday, as some of baseball's most feared  sluggers opened the post-season with a bang.
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The New York Yankees hold the Curse of the Bambino, the Boston Massacre and their acquisition of Alex Rodriguez in their longstanding dominance over the Red Sox, but recent history suggests changes are coming.
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The World Series has been over less than 48 hours and already I can&#39;t wait for the free-agent signing period to commence, for the Winter Meetings to unfold, for tensions between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees to escalate to unprecedented levels.
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That&#39;s where the New York Yankees find themselves heading into tonight&#39;s deciding game of the best-of-seven American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium.
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They had just been on the bottom side of the greatest el foldo in major league baseball playoff history. Maybe at some point down the road, that will irk the Yankees.
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The Yankees and the Cardinals have won more World Series rings than any other teams in baseball. Which comes as cold comfort, if you happen to be enduring their agonizingly awful performances to date this year. Two fans, on coping with loss.
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It seems the Yankees have the Mets to thank for the big, overhand left thatâs coming head-on at them tonight in Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium.
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(Boston-AP, Oct. 11, 2004) _ One more off day for the Red Sox, and then it&#39;s off to Yankee Stadium for game one of the American League Championship Series.
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The New York Yankees' struggling starting pitchers are beginning to put it together -- just in time for the big weekend series against the Red Sox.
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If a 15th Subway Series is nigh, it is time to study anew the passions of fans of New YorkÂs two playoff baseball teams.
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The last time the Boston Red Sox visited Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter was hurtling headfirst into the stands, Nomar Garciaparra was sulking in the dugout and New York was pulling away in the AL East.
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Against a nothing-to-lose team such as the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees&#39; manager wanted his team to put down the hammer early and not let baseball&#39;s second worst team believe it had a chance.
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The New York Yankees roared to life with six runs in the eighth inning for a dramatic 8-7 win over the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of their American League East showdown on Friday.
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The comforts of home got very uncomfortable for the New York Yankees last night. For everybody, really. That enormous sense of superiority that the Yankees and their fans have
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NEW YORK - The hits and runs kept coming, spinning by on the scoreboard as fast as symbols on a slot machine. It wasn't just a rout, it was an epic defeat, the most one-sided in the 101-year history of the New York Yankees...
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Just as the Yankees predicted, the sun did come up after Tuesday night&#39;s historic 22-0 loss to the Indians. But the players awoke to a much different world, one in which the Yankees suddenly
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After agreeing to push back the scheduled starting time of today&#39;s doubleheader, the Yankees took some jabs at the Devil Rays yesterday for not leaving the Tampa area earlier after two of their