Yankees 3 Texas 2 (12 innings): Brian Gordon made his Yankee debut, scattering seven hits, while allowing only two runs and the Yankees swept the Rangers in extra innings. The Yankees took a 1-0 lead on a single from Russell Martin. Texas countered with two runs in the fifth, but the Yankees tied things up on a Jorge Posada double in the sixth. That's where things stayed until the twelfth inning. Curtis Granderson started things with a single. After Mark Teixeira flied out, Robinson Cano was hit, or at least appeared to be hit, by a pitch. Texas argued that the ball actually hit Cano's bat, but the umpires gave Cano the base putting runners on 1st and 2nd with one out. Brett Gardner then hit a bullet through the infield to right and Granderson raced home ahead of the throw to give the Yankees the victory. more ›

Yankees 5 Toronto 4: For most of the game, the Yankees showed the same lifeless, uninspired play they have shown far too often in the 2011 season. CC Sabathia pitched adequately, but he trailed 4-1 after seven innings and the Yankees looked like they were going to drop the first two games against Toronto. But, Curtis Granderson doubled to start the 8th and Robinson Cano doubled him home with two outs. Russell Martin followed with a single up the middle to cut the lead to one. 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 ›

Rangers 5 Boston 3: The Rangers earned their most satisfying two points of the year and climbed into a tie for sixth with Montreal. New York fell behind 3-0 in the second period before Vinny Prospal scored two goals to bring them within one. But, they still trailed with under five minutes in the game when Brandon Dubinsky netted his 24th of the year to tie things up. Less than a minute later, Michael Sauer slipped a weak wrist shot past Tim Thomas and MSG erupted in euphoria. Derek Stepan scored his 21st into an empty net to put New York four points up in the race for the final playoff spot. more ›

It's been a busy week of awards and off-season hustling in that gated-community that is Yankeeland. Three Yanks infielders, Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano, all won Gold Gloves for their sterling defensive play this season. It was Jeter's fifth such award, Teixeira's fourth, and Cano's first. Even though some think Jeter, who only had six errors last season, is "not a brilliant defensive player," everyone agrees the award will add more ammunition to his current contract negotiations. more ›

The Mets' bats finally woke up, beating the Dodgers 6-1. Since the All-Star break, the Amazin's have been a less-than-amazing 2-7. And last night's Yankees game was delayed nearly an hour and a half. No 600th home run for A-Rod, but it was a 7-1 win over the Royals—and Jorge Posada hit his 1000th career RBI. more ›

• Yankees 9 Houston 3: It was the old guard that powered the Yankees to this victory. Derek Jeter had a leadoff home run and added a three-run shot later in the game, while Jorge Posada had a grand slam, the 250th home run of his career. Nick Swisher added a RBI single for the other Yankees’ run. That was all the support Javier Vazquez needed as he improved to 6-5 on the season. And while his ERA is still north of 5, he is 5-2 with a 2.93 ERA over his last seven starts.
• Mets 3 Baltimore 1: Jose Reyes started things off with a bang, hitting a solo homer and Hisanori Takahashi took it from there. Takahashi allowed only six hits in seven innings as he held the O’s to only one run. K-Rod pitched a perfect ninth and the Mets took their first series on the road in 2010.

Flyers 2 Rangers 1 (Shootout): Henrik Lundqvist did absolutely everything he could, but he couldn’t help the Rangers’ offense and that made all the difference. Lundqvist made an amazing 46 saves in the game as the Rangers were outshot 47-25. And it looked like Lundqvist would carry the Rangers into the playoffs. Jody Shelley scored three minutes into the game to give New York the lead and that held up into the third period. But, Matt Carle scored to tie the game and Philadelphia managed to slip two by Lundqvist in the shootout to earn the playoff spot. more ›

Last night, a few of the Yankees paid a visit to David Letterman to discuss their World Series win. Captain Derek Jeter, pitcher Andy Pettitte and catcher Jorge Posada (the fourth member of the "Core Four," reliever Mariano Rivera, wasn't there) chatted with Letterman—and at the end of the segment, MVP Hideki Matsui came out with the World Series trophy. Letterman said they must be hungover and Jeter said, "Probably not as bad as you." more ›

• Yankees 3 Phillies 1: The Yankees gave AJ Burnett a lot of money this offseason to pitch in big games and he delivered on Thursday night. Burnett, who would have had a shutout with better defense, allowed only one run over seven innings and struck out nine. Pedro Martinez almost matched him, but he was touched up for two home runs, one by Mark Teixeira that tied the game at 1 and one by Hideki Matsui that put New York up 2-1.

• Yankees 4 Minnesota 1: Carl Pavano tried his best to make Yankees’ fans miserable, but the Yankees got revenge in the end. A-Rod and Posada homered in the seventh to put the Yankees up 2-1 and the bullpen took it from there. Mariano got the final four outs for the save meaning the Yankees won a playoff series for the first time in five years. The ALCS with the Angels begins Friday in the Bronx.

The first playoff game at the new stadium was a happy affair as the Yankees defeated the Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night. C.C. Sabathia pitched well, striking out eight and allowing only two runs, one earned, over 6-2/3 innings. Sabathia only struggled in the third when he ran into trouble with two outs. With runners on second and third, Sabathia allowed a single to score a run and then Jorge Posada simply didn’t catch a Sabathia pitch allowing a second run and putting the Twins up 2-0. more ›

• Yankees 6, Angels 5: After a one-year absence, the Yankees will play in October again. They clinched a berth when Oakland defeated Texas. Then the Yankees bounced back to beat the Angels after blowing a 5-0 lead. Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the third -- as did Jorge Posada -- and then hit the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth. Chad Gaudin, a stealth candidate to be in the playoff rotation, started strong but couldn't finish the fifth inning. Alfredo Aceves and Phil Hughes combined to blow the lead, but Mariano Rivera held the one-run margin in the ninth. The Yankees didn't pop any Champagne or do anything crazy. They're saving that for a division title. The magic number for that is six. The Yankees are six up with 10 games left -- the Red Sox have 12. The teams play three times in the Bronx this weekend.
• Braves 3, Mets 1: Only 10 games left. That's right, only 10. Nelson Figueroa pitched seven innings of two-run ball but got zero help from the "bats" in the Mets' lineup. The No. 3-6 hitters went 1-for-15. Brian Schneider got two hits, doubling his total for the season. Luis Castillo put the Mets on the board first with an RBI single in the third, but Figueroa gave up both his runs in the top of the fourth. Mike Pelfrey faces Tim Hudson as the Mets close out their penultimate homestand on Wednesday night.
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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 ›

• Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 2: The Yankees swept the Rays in an eventful game in the Bronx. Things started with Joba Chamberlain struggling again in the first inning by giving up two runs, but Joba pitched a lot better after it appeared that Derek Jeter have him a bit of a pep talk. Jeter laid down a bunt to leadoff the game and beat it out for a hit. He had two more hits, tying him with Lou Gehrig, but the Yankees still trailed 2-0 in the eighth. But, A-Rod and Matsui got hits, Tampa made a huge error and Jorge Posada cleared the bases with a three-run pinch-hit blast. The Yankees chose to give Mariano the night off and the combination of Bruney and Coke finished things off in the ninth.
• Florida 6 Mets 3: Florida scored four in the first and never looked back. Daniel Murphy had a RBI double in the loss.
• US Open: Cinderella story Melanie Oudin fell in two sets to Caroline Wozniacki, seeded 9th, 6-2, 6-2. Others advancing to the semifinals were Yanina Wickmayer over Kateryna Bondarenko on the women's side, and Roger Federer over Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic over Fernando Verdasco.

Last night the Yankees kept their winning ways going up in The Bronx behind a couple of Bombers who are practically old timers at this point—Andy Pettite and Jorge Posada. The 37-year-old pitcher climbed to third on the team's all-time wins list with 189 (tied with Lefty Gomez) and his 38-year-old battery mate blasted a three-run homer in the first to provide Pettite with all the help he'd need to get the victory. more ›

• Yankees 9, Rangers 2: Could Red Sox fans actually be cheering for the Yankees? With the Yankees win and Boston's win, the Sox now lead the Rangers in the AL Wild Card by 2.5 games. The Yankees offense started to get going in the 2nd inning against Rangers starter Derek Holland, with Jorge Posada's three-run homer, his 17th of the season. Andy Pettitte, who hasn't lost since July 25th (he has 3 wins in the six-game stretch), pitched seven strong innings allowing only 2 runs. The Yankees added 5 more runs in the 7th inning to put the game well out of reach. With the win, they maintain their 6 game lead over the Red Sox in the AL East.

• Yankees 7 Toronto 5: The Yankees won another game with some late-inning heroics. Trailing 4-3 heading into the eighth, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada launched back-to-back homers to put New York on top 5-4. The Yankees added two more runs on singles from Melky Cabrera and Johnny Damon, which allowed them to turn a three-run lead over to Mariano Rivera in the ninth. Rivera pitched around a home run and a single before nailing down his 33rd save.

Yesterday, before their 13-6 win over the Red Sox, the Yankees honored boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Ali, in a motorized cart, circled the stadium as he was cheered by fans and as the scoreboard showed clips of his famous bouts. You can see video here. more ›

Yankees 13, Red Sox 6: It may have taken nine games for it to happen, but the Yankees finally beat the Red Sox this season. The Yankees had dropped eight straight to Boston before winning last night in The Bronx. It was the most lopsided start to the season series since 1933 when the Yankees won their first nine games against the Red Sox. The Yankees tagged Sox starter John Smoltz for 8 earned runs, 7 of which came in an 8 run 4th inning. Billy Traber didn't do much better in relief, giving up 5 more runs to the Yankees. Joba Chamberlain, shaky in his 5 innings of work, allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 7 walks. more ›

• Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5: Jorge Posada singled home Alex Rodriguez with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning, but the Yankees were left without starter Chien-Ming Wang, who left his start after 5 1/3 innings with what was later diagnosed as bursitis in his right shoulder. The Yankees won their second straight and ninth in 10 games. But Wang is headed to the disabled list, and the Yankees could call on the likes of Sergio Mitre to make a start Thursday in Minnesota. The bullpen could be taxed that day, but it appears up to the challenge. After David Robertson let in a run in the top of the sixth, the relievers slammed the door. Brian Bruney, Phil Hughes, Mariano Rivera and even Brett Tomko kept Toronto off the board.

Mariano Rivera achieved two big career milestones in Sunday’s 4-2 Yankees’ win. He got his 500th save, becoming only the second player to reach that mark and he got his first career RBI. more ›

• Yankees 5 Mets 0: Two games into the Subway Series at Citi Field it appears that the Yankees have no problems hitting in the spacious ballpark. Saturday they hit two more homers, Nick Swisher with a solo shot and Jorge Posada with a three-run bomb. A.J. Burnett took it from there, stifling the depleted Mets’ lineup. Burnett gave up only one hit in seven innings and struck out ten batters. Tim Redding matched him for a while, but ran into trouble in the sixth with Posada striking the big blow. Brian Bruney and David Robertson took it from there, pitching 1-2-3 innings and leaving the Mets with Alex Cora’s single as their only hit of the night.

• Yankees 3 Cleveland 1: The bugs were back in Cleveland, but this time it didn't bother the Yankees. Andy Pettitte didn't have much control, he walked five, but he only allowed one run over five innings. Pettitte's back locked up on him and he left the game, but Aceves and Mo pitched the last four innings to preserve the win. The victory puts the Yankees into first place for the first time this season and for the first time since the end of the 2006 season. Yesterday also marked the return of Jorge Posada, who went 2-3 in the game.
• Mets 2 Florida 1 (11 innings): It took awhile, but the Mets finally prevailed. Omir Santos proved the hero once again, bringing home Gary Sheffield from third with the winning run in the 11th. It was his second RBI for the game, as he hit his third homer of the season earlier in the game. Pedro Feliciano got the final out in the eleventh to earn the victory. After the game, the Mets announced that they traded catcher Ramon Castro to the White Sox for right-hand pitcher Lance Broadway, who will be assigned to triple-A. Castro's trade solves the Mets' catcher glut — Brian Schneider is being activated for Saturday.

• Mets 7, Phillies 4: Chan Ho Park isn't Cole Hamels, but a win against the Phillies is still a good win. Mike Pelfrey pitched 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball, Daniel Murphy (pictured) hit a two-run homer in the first and the Mets led from start to finish in this opener of a three-game set. David Wright, unfairly maligned for his start, got an RBI single in the fifth inning. Pedro Feliciano allowed one run in 1 2/3 innings of relief, but J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez closed the door. Oliver Perez gets the call in the second game of the series Saturday afternoon.
• Yankees 10, Angels 9: Neither team wanted to win this game. The Yankees blew a 4-0 lead and trailed, 9-4, entering the bottom of the eighth. But they put up a four-spot in that inning and got two more in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run, game-winning single by Jorge Posada. Ramiro Pena went 3-for-4 and Robinson Cano went 3-for-5. Andy Pettitte relinquished the four-run lead, and Jose Veras and Mark Melancon helped the Angels pad their lead. But Edwar Ramirez and Jonathan Albaladejo stopped the bleeding with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
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Maybe the local teams should have skipped breaking in their new ballparks with preseason exhibition games. After winning both of those unofficial affairs a couple weeks back, the Yankees today joined the Mets in earning a 0-1 home record in their opener. The Yankee bullpen burst apart at the seams today in a 10-2 loss to the Indians. more ›