Rivera Unlikely To Pitch For The Yanks This Weekend

The Yankees only have two games left this season, and they'll most likely be playing without their longtime closer Mariano Rivera. Rivera hasn't pitched since his Yankee Stadium sendoff on Thursday when he retired the first four Tampa Bay Rays hitters he faced before two of his closest friends, Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, came walking out of the dugout with two outs in the 9th to retrieve Rivera...

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Pettitte Makes The Final Start of His Career In Houston

Just like AMC's "Breaking Bad", this season is almost over. After last night's 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros in which Joba Chamberlain likely threw his last pitch as a member of the New York Yankees, nearly blowing the 3-0 lead in the 7th inning, the Yanks were able to hold on for their first win in almost a week, snapping a four-game losing skid. With just two games remaining this season,...

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Yankees 'Absolutely' Considering Letting Mariano Play Center Field

"Absolutely." said Yankees manager Joe Girardi when he was asked if would actually consider using retiring closer Mariano Rivera in center field for one of the Yankees' final four remaining games this season. The Yankees were eliminated from postseason play last night after the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox, with the Yanks losing to the Tampa Bay Rays not long afterwards. So these...

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Sunday Was About A Lot More Than Celebrating Mariano Rivera

Sunday in the Bronx, the Yankees celebrated the past, struggled in the present, and are dreading the future. On an afternoon that was proclaimed to be “Mariano Rivera Day” in New York City by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Yankees honored Mariano Rivera by holding a 50-minute pregame ceremony that celebrated the career of baseball’s all-time greatest closer. Many of Mariano’s past teammates,...

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Yanks Fall The The Giants 2-1 On Mariano Rivera Day

Today was all about Mariano Rivera. The Yankees honored him for about 50-minutes before Sunday's game, retiring his number, giving him gifts, and there was even a live performance of "Enter sandman" by Metallica. But there was still a game to be played, and Andy Pettitte was apart of it, taking the mound for the Yankees in his final start at Yankee Stadium, and possibly the final start of his career...

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Yankees Hold Ceremony To Honor Mariano Rivera

Man, how can you play a baseball game after that? Prior to the Yankees taking on the San Francisco Giants in the finale of their three-game series, the Yanks celebrated Mariano Rivera with a pregame ceremony on what has been proclaimed by New York City Mayor Bloomberg, "Mariano Rivera Day." With Michael Kay and John Sterling calling to ceremony from the field, the Yankees began the festivities with...

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Pettitte Makes Final Home Start On Mo's Special Day

Happy Mariano Rivera Day. Today in the Bronx, the Yankees will be holding a pregame ceremony to honor the great Mariano Rivera as he prepares to enter retire after next Sunday's regular season finale in Houston -- assuming the Yanks don't make the playoffs. It's sure going to be an emotional day at Yankee Stadium, and in the process of celebrating Mo, the Yankees are also trying to get the sweep...

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A-Rod's Grand Slam Leads Yanks To 5-1 Win Over The Giants

Somewhere off in the distance, you can almost hear Bud Selig smashing his TV with a baseball bat. Heading towards another poor offensive showing, and a pitching battle that looked like we could be playing all night, Alex Rodriguez blasted his major league record 24th career grand slam in the 7th inning to lead the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the Giants Friday night in the Bronx. "You just want...

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CC On The Mound As Yanks Open Up Series With The Giants

At this point, it's almost impossible to guess whether or not the Yankees are still in this postseason race. While they only appear to be a few games back in the Wild Card race with only nine games left, the Yankees' play on the field suggests they're not capable of pulling off this playoff run. The Yankees went into Toronto after being swept by the Boston Red Sox, then lost Tuesday's opener against...

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Four-Run 8th Energizes Yanks' Come From Behind Win Over The Jays

There's been a lot of talk around the Yankees lately about their lack of energy on the field. Entering the 8th inning on a 16 inning scoreless streak, the Yankees' offense was hit by a bolt of lightning in what amounted to a four-run 8th inning that brought the Yanks back from a 3-0 hole to give them a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays Wednesday night in Toronto. "This team never quits," said Yankees...

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Yanks Trying To Avoid Sweep In Mo's Last Game At Fenway

After tonight, Mariano Rivera will never play another game at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. Rivera enters Sunday night with 58 save against the Sox, the most for any pitcher vs any franchise. The Red Sox will be honoring Mariano before the game tonight, and the question on everybody's mind is what the Sox plan on giving Rivera as a retirement gift. From beach cruisers to broken bat rocking...

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Yanks And Sox Open Up Final Series Of The Season

New York Yankees. Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park. Friday the 13th. Put all of those together and you've got the making of a great final series of the season together. With the Yanks right in the thick of the Wild Card race, it makes this series crucial for the Bombers. Mariano Rivera, who has pitch in the last three games for the Yankees, all of the wins, is enter this weekend in Boston with the intentions...

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Another Late Comeback Leads The Yanks Past The O's

Remembering the tragic events at the World Trade Center exactly 12 years ago today, the New York Yankees were in Baltimore for the third of a four-game set with the Baltimore Orioles. On the day the Yankees decided to shut down Derek Jeter for the rest of the season, the team needed a good win to take their minds off of the Jeter news. Andy Pettitte was pretty good once again, and Alex Rodriguez...

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Mariano Rivera's Last Days Are Quickly Approaching

Like your favorite TV series, or a losing season for the Boston Red Sox, as they say, all good things must come to an end. For the New York Yankees, the days of Mariano Rivera pitching in games as their closer are entering his final weeks. Whether it has sunk in or not, the end is near. As the Yankees are on the road this season, they're making their final stops of the season in Baltimore, Boston...

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Yanks Come Back In The 8th To Beat The O's 7-5

Through the first seven innings, it looked like the New York Yankees were going to waste another decent effort by their starting pitcher, and fall to the Baltimore Orioles to lose for the 5th time in their last six games. But entering the 8th inning down 4-3, the Yankees put together a big four-run inning, batting around in the inning to come back and take the lead, going on the defeat the Orioles...

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Mo Blows The Save, Yanks Win On Wild-Pitch In The 9th

Barreling towards to end of his career, Joe Girardi didn't mind using Mariano Rivera for a six-out save, instead of using the lately unreliable bullpen to close out a game that the New York Yankees desperately needed to win. After retiring the Boston Red Sox on 20 pitches in the 8th inning, the Yanks were three outs away from a win, but that was before a solo homerun by Will Middlebrooks tied...

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CC Sharp, Yankees Sweep The White Sox With 6-5 Victory

A day after New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi announced that he was moving the struggling Phil Hughes to the bullpen in favor of David Huff, CC Sabathia, who know the Yankees would never move out of the rotation, needed to deliver a big game for the Bombers. Facing the Chicago White Sox, a team that's already gotten the better of him once this season, Sabathia was as good as the Girardi and...

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Gardner's Walkoff Homer In The 9th Win It For The Yanks

NEW YORK -- Yankees fans are cheering for Alex Rodriguez once again -- for now. After getting Saturday's game off, A-Rod was back in the Yanks lineup and launched his first homerun of the year off Justin Verlander in the 2nd, one of his two hits on the day to help the Yanks defeat the Tigers, 5-4. Coming up to the plate to face Verlander in the 2nd, A-Rod was greeted by the fans with a mixture of...

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Gardner's Single In The 10th Win It For The Yanks

NEW YORK -- Friday marked the long awaited return of Alex Rodriguez to the Bronx, but by the end of the night, A-Rod was just a simple footnote on the side of Mariano Rivera's blown save in the 9th, and Brett Gardner's walk-off single in the 10th, snapping the Yanks 5-game losing skid. "Well, I hope it jump-starts it a lot," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We need to win series. We need to win...

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Mid-Season Yankees Awards

We're half-way through the 2013 season and for the Yankees, it hasn't been the best of years, but it also hasn't been the worst. While injuries have plagued the Yanks at every position imaginable, including even Brian Cashman, who broke his ankle while sky-diving during Spring Training. But before the Yankees kick-off the second half of the season with a huge series in Boston, I thought I'd give...

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