Archive for May 18th, 2008

Robinson Canó dutifully calls his father in the Dominican Republic after almost every game he plays with the Yankees. This season, they’ve had a lot to talk about.

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The Mets practiced their relays all the time in spring training, practiced them until their infielders and outfielders could execute them blindfolded. And it paid off.

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Jorge Posada, who is on the disabled list, caught Ian Kennedy in the bullpen to get his legs reaccustomed to the feel of his demanding position on Sunday.

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The Yankees benefited from a fourth-inning ruling that turned a three-run Mets homer into a foul ball, but Chien-Ming Wang was off his game on Sunday night, allowing seven runs in an 11-2 loss, the Yankees' fifth in their last six games.

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The Yankees are the closest thing to postseason fixtures that contemporary baseball is allowed to have. But this year's team appears capable of altering that status, and not for the better.

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You know things are getting desperate for the Yankees when Derek Jeter starts coming up with colorful ways to explain what’s wrong. The Yankees are 20-24, and while Alex Rodriguez should indeed come back on Tuesday, it’s clear what the captain thinks about that. Expecting Rodriguez to single-handedly lift the Yankees out of their slump is [...]

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Yankees catcher Jorge Posada caught his first bullpen session on Sunday since hitting the disabled list with tendinitis in his right shoulder, a significant step as he attempts to return to the Yankees' lineup at some point in June.

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Pitching into the eighth, Johan Santana held the Yankees at bay long enough for the Mets to build a lead, and they held on to win on Saturday.

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Jeff Francis won for the first time this season and Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 Sunday.

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With two well-timed swings, Adam Dunn and Joey Votto gave untouchable Cliff Lee his comeuppance.

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Jose Guillen homered and drove in four runs Sunday, and Zack Greinke pitched six innings to help the Kansas City Royals take the rubber game of their series against the Florida Marlins, 9-3.

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Heading into Sunday's Subway Series finale at Yankee Stadium with his club in last place in the American League East, manager Joe Girardi certainly believed the Yankees would be performing better at this point in the season. But so did Girardi's predecessor, Joe Torre, when the Yankees were 21-29 on May 29 of last year.

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Yunel Escobar had three hits, including a two-run single that gave Atlanta the lead, Omar Infante added a two-run triple in the eighth and the Braves beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Sunday.

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David Ortiz homered twice and drove in four runs and the Boston Red Sox outslugged the Milwaukee Brewers to complete a sweep of their interleague series.

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Reed Johnson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday.

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