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 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 last night in host New York's 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
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Alex Rodriguez is just glad he ended up on this side of the rivalry. Third base, shortstop, doesn't matter &#151; as long as he's a Yankee.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Alex Rodriguez scored the game winner on a Kyle Lohse wild pitch in the top of the 11th inning, sending the New York Yankees to their second consecutive American League Championship Series after edging out the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday.
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The announcement, made during Game 4 of the World Series, makes Alex Rodriguez a free agent and potentially ends his career with the Yankees.
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The YankeesÂ magic number is down to one after beating the Blue Jays, while this week's Sports Illustrated cover story focuses on Alex Rodriguez and his complicated place in the clubhouse.
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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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Alex Rodriguez isn't in the starting lineup for the New York Yankees' game against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- They dueled down to the final strike, Francisco Rodriguez vs. Derek Jeter with the outcome on the line.
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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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Alex Rodriguez scored from third base on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse in the top of the 11th innings, giving the New York Yankees a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins in their American League Divisional Series in Minneapolis.
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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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It's only one game, but it's a big deal to the Tigers. Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez was incredulous and manager Jim Leyland was irate at what both feel is an unjustified one-game suspension issued Saturday by Major League Baseball.
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Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees on Thursday, and said negotiations turned into a âhuge debacleâ when his agent said the team had no interest in re-signing him.
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Right from the get-go, the Minnesota Twins will be on their toes. Because last year, they got off on the wrong foot in Game 1 of the playoffs at Yankee Stadium...
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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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Alex Rodriguez tried to leave no doubt: He wants to finish his career with the New York Yankees.