In a stunner, the United States actually lost a game in pool play during the World Baseball Classic. Yesterday, they lost to their friendly neighbors to the north, 8-6. If you're thinking to yourselves, "Canada? Who the hell do they have?" Gothamist can say that we're right there with you. The "big" names on Team Canada include: Erik Bedard, Paul Quantrill, Chris Reitsma, Corey Koskie, Jason Bay, and Matt Stairs. Canada all but conceded the......

It was a season of lows and highs from an 11-19 start to 95 wins and a playoff spot the Yankees gave their fans a story with many twists and turns in 2005. There was the emergence of Robinson Cano and Chien-Ming Wang and the painful decline of Bernie Williams. In the end, the Yankees couldn’t keep the momentum they had built in September going and fell to the Angels in five games. The......

The Yankees got younger on Thursday, but did they get any better? After organizational meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Yankees made their first changes, cutting ties with relievers, Paul Quantrill and Mike Stanton. Both were designated for assignment meaning the Yankees have ten days to trade or release them. Jason Anderson, a former Yankee prospect who was traded to the Mets for Armando Benitez and Wayne Franklin, a 31-year-old lefty specialist, will take their......

The Yankees put on an offensive display Tuesday night, socking six home runs on route to a 12-3 victory over the Tigers. Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada both homered twice and Gary Sheffield and Robinson Cano also went deep. Mike Mussina contributed seven scoreless innings to get his fifth win of the season. What seemed like a routine victory changed in the bottom of the seventh when Tigers’ pitcher, Franklyn German, hit Alex Rodriguez. It......

The Yankees beat Tampa Bay 6-2 Monday Night, but that was only a prelude to the real story; the complete shake up of the current team. Reliever, Steve Karsay, was designated for assignment and Bernie Williams has been made a designated hitter because of a sore elbow. Second baseman, Tony Womack will now be the new leftfielder with Hideki Matsui taking over in center and rookie, Robinson Cano, will now start at second. Last, but......

Yankee fans had high hopes that May would be a kinder month to them than April was. Based on one game, they better readjust their expectations. The Yankees lost to Toronto 8-6 on Sunday, dropping their third consecutive series and finishing their nine game homestand with a record of 3-6. In many ways, Sunday’s game was a microcosm of the season to date. When the Yankees get good pitching, they can’t seem to hit; when......

It was bound to happen, no? After the trouncing they received on Saturday night, it's a wonder that the Red Sox could even win a game in the AL Championship Series, but that's what they managed to do last night in 12 innings. The Sox won last night, or this morning, on a game winning two-run homer by David Ortiz off of Paul Quantrill. The game finally ended at 1:23, more than five hours after......

The Yankees took three games over the weekend from a struggling Toronto team to increase their record to 71-39 overall and expand their lead over the Red Sox to 10.5 games. In the first three games of the four game series the Yankees outscored Toronto 25-6. Friday 11-4, Saturday 6-0 and Sunday 8-2 In Friday's 11-4 win over the Blue Jays, Javier Vasquez came out of the box a bit slow and gave up......

When Jason Giambi first came to New York, he struggled through April and then in dramatic fashion hit a Grand Slam in the rain against Minnesota in May to win the game. When Matsui came to New York, on opening day it launched a 5th inning grand slam to give the Yankees the 7-3 win. It is August and Alex Rodriguez has yet to have that moment, until last night that is. Alex Rodriguez hit......

No matter how bad the Yankees pitching is, or will be, I take solace in the fact that we will NEVER have to run Pat Hentgen out on the mound. Last night was a perfect example of horrible pitching. Unfortunately, Javier Vazquez was once again only mediocre in his performance. On this night though it was good enough to beat the Blue Jays 10-3. Hentgen lasted only two and two-thirds innings, giving up eight earned......

The Yankees entered the four game series in Detroit on Thursday with a spectacular performance by Jose Contreras and Mariano Rivera. The pitching problems were solved right? Not even close. Mike Mussina is now on the DL and will miss at least three starts. Kevin Brown is still not off the DL and Randy Johnson is still pitching in Arizona. Pitching was the reason the Yanks split (2-2) with the Tigers this weekend. Friday......

If your favorite team was 55-31, 7 games ahead in their division and had the best record in baseball, would you be worried? Or would you be enjoying a great season? That is the huge difference between the Yankee fan and the rest of the baseball world. Yankees fans are worried, even though right now they are the best team in baseball. If you break the Yankees into three parts, you will find two......

The Yankes got exactly what they needed last night from Jose Contreras. Contreras pitched six and two-thirds of three hit, one earned run innings. The Yankees beat Tampa Bay 7-1 and maintained their 6 game lead over the Boston Red Sox. Pitching was the key to the Yankee win last night. After Contreras left the game, Paul Quantrill (who is on pace to pitch in every Yankee game this season) pitch 2/3 of an inning......

Yesterday, the Yankees finally beat the Red Sox at Fenway, taking the 3rd game of the four game series, 7-3 (box score). Paul Quantrill got the win, after bailing out starter Jose Contreras in the third inning. A well rested Derek Lowe got the loss, giving up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. Despite the victory, one has to wonder if it was the Yankees that performed well, or if it was the pitching......