Bats Blog: A-Rod Caps a Thriller and Jeter Is Not Surprised
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The Yankees have now won seven of their last eight against Boston. And today, theyâll have Joba Chamberlain available to back up Chien-Ming Wang.
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A night that started so promisingly for the Yankees, with Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter standing on second and third, respectively, when the game was two batters old, veered toward the absurd quickly.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 34th home run this season and the 498th of his career, one of the many offensive highlights Sunday during the Yankeesâ thrashing of the Devil Rays.
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Even after two draining nights of disappointment, the New York Yankees are still in good shape. Sure, they squandered a pair of chances to close out Boston.
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Yes, it's true, admitted Alex Rodriguez, his relationship with Derek Jeter is not what it once was. Surrounded by reporters and cameras as he sat in the first-base dugout Monday at Legends Field, A-Rod played true confessions, acknowledging they no longer have sleepovers and don't go out together all the time anymore.
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Joe Torre would never say it, but what else could dropping Alex Rodriguez to the No. 6 spot for Game 1 of the Division Series be but a way to take the pressure off the superstar?
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NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Joe Torre won the game. Actually Derek Jeter (5 for 5) and Bobby Abreu (four RBIs) did.
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They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston&#39;s archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees
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Shelley Duncan homered twice, including a three-run drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning Sunday in the surging New York Yankees' 21-4 rout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Alex Rodriguez, batting with sunglasses on a sunny afternoon, hit his major league-leading 34th homer and No. 498 of his career.
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When Scott Boras negotiated Alex Rodriguez's $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers, you could feel your mouth drop and wonder about the sanity of baseball. But at the end of the day, you at least could reason that, at the time, A-Rod was the best player in the game. A proven commodity. A future Hall of Famer.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The hottest hitter in the majors cannot lie. Once in a while, even A-Rod steals a glance at the scoreboard and goes "Wow!"
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A little rest did a lot of good for Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod rejoined the Yankees' lineup and showed off All-Star form last night, hitting a home run that tied him with Lou Gehrig on the career list and leading host New York to a wild 14-9 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Alex Rodriguez earned a curtain call at Yankee Stadium for the second straight game. A day after breaking out of his slump, Rodriguez homered twice and drove in three runs Friday night in New York's 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
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Alex Rodriguez sneaked up behind John Olerud and sang out, &quot;Johnny O&#39;s too dry.&quot; A-Rod, who made all the right moves in the division series, then made another in the clubhouse
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On the first day of his fourth season with the New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez finally acknowledged his relationship with Derek Jeter has cooled.
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The New York Yankees are trying to break another one of baseball's unwritten rules, the one that says a double-digit deficit on Memorial Day is insurmountable. One game after Alex Rodriguez offended some baseball purists by distracting a fielder during a popup, the Yankees built on that victory by beating the Red Sox 9-5 on Friday and climbing out of the AL East cellar.
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Alex Rodriguezâs behavior on Wednesday was clever or childish, cunning gamesmanship or borderline cheating, or maybe something in between.