Boy, if anyone could’ve used a teleprompter yesterday while speaking in front of the press it was Johnny Damon.  After signing a 1-year, $8 million contract to play baseball in the Motor City for the 2010 season Damon told those present that playing in Detroit was always his goal.
“This is where I wanted to be [...]

The “Hot Stove” has officially been turned off as pitchers and catchers officially reported to the New York Yankees’ spring training facilities in Tampa, Florida.  Barring any last minute additions or trades the 2010 Yankees’ squad has been set.  Gone are Johnny Damon (free agent – unsigned), Chien-Ming Wang (not resigned – signed by Washington [...]

It’s been nearly two years since ex-Yankee manager Joe Torre packed his bags and headed west, and it’s been nearly two years since current Yankee manager Joe Girardi sat down with the Steinbrenner family and convinced them he was the guy who could lead this team to its next World Series championship.  Torre won four [...]

It has been a long road to this point.  The New York Yankees have had to overcome predictions, doubters and, yes, even themselves sometimes to put this team on the brink of bringing a 27th World Series trophy back to the Big Apple.
It hasn’t been an easy road.  Going into Spring Training many so-called experts [...]

Once again the Yankees turned to “Old Reliable.”  In one of the linchpin games of the 2009 edition of the World Series Joe Girardi handed the ball to the elder statesman of his pitching staff.
Andy Pettitte has taken the hill in the post season more than any other Yankee pitcher not named Mariano Rivera.  Whitey [...]

When everyone else questioned it manager  Joe Girardi stuck to his guns.  Nobody, but nobody was going to start Game 6 of the American League Championship, but “Old Reliable” Andy Pettitte.  Not even with the one day rain delay, which set the game back from Saturday to Sunday night, did Girardi waiver from his decision.  [...]

This is the closest the New York Yankees have been to the World Series since they blew a 3-0 2004 ALCS lead to the Boston Red Sox  to become the first team in any major U.S. sport to lose a 7-game series in that fashion .  It was the most humiliating loss in franchise history.  [...]

Another classic game and another nail biter between the two best teams in major league baseball.  This game will end up on “Yankee Classics” for two reasons.  First, the Yankees won the game in the 13th inning on a throwing miscue by Maicer, and secondly, because it was a classic duel between two longtime rivals [...]

The American League Championship Series has finally been determined, and it should prove to be a doozy.  It’s the kind of matchup that great sports movies are made from.  It’s David versus Goliath or the bad guys versus the good guys.  Black hats against white hats, and you don’t have to stretch your imagination very [...]

Everybody is asking who is that masked man wearing No. 13 in New York Yankee pinstripes?  That can’t be Alex Rodriguez can it?  Isn’t he the guy who has proverbially choked in the playoffs since coming to the Bronx?
Well look again.  It is a new A-Rod.  One who is delivering timely hits in run scoring [...]