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Rays Chase Pettitte,
Beat Yankees

Gomes drives in four runs as Tampa Bay wins second straight in NY

Apr 5, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Andy Pettitte got the warm reception he was hoping for when he made his first start after a rocky offseason. The rest of the day didn't go as planned. Jonny Gomes homered and drove in four runs against Pettitte to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • Joe Girardi • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Jonny Gomes • Edwin Jackson • Troy Percival

  Pena Homers As Rays
  Rough Up Yanks 13-4 

Backup Riggans has other big blow for Tampa Bay

Apr 4, 08 10:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pinch-hitter Shawn Riggans hit a three-run double, Carlos Pena a three-run homer in a seven-run eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays roughed up Yankees youngster Ian Kennedy for six runs in a 13-4 win over New York. Yankees manager Joe Girardi missed his first game as New York's manager... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Joe Girardi • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Carlos Pena • Kyle Farnsworth • LaTroy Hawkins • Shawn Riggans

Abreu Leads Yankees Past Blue Jays

Hughes solid in finale of pitching-dominated opening series

Apr 3, 08 9:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bobby Abreu's bloop single snapped an eighth-inning tie, and the New York Yankees got a solid outing from Phil Hughes in a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. Joba Chamberlain (1-0) worked a scoreless inning and Mariano Rivera got three outs for his second save. More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Toronto Blue Jays • Bobby Abreu • Mariano Rivera • Joba Chamberlain • baseball • Phil Hughes

 Pay-Rod: $lugger Makes
 More Than Marlins 

Rodriguez's annual salary dwarfs Florida's entire payroll

Apr 2, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - After inking his new deal with the Yankees that made him baseball's highest-paid player, Alex Rodriguez is earning $28 million a year, reports the AP—while the Marlins are paying out just $21.8 million to the 33 players on their opening-day roster and disabled list. The Yankees, meanwhile, are... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Florida Marlins • baseball

 Yanks Win Yankee Stadium
 Opener, One Last Time 

Toronto's Halladay sharp, New York's Wang sharper in 3-2 pitchers' duel

Apr 1, 08 11:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the final season-opener at historic Yankee Stadium, the Yanks nailed a record 11 consecutive home openers won by topping the Blue Jays, 3-2. It was a taut duel between aces Roy Halladay, a celebrated Yankee-killer, and sinkerballer Chien-Ming Wang. Alex Rodriguez's eighth-inning trot home on a groundout proved the... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Toronto Blue Jays • Mariano Rivera • Roy Halladay • Joba Chamberlain • Joe Girardi • baseball • Chien-Ming Wang • Melky Cabrera • Yogi Berra • Reggie Jackson

 Crystal Not So Mahvelous at Baseball

Comedian strikes out in lone spring training
at bat with Yanks

Mar 13, 08 9:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - He’s starred in dozens of movies, hosted the Oscars, and now Billy Crystal can add ‘played for the NY Yankees’ to his resume. The longtime fan enjoyed an early birthday present today as he started for the Bronx Bombers in a spring training game, going 0-1 with a... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Pittsburgh Pirates • baseball • Billy Crystal • Paul Maholm

Yankees Sign Crystal—for a Day

Comic actor will don pinstripes, fulfilling lifelong dream

Mar 11, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - He’s roped cattle and counseled gangsters onscreen, and now Billy Crystal will sign a real-life pro baseball contract and suit up in Yankee pinstripes. The pint-sized comedian is celebrating his 60th birthday with a 1-day stint with his favorite team, the AP reports. He’ll wear No. 60 for... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Pittsburgh Pirates • Bronx Bombers • actor • comedian • Billy Crystal • Garth Brooks • pro baseball contract • No. 60 • pinstripes

Like Father, Like Son

A new Steinbrenner era, but is it just more of the same?

Mar 1, 08 1:08 AM CST
(Newser) - As if the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry weren’t heated enough, Hank Steinbrenner, son of Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner, added more fuel to the fire in an interview with New York Times’ Play magazine. "Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of (expletive) that is," Hank commented. “That... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Hank Steinbrenner • baseball

Over-Testing of Rodriguez Raises Questions

Yankees' slugger may have implicated self with defense of drug policy

Feb 20, 08 11:21 PM CST
(Newser) - "Last year, I got tested 9 to 10 times," Alex Rodriguez told reporters yesterday. The high number of tests raises questions, according to the New York Times. MLB mandates two tests a year per player, plus 600 random tests, for which "There is no limit on the... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • amphetamines • performance-enhancing drugs • random drug testing

Clemens, McNamee Both Grilled Hard

Clemens lawyers lash out at committee chair Waxman

Feb 13, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The biggest fireworks in today's House Oversight Committee hearings on the Mitchell Report involved Brian McNamee's claims that Roger Clemens and Jose Canseco discussed steroids and HGH at a party at Canseco's house several years ago. Clemens says he was playing golf the day of the party, and has receipts... More »

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MLB • Henry Waxman • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Pettitte Sits Down With Investigators

Clemens on deck in round of depositions to Congressional staff

Feb 4, 08 10:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte spoke under oath with officials from a House committee for 2.5 hours today on the subject of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Pettitte's testimony has been highly anticipated since accusations in the Mitchell Report that both Pettitte and former teammate Roger Clemens used steroids, writes the... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • American League • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell Report

Knoblauch Testifies on HGH

Former Yankee seems to admit substance use, but obliquely

Feb 2, 08 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Leaving his closed-door session with the House oversight committee yesterday, Chuck Knoblauch offered only enigmatic answers about his use of human growth hormone, the AP reports. With wife and toddler in tow, the former Yankee smiled and said, "It is what it is." Though he didn't respond to... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • Chuck Knoblauch • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Yanks Nail Top Payroll in Bigs

New York Again Sets Record for Highest Payroll at $218.3M

Jan 24, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Yankees may have been bounced in the first round of the playoffs this past season but at least fans of the Bronx Bombers can boast the team is first in something: payroll. New York set a record with its $218.3 million payroll last season—and collected... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Tampa Bay Devil Rays • baseball

Clemens Headed for the Hill

He, others to speak with officials prior to House committee appearance

Jan 19, 08 12:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens, fighting back hard against being named in the Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, will continue that strategy on Jan. 26, when he answers questions from Congressional committee staff about the topic under oath, in advance of planned public hearings, reports the New York Times. "Roger... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • baseball • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case

Rocket's lawsuit
goes after
McNamee's character

Jan 9, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens' personal trainer was involved in a 2001 rape investigation in which police believed he lied, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The Rocket, in his defamation suit filed against Brian McNamee on Sunday, points to the incident as an example of further dishonesty on the part of the trainer... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • rape • Orlando • defamation • human growth hormone • date rape drugs • baseball • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • personal trainer

Ex-Yankee Charged With Manslaughter
in DUI Death

Woman killed after Leyritz runs red light

Dec 28, 07 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Former New York Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter after an accident early this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that claimed the life of another driver, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Leyritz ran a red light around 3:30am and collided with another vehicle, police said, causing... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • accident • manslaughter • baseball

Luxury Tax Levied on Yanks, BoSox

Bronx Bombers owe a good chunk of change, but less than last year

Dec 26, 07 6:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Yankees owe Major League Baseball $24 million of competitive-balance "luxury" tax on contracts that pushed the team's payroll over the $148 million limit, AP reports. The might seem like a lot to shell out for the privilege of paying Roger Clemens to go 6-6, but it's actually less... More »

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Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'

Future Hall of Famer says former trainer's accusations are not true

Dec 23, 07 9:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens shot back against steroid allegations today, posting a video online in which he says,  "I did not use steroids, or human growth hormone and I've never done so." In the less than two minute video, the Rocket refutes information provided in George Mitchell's report by... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation

Clemens Denies Taking Steroids

Pitcher responds to accusations in Mitchell Report

Dec 18, 07 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Responding to accusations in the Mitchell report, Roger Clemens today denied using steroids, Newsday reports. “I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life,... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell Report

Pettitte Admits Using HGH

Yanks pitcher says he used it twice to heal from injury

Dec 15, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, one of the bigger names cited in the Mitchell report on doping in baseball, admitted today that he used human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte says he used HGH twice in 2002 to speed his recovery from an elbow injury. "I accept responsibility for... More »

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steroids • MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation

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