Yankees manager Joe Girardi has leveled accusations in recent days that division rival the Toronto Blue Jays "could be" stealing signs using illegal methods: “Signs are coveted. Anywhere you play in the game you have to protect your signs. Sometimes we have inclinations that things might be happening at certain ballparks and we’re aware of it and we try to protect our signs. The last thing you want is the hitter to know what’s coming.” Could Girardi just be sore that the Jays beat the Yankees by a combined score of 23-8 in two games in a row, or are the Jays the New England Patriots of the MLB? more ›

With Posadagate (or "Operation Pout Down") slowly shifting into the background after a messy weekend in the Bronx, the Yankees can finally start to get back to normal...or not: the News reports that the rift between Posada and manager Joe Girardi has existed for years, and the two clashed repeatedly during the 2005 season, when Girardi was a bench coach heavily involved with catchers' meetings and scouting reports: "Jorge would deviate from those plans all the time during games, which drove Joe nuts. Joe would call him out on it all the time, which drove Jorge mental," a source told them. more ›

After sitting out Saturday's game, Yankees catcher Jorge Posada apologized to the Yankees organization. Posada was upset about being placed ninth in the lineup (his performance hasn't been great lately), but he apparently felt awful about his stunt— yesterday, he told nearly tearfully told reporters, "I just talked to [manager Joe] Girardi. I kind of apologized to him. I just had a bad day (Saturday) and, reflecting on it and stuff, it's all the frustration, it came out. I'm trying to move on." more ›

Boston 6 Yankees 0: A forgettable game turned into a firestorm. We know Jorge Posada was originally slated to bat ninth. What happened after that is hard to understand. more ›

There are reasons to quibble with Joe Girardi’s management of the Yankees. His insistence on following a binder of statistics instead of using his eyes is annoying. His tight-lipped press conferences are more combative than informative. His silly decision to change his number to 28 from 27, days after the Yankees won the World Series. But the fact remains; he is the perfect manager for this team. more ›

As was expected, the Yankees and manager Joe Girardi are close to agreeing on a three-year deal to keep Girardi in pinstripes, according to the Post. The new contract will pay something in the $9-10 million range, an increase from his previous three-year $7.5 million salary. The raise will make Girardi one of the top ten highest paid managers in the league, and allow the Yankees to begin concentrating on the rest of their off-season plans, including re-signing veterans like Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, and pursuing free agents such as Rangers ace Cliff Lee. After the deal is finalized, we expect the number of World Series titles and crash victims aided by Girardi to increase exponentially. more ›

With the Yankees in the Windy City to play the White Sox, Yankees manager Joe Girardi has been the much speculated-about possible choice to manage the Chicago Cubs. He said, "I've said all along my responsibility is to the Yankees. I was hired to do a job; we're in a pennant race. I've never worried about next year. I'm worried about right now.... I have a responsibility to the Steinbrenners, who have treated me great and my family...and to [GM] Brian Cashman and to my players." more ›

Surprise, surprise—Lady Gaga's scantily clad visit to the Yankees' clubhouse on Friday was news to Yankees brass. The Post reports that Yankees co-chairman Steinbrenner, manager Joe Girardi, and Cashman about Gaga's presence, and president Brian had no idea the performer was visiting the players: "In fact, when a Post reporter told Cashman about Gaga's presence, Cashman said, 'What? I didn't know that,' and stormed off." And now, by Hal's edict, she's permanently banned from the clubhouse! more ›

Mets 1 Atlanta 0 (Six Innings): Give an assist to the rain, but it counts like any other win and that's all the Mets care about right now. New York sent a message to their division rival over the weekend and took advantage of a Chipper Jones' error to win this game. (How sweet it is!) Mike Pelfrey improved to 4-0 on a night where he was wild, but didn't take any damage. more ›

After an ugly win (but a win, at least) against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, coach Rex Ryan decided that his star quarterback Mark Sanchez needed some help on his sliding, because seeing the franchise—or "Sanchise" as Ryan calls him—quarterback sliding headfirst is worrisome! So Ryan called Yankees president Randy Levine to ask if someone from the World Series-winning team would be available to give Sanchez pointers. And Levine sent manager Joe Girardi. more ›

Yankees manager Joe Girardi had a particularly busy Wednesday-into-Thursday evening, between winning the World Series and helping out a crash victim. Girardi stopped his car on his was home after the victory, swerving across the road on the Cross County Parkway in Eastchester, in order to help Marie Henry, 27, who had smashed into the guardrail. Girardi stayed with her and kept her calm until the police arrived. And the dazed Henry didn't have a clue who he was! more ›

What can't Yankees manager Joe Girardi do? First, there's manage the Yankees to their 27th World Series win (okay, fine, there was that $206 million payroll helping out). But after the win, when driving home on the Cross County Parkway, he stopped to help a driver who crashed into a wall! more ›

After Wednesday night's lost chance to clinch the ALCS, the Yankees face off against the Angels tonight. The Daily News' Mike Lupica is impatient and frustrated and tells the Bronx Bombers today: "You're the Yankees and you've won 109 games already this season, and when you're that good, when you're this loaded, you can't let it all come down to a one-game season, not after you had the Angels down three games to one...You bring the World Series back to New York tonight." more ›

• Angels 7 Yankees 6: The Yankees overcame a miserable start by A.J. Burnett only to have their bullpen give the game away. New York put the first two runners on in the first, but failed to score while the Angels jumped all over A.J. Burnett for four runs in their half of the inning. And that’s exactly where things remained until the seventh. With two outs, Mark Teixeira delivered a bases-loaded double to clear the bases and put the Yankees on the board. A-Rod was intentionally walked and Hideki Matsui followed with a single to tie the game. Robinson Cano followed with a triple to put New York up 6-4.

Even though the Yankees were playing Game 3 of the ALCS in Anaheim, Yankees fans were able to watch—via Jumbotron—the matchup at Yankee Stadium yesterday. And there were some boo birds there! One fan told NY1, "Joe Girardi blew the game. He went over in the dugout and looked at the book and he took Robertson out because of something the book says. You can't manage the playoffs by the book. This loss is on Girardi's head." more ›

The 2009 Yankees look to be returning to the playoffs in just a couple weeks after last season's first year being left home in over a decade. This year's team has been marked by a level of extroverted charisma and fiery personalities uncharacteristic of the stoic bunch that led the turn of the century dynasty. But last night, late in a game that did not appear to be on its way toward another AJ Burnett pieface moment, some of that adrenaline appeared to turn nasty as Jorge Posada took a cheap shot shove at Blue Jays' pitcher Jesse Carlson and BAM! It was on—bench-clearing brawl, enough of a mess to end with a little blood. more ›

The Yankees are almost a quarter of their way through the season and their manager is excited that the man who was supposed to be the biggest bat while A-Rod was on the shelf is now hitting two points over .200. Apparently seeing it as a sign that Mark Teixeira is about to turn things around, Girardi called the first baseman's two-for-four performance the most promising development in the team's 8-2 win over the Blue Jays last night. Only two other regular starters in the AL are hitting lower that Teixeira and the closest recent Yankee slugger with nearly as bad of a start was Tino Martinez hitting .254 at same point one season. GM Brian Cashman is spinning the bad start as the 180 Million Dollar Man dealing with the "pressure" of his big contract and new environment. But Teixeira is taking the high road for his performance, saying, "You can always try to find excuses...Yeah, more people are watching, no doubt. More people are writing about it, no doubt. But those are things I can't control...There are no excuses. If you start making excuses for yourself, you've got something wrong with you." more ›

The new accusations against A-Rod in the upcoming biography on him—that he used steroids while on the Yankees and tipped off pitches to opposing players—are now being looked into by Major League Baseball. Officials had already met with A-Rod to ask questions soon after his initial admissions of using illegal steroids while with Texas Rangers. A sports law expert told the Times, “The last thing (Commissioner Bud Selig) wants is for someone else, like the federal government or Congress, to try and intercede and take this matter out of his hands.” more ›

After postponing his meeting with MLB officials yesterday so that he could play in one last spring training game before joining the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic, Alex Rodriguez did eventually get together with league brass and was described as "cooperative" by the commissioner's office. As expected, the two hour meeting centered around two men with close ties to A-Rod, cousin Yuri Sucurt and trainer Angel Presinal, as well as inquiries as to just where Rodriguez obtained steroids from. Both the Yankees and the slugger seem to think that the change of scenery for the WBC for a few weeks will be beneficial to all parties. Rodriguez joked that his leaving means that "we're going to give (media relations director) Jason Zillo a three-week vacation. He's the happiest guy here. I expect him to be fresh when I get back." As for the scandalized slugger, manager Joe Girardi said, "I see him more relaxed every day...The first couple days, you know, you could tell it was weighing heavily on his mind...I think he's done really well." more ›

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The Yankees just won’t go quietly into the offseason. Last night controversy erupted between Joe Girardi and the press corps over the status of Mariano Rivera, who had left the team yesterday to return to New York for a checkup. Girardi insisted it was just a end of year physical while Brian Cashman told the press Mariano had felt something in his shoulder and was having a MRI. The press conference included Girardi banging his fist on his desk and telling the media they could stare at him if they wanted to. more ›

A payroll of $209 million should at the very least guarantee that a team is in the thick of the playoff race until the very end, but barring a miracle run, the Yankees won’t be. While George Steinbrenner is no longer in charge, the failure of the 2008 Yankees demands someone to be held accountable and fans are well within their rights to expect changes. more ›

It started with Ian Kennedy providing six solid innings of pitching. Kennedy has been horrendous so far this year and maybe it was the news that Joba is coming to take his spot, maybe it was something else, but he was a different pitcher tonight. Shelley Duncan who has also longed for 2007, provided the initial run and Robinson Cano, the guy who represents the Yankees’ offensive failures in 2008 provided the game-winner with two outs in the ninth. Even Joe Girardi got involved, channeling Billy Martin with a justified meltdown in the ninth after a blown call by the umpires. more ›

• Rangers 4 Devils 1: Don’t let the score fool you, this was a close game for about 57 minutes. New York got on the board first thanks to Brendan Shanahan, but New Jersey answered with a power play goal from Paul Martin. The game remained tied until the 7:23 mark of the third period when the Devils made a bad turnover off the power play and Brandon Dubinsky hammered home a rebound off a shot for Scott Gomez. It was one of three assists for Gomez who had a great game in his playoff debut for New York.
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It may have come a day later than many people wanted, but the Yankees opened the final season of the Stadium on a high note, winning a close and well-pitched game 3-2. Chien-Ming Wang went seven innings allowing only two runs and Joba and Mo closed the game out with a scoreless inning each. more ›

Joe Girardi made the goal clear from his introductory press conference donning the number 27 to represent the quest for a 27th title. But, despite their tremendous resources and talent, this Yankees’ team is further away from winning a title than any in recent memory because of the question surrounding the starting pitching. more ›