[TS] Sports of The Times: Only Number That Adds Up for Yankees Is Bossâs Age
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On his 77th birthday, George Steinbrenner, the Yankeesâ real Yankee Doodle Dandy, wasnât feeling dandy, but this season he should be accustomed to that feeling.
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PHOENIX -- When Josh Byrnes, formerly Theo Epstein's chief lieutenant, became general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, he inherited a team loaded with young talent. Byrnes has since added 43-year-old Randy Johnson, who tonight faces Daisuke Matsuzaka, but the Diamondbacks are the fourth-youngest team in the majors (average age: 27.6 years ). They're cheap, too. Byrnes's Opening Day payroll was ...
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Brian Cashman's job is safe &#151; at least for now. The rest of the New York Yankees have plenty to worry about this winter.
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The New York Yankees officially turned the calendar Thursday on the Year of the Red Sox. In the final hours of 2004, owner George Steinbrenner let it be known once again that every year is to be the Yankees&#39; year.
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The Yankees did finish first in something last year Â spending. While their streak of AL East titles ended at nine, the Yankees wound up with a record payroll of $218.3 million.
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Randy Johnson has a long memory, of good games and bad. In two years as a Yankee, there have been plenty of each.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer from the Yankees came 47 years to the day after the team dismissed Casey Stengel, who also spent 12 seasons as the teamâs manager.
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While it names at least one player from every team, George Mitchellâs report on steroids is top heavy with Yankees and Mets.
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Mike Mussina was almost perfect &#151; and it almost wasn't enough for the New York Yankees.
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New York Yankees manager Joe Torre became the 10th manager in Major League history to reach 2,000 career wins on Thursday.
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The selection of a new manager is not the only immediate task facing the Yankees.
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Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s 56 hits in August are still impressive -- only they&#39;re not the most in a month by a major leaguer in 68 years as originally reported.
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The Yankees are still an embarrassment of riches, but there is less to loathe with the Boss as a phantom and with the live-for-now era over.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees and free  agent pitcher Jaret Wright have finalized a three-year contract  worth a reported $21 million.
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It&#39;s time the celebrate the geriatric set once again, a couple of baseball&#39;s 40-plus guys who are raising the bar for players over the age of 35 in a way that hasn&#39;t been done before.
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The New York Yankees, the most celebrated franchise in United States sport who boast a payroll of more than $A255 million, have gone down 22-0 to the Cleveland Indians in New York.
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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...