The New York Yankees gave C.C. Sabathia a truck load of money to convince him to come to the Big Apple. On Friday, Sabathia showed the world why the Yankees wanted him so much as New York beat the Los Angeles Angels by a final count of 4-1.
In eight innings of work, Sabathia gave up four hits, one walk and one earned run while striking out seven. It was Sabathia second postseason win in two starts. Closer Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth inning to pick up the save.
To put runs on the board, the Yankees relied on Hideki Matsui, Alex …read more

Move over Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, there is a new all-time leader in hits for the New York Yankees. With a hit in the third inning on Friday, Jeter broke a tie with Lou Gehrig to become the Yankees hits king.
With two hits on Friday, Jeter now has 2,723 hits.
Said Jeter: “The whole experience has been overwhelming. This is more than I could’ve imagined.”
The 35-year-old Jeter is appears destined to reach the 3,000 hits mark with the Yankees. At his current pace, he’s likely to get his 3,000th hit in the 2011 baseball season.
For the …read more

Mark Teixeira
It sounds like the Los Angeles Angels are going to do whatever it takes to keep Mark Teixeira. The first baseman who they traded for in the middle of the 2008 season is a player the team would hate to see let go. Others thought to be interested include the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles.
CC Sabathia
The 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner pitched great for the Milwaukee Brewers after they aquired him in a midseason trade. The Brewers want to keep him and are reportedly willing to give him $20 million per …read more

Derek Jeter, the superstar shortstop on the New York Yankees, has been voted the most overrated player in Major League Baseball. The vote was a poll of 495 current players.
Jeter got 10% of the vote to lead the way in the most overrated category. Although it’s difficult to rate Jeter as the most overrated player in the game, he isn’t exactly having a huge season in 2008. The 33-year-old Yankee is hitting .276 with four homers and 32 RBI.
Jeter’s batting average is lower than any season since his rookie year in 1995. …read more

The New York Yankees got down 9-0 against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. The Yankees ended up losing 12-2 and are now 20-25 on the season. It was the team’s fourth straight loss and their sixth loss in their last seven games.
None of that was the bad news on Tuesday night. The bad news was the injury scare that struck Derek Jeter’s left hand. Jeter, who was hit by a pitch from Daniel Cabrera, twisted away and was obviously in pain.
The good news is that the x-rays were negative and Jeter said he should be …read more

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees on Thursday to send the Yankees into last place. The Rays won the game 5-2 behind a strong pitching performance from Scott Kazmir and a two-run homerun by backup catcher Shawn Riggans.
The Yankees are now 20-22 and in last place in the AL East. The Rays, with a record of 24-17, are in first place.
How can the Yankees turn save their season?
1. Get Healthy
The Yankees are dealing with a number of injuries at the moment. Most prominently, the team is without Hall of Fame third baseman …read more

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This week we return to the current era. Outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds starred at Stanford from 1990 to 1992, playing alongside Mike Mussina, among other, less notable future big leaguers.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Hammonds with the fourth pick overall in the 1992 draft, two slots before the New York Yankees nabbed a high-school shortstop named Derek Jeter. Perhaps pushed too quickly, Hammonds made his big-league debut on June 25, 1993, against those Yankees, after just 257 minor-league plate appearances. Hammonds singled twice and walked in three trips to the plate that day, and hit .305/.312/.467 in 33 …read more