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BOSTON -- It was a rivalry weekend in which the Red Sox provided countless forms of excitement for their fans. There was a walk-off win Friday night, a slugfest victory on Saturday and finally a 4-1 triumph on Sunday that included an electrifying straight steal of home by Jacoby Ellsbury. Just like that, the red-hot Red Sox swept the Yankees in this three-game set to run their winning streak to 10 games. Boston's first double-digit winning streak since a 12-game run from June 16-29, 2006, has come on the heels of a 2-6 start. Having completed a 9-0 homestand, the...

BOSTON -- A.J. Burnett was still snarling hours after Mike Lowell's three-run homer cleared the Green Monster on Saturday to give the Red Sox a seventh-inning lead, a blast that came two innings after the Yankees right-hander had thrown his final pitch of the afternoon. Left to stew in the tight quarters of the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park, Burnett had not even bothered to remove his uniform, instead choosing to collect his thoughts. He and the Yankees' early lead were both long gone by the time Lowell collected his sixth RBI of the game, helping Boston outslug New York,...

Yankee Stadium debuts today. The Indians have just scored 9 runs in the 7th inning to take a 10-1 lead, including a grand slam. NYY bullpen falls apart.

There is a very good reason why most Yankee fans don't care how much their team spends on baseball players. One of the best reasons is that their team keeps asking them - at least the most well-heeled of them - to spend more and more to help pay the freight. There is a guy I know who has tickets behind the Yankee dugout, has had them for awhile. Last season each seat cost $150 per game. This season, because it is the last season at the old Yankee Stadium, the cost went up to $250. Next season, if he...

NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens was booed off the mound Thursday after he allowed eight runs and nine hits in the second inning of the Yankees' game against the Chicago White Sox. Only three of the runs were earned. Second baseman Robinson Cano mishandled Jerry Owens' grounder near the bag with one out, and Clemens threw out Darin Erstad at the plate on Alex Cintron's dribbler, but the next four batters all got hits off Clemens before manager Joe Torre replaced him.

Joe Torre will remain as manager of the New York Yankees, finally getting the word from owner George Steinbrenner after the team's surprise elimination from the playoffs last weekend. Torre spoke with Steinbrenner on the telephone Tuesday, shortly before he walked into the interview room at Yankee Stadium and made the announcement. "He gave me his support," Torre said. "I'm just pleased I'm able to stay on and do this." Torre didn't go into detail about his conversations with Steinbrenner. But Steinbrenner, in a statement issued through spokesman Howard Rubenstein, said: "I spoke to Joe Torre today and I told...

According to NY Daily News and ESPN.

WATCH THE HILLARY CURSE ON YOUTUBE MIDI - LODI - look under Creedence Clearwater Almost six years ago...New Yorkers had cast their vote That is when bad luck started...historians will note Your Yankees won't win again...she brought bad karma, you see It is The Curse of Hillary She's from the depths of hell...the FReepers were warning you She is an evil presence...what are you gonna do Your Yankees won't win again...she brought bad karma, you see It is The Curse of Hillary Cubbie fans fought the goat...it just wouldn't go away Bronx Bombers have been reeling...they don't know what...

TORONTO (AP) -- The New York Yankees clinched their ninth consecutive AL East title on Wednesday night when the second-place Boston Red Sox lost to the Minnesota Twins. The Yankees began the day needing one win or a Red Sox loss to wrap up the division championship -- and their 12th straight playoff berth. New York lost 3-2 in Toronto, but Boston's game went final about 30 minutes later -- setting off a champagne celebration in the New York clubhouse. "The sooner we can get it over with, the better," manager Joe Torre said after the Yankees lost but before...

CLEVELAND -- While the debate rages among Yankees followers, the same discussions take place behind closed executive doors. What's needed most, an impact hitter or another significant starting pitcher? Tuesday night at Jacobs Field, the Indians only stoked the argument on both sides during an historic 19-1 thrashing on owner George Steinbrenner's 76th birthday. Cleveland launched six homers on the Fourth of July -- three off starter Shawn Chacon -- and handed the Yankees their worst defeat since a 22-0 loss to the Indians on Aug. 31, 2004 at the Stadium. The ugliest necktie The Boss ever received couldn't match...

Loretta raps out four hits as Boston rallies late in Bronx NEW YORK -- For six innings on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox were left flustered and stranded, and certainly not contemplating the latest classic contest that was unfolding against their long-time rivals from the Bronx. They left 13 runners on base over those first six and seemed in danger of letting another strong effort by knuckleballer Tim Wakefield go to waste. But then came a gust of wind that just might have changed everything in the rubber match of this three-game series, which wound up an...

The saga continues in the Bronx this week. The Sox send out Beckett, Wakefield and Schilling. The Yankees counter with Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina and Shawn Chacon. The New York Post ran a back cover story questioning why anyone has not dared to throw at David Ortiz.. (maybe because he is 6' 4" and weighs 250 lbs) Sox offseason pickup Josh Beckett returns to Yankee Stadium for the first time since Game 6 of the 2003 World Series. Series returns to NY after an abbreviated series last week in Boston where Boston fans expressed their true feelings about Johnny Damon.

Who here is a Yankee fan? Yankees have gotten off to somewhat of a rocky start but the starting pitching has been generally fantastic and once the offense stops coming in spurs, they will do some solid damage. This is the year that they finally break through and win the World Series.

The Toronto Blue Jays went toe-to-toe with the mighty New York Yankees, withstood a big first shot and then beat up their ace. Alex Rios and Troy Glaus clubbed two-run homers off an ineffective Randy Johnson while Gustavo Chacin recovered from a terrible first inning to pitch into the seventh as the Blue Jays whipped the Yankees 10-5 Tuesday night. Rios also hit a run-scoring double in the first and a sacrifice fly in the sixth to match his career-high with four RBIs while Glaus added a solo shot in the seventh for the Blue Jays (7-6), who remain scorching...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ervin Santana allowed one run over 5 2-3 innings, Adam Kennedy hit a tiebreaking two-run triple and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Saturday night to hand Randy Johnson his first loss of the season. The last time Johnson and Santana pitched in the same game was back on Oct. 10, when both worked in relief in the finale of the AL division series. Santana, who was bumped to the bullpen because the Angels went with a four-man rotation in the postseason, pitched 5 1-3 innings for the series-clinching victory in his...

NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees grabbed center fielder Johnny Damon away from the rival Boston Red Sox, reaching a preliminary agreement Tuesday night on a $52 million, four-year contract.

Angels beat Yankees 5-3

This is for all the marbles. Game 5. Winner goes on to treat the White Sox harshly... Mussina vs. Colon Does the Moose have one more good start in him? Will Colon be unhittable, or will the Yankees break through? Will the massive payroll win out over the scrappy role players? Will A-Rod look like a fairy when crossing home plate again? All these questions and more will be answered in a few short hours... First Pitch 8:15 EST

September 21, 2005 -- YOU probably don't need more than five fingers to be able to count the number of dramatic pennant races in which the Yankees have been involved throughout their history. They've won, they've won pretty much all the time within any sports context, but finishing in first place by at least eight games the way the Yankees have 22 times since moving into the Stadium in 1923 doesn't leave much elbow room for stretch-drive heroes. This year, however, the Yankees are running in a race rather than parading to a coronation. It's no given that postseason October...

BALTIMORE Apr 17, 2005 — George Steinbrenner is tired of waiting for his New York Yankees to get going. Now he's angry. Miguel Tejada hit his eighth career grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles roughed up Kevin Brown and completed a three-game sweep of New York with an 8-4 victory Sunday. The last-place Yankees (4-8) have dropped four straight and eight of 10 overall. "Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed as I'm sure all Yankee fans are by the lack of performance by our team," Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game. "It is unbelievable to...