Baseball: Rodriguez gets wish: Yankees oust Twins
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MINNEAPOLIS This was the purpose of his winter, the vision behind all the haggling and hurt feelings. Alex Rodriguez wanted baseball to matter again.
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Alex Rodriguez was back in the Yankeesâ lineup Tuesday night â playing third base and batting cleanup â despite an injury to his upper left hamstring that caused him to leave Monday nightâs game.
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Alex Rodriguezâs decision to wait until the end of the season to negotiate a contract leaves him with the option of becoming a free agent and leaving for another team.
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Alex Rodriguez scored from third base on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse in the top of the 11th inning, giving the New York Yankees a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins in their American League Divisional Series in Minneapolis Saturday.
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Alex Rodriguez seized a chance to bury Minnesota in the 11th inning on Saturday, lifting the Yankees to the A.L. Championship Series with a 6-5 victory.
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Alex Rodriguez homered with two out in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday and a 2-1 edge in the weekend series between the old rivals.
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Turns out, Alex Rodriguez coming to the Yankees helped Derek Jeter in at least one very specific way. With Rodriguez having shifted to third base, and Cleveland&#39;s Omar Vizquel having slipped
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Looking hung over from their three-game sweep of rival Boston, the Yankees botched an easy rundown play and mustered only Alex Rodriguezâs RBI single in the fourth.
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The New York Yankees are trying to set up a meeting with Alex Rodriguez while they work on picking a manager. Rodriguez has until the 10th day following the World Series to decide whether to opt out of his record $252 million, 10-year contract and become a free agent. The Yankees plan to offer him an extension and say they would drop out of talks if A-Rod opts out.
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Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez may be the glamour boys at the top of the Yankees' batting order, but it was the engine room in the 3-4-5 spots that croaked the Red Sox last night in New York's 10-7 win in Game 1 of the ALCS.
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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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NEW YORK Torii Hunter slammed a clutch two-out, solo homer in the 12th inning for the Minnesota Twins last night. But the New York Yankees turned that homer into an afterthought by scoring twice in the bottom
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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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Alex Rodriguez believed the losing would stop sooner or later. And while it's early to declare a turnaround, the New York Yankees are taking steps in that direction. The latest came Tuesday night, when Rodriguez homered and drove in three runs in a 7-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The New York Yankees might end their 28-year affiliation with Columbus and align with another Triple-A team. The International League team said Friday the Yankees have informed them of their intentions.
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The New York Yankees might end their 28-year affiliation with Columbus and align with another Triple-A team. The International League team said Friday the Yankees have informed them of their intentions.
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Alex Rodriguez broke out of his slump  with three hits, including a home run, and Randy Johnson  pitched eight strong innings as the New York Yankees edged the  Detroit Tigers 6-4 at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.