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Last Night's Action: Split Decisions

    

The Yankees and Mets found a fairly unique way to celebrate the closing of their respective stadiums Saturday, doubleheaders for both teams at home. It has happened twice before in 1997 and 1982 with the Yankees splitting both times and the Mets splitting once and being swept once. Saturday’s results fell along historical precedents. more ›

Last Night's Action: Stopping the Skid

Last Night's Action: Stopping the Skid

  • Fire 1, Red Bulls 0: A first half goal was all the Fire needed against the Red Bulls. It was New York's first loss in their last seven games. Despite the loss, the Red Bulls still hold onto their spot in the race to the playoffs. more ›

  • Last Night's Action: A Good Start

    Last Night's Action: A Good Start

  • Out in Flushing, the Williams sisters easily advanced to the quarterfinals where they will face-off against each other. Also advancing in straight-sets in the women's draw were Flavia Pennetta and Dinara Safina. In the men's draw, top-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated American Sam Querrey in four sets and will face Mardy Fish, another American in the quarters. Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro, a 19-year-old Argentinian on a 23-match win streak, also advanced. more ›

  • Last Night's Action: Now That's Much Better

    Last Night's Action: Now That's Much Better

  • Red Sox 11, Yankees 3: At least the Yankees aren't going to keep people in suspense. Sidney Ponson allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings. Jose Veras gave up five in 1/3 of a frame. The Yankees are seven back of the Red Sox, who will play their final game in Yankee Stadium on Thursday. No need to give the "unless they meet in the postseason" caveat anymore.
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    Last Night's Action: Moving the Wrong Way

    Last Night's Action: Moving the Wrong Way

  • Pirates 7, Mets 5: Blowing a lead is one thing. But doing it against the Pirates, who had Luis Rivas hitting second, Doug Mientkiewicz hitting third (!) and Chris Gomez hitting eighth just makes it more embarrassing. Pedro Martinez realized he was facing the Bucs and only allowed one run in six innings. But Joe Smith, Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman (of course) and Scott Schoeneweis all pitched in to blow it. The good news? Robinson Cancel hit his first career homer. Now the Mets hit the road to Washington and Pittsburgh. They are two games out of first place.
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    Last Night's Action: Missed Opportunities

    Last Night's Action: Missed Opportunities

  • Angels 1, Yankees 0: The Yankees were lucky enough to get a great start from Sidney Ponson -- seven scoreless innings. But Mariano Rivera gave up the game's only run in the ninth to send his team to its second straight loss and its fifth in sixth games. The bats couldn't solve Ervin Santana. Los Angeles of Anaheim stays in town for two more days, and the Yankees head to Southern California next weekend. They may want to figure out how to beat the Halos.
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    Last Night's Action: Getting Adjusted

    Last Night's Action: Getting Adjusted

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    • Angels 12, Yankees 6: Ivan Rodriguez got cheered on his way up to his first at-bat. Then he struck out, and surprisingly got booed on the way back. The real boos should have been for his handling of starter Andy Petttitte, who had trouble getting on the same page with his catcher all night. The lefty allowed two three-run homers in the third inning, and the rout was on. Xavier Nady did homer and the Yankees helped their run differential by scoring three in the ninth inning, but that doesn't matter in the long run. The Angels own the Yankees, and, now that everyone considers the team from Los Angeles of Anaheim the best one in baseball, New York has the misfortune of playing it nine more times. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Finishing What He Started

    Last Night's Action: Finishing What He Started

  • Boston 9 New York 2: You knew this was coming. After winning the first two games of the series, the Yankees sent Sidney Ponson to the mound to try and complete the sweep. The result was predictable as Ponson got shelled, but the Yankees also didn’t capitalize on their own opportunities, stranding runners when they could have climbed out of a 7-0 hole. Will New York now pull the trigger on a Jarrod Washburn trade?

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    Last Night's Action: Movin' On Up

    Last Night's Action: Movin' On Up

    • Yankees 10, Red Sox 3: Fenway Park is allegedly a hitter's haven, but the Red Sox haven't enjoyed it much the past few days. That's because the Yankees' pitchers have been stingy. Don't look now, but the Yankees are only one game worse than the Red Sox in the American League East. Andy Pettitte surrendered a homer to J.D. Drew in the sixth inning. That's the only earned run the Red Sox have in this series so far. (They scored two unearned runs in the first after an error by Alex Rodriguez.) more ›

    Last Night's Action: The Yankees Win!

    Last Night's Action: The Yankees Win!

    2008_07_robcano.jpgOn a day when Jorge Posada went back on the DL and the news was almost as bad about Hideki Matsui, it was a good sign that the Yankees banged out 16 hits in a 12-4 victory Monday night. Posada will probably be unable to catch for the rest of the season at best and is more likely gone for the year. Matsui is rejecting the advice of doctors and trying one last time to rehab a knee that needs surgery. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Yanks Pull Rip Van Winkle

    Last Night's Action: Yanks Pull Rip Van Winkle

    Sidney Ponson, who will soon be forgotten himself, made a start that will be forgotten. That's thanks in part to his ineffectiveness but mostly to the Yanks' offensive explosion spearheaded by Jason Giambi (grand slam, six RBIs) and Alex Rodriguez (homer, three RBIs, four runs scored). Every Yankees starter had a hit. That includes Brett Gardner, who could be the new center fielder if Melky Cabrera continues his sour play. Ponson, picked up as a stopgap measure, was barely decent -- but fully clothed -- until the sixth inning, when he allowed a pair of two-run home runs. But then the Yankees exploded for a nine-run seventh. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Split Decision

    Last Night's Action: Split Decision

    Eight hours of baseball in two different stadiums ended with both the Mets and Yankees scoring 15 runs and earning a split of their doubleheader. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Pavano Steps Up

    Last Night's Action: Pavano Steps Up

  • Pistons 91, Knicks 83: What better way to prepare for giving up a lottery pick than to play the best team in the Eastern Conference? As the Knicks play out the string -- they're all but eliminated from the playoff chase -- they got solid performance from Eddy Curry and Nate Robinson. But the price for Curry will be a high pick in this year's draft, which the Knicks will swap with Chicago as part of the deal that brought the big man to New York. Was he worth it? Depends on the Ping-Pong balls.

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    Last Night's Action: Yanks sweep, Mets win one, too

    Last Night's Action: Yanks sweep, Mets win one, too

    -Yankees 12, Red Sox 4, Yankees 14, Red Sox 11 : In a long day of baseball at Fenway Park -- including the longest nine-inning game ever -- the Yankees came away with a sweep of the doubleheader to start their five-game series in Boston. Each team started a pitcher Friday that has no business on Major League contender: Jason Johnson for the Red Sox (who was designated for assignment after the opener) and Sidney Ponson for the Yankees (who should be designated for assignment after the nightcap). In case people haven't noticed, these teams haven't gotten to where they are with deep rotations, and the Yankees' lineup is better than that of the Red Sox. With this result, the Yankees can feel good if they win one of the remaining three games. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Walking Before Running

    Last Night's Action: Walking Before Running

    -Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1: Bobby Abreu's walk set up a bases-clearing tiebreaking double by Bernie Williams, and the Yankees won the opener against Toronto. Abreu didn't have a hit in his three at-bats, but his patience fits in with the rest of the Yankees lineup and will be an asset for the team, even if he doesn't hit for power. Jaret Wright gave a typical performance. He lasted only five innings and kept the Yankees in the game. It's not worth the $7 million a year he's making, but it's betterr than Sidney Ponson. more ›

    The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs:  Feeding Tree

    The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs: Feeding Tree

    If you head to the south Bronx to take in a Yankee game this season, you very well might find names like Sal Fasano, Nick Green, and Aaron Guiel in the lineup. Injury-plagued is hardly a strong enough phrase for this season’s club. Who’s that pitching? Oh, that’s Sidney Ponson, the guy who punched a judge on the beach in Aruba and had an earned run average well over 5 in the National League before the Yankees signed him. On in relief last week? Kris Wilson who wasn’t good enough to stay with the Kansas City Royals. more ›

    Last Night’s Action: The Locals Lose

    Last Night’s Action: The Locals Lose

    -Toronto 13 Yankees 5: Sidney Ponson showed why the Cardinals released him and Kris Wilson showed why the Royals released him. Together, the two of them gave up ten runs in four innings and the New York bats couldn’t make up the difference. A-Rod went 0-4, continuing his streak of looking clueless at the plate. Vernon Wells hit two home runs to power the Blue Jays. more ›

    Mets and Yankees at Midseason

    Mets and Yankees at Midseason

    As the Mets commence with the second-half of their season, they have a twelve-game lead in the division and barring a miracle, should coast into the playoffs. That doesn’t mean that they can just sit back and wait until October. In order to contend in the fall, New York will need to make sure that Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine are rested and ready to go. If that means keeping Pedro on the DL indefinitely and skipping some of Glavine’s starts, so be it. more ›

    Yanks Put Ugly Game Behind Them, Win Series

    Yanks Put Ugly Game Behind Them, Win Series

    It was the worst loss in the history of Baseball. Let that sink in. In over 100 years of baseball there has never been a loss as bad as the one the Yankees suffered from the hands of the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. 22-0. It was the low point of the Yankee season. But, it only counted as one game in the standings. The next day the Yankees put it behind them and came out with a 5-4 win and then clinched the series with a 9-1 win last night. more ›

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