New York Yankees Events

Johnny Pesky covered his face with his hands, not quite hiding his moist eyes. He stood behind home plate at Fenway Park, looking out to right field through the raindrops, just beyond and...

BALTIMORE - One hundred and sixty-one million for that? CC Sabathia has seven years to make good on his record-breaking contract, but the ace bombed Monday in his Yankees debut. Sabath...

BALTIMORE - The Yankees' new ace flopped on Opening Day. Now it's up to their old one to pick up the pieces. Chien-Ming Wang returns to the mound Wednesday at Camden Yards, nearly 10 m...

BALTIMORE - After committing nearly a half-billion dollars to four new players despite a dismal economy this winter, the Yankees finally saw a return on their investment Thursday. Newc...

KANSAS CITY - When the Yankees' bullpen was hit for four runs in the eighth inning on Opening Day, some observers questioned just how good this group of relievers actually was. If the ...

KANSAS CITY - It wasn't a very happy birthday for Mark Teixeira, who spent his 29th sitting on the bench for the first time this season. Teixeira was scratched from the lineup about an...

KANSAS CITY - The irony wasn't lost on Joba Chamberlain after he watched his bullpen fall apart Sunday in the eighth inning, the very frame he dominated before joining the starting rotati...

ST. PETERSBURG - Not that anyone doubts the Rays are the real deal. But for a Yankee team that is trying to reestablish its dominance in the American League East, getting smacked around l...

A.J. Burnett says it's just a matter of time. The day is coming, Burnett said, when Yankees pitchers will pitch on the same night Yankees hitters will hit. Everyone will be on the same pa...

ST. PETERSBURG - With the Yankees set to author the next chapter in the franchise's rich history today in the Bronx, it was only appropriate that the most prominent figure from the last o...

September's Yankee Stadium finale played out like a sappy Hollywood story, the Bombers walking off their home field for the final time as winners in front of an emotional crowd. Thursd...

Joba Chamberlain added fuel to the never-ending debate about his role on the Yankees' pitching staff Friday, giving up a career-high five runs before the bullpen shut down the Indians and...

There are people who inexplicably pay $2,600 a pop to watch the Cleveland Indians play baseball in the Bronx. And for those crazies who didn't reach their cushioned Legends seats yesterda...

As soon as the mad scramble for the ball at the right-field fence had ended, Joe Girardi dashed down the dugout steps to the video room to watch a replay of Jorge Posada's seventh-inning ...

Coming into the season, it seemed like the biggest hurdle facing center fielder Brett Gardner, besides having to prove he could hit big-league pitching, was how the Bleacher Creatures wou...

It was the first perfect night for baseball this spring, created by Red Sox ownership for just such a scenario, as Tom Werner joked before the game. There was no rain, there was plenty of...

Jason Bay belted a game-tying two-run homer to center field in the ninth inning, and then Kevin Youkilis sent Red Sox Nation home happy with a walk-off solo homer onto Lansdowne Street in...

Walking Jason Bay intentionally seemed to make sense for the Yankees. He had: 1) tied Friday's game with a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning; 2) hit an RBI single for the Re...

A six-run deficit in the fourth inning and a one-run hole in the seventh couldn't discourage the Red Sox, who set a franchise record for April with their ninth straight win behind Jason V...

The plate beckoned. Jacoby Ellsbury, creeping farther off third base as Andy Pettitte delivered his second pitch to J.D. Drew, saw the situation clearly. The pitcher was throwing from the...

Finding new ways to win, the Red Sox shoved the Yankees out of Boston with their 10th consecutive win thanks in part to Jacoby Ellsbury's straight steal of home, the first such play by a ...

DETROIT - With the frenetic atmosphere of Fenway Park in the rearview mirror following their weekend sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, the Yankees were hoping to find their groove Monday...

DETROIT - The debate may never go away, but Joba Chamberlain showed the world Wednesday night that the Yankees may know what they are doing after all. Chamberlain dominated the Tigers ...

When the season began for the Yankees, Melky Cabrera wasn't even starting. Now he's starting to show why he belongs in the everyday lineup. Cabrera, who closed out the last home stand ...

All it took was a dramatic ninth-inning rally to make the Yankees' new home sound like their old one. After blowing a four-run lead in the middle of the game and falling behind by five...

After he endured a wretched April that saw him hit .200, the season's second month couldn't get here fast enough for Mark Teixeira, the Yankees' $180 million man. But though May is just t...

Red Sox - 111 100 200 - 6 11 0 Yankees - 000 030 010 - 4 9 2 The Red Sox constructed a picket fence against Hughes (4-7-4-4-2, 94) and Jason Bay added a two-run dong off the left f...

NEW YORK - With the rain pouring down and putting the night's firsts in jeopardy, the Red Sox took note of the plush contents of the new Yankee Stadium. They were wowed by the amenities, ...

NEW YORK - The count was 2-and-0 to Ramiro Pena in the sixth inning, the rain falling steadily. Runners were on second and third with the Red Sox leading by a run and just one out. Any mi...

Red Sox - 400 000 021 - 7 8 1 Yankees - 003 000 000 - 3 10 1 The first five Red Sox batters hit safely against Chamberlain -- Ellsbury single (and stolen base), Pedroia single, Ort...

Mark Teixeira was almost a hero. Unfortunately, almost doesn't count in the Bronx. The Yankees' $180 million man woke up the lifeless Yankees with a game-tying, three-run double in the...

Alex Rodriguez and his surgically-repaired hip will rejoin the Yankees Friday night in Baltimore and, while there figures to be intense scrutiny on A-Rod, the Yanks are hoping he jolts th...

BALTIMORE - His first start up from the minors was dazzling enough to make you think Phil Hughes was still the can't-miss kid, just a couple of years later than expected. His second st...

BALTIMORE - Johnny Damon is still taking treatment for his left shoulder, which he hurt when he slammed into the wall in Boston last month. In fact the Yankees' 35-year-old left fielder s...

TORONTO - For three years, A.J. Burnett savored every opportunity to watch Roy Halladay work, soaking in whatever he could from the Blue Jays' ace. Burnett had a prime seat for Hallada...

TORONTO - Out with the old, in with the new for the Yankees ... at least for one night. With Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui on the bench nursing minor injuries, Joe Girardi had to get c...

TORONTO - Alex Rodriguez will get his first look at the ballpark he'll call home for the next nine years, making his debut Friday night at the new Yankee Stadium. It will be A-Rod's fi...

In the end, it wasn't the hero moment that Alex Rodriguez may have craved on his first night at the new Yankee Stadium, but it sure felt like a new beginning for a guy still trying to win...

Joba Chamberlain did not have time to think before Saturday's game. And that was a good thing. After seeing him struggle to start games this season, the Yankees tweaked Chamberlain's p...

These last-chance victories - and whipped-cream pies to the face from A.J. Burnett - quickly have become old hat at the new Yankee Stadium. So much so that the last three days heretofo...

When Mark Teixeira and the Yankees broke out for six runs in the first inning Monday night, it seemed as if they would finally be able to enjoy a drama-free win after three consecutive vi...

CC Sabathia delivered another spectacular performance Tuesday night for the Yankees, who finally returned the favor with some much-deserved run support for their ace. Sabathia tossed s...

The Yankess have been partying for more than a week, bashing balls left and right during their season-best winning streak. But Nick Swisher - perhaps the most infectious personality insid...

When Nick Swisher saw Joba Chamberlain get drilled by a line drive in the first inning Thursday night, he thought the Yankees' luck had finally run out. "I was thinking, 'Wow, that's n...

When the Phillies rolled into the Bronx Friday night, there were three things on their To-Do List: Check out the new Yankee Stadium, use batting practice to learn more about the home run ...

A.J. Burnett didn't play in Saturday's game, but he delivered the exclamation point, splattering whipped-cream pies in the faces of both Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano after the two comb...

Brad Lidge began the year as the best closer in baseball, the closest thing you'd find to a guaranteed win following a perfect 2008 season in which he converted all of his 48 save opportu...

ARLINGTON - Someone forgot to tell Phil Hughes this is a hitter's park. The 22-year-old dominated the first-place Rangers with eight shutout innings Monday, leading the Yankees to an e...

ARLINGTON, Tex. – Things didn't go well for Joba Chamberlain in the first inning Tuesday night against the Rangers. Then again, not much went well for the Yankees the rest of the night, e...