Only in NY sports…

Only in NY…

will they support a team that is in the midst of the worst season in franchise history.  The Knick fans have sold out 9 of the final 10 games and finished 9th in the league in attendance, adding 21 total sell-outs.
will they boo the high-priced free agent “ace” in his first home start, [...]

MLB: Wang two-hits Boston

Chien-Ming Wang pitched a two-hit complete game against the Boston Red Sox in the series opener.  He retired the first 10 batters he faced and gave up a home run to J. D. Drew in the fifth that tied the game.  Jason Giambi gave the Yankees the lead with a leadoff home run in the [...]

MLB: Jeter goes down

In the win against the Rays, to split the four-game set, Derek Jeter left the game with a quad injury.  After an MRI, it showed a strained left quad and a few days off for the Yankee captain.  In the first game without their leader, the Yankees lost 5-2 in the Kansas City Royals home opener. 
It may [...]

MLB: Pettitte roughed up in first start

Andy Pettitte heard cheers from the crowd at Yankee Stadium as he took the mound.  The Rays greeted him with eight hits over five innings as they took the second straight from the Yankees 6-3.
The Yankees were on the board first after A-Rod doubled in the first inning, scoring Johnny Damon.  It was all Rays [...]

MLB: Ouch: Tampa Bay pounds Yanks

The New York Yankees were beat bad by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 13-4 at the Stadium. 
The Rays were in control as they nailed the coffin shut with a 7-run eighth inning on Shawn Riggans three-run double and Carlos Pena’s three-run home run. 
Yankee bats continue to be quiet as they only managed six hits in [...]

MLB: Yankees with the rubber match

The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 in the opening series rubber match.  With the score tied going intot the eighth inning, Bobby Abreu’s single knocked in Melky Cabrera to break an eighth-inning tie. 
Phil Hughes started the game, pitching a solid six innings giving up two runs and striking out four.  Joba [...]

MLB: Mussina starts where he left off

Mike Mussina pitched five and two-thirds innings, giving up eight hits and three earned runs as the Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2.
The game was all Blue Jays as the Yankees could only muster an A-Rod two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh, making the game 5-2.  The Yankees only managed seven hits [...]

MLB: Yankees win final Opening Day at the Stadium

You couldn’t have asked for a better day.
Joe Girardi got his first as the new skipper for the most storied franchise in sports.  With a sellout crowd of 55,112, Yankee Stadium got one last Opening Day win as the “House that Ruth built” prepares for its last season. 
Chien-Ming Wang got the win as the Yankee [...]

MLB: Fehr helping Bonds find work

Major League Baseball’s players union head, Donald Fehr, is making the rounds at various spring training facilities and one thing on his mind is why no team has made any offers to Barry Bonds.  Fehr says that the union analyzes the free agent market every year to make sure that players are being treated fairly. 
The [...]

MLB: Hank adds new blood to Yanks/Sox rivalry

It is official, Hank Steinbrenner has joined the greatest rivalry in sports.  Relatively quiet about the Red Sox until now, Hank responded to Theo Epstein’s radio comments on the Yankees, particularly Mike Mussina, complaints coming back from Japan in 2004.  The new boss took a shot at Red Sox Nation…
“Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [...]