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Josh Hamilton hit a three-run home run and Hank Blalock added a two-run shot to power the Texas Rangers to a 6-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.

When I started on the Yankees’ beat, before the 2002 season, I was told that one of the players who would always be honest with reporters was Jorge Posada. That basic sentiment, I have found, has been dead-on. Posada is one of few players who speaks from genuine emotion, unafraid to let people know how he [...]

If there was any doubt that the Yankees could keep their winning streak alive against the contending Twins, they erased it Monday as wholly and convincingly as they could. Boundless offense certainly helps, and the Yankees enjoyed precisely that, beating the Twins, 12-4, at Yankee Stadium.

Attention bummed-out Seattle Sonics fans: don’t throw out that ratty old Xavier McDaniel jersey just yet. The Trenton Thunder has a promotion for you. Here’s a news release from the Yankees’ always-inventive Class AA affiliate: The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced a special promotion designed to ‘ease the pain’ [...]

Throughout the season, Mariano Rivera has harped on confidence, and Edwar Ramirez has listened. Indeed, Ramirez said that having assurance in his ability has guided him, particularly during a recent stretch, where he's allowed one hit in the past 11 1/3 innings.

Second baseman Robinson Cano is 10-for-19 in the Yankees' four games since the All-Star break, and while his batting average has jumped up from the first half, maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise.

For Jason Isringhausen, resuming his countdown to 300 saves with the St. Louis Cardinals will be a slow climb.

The William Morris Agency bolstered its sports management business Monday by signing Alex Rodriguez as a client.

Unwilling to allow their catcher to play through pain any longer, the Yankees placed Jorge Posada on the disabled list Monday. Posada will have an MRI on his right shoulder Tuesday, and will then make a decision regarding season-ending surgery.

Johnny Damon returned to the leadoff spot in the Yankees lineup Monday night in the series opener against the Twins. He was activated Monday after missing 10 games in his first career stint on the disabled list.

Hideki Matsui declined surgery on his injured left knee in an attempt to return this season and will undergo a rehabilitation program in New York. Matsui was advised Monday by specialist Dr. Scott Rodeo to have season-ending surgery, but Matsui said his knee was feeling better.

Jorge Posada, the proud Yankees catcher whose throwing has been obviously impaired by a labrum injury, said he is considering season-ending shoulder surgery. Posada will have a magnetic resonance imaging test on Tuesday to assess the extent of the damage to a shoulder problem that will not go away. “Whatever the team wants me to do,” [...]

In the 1960s, Jerom Holtzman created baseball's first new official statistic since runs batted in were counted in the 1920s.

Why did the Yankees sign Richie Sexson and not try to sign Barry Bonds? Are they in panic mode yet? Reporter Bryan Hoch answers these questions and more in the mailbag.

Is it a bad omen that the Yankees, even after a weekend sweep of the Oakland A’s moved them four and a half games behind first-place Tampa Bay, have the sixth-best record in the American League?