Jorge Posada tried to find A.J. Burnett after his game-ending hit Saturday. He darted away when Joba Chamberlain jumped in front of him, and Burnett crept up for a direct hit with one of his whipped cream pies. Just another fun day at home for the New York Yankees. Posada singled in the winning run in the 12th inning to lift New York to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, coming up with the...
After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve. Has he ever. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts, and the Yankees opened the long holiday weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz was arrested Thursday in South Florida on charges of domestic battery against his ex-wife, just two months before his trial on a DUI manslaughter charge was set to begin. Leyritz, 45, was arrested at his home in Davie, a Fort Lauderdale suburb, a police report said. Leyritz had been free on bail on the manslaughter charge but a judge ruled this arrest violated the...
A little rest here and there has done wonders for Alex Rodriguez. The streaking slugger hit a tiebreaking homer and Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings, leading the New York Yankees over the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh consecutive victory. A fatigued Rodriguez, who had hip surgery in March, was held out of the lineup June 19-20 in Florida.
Mariano Rivera walked down off the mound, took a few more steps toward the plate and began the evening with a nice, soft toss. He ended it in much more familiar fashion, with a hard fastball for strike three. Rivera started what he finished and the New York Yankees, helped by Melky Cabrera's go-ahead double in the eighth inning, beat the Seattle Mariners 8-5 Tuesday night for their sixth...