NEW YORK – New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman proudly took the brief walk under a tent Monday evening on the small red carpet set up by the Ziegfield Theatre in Manhattan  He and manager Joe Girardi were there to celebrate the premiere viewing of the 2009 World Series DVD produced by Major League [...]

New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and team president Randy Levine said it was not the right time to discuss the plans for next season. When that last out was made Wednesday evening in the Bronx Johnny Damon and Hideki Mastsui could have seen their last days in pinstripes.
Yes the Yankees deserve the right [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

BRONX, NY – Hideki Matsui has hit a lot of home runs in his long and storied career, but none bigger than his blast that evened up the World Series on Thursday night.
Matsui’s solo shot off Philadelphia’s Pedro Martinez in the sixth inning of Game 2 broke a 1-1 stalemate and was the key blow [...]

Bronx, NY – Where do we begin?  The 105th World Series that begins Wednesday evening in the Bronx between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies has the makings of a classic. And it all starts with a classic pitching matchup on the mound of Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee and New York’s CC Sabathia.
“It’s just weird [...]

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.  [...]

Bronx, NY – When the New York Yankees blew a 3-0 lead to the hated Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series in 2004, Andy Pettitte wasn’t there to make sure that the unthinkable didn’t happen.
On Sunday night, the left-hander from Baton Rouge did the next best thing, and did his part to [...]

So they head to a game 6 Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.  These Yankees and Angels are making the Phillies wait to see who they will get come Wednesday.  For the time being we continue to enjoy the drama, expectations and unexpected of this American League Championship Series.
Perhaps the managers, Joe Girardi [...]

By now we know this has been a classic ALCS. Two extra inning games, one that would never end in the Bronx last Saturday evening and the one Monday out in Anaheim  At press time Yankees have the edge 2-1 and the series possibly headed back to the Bronx Saturday evening for a game six.
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