Quick Bits: Recap, A-Rod/Torre, Gardner

Here are a few quick items on the day (late start for me): The Yankees mounted a comeback against Jonathan Broxton last night. A Cano HR capped the 8-6 win. The relationship between A-Rod and Joe Torre was a big story over the weekend. They buried the hatchet. Brett Gardner will undergo X-Rays today after [...]

G75: Yankees @ Dodgers

Here’s tonight’s lineup, via LoHud: YANKEES (46-28) Derek Jeter SS Nick Swisher RF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Jorge Posada C Curtis Granderson CF Brett Gardner LF Andy Pettitte LHP LHP Andy Pettitte (9-2, 2.48) Burnett vs. Dodgers DODGERS (40-34) Rafael Furcal SS Ronnie Belliard 2B Andre Ethier RF Manny Ramirez [...]

G74: Yankees @ Dodgers

Here’s your open thread for the night. Looks like we might get bad A.J. again as he gives up two runs immediately after the Yankees score three in the first.

Morning Bits: Recap, Olney, Lee, Brackman

My apologies for the post scarcity this week. Work, man. Anyway, here are a few quick items on the morning: Thanks to Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia, the Yankees beat Joe Torre’s Dodgers last night, 2-1. How about A-Rod? After a few off days and a few days at DH, Alex has 2 HR and [...]

Wang at least three months away

According to MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick, last week, the Dodgers observed the rehabbing Chien-Ming Wang as he threw off flat ground and, needless to say, they were not too impressed by the results. Gurnick says that Joe Torre’s club believes Wang is “three months or more away from pitching in a game,” meaning that he likely [...]

Yanks want to keep Wang?

Today, via George King III (NY Post), Chien-Ming Wang’s agent, Alan Nero, confirmed that the Yankees would non-tender Wang by midnight tonight. “He understands it’s a process and the consequences,” said Nero in relation to the situation. “We have to deal with it,” he added. However, Nero also noted that the Yankees would like to [...]

Wang and the Dodgers

Via MLBTR, we learn that Chien-Ming Wang would be open to the idea of reuniting with Joe Torre and playing for the Dodgers if he and the Yankees don’t reach some sort of agreement later on (assuming he’s non-tendered). There’s no word on whether the Dodgers would be interested in Wang, but one would assume [...]

Winning without Torre

From Mike Puma (NY Post): The iconic manager admitted last night that he was thrilled to watch the Yankees win the World Series — something that hadn’t happened without him in the dugout since 1978. “It was surreal,” Torre said before his Safe at Home Foundation dinner at Chelsea Piers. “It’s not often you are [...]

Morning Bits: Mo, Damon, Rain, Torre, Saunders

These bits are better than a cup of coffee, right? WHO NEEDS A CY YOUNG? Yesterday, it was announced that Mariano Rivera had won the DHL Delivery Man of the Year Award for the third time in his career. Immediately after the announcement, Mariano Rivera asked, “What is DHL?” DAMON NOT WORRIED ABOUT SLUMP Johnny [...]

Yanks announce 2010 schedule

The MLB has released team schedules today and, after a quick once over, it looks like the Yankees will have quite the 2010 season. While the year will begin and end with play in Boston—let’s hope that we win this year and can rub it in their faces at Fenway—one of the stories that will [...]

Torre and Weaver reunited

The Dodgers have signed Jeff Weaver to a minor-league deal. He’ll compete for a bullpen role and reportedly won’t get an opportunity to start. I’m sure Joe Torre is happy about this addition. Yikes. But hey, it’s only the bullpen, Joe. I’m sure you’ll have fun with him…

Jeter backs A-Rod, again

From the AP: Yankees captain Derek Jeter wants to reiterate it yet again: Alex Rodriguez has the support of his teammates. Rodriguez became an offseason focal point again this winter with the release of former manager Joe Torre’s book, “The Yankee Years.” Torre mentioned that some people in the Yankees clubhouse referred to Rodriguez as [...]

Torre slaps Beltran

From Ben Shpigel (NY Times): Carlos Beltrán is about to enter his fifth season in New York — has it been that long already? — but he just as easily could have been doing so for the Yankees and not for the Mets. A quick rehash: Scott Boras, Beltrán’s agent, gave the Yankees one final [...]

I was wrong…

Earlier, Derek Jeter spoke to SI about the Torre-A-Rod situation: “I’m just curious as to why people keep asking the same questions over and over. We’ve been down this road before. Alex is a teammate. I support him. Our whole team is behind him. We all support him. And we’re looking forward to a new [...]

Torre's media blitz

Joe Torre is making the media rounds and promoting his new book—The Yankee Years—which was released earlier today. Essentially, “promoting” the book, in this case, means defending your comments because that’s what Torre has had to do all day long. However, Joe also had some help defending his book as Jorge Posada claimed that Torre [...]

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