Home turf little help for Yankees
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New York - By all accounts, George Steinbrenner is a demanding fellow who can have a boorish streak. But even if Steinbrenner were patient and sympathetic, would anybody blame him if, for the $184 million
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A little more than 24 hours after finishing off another crucial victory against baseballâs best team, the Yankees could not handle baseballâs worst.
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Once comfortable leaders in the AL East, the New York Yankees suddenly find themselves in a potentially disastrous tailspin. Theyâll ask unbeaten Orlando Hernandez to help them recover from the worst loss
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When they negotiated to build a new stadium, the Yankees and elected officials agreed the team would give roughly $1.2 million a year to the local groups. Theyâre building it, but no money has been distributed yet.
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Off to a scorching start to the second half of the season, the Yankeesâ offense slumbered Thursday and the team failed to sweep Toronto at home in the four-game series.
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NEW YORK It was getting late, and the pregame rock song &quot;Let&#39;s Get It Started&quot; still applied to the New York Yankees.
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When the Yankees visit the Red Sox this weekend, there will be drama, subplots and quality baseball. But there wonât be much change in the American League East.
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NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown broke his non-throwing hand punching a clubhouse wall in frustration during the New York's 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.    The pitching-weak Yankees, whose AL East lead over second-place Boston was cut to 2 1/2 games, did not immediately know how long the right-hander would be sidelined...
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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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At this rate, the Boston Red Sox will gladly take a day off. That's about the only way they can prevent the New York Yankees from creeping any closer.
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Unlike their red-stockinged rivals, the Yankees weren't going to use their next scheduled starter -- Mike Mussina -- to relieve if things went bad early last night.
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NEW YORK -- Don't expect the Red Sox to buy the theory that the Yankees' pitching has declined. Not after the Sox managed only eight runs on 20 hits over three of the most important games of the season. While the Yankees hit .308 and scored 27 runs, the Sox mustered only a .200 average as two of their core ...
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Joe Torre heard enough. He felt insulted. He felt unappreciated. He won't even set foot in Yankee Stadium anytime soon, not even to clean out his office. "I walked out of there, I'm not going back," he said. "I just leave the memories."
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There appear to be few, if any, limits to what the Yankees can afford, the reason they can add Randy Johnson and perhaps Carlos Beltran to their firmament of stars. Then again, money is no object when you play in a city where apartments sell for &#36;44 million, nursery schools can command &#36;24,000, and dinner for two at a top restaurant can cost &#36;1,000.
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The Yankees, who have bashed more home runs than any other big league team this season, scrounged up a victory without getting a hit in a decisive ninth inning.
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Manager Joe Torre guided the Yankees out of an early-season morass and into the playoffs, but his future is no safer now than it was on opening day.
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Hold the champagne. Another big home run by Alex Rodriguez wasn't enough to help the New York Yankees clinch a 13th straight playoff appearance.