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The Yankees know a thing or two about hexes, right? They know what it’s like to be Lucy, always with their hands on the ball, always in control . . . and always eager to pull it away. They know what it’s like to be the Globetrotters, toying with the Washington Generals for decades at a time.
They did this parlor trick on the Red Sox for 86 years, and it never got old. Sometimes, for kicks and giggles, they would even ratchet up the degree of difficulty: Let’s see . . . how’s about a gut-punch homer from Bucky Dent! How’s about plucking Aaron Boone out of the sky!
Based simply on numbers, you can make the case the Yankees look desperate here, calling up Andy Pettitte to start Sunday in the Bronx before he’s truly ready. But that’s a silly way of interpreting a decision they had to... more »
If a man can make walking with crutches look effortless, well, who else but Mariano Rivera? Here he was, practically gliding across the clubhouse on his new crutches, when he noticed everyone studying his every move. “I didn't... more »
You want to take something meaningful away from Andy Pettitte’s first time back on a major-league mound in a year and a half? Then you go right ahead. Go ahead and break down Pettitte’s 6⅓-inning, 94-pitch... more »
Alex Rodriguez has played in every game this season. Sometime this summer, maybe on an extra-humid afternoon or during the 20-games-in-20-days stretch the New York Yankees face in August, manager Joe Girardi will sit him.... more »
Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher likes to call Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon “the mad scientist,” and with good reason. When the two teams met, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on the opening weekend of the regular ... more »
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