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A-Rod, Swisher benched by Yankees
Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were benched by the Yankees for Game 3 of the AL championship series at Detroit on Tuesday night, the latest attempt ...
Yankees' slump defies explanation
If there were a quick and easy solution, surely this bunch would have figured it out by now. Alex Rodriguez has over 600 home runs. Curtis Granderson ...
Verlander the next obstacle for slumping Yankees
There were times this year when Justin Verlander took the mound while his team was reeling a bit — and the right-hander's presence was Detroit's best ...
Sanchez, Tigers beat Yanks for 2-0 lead in ALCS
Anibal Sanchez gave a performance against New York that the Detroit Tigers have come to expect from Justin Verlander. The Tigers' ace is next in line ...
Minus Jeter, Yanks and Tigers scoreless in Game 2
Hiroki Kuroda retired his first 15 batters before Jhonny Peralta singled, and the New York Yankees pressed ahead without injured captain Derek Jeter ...
October not the same without Yanks' missing man
A player stood at shortstop at Yankee Stadium, yet the shortstop was missing. For 16 years and 158 consecutive games, Derek Jeter had been in the New ...
Jeter breaks ankle in ALCS, out for postseason
Delirious only minutes earlier, fans at Yankee Stadium sat stunned in utter disbelief while they watched Derek Jeter being helped off the field, his ...
Column: Day of reckoning had to come for A-Rod
Joe Girardi should be manager of the year just for the guts it took to sit down his $275 million third baseman and help the New York Yankees advance ...
Jeter hurt, Young stars as Tigers win ALCS opener
The Detroit Tigers took the lead on Delmon Young's ringing double in the 12th inning. Then came the blow that really staggered the New York Yankees.
Tigers take 2-0 lead over Yanks opener of ALCS
Raul Ibanez hit another tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers were tied 4-4 after 10 innings on ...
Yanks' Ibanez ties it with 2-run shot in ninth
Raul Ibanez struck again. The New York Yankees' sudden slugger hit another tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning. This one has come off ...
Rodriguez back in Yanks' lineup, dropped to 6th
Alex Rodriguez has returned to the Yankees' starting lineup for their AL championship series opener against Detroit on Saturday night but has been ...
After beating Birds, Yankees look to tame Tigers
CC Sabathia boosted the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles, ending a spellbinding six-week drama that drove and drained both teams. New York ...
A-Rod benched by Yankees for Game 5 vs Orioles
Alex Rodriguez watched the New York Yankees' biggest game of the year on the bench. After being pinch hit for in Games 3 and 4 of the AL division ...
The right stuff: Yanks beat O's, advance to ALCS
CC Sabathia turned and looked over his right shoulder, watching intently after Nate McLouth turned on a 93 mph fastball and sent it soaring down the ...
Verlander pitches Tigers past A's, back to ALCS
Miguel Cabrera danced on a chair in one corner of the visiting clubhouse, puffing a cigar. Prince Fielder doused his young sons, Jadyn and Haven, with ...
Hardy, Orioles beat Yankees in 13th, force Game 5
Just maybe the Baltimore Orioles' remarkable run into October is not so improbable after all. Seventeen wins in extra innings, 31 victories in one-run ...
Tigers ride Justin Verlander back to ALCS
Once he finally made his way to the victorious visiting clubhouse, Justin Verlander's teammates greeted him with chants of "Cy Young!" and sprayed him ...
A-Rod's October brings Snub Seen 'Round the World
His production shriveled, his aura dissipated, his place in history unsettled and his ego almost certainly bruised, Alex Rodriguez took a seat ...
Yankees, O's tied 1-all after 12th in Game 4
Baltimore's bullpen escaped an eighth-inning jam as Alex Rodriguez struck out yet again, Joba Chamberlain was knocked out by Matt Wieters' broken bat ...
Chamberlain leaves after being hit by broken bat
Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain was hit by a flying broken bat in the 12th inning and left Game 4 of the AL division series against Baltimore with ...
Ibanez hits for A-Rod, homers twice in Yankees win
Down by a run in an all-even AL division series, Joe Girardi approached Alex Rodriguez and told baseball's highest-paid player he was going to pinch ...
A's rally past Tigers 4-3 to force Game 5
Dog-pile celebrations and whipped cream pies became a regular occurrence this season for the Oakland Athletics. Perhaps none was as improbable or ...
Ibanez homers twice, Yanks sting O's in 12th
The highest-paid player in baseball could only sit and watch when Raul Ibanez pinch hit for him and tied the game with a bottom-of-the-ninth home run.