Hours after the New York Yankees were hit with a luxury tax of $25.69 million, the World Series Champions raised their payroll for next season over $200 million. By acquiring right hand pitcher Javier Vasquez from the Atlanta Braves and seeing outfielder Melky Cabrera go to Atlanta, the Yankees opened up their options in the [...]

BRONX, NY – Cliff Lee was so superb he struck out Alex Rodriguez three times, Mark Teixeira want hitless in four at bats, and the lower part of the New York Yankees batting order could do nothing as Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera went a combined 0-for-9.  The Yankees with CC Sabathia on [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Juan Francia waited for a particular pitch to simultaneously end his hitless streak and stop the Ducks’ postseason malaise.
Francia smacked Southern Maryland’s Mac Suzuki’s eight-inning fastball into centerfield for a two-out, two-run single. Ray Navarrete followed with RBI single to left to help the Ducks avoid elimination with a 7-4 victory [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— The Ducks endured losing its staff ace when Ken Ray’s hot started landed him a minor league contract with Cleveland’s organization in May.
While the Ducks didn’t win the first half division crown, quality pitching propelled the club to a first-place start in the second half. But the Ducks will need to demonstrate [...]

LAS VEGAS – The third time seems to be the charm for the Yankees.
After meeting with free agent CC Sabathia twice at the Wynn hotel this past week, general manager Brian Cashman made one last effort by taking the one hour flight from Las Vegas to the lefthander’s home in San Francisco.
And it worked as [...]

To be put in the same company as the great Sandy Koufax is the ultimate compliment for a pitcher. The Hall of Fame lefthander called it a career after going 27-9 for the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers and has always been the example of an athlete leaving the game at the top, such as running [...]