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Cashman on Yanks: 'Beggars can't be choosers'
Here's a new one for the New York Yankees. "Beggars can't be choosers," Brian Cashman, general manager of baseball's wealthiest team, said Tuesday.
Yankees, Cashman pleased with offseason success
Brian Cashman feels so good about the Yankees' offseason, he decided to rapel down a building. After spending the previous few days retaining veteran ...
AP source: Hunter agrees with Tigers
Free agent outfielder Torii Hunter has agreed to a $26 million, two-year deal with Detroit, giving the Tigers a capable corner outfielder coming off ...
Free agents reject $13.3M deals as GMs head home
Josh Hamilton, B.J. Upton and Kyle Lohse were among nine free agents who turned down $13.3 million offers from their former clubs Friday as the annual ...
Boras: Dodgers 'bought store,' Mets 'in freezer'
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket ...
Hamilton, Greinke lead weak free-agent class
With baseball awash in record revenue as the signing season starts, Scott Boras compares the habits of teams to families sifting through supermarket ...
Ortiz stays with Red Sox; Haren becomes free agent
As the first deadlines of baseball's offseason passed, the Los Angeles Angels allowed pitcher Dan Haren to become a free agent Friday night and David ...
Yankees headed into offseason of change
Alex Rodriguez and his potentially bruised ego might be the least of the New York Yankees' problems this offseason. Ace CC Sabathia is going to have ...
George Steinbrenner would've issued public apology
George Steinbrenner would have issued a public apology. After leading the league in wins this year, the New York Yankees didn't just lose to Detroit ...
Steinbrenner won't address A-Rod return next year
Hank Steinbrenner says too much blame is being directed at Alex Rodriguez for Detroit's sweep of the Yankees, and won't address whether the slumping ...
Tigers rout Yankees 8-1 for 4-game ALCS sweep
Phil Coke stormed into Jim Leyland's office and sprayed the veteran manager with some of Detroit's celebratory bubbly. When Leyland tried to take ...
A-Rod, Granderson still out of lineup for Game 4
Alex Rodriguez was benched twice for the same game. Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson were still out of New York's starting lineup for Game 4 of the AL ...
A-Rod benched again, with Granderson this time
Alex Rodriguez was dropped from the Yankees' starting lineup again Wednesday, this time with New York facing elimination and his future with the team ...
Tigers close in on pennant with 2-1 win over Yanks
Justin Verlander was done for the night, and for the first time all game, the New York Yankees looked threatening at the plate. Mark Teixeira singled, ...
Column: Time to put A-Rod on auction block
Alex Rodriguez is as good as gone. He was the most feared hitter of his generation once. Now he's an afterthought. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said ...
Tigers top Yankees 2-1, need 1 win for pennant
Justin Verlander and Detroit's stellar starters are on quite a roll — no matter who is in the opposing lineup. Verlander took a shutout into the ninth ...
Tigers lead Yankees 2-0 after 6 innings in ALCS
Justin Verlander retired 18 of the first 19 New York Yankees he faced and Delmon Young hit a solo homer as the Detroit Tigers took a 2-0 lead through ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...