Yankees postgame: They win, finally; Pettitte and Rivera, together again
The Yankees were a bit relieved to get out of town without getting swept by the Red Sox in this opening series. “I thought it was pretty important or I probably wouldn’t have said it in the pregame,”...
View ArticleYankees pregame: Pettitte hurting
Andy Pettitte is having a problem with back spasms. The 40-year-old lefty first felt it in the mid-back area in the third inning of his start in Cleveland Tuesday and fought through it, allowing a run...
View ArticleYankees postgame: Pettitte finds outing tough to digest
Andy Pettitte turned in his worst start of the season, charged with seven runs and 10 hits in 4 1/3. It was 5-0 after four and the Yankees were on their way to a 9-1 loss to the AL’s worst team, the...
View ArticleYankees pregame: Grandy off center?
The Yankees had seemed to have passed on moving Curtis Granderson from center to left after he broke his right forearm in his first at-bat of his first exhibition game and missed spring training. But...
View ArticleYankees postgame: What’s up with Pettitte?
Andy Pettitte was frustrated after this 5-4 loss to the A’s. The 40-year-old lefty began the season with four straight quality starts. But now he has had two off outings in a row. This one came with...
View ArticleYankees postgame: Tex takes a step
Mark Teixeira, of course, is a notoriously slow starter. And now he’s basically starting his season in June. But after going 1 for 9 with a walk and seven strikeouts in his first three games back after...
View ArticleYankees pregame: Nunez has setback
Eduardo Nunez was supposedly feeling good again. But his strained left oblique had other ideas. “We thought he was ready to go again and he took swings today, and I guess he’s not ready to go again,”...
View ArticlePinch hitting: Shailen Shah
Today’s Pinch Hitter is Shailen Shah, a sophomore undergraduate student at American University in Washington, D.C. Originally from New Jersey, he’s been a Yankee fan “from birth.” He’s visited 20...
View ArticleICYMI: Yankees to retire Pettitte’s number this season
Andy Pettitte’s son broke the news last night on Twitter: The Yankee are going to honor Pettitte by retiring the No. 46 at Yankee Stadium on August 23. Mark Feinsand reports there are also plans to...
View ArticleYankees to retire numbers for Williams, Posada and Pettitte (plaque for...
Here’s the official announcement from the Yankees: The New York Yankees today announced that Bernie Williams (No. 51), Jorge Posada (No. 20) and Andy Pettitte (No. 46) will each have their uniform...
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