Archive for July 22nd, 2008

Authorities have focused on Houston, Roger Clemens’s hometown, in search of someone who can directly link Clemens to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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With a tough road schedule on the horizon, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said his team would have to take advantage of every game on its home field. So far, so good.

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The Yankees had little to offer Tuesday about the tenuous status of catcher Jorge Posada, who could miss the rest of the season if he needs surgery immediately on his right shoulder.

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The status of Ryan Church, on the disabled list since July 6 with postconcussion syndrome, remained murky on the first day he was eligible to be activated.

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The troubling question for the Mets this season — and it becomes more troubling when you really explore — is: Who in the clubhouse can stop the bad streak that will invariably come?

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Even with Johan Santana pitching eight superb innings, even with the Mets leading by three runs heading into the ninth, and even with first place just three outs away, I think it would have been difficult to find anyone in the Shea Stadium press box who did not expect Billy Wagner’s unavailability to prove an [...]

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Bobby Abreu homered and drove in three runs, and Robinson Cano logged his fifth consecutive multihit game as the Yankees trounced the Twins on Tuesday, 8-2.

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The plight of Gus Dominguez, serving time in federal prison for smuggling a Cuban baseball player into the U.S., has placed a pall over those agents who handle Cuban players.

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Posada’s continuing shoulder problems forced him to the disabled list for the second time on Monday.

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With Pedro Martínez out, Oliver Pérez will pitch in the series against the Phillies along with Johan Santana and John Maine, which could be a blessing in disguise.

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Alex Rodriguez signed another big-league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand beyond the baseball diamond.

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The final Old-Timers' Day festivities at Yankee Stadium are scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2, as at least one player from each of the Yankees' last 16 World Series championship teams is scheduled to bid farewell to the ballpark in the Bronx.

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The Yankees have had catchers Jose Molina and Chad Moeller on board for a while, and the two provide different options for manager Joe Girardi.

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I heard from someone, can’t remember who, that the next three games at Shea Stadium are sort of, kind of important. Again, just a rumor. In all seriousness, the Mets’ season — and that of the Phillies’ — has been reduced to 63 games. Whichever team wins more will likely win the division. I say [...]

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Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter spent an hour on Tuesday morning celebrating the opening of the first of three 24 Hour Fitness Derek Jeter clubs in New York City.

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