I’m still absorbing the idea of having CC Sabathia cram 128 pitches into six innings in a game that was in no way a must win as an acceptable strategy—it’s one thing to throw 128 pitches in nine innings, another to squeeze them into two-thirds the space, and I would hate to see the myth of Sabathia’s ...

"Less Filling!" "Tastes Great!" (AP) With the Yankees and Red Sox both more or less locks to make the playoffs — the Baseball Prospectus Playoff OddsReport puts them at 99.8 and 99.9 percent chances — the battles between the two teams as they jockey for position tend to feel overhyped, ...

Nick Swisher's production has been sky-high since June. (AP) The Yankees salvaged a split of their bifurcated series in Baltimore witha 3-2 win over the Orioles on Monday night. Although their offense connected for just four hits in seven innings against Alfredo Simon, two of them were big ones, ...

CC Sabathia and the Yankees have something to prove at Fenway Park this week. (AP) The question has been posed to me several times, If the Yankees and Red Sox are both shoo-ins to make the playoffs, and the primary focus of both is thus getting their players healthy and their roster and rotation sorted ...

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH “HEIDI” INSTEAD I am one of those lucky chaps that Hurricane Irene has left without electricity, so I’m literally in the dark this week–if you tell me that Nick Swisher has been traded for a pack of Barbary Apes, I would have to believe you, credulous fellow ...

The next mayor of New York City? (AP) Amid the anxiety, danger, and general inconvenience caused by Hurricane Irene — and here’s hoping you and your loved ones emerged safe and sound — the Yankees have had a frustrating three days in Baltimore. From the squabbling over the schedule to the most ...

Proof that baseball fans sometimes are smarter than baseball decision makers, the Camden Yards dugouts were more crowded than the stands the last time the Yankees and Orioles tried to play through a hurricane, in 2003. (AP) The Yankees and Orioles are scheduled to play five games in the next four days, ...

Where have you gone, Whitey Ford? Postseason nation turns its lonely eyes to you. (AP) Thursday’s game was tremendous fun, and I’m not meaning to diminish the great comeback and unique offensive accomplishment the Yankees had, but now that the hoopla has faded, I’m left scratching my ...

Curtis Granderson made major league history when he connected for the Yankees' third grand slam of the game. The start of Thursday afternoon’s game against the A’s was delayed an hour and a half due to rain, and by the third inning, Yankees fans were hoping that Mother Nature would hurry ...

Derek Jeter bunting is usually a bad idea, particularly when the likelihood of him grounding into a double play is overrated. (AP) I said I wasn’t going to flog the dead horse of Tuesday night’s ninth-inning Derek Jeter bunt, but I just can’t quite leave well enough alone. Because the ...

It's a constant battle to come up with a fresh angle from which to cover the Yankees. (AP) I arrived home from my West Coast sojourn just in time to watch Tuesday night’s Yankees game get interesting, via Nick Swisher’s eighth-inning three-run homer, and then infuriating, via Derek Jeter’s ...

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game against the A’s at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees trailed 6-3 entering the frame. Jorge Posada led off with a solo home run off of A’s closer Andrew Bailey, closing the deficit to 6-4. Russell Martin followed with a double, and Brett Gardner ...