Archive for May 23rd, 2008

The Yankees manager was suspended for one game against Seattle for kicking dirt on the plate umpire on Thursday.

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The Yankees struck for eight runs in the fifth inning on Friday, scoring more than a dozen and total and cruising to a 13-2 win over the Mariners.

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Joba Chamberlain will throw approximately 45 pitches against the Mariners on Saturday, and he will enter the game at a point to be determined. It's all subject to change based upon the score of the game, and upon how well starter Mike Mussina is pitching.

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The Indians are baseball’s worst hitting team, stuck in a deep, unforgiving slump that has wasted excellent starting pitching and solid defense.

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Both the Yankees and Mariners came into this season fully expecting to spend much of it in first place, but that hasn't happened. So when the clubs meet for this week's TBS Sunday Game of the Week, they'll be looking not for revenge, nor for bragging rights, nor for anything else that some other teams might seek.

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Nearly all Jorge Posada has known in 14 seasons has been pinstripes. Until now. Posada will embark on an extended schedule of rehab games within the coming weeks, all in an effort to make it back to the Yankees by the middle of June.

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Yankees manager Joe Girardi was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Thursday night's game against the Orioles. Girardi will serve his suspension on Friday night against the Mariners.

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Omar Minaya is somewhere over middle America, on his way to Denver to either show support for the Mets or to see first-hand what has happened to his $140 million team.

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The Yankees voiced their concerns with Major League Baseball about a plan to have David Ortiz of the Red Sox imitate Babe Ruth at an All-Star Game event at Yankee Stadium.

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After a slow start, the Astros, who lost 90 games last year, have quietly emerged as one of the hottest teams in baseball.

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MLB announces discipline decisions

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Once touted as the next Mickey Mantle, former outfielder Bobby Murcer never quite fulfilled those expectations. But he did manage to carve his own niche in Yankees history, and now has the book to tell about it.

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Despite hitting .214 and putting together a paltry .275 on-base percentage, Michael Bourn still leads the National League in stolen bases.

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Two players the average baseball fan may not have heard much about coming into the season are doing everything they can to make sure their names will be remembered by the end of it.

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With the team struggling and the specter of Johan Santana at Yankee Stadium -- in a Mets uniform -- last week, the Yankees were face to face with the harsh consequences of the decisions the team made over the offseason.

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