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The IRS sued Hal Steinbrenner
The IRS has sued Hal Steinbrenner and his wife, seeking $670,000 back in a refund that the feds now claim was given erroneously. You can read about all the details here. That’s less than the Yankees...
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Boone Logan, Yankees avoid arbitration with one-year deal
Boone Logan and the Yankees won’t be going through with an arbitration hearing, instead agreeing to a one-year, $1.875 million contract. Logan submitted a $2.1 million figure while the Yankees...
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Yankees to fill Okajima void with Clay Rapada
The Yankees were on the hunt for another lefty relief candidate after Hideki Okajima failed his physical and apparently have found one in veteran Clay Rapada, says MLB.com. Rapada, who turns 31 next...
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Springtime Storylines: Are the Yankees the best team in baseball?
Between now and Opening Day, HardballTalk will take a look at each of baseball’s 30 teams, asking the key questions, the not-so-key questions, and generally breaking down their chances for the 2012...
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The Orioles finally lose a one-run game while the Rays finally win one
We’ve heard a lot recently about the Orioles’ success in one-run games and the Rays’ inability to win one. Well, their fortunes finally reversed today. We’ll start with the Orioles. They entered the...
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Red Sox play spoiler; Yankees, Orioles tied again
Boston’s two remaining stars did their thing Tuesday, and the AL East is again all knotted at the top. With the Orioles having already topped the Rays 9-2, the Red Sox got a game-winning single from...
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Ichiro Suzuki treats his bats “like a rock musician with a guitar”
Ichiro Suzuki is hitting again with a .328 batting average and .831 OPS since joining the Yankees, but even while struggling with the Mariners he never took it out on his bats. In fact, as David...
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Raul Ibanez homers again, this time a walkoff, as Yankees win Game 3 of ALDS...
Raul Ibanez is your latest Yankees playoff hero. The 40-year-old hit a pinch-hit game-tying solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning, then launched another solo homer in the bottom of the 12th as...
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Scott Boras really thinks the Yankees should sign Rafael Soriano
Scott Boras, you will not be surprised to hear, believes that the Yankees should sign Rafael Soriano. From Jon Paul Morosi’s latest: “If the Yankees didn’t sign Soriano, they wouldn’t have won the AL...
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Arbitration avoidance roundup: Loose ends
By noon we’d already done a dozen posts about players and teams avoiding arbitration ahead of today’s deadline, so something had to give. We’ll keep posting the more noteworthy cases, but here’s a...
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Clay Rapada expected to begin season on disabled list
Clay Rapada, who was very effective as a situational left-hander for the Yankees last year, is expected to begin the season on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. Rapada latched on with the...
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Prince Fielder powers Tigers past Yankees
Prince Fielder saw to it that the Tigers didn’t need a closer today. Fielder hit a three-run homer off Boone Logan in the fifth to give the Tigers the lead and added a two-run blast for insurance in...
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And That Happened: Sunday’s scores and highlights
Cardinals 10, Brewers 1: The four-game sweep of the Brewers. Four RBI for Allen Craig. That’s six straight wins for the Cards, who are in their customary first place position in rather quiet fashion....
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Hapless Marlins sweep Haplesser Mets
The Mets had Matt Harvey on the mound today and they got three homers for the offense. That should be a sure recipe to snap a little two-game losing streak, right? No, not even close. The Mets blew a...
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And That Happened: Sunday’s scores and highlights
Mets 8, Phillies 0: Matt Harvey blanks the Phillies on two hits for six innings and David Wright went 4 for 5 with two doubles, a triple and a homer. I know the Mets have problems, but man, when it...
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Yankees win, A-Rod disappoints in home debut
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez went 0-for-4 in his season debut at Yankee Stadium and closer Mariano Rivera blew his second save in a row, but the Yankees won anyway thanks to a Brett Gardner...
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Chris Nelson powers Angels to victory with eighth-inning grand slam
Chris Nelson hit two home runs and drove in five, proving to be the difference as the Angels defeated the Yankees this afternoon. Nelson took Yankees starter Phil Hughes deep for a solo shot to...
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Yankees’ bullpen implodes, allows nine runs in the seventh and eighth innings...
Last night, Mariano Rivera surrendered a game-tying RBI single to Stephen Drew with two outs in the ninth. Joba Chamberlain then allowed what became a game-winning RBI single to Shane Victorino in the...
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Red Sox wrecking crew does it again, beats Yanks 13-9
The Yankees have scored 25 runs the last three days, with no victories to show for it. That’s because the Red Sox bashed their way to another win Saturday, hitting four homers in a 13-9 game. They’ve...
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Boone Logan takes sore elbow to Dr. James Andrews
After making 204 appearances in the past three seasons, including a league-high 80 appearances last year, Yankees reliever Boone Logan‘s left elbow may have had enough. Logan hasn’t pitched for two...
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