Rangers, Yankees Shore Up Pitching Staffs
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With spring training less than two weeks away, the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees moved to bolster their pitching depth Friday.
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The New York Yankees took a day off Monday. At least, that's how it looked. The Yankees' drive for a playoff spot paused, with Andy Pettitte falling behind early and a smallish crowd watching Toronto rookie Jesse Litsch pitch the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory.
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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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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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The difference between the first-place Yankees and the last-place Blue Jays was there for all to see last night, in a pitching match-up featuring two back-of-the-rotation starters.
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Though the Red Sox still don&#39;t know who they will be playing in the postseason, manager Terry Francona&#39;s pitching rotation is starting to come into focus.
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The New York Yankees haven&#39;t given up improving their pitching rotation yet, and they appear to be making moves with a certain tall left-hander in Arizona in mind.
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NEW YORK - The Yankees went to work Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins wishing they could walk to the mound, pinch Johan Santana on the arm just to see if he&#39;s human.
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Fausto Carmona dominated the Texas Rangers for eight innings. He really got to sweat watching the ninth. The Cleveland Indians right-hander allowed three hits and didn't give up a run Friday night before he was lifted after 105 pitches with a 3-0 lead. Closer Joe Borowski gave up two runs and two hits and overcame two errors by his teammates before striking out Brad Wilkerson with the bases loaded to earn a shaky save in the Indians' 3-2 victory.
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With Luis VizcaÃ­no having more success lately, Manager Joe Torre might use VizcaÃ­no or someone else in the eighth and the struggling Kyle Farnsworth elsewhere.
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Phil Nevin paused briefly to watch the ball before starting the emotional, and long-awaited, trot around the bases. Forgotten for a moment was the offensive slump that has been so bad Nevin didn&#039;t even play the previous two games for the Texas Rangers. Done was the 0-for-17 skid that had made manager Buck Showalter feel as though he needed to assure the designated hitter he&#039;d get another at-bat Thursday night.
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Using some patience, and plenty of money, the Yankees have delivered on their promise to upgrade a second-rate starting rotation this winter.
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Paul Quantrill and Tom Gordon have formed an effective rubber-armed tandem in the Yankees&#39; bullpen this season. Going into the Yankees&#39; game against the Toronto Blue Jays
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Baseball's young guns take their place in the rotation
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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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Fresh faces on the mound signal a changing of the guard this MLB postseason.
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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.