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Pitching Could Decide Another World Series Trip For Yankees

Published: October 15, 2010

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There is one difference this October for the New York Yankees as they prepare for game one in the best of seven American League Championship Series Friday evening at Texas. They don’t have home field advantage but the first three starters in the pitching rotation may be better than the three from championship team number [...]

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Yanks close in on playoff spot with another win over Rays

Published: September 23, 2010

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A five run first inning by the New York Yankees in the Bronx Tuesday evening turned out to be enough support for starter Phil Hughes. The bullpen did their job and New York took their second straight game over Tampa Bay and moved closer to clinching a playoff spot with an 8-3 win Hughes was [...]

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Monumental Milestone for Alex Rodriguez as Yankees defeat Blue Jays, 5-1

Published: August 5, 2010

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Bronx, NY – As the game between the New York Yankees (67-40) and the Toronto Blue Jays (56-52)  the 47,659 in attendance started to encourage and cheer on the Yankee third baseman and All-Star Alex Rodriguez. In hopes that the positive energy would inspire the slugger to hit his 600th career home run, in the [...]

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Pettitte Wins 10th; Yanks Explode for 11 in 3rd Inning

Published: July 4, 2010

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Bronx, NY – The Yankees only scored during only one inning on Saturday, but the 11 runs were sufficient to easily defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 11-3 to even the July 4 weekend series at one game each. The victory was the 10th of the 20120 season for the veteran left-hander. Pettitte joined CC  Sabathia [...]

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Gardner Slam Leads Yankees to 11-3 Victory over Blue Jays

Published: July 4, 2010

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Bronx,  NY – Brett Gardner hit his first career grand slam in the bottom of the third inning to help lead the New York Yankees (48-31) to an 11-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays (41-40) at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. To show how crazy the game of baseball can be the Yankees had [...]

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Homers By Teixeira and Granderson give Yanks a 5-3 Win Over Mets

Published: June 20, 2010

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Bronx, NY—The long ball gave each team all but one run in the second game of the biannual Subway Series at Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. The home run ball was not an expectation for most observers as the young starters, Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey, are the first opposing starters to enter a [...]

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Pelfrey was off but not Reyes in Mets loss to Yanks

Published: June 20, 2010

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Mike Pelfrey and Phil Hughes both 9-1 coming into Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium have been nothing but spectacular for the Mets and Yankees. The Mets winners of eight straight games, and the Yankees, losers of their last three were hoping for something special from their premiere pitchers. But Jose Reyes of the Mets connected [...]

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Posada returns and Yanks take Orioles again behind Hughes

Published: June 3, 2010

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New York  – Prior to the game the New York Yankees reactivated catcher Jorge Posada from the disabled list who missed the last 15 games with a fractured right foot.  But the Yankees, hindered by injuries, and leading the American League in scoring did not need Posada’s bat Wednesday evening in the Bronx. It was [...]

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Mets Use two out hit and even series with Yankees

Published: May 23, 2010

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New York – Maybe it is the adrenalin of the New York Mets playing the cross-town Yankees, or the importance of winning inter-league games. Whatever it is, the Mets did something against the Yankees they have not accomplished so far this season scoring all of their runs on two out hits Saturday evening. The Yankees [...]

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The Sad Saga of Javier Vasquez in Yankee Stadium

Published: May 5, 2010

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The unhappy saga of Yankee hurler Javier Vazquez’s 2010 season continued on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. In an attempt to win his first game at home this season, Vazquez hurled only three innings plus four batters, his shortest outing of the season. Eleven of the 19 batters faced by Vazquez reached base successfully. He [...]

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