There are many ways to think about a lineup, but there is one inarguable concept when constructing a batting order: You want your best hitters to bat most frequently. So why does Derek Jeter continue to hit in one of the top two spots in the order? The...
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column in which Alex Rodriguez said he does not believe his calf injury was about age and that he expects to be his regular self the rest of this season and for seasons to come despite turning 35 in July. The truth is...
It helped get struggling Curtis Granderson on track. Why not try it with Derek Jeter? The Yankees captain went into last night wallowing in one of the worst slumps, and seasons, of his career. But hitting coach Kevin Long isn’t convinced the shortstop...
From the time they met, Jorge and Laura Posada would seem to have a charmed life. She was his dark-haired enamorada, an attorney and sometime model and actress from his native Puerto Rico. He was an up-and-coming major league baseball player,...
TORONTO -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that if he had to start Derek Jeter in last night's 3-2 loss to the Blue Jays, he could have. However, Girardi also said Jeter has had some trouble slowing down when he runs the bases due to a leg problem the...
Yankees captain Derek Jeter put his huge, New York bachelor-pad penthouse apartment near the United Nations on the market with a whopping $20 million asking price Wednesday, according to a listing on the Trump Sales and Leasing's website. The superstar...
By Kevin Clark Brian Roberts's seventh-inning RBI single was enough to ruin an otherwise positive day for the Yankees in their 4-3 loss to the Orioles in the Bronx on Monday afternoon.On the day that Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run since his stint...
Marcus Thames launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Saturday to set a season high with their eighth straight victory. Robinson Cano had a two-run single and New York, still missing...
Before this season, it would have in some parts of the city been controversial to suggest that Derek Jeter is but a man, as prone to age and frailty as anyone else. With three-quarters of the 2010 season in the books and the Captain at career lows in...
By Brian Costa TORONTO -- He has grown up in the shadows of the some of baseball's biggest stars, leaning on them, learning from them. But as he looks around the Yankees' clubhouse now, Robinson Cano can sense things have changed.Alex Rodriguez is...
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Defensive metrics suggest that Derek Jeter's playing a better shortstop the last couple of years than he did before. (Getty Images) There have been worse years for Hall of Famers* — as you will see below — but perhaps the most famous terrible Hall of...
ESPNNewYork.com's Robin Lundberg takes to the streets to find out what Yankees fans think of Derek Jeter's struggles at the plate.Tags: ESPNNewYork.com's Robin Lundberg takes to the streets to find out what Yankees fans think of Derek Jeter's struggles...
tool goes here Yankees manager Joe Girardi says he has a number in mind, and it's not 1908. New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi talks with reporters before a baseball game between the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in...
The way they’ve fared against the Blue Jays this season, the New York Yankees will hope to have a little cushion in the playoff race before returning to Toronto in late September. Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill homered and Toronto held on when Curtis...
