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| The Red Sox gave the Yankees hope by getting pummeled by the Blue Jays 19-5 in two games over the weekend. That allowed the Yankees to trim their AL wild-card deficit to five games. Boston hits the road tonight for nine games, starting with three... |
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| Help at the plate and on the mound is within sight for the Yanks. Hideki Matsui might be joining the team as early as Tuesday in Toronto. Then on Saturday, either Carl Pavano, whose last sighting roughly corresponded with Amelia Earhart, or Phil... |
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| It doesn't matter to the Yankees that they played the Royals, who looked like they couldn't get out of their own way in consecutive games and were about as dangerous as Iceland in Olympic beach volleyball. What matters to the Yanks is they put... |
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| After a disappointing last season, Mike Mussina went into spring training just hoping to make the Yankee rotation. Now, with their ballyhooed young arms inconsistent or injured or both, the 39-year-old has anchored that rotation, the Bombers' grand... |
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| THE divorce rate in sports is getting higher and uglier, and we are not talking Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia. Happily ever after has become tougher to find. In the last year, Joe Torre, Shaquille O'Neal, Manny Ramirez and Brett Favre not only left... |
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| As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 6: Yankee Stadium Oct. 18, 1977 A tumultuous season ended for the Yankees with three... |
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| Manager Joe Girardi really couldn't say anything different. He stressed his belief before facing the Royals today afternoon at the Stadium: It ain't over and all that, despite what those darn standings say. And despite the Yankees' near-laughable... |
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| The rearranged deckchairs on the Titanic look great. What's next, a little paint job for the anchor? Melky Cabrera and Richie Sexson may have departed yesterday for Triple-A and points unknown, respectively, but the problem was the other Yankees... |
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| SPRING training 2009 starts today. Melky Cabrera was sent to the minors yesterday. As that was happening, Joba Chamberlain was in the right-field corner at Yankee Stadium doing six minutes of flat-ground throwing, testing his sore shoulder. Many... |
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| Brian Cashman described the moves the Yankees made yesterday as "tweaking" for his beleaguered team. But the Yanks general manager also was firm in his belief that replacing Melky Cabrera with Brett Gardner in center field isn't going to be enough... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - Visiting hours are 2 TO 4 and 7 TO 9. These are traditional times for wakes, but this isn't a public wake for the Yankees. Nevertheless, their supporters are urged to pay their respects privately today for the team that is looking... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - Joe Girardi didn't put Derek Jeter's name in today's lineup card but expects his captain to be at short Friday night. "I would be shocked if he didn't play Friday,'' Girardi said of Jeter, whose sore left foot kept him on the bench... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - Visiting hours are 2 TO 4 and 7 TO 9. These are traditional times for wakes, but this isn't a public wake for the Yankees. Nevertheless, their supporters are urged to pay their respects privately today for the team that is looking... |
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| It would be tough to top the excitement of last night's thrilling 19-17 win by the Red Sox over the Rangers at Fenway Park. Chances are the score won't get close to that high with the reliable Jon Lester on the mound tonight for Boston. Lester had... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - The sight of Derek Jeter exiting the Metrodome on the back of a cart with an injured left foot didn't dampen the Yankees' mood. Nor did them witnessing Mariano Rivera's initial flush of the season. No, after four straight losses... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - Hank Steinbrenner talking about next year was a strong indication he privately feels like a lot of other people: This year is gone. After explaining to the Associated Press that he wasn't giving up on this season and pointing to key... |
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| MINEAPOLIS - Derek Jeter's ability to play through pain is well known. However, watching him leave the Metrodome on the back of a cart last night with an injured left ankle was an indication the shortstop will be out of the lineup today. "He is OK... |
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| MINNEAPOLIS - Hank Steinbrenner talking about next year was a strong indication he privately feels like a lot of other people: This year is gone. After explaining to the Associated Press that he wasn't giving up on this season and pointing to key... |
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| Scott Kazmir looks to help the Rays recover from the loss of Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria, who went on the disabled list yesterday. Tampa Bay starts a three-game set in Oakland tonight. The Athletics have been a debacle in the second half going... |
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| As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadiums. This week, No. 7. Oct. 4, 1955 Next year finally arrived on this day as Johnny Podres pitched a shutout... |
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| Maybe the mustache should come back. Maybe all the Yankees should grow one. After a 3-for-4 outburst on his first day free of lip fur, Jason Giambi has gone back to struggling at the plate. And the Yankees can no longer afford any slumps... |
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| The Red Sox look to salvage a split in Chicago against the White Sox with Josh Beckett on the mound tonight at 8:11. The White Sox, who lead the AL Central by one-half game over the Twins, have been dominant at home this season with a 39-18 record... |
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| ANAHEIM, Calif. - Shortly after the Yankees strolled into the clubhouse with sleepy eyes yesterday morning several of them needed a question answered. "Did [Ian] Kennedy say something stupid [Friday night]?" they asked. On the bus ride to the... |
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| WHEN Yankees prospect Phil Coke walked off the mound after striking out the side in the first inning of his start for Double-A Trenton against Portland July 25, he was feeling pretty good about himself. But that all changed when pitching coach... |
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| ANAHEIM, Calif. - Standing outside the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday, manager Joe Girardi fielded several questions concerning the eighth-inning meltdown of his bullpen. Asked what it felt like while the Angels scored eight runs - seven before an... |
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| As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 7: Yankee Stadium Oct. 4, 1955 Next year finally arrived on this day as Johnny Podres... |
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| ANAHEIM, Calif. - Thanks to thousands of Wiffle ball games on the front lawn of his parents' Riverside, Calif., home, Dan Giese was on familiar ground when he took the Angel Stadium mound yesterday to face the Angels. "It was my first start (in... |
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| Vladimir Guerrero triggered an eight-run eighth inning with a home run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 rout of the Yankees on Saturday. The Angels, who began the day 13 games ahead of Texas in the AL-West, improved to a season-high 30... |
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| TAMPA, Fla. -- Joba Chamberlain plans to start a throwing program next week and expects to rejoin the Yankees' rotation this month. Chamberlain was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday due to rotator cuff tendinitis in his pitching... |
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| To say the 2008 season hasn't gone according to plan for Ian Kennedy would be a major understatement. When the Yankees' season began back in April, Kennedy was supposed to help fill in the back end of the rotation behind veterans Chien-Ming Wang... |
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| ARLINGTON - With Joba Chamberlain possibly done for the season, Fantasy Island twins Ian Kennedy pitching tonight and Dan Giese tomorrow, the Yankees begged Mike Mussina for a quality outing last night against the Rangers. And like he has done... |
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| Joe Girardi had all intentions of putting Melky Cabrera back in the lineup for Wednesday night's game, but a late change of heart by the manager left the center fielder, who is 0-for-13 in August, on the bench for a third straight night.
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| The Yankees roster is filled with far more grim realities than bright spots. In a season so far defined by injuries, the Yankees go into Rangers Ballpark tonight to wrap up a four-game set with the Rangers (8:05, YES, WCBS) in hopes of staying... |
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| With the Yankees bordering on falling out of both playoff races - and missing the postseason for the first time in 14 years - The Post looks at three hooks they can hang their hat on as the stretch drive nears. 1. Carl Pavano and Phil Hughes: With... |
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| Sidney Ponson does not hold a grudge against the Texas Rangers for releasing him earlier this season, after a disagreement with manager Ron Washington. Ponson was quickly signed by the Yankees, who needed an extra starter because of a doubleheader... |
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| ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joba Chamberlain is on the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis in his right shoulder and nobody knows if the rising star will pitch again this season. That was the conclusion reached by Dr. Stuart Hershon and Dr. James... |
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| THE plan has gone horribly awry. Six months ago, the Yankees were building both their short- and long-term future around young starting pitching. Today? Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy are at Triple-A, and - more vitally - the Yanks anxiously will... |
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| ARLINGTON, Texas - The road from the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube to Dr. James Andrews isn't a path a pitcher wants to travel. Yet, at the Yankees' request, that is the one being taken by Joba Chamberlain, who will have his talented and... |
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| ARLINGTON - While the Yankees have placed Carlos Rios and Ramon Valdivia on administrative leave until MLB's investigative unit is done looking into allegations that money from signing bonuses in the Dominican Republic was skimmed, it's believed... |
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| Lost, won, lost, won. There you had the tenor of this afternoon for the Yankees, who were somewhere between lucky and good, but mostly just fortunate the Angels played the seventh and eighth innings as if they had spent the previous six getting... |
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| MIKE Mussina pitching on Old-Timers' Day? A year ago, that would have been a not-so-subtle hint. After four Yankees losses in five games, Mussina, 39, turned out to be the best idea the Yankees had all week. "Actually, I was going to pitch both... |
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| No longer is Willie Randolph managing the Mets. Randolph said he still roots for the Mets, but wants to get past his Shea days. Yesterday, Randolph was actually pure pinstripes, returning to Yankee Stadium as an honored guest for Old-Timers' Day... |
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| As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadiums. This week, No. 8. Oct. 16, 2003 Yankee Stadium In what may be the final great postseason moment for... |
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| Four blasts in the present trumped even the gigantic blast from the past that whirled into Yankee Stadium yesterday. First the rain disappeared, allowing Old-Timers' Day festivities to proceed without a hitch. And then came the real show: Home... |
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| The Yankees traded reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Houston Astros on Wednesday for minor league infielder Matt Cusick. Hawkins was 1-1 with a 5.71 ERA in 33 appearances this season for the Yankees, who designated him for assignment Saturday after... |
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