It was less than an hour after Mark Teixeira squeezed the final out of the World Series in his glove that Joe Girardi talked about switching his number from 27 to 28 to symbolize the Yankees’ quest for their next title. Such is life with the team, success is expected and failure is measured as anything less than a World Series victory. more ›

Don’t pay attention to the score of 9-5, the headline says it all, Joba Chamberlain is hurt. How badly he is injured and what the ramifications are, aren’t known at this point, but the Yankees will have to hold their breath. Maybe it was the play in the fifth where Joba had to dive to get out of the way of a throw that caused him to leave the game with “shoulder stiffness”, but if it wasn’t they have to expect him to miss some time. more ›

• Yankees 1 Red Sox 0: The Yankees had a great night on and off the field Friday. Joba Chamberlain showed why the Yankees were smart to move him to the rotation with seven shutout innings at Fenway. Joba was brilliant, striking out nine and allowing only three hits and walking one. It was a good thing for New York because they couldn’t score. Jason Giambi drove in the lone run of the game with a single, that only was a single because the Red Sox had employed “the Giambi shift”. But, Joba made it hold up and Mariano got a five-out save to send the Yankees to their seventh-straight win. more ›