Blue Jays 6, Yankees 5: Giambi Injury Puts Sheffield at First Base for Playoffs
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Manager Joe Torre named Gary Sheffield as his first baseman for the playoffs Saturday, and that was a relief to Jason Giambi, who will be limited to being a designated hitter.
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NEW YORK - Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday.    John Flaherty also homered for the Yankees (96-57), who are assured of no worse than a wild-card berth...
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - New York Yankees first baseman  Jason Giambi will be kept off the roster for the playoff series  against the Minnesota Twins. The best-of-five series begins  Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
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The Minnesota Twins might have moved two steps back toward a return to Yankee Stadium next week for the first round of the playoffs when they got swept by the New York Yankees in a rain
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hile his teammates moved about their Yankee Stadium locker room in leisurely fashion before last night&#39;s game against Toronto, Jason Giambi hurriedly grabbed his bat and glove and seemed almost
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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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The Blue Jays smacked the Oakland A&#39;s 13-5 yesterday in a game that smacked an awful lot of the Syracuse SkyChiefs. Of the 15 players who had a hand in this much-welcomed cakewalk, nine, including four of
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Mike Mussina looked sharp in his postseason tune-up Friday night, but the Yankees learned that Randy Johnson has a herniated disk in his lower back and may be sidelined for part or all of the playoffs.
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Jason Giambi hits a grand slam, Jorge Posada adds a solo homer and New York beats the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-2, for their sixth straight victory, which puts the Yankees are four games in front of Detroit in the AL wild-card standings.
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The Yankees are 13-3 and have scored 6.9 runs a game without Jason Giambi, who must decide by Thursday if he plans to cooperate with baseballâs investigation into steroid use.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its biggest performance of the season. Tony Clark homered three times, Ruben Sierra hit his 300th career homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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NEW YORK - Gary Sheffield hit an RBI single to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 lead over Boston after one inning of play in Game 2 of the AL championship series on Wednesday.    Pedro Martinez, making his first start in New York since he called the Yankees "my daddy" last month, walked Derek Jeter to start the game and then nicked Alex Rodriguez with a pitch before allowing Sheffield's single...
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The Yankees are making sure they will be at full strength for this weekend&#39;s series with the Boston Red Sox. Jason Giambi returned from the disabled list Tuesday
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On the first of two long days, Jason Giambi gained the New York Yankees a split of their day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox and boosted them into a tie with the New York Mets for the best record in the major leagues.
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Gary Sheffield hit another clutch homer and Derek Jeter learned his elbow is just bruised. Not a bad night for the struggling New York Yankees.
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NEW YORK - Jason Giambi squinted against the sunlight as he walked briskly to his car Monday afternoon. He left knowing his return to Yankee Stadium today will be as a spectator for Game 1 of the American League Division Series.
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It wasnât the New York Yankees who were hurt most by Mondayâs 6-3 loss to last-place Toronto in front of a turnstile count of just over 10,000 at Yankee Stadium.