Daily News Posts Yankees Sale Article Online

The New York Daily News has posted Phil Pepe's article on the sale of the Yankees, in 1973, on their website. Pretty cool. It was obvious, from his background, that Steinbrenner was the perfect man for Burke. For one thing, he had the money. Fo...

Heyman: Yanks Want to Sign Two of Sabathia, Burnett and Lowe

From Jon Heyman: The Yankees are said to want to sign two out of three starting pitchers they're coveting -- CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe. Sabathia is, of course, their No. 1 target. But Yankees players seem to love the idea of sign...

Yankee Stadium Closing Ceremonies Cancelled

Mark Feinsand of the Daily News reports that the Yankees have cancelled the stadium closing ceremonies, previously scheduled for November 9. Bryan Hoch of MLB.com has a statement from the club: "The Yankees were considering having a charitable ...

Mo's Surgery Goes As Expected

Today, Mo had surgery to clear calcification off of his right shoulder. Everything went as expected, according to Brian Cashman. "I spoke to Dr. Alchek and there were no surprises," Cashman told Peter Abraham. "Everything was as they thought it...

Video: Bucky Dent and Mike Torrez Have a Rematch on Mario Super Sluggers

Check out the video below, featuring Bucky Dent and Mike Torrez playing Mario Super Sluggers on the Nintendo Wii. Dent famously homered off of Torrez in the one game playoff between the Yankees and Red Sox after the 1978 season, giving the Yankees...

Davidoff: Jake Peavy Will Be Shopped

From Ken Davidoff: Whom would you rather have? CC Sabathia for six years and $150 million? Or Jake Peavy for four years and $63 million? The Padres, coming off a 63-99 season, will at least explore a Peavy trade, general manager Kevin Towers...

Top 10 Search Keywords for September 2008

Here are the top 10 search keywords that people used to find YanksBlog.com in the month of September: 1. Yankees Blog 2. Yankee Blogs 3. Yankees Village People 4. YanksBlog 5. Yankee Blog 6. Jason Giambi Mustache 7. Yankees Blogs 8. All ...

Catching Up with Kevin Maas

Joseph links to a nice piece on Kevin Maas by Anthony McCarron at the Daily News. "There was some good, some bad and some ugly," Maas says now about his career. "Like life. Should I have had a 10-year career, 20 or 30 homers a year? It is what ...

Mussina's Brother: "It’s Going to Be Hard to Walk Away"

Jim Baumbach of Newsday points to a blog post written by Mark Mussina, Mike Mussina's brother. In it, he says: Before I get to playoff match-ups, I want to say thank you for all the kind words regarding Mike’s season, and that I really don’t kn...

Rivera Surgery Scheduled for Tuesday

MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Mo will have surgery on Tuesday to remove calcification above the AC joint in his right shoulder.

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