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A-Rod Youngest Ever To Join 600 Home Run Club

Aug 5 2010 Posted in MLB by Ted Webb with View Comments

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Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run Wednesday, becoming the youngest player ever to join professional baseball’s elite “600 Home Run Club.” The club includes only six other members, the slugging titans of baseball, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr.

Rodriguez, 35, achieved the 600th career home run milestone during the first inning of the New York Yankees’ matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays. New York crushed Toronto 5-1 in the game at Yankee stadium. Rodriguez was already the youngest player to reach 500 career home runs, and became the youngest to hit 600, beating Babe Ruth’s record by over a year.

But A-Rod’s admittance that he took steroids between 2001-2003 before joining the Yankees may haunt him in any later hopes of getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame, The New York Times reports.

Photo by Googie Man via Wikimedia Commons. Alex Rodriguez sharing his thoughts on a called strike.


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Yankees Trump Indians 3-2, A-Rod Misses 600th

Jul 27 2010 Posted in MLB by Ted Webb with View Comments

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The New York Yankees trumped the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on Monday, with Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson hitting a two-run shot. Despite the win, Alex Rodriguez didn’t make his 600th home run. A-Rod currently stands at 599. If he hits 600 before his birthday Tuesday, he’ll be the seventh to reach that milestone in baseball, and the youngest at 35. He’s already the youngest player to reach 500 home runs. When he makes 600, he’ll join a very elite club that includes only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey, Jr.

Cleveland’s right-handed starting pitcher Jake Westbrook kept Rodriguez at bay, hitless in three at-bats. But Granderson connected with a two-run streak in the eighth inning, delighting the legions of Yankees fans in the crowd of over 27,000. The home run marked Granderson’s third in two days, following the two homers he hit Sunday against the Kansas City Royals.

Photo by Marianne O’Leary via Wikimedia Commons. Curtis Granderson, New York Yankees.


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Yankee Legend Yogi Berra Falls, Misses Old-Timers Day

Jul 17 2010 Posted in Featured News, MLB by Ted Webb with View Comments

Yogi BerraYankees legend Yogi Berra, 85, missed Saturday’s Old-Timers Day at Yankees Stadium after falling at the family home near Montclair, New Jersey. The Hall of Fame catcher had planned to link up with fellow members of the 1950s Yankees World Series winning team for the special day. Berra’s bruised, but doing OK after the fall, while resting, his family said through a statement released by the Yankees. The family noted Berra’s disappointed he couldn’t see all his friends at Old-Timers Day.

Berra, who’s among a record 10 World Series winners, played with the Yankees from 1946-63, later managing the team. He was born Lawrence Peter Berra in 1925, and picked up the nickname, “Yogi,” from a friend who said Berra resembled a Hindu holy man when he sat around with arms and legs crossed waiting to bat.

Berra’s fall is the latest episode in a difficult week for families associated with the Yankees, the team and fans. Owner George Steinbrenner and longtime announcer Bob Sheppard both died earlier this week. The Yankees have been paying tribute to both Steinbrenner, who turned the team into a billion dollar business enterprise, and Sheppard, who announced more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over a period of 56 years, including 22 pennant-winning seasons and 13 World Series championships.

Photo by Martyna Borkowski via Wikimedia Commons. Yogi Berra.


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George Steinbrenner Dead at 80

Jul 13 2010 Posted in MLB by Dan Evon with View Comments

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Early this morning, long time Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, suffered a massive heart attack. After being admitted to the hospital in critical condition, Steinbrenner passed away at age 80.

“It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He passed away this morning in Tampa, Fla., at age 80,” the family said in a statement.

“He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost he was devoted to his entire family — his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer Jessica and Hal; and all of his grandchildren.

“He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again.”

Steinbrenner had a heart attack early Tuesday morning and was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida. He passed away at 6:30 this morning.

ESPN reports that the flags at Steinbrenner field, the Yankees’ Spring training facility, were immediately lowered to half mast.


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Teixeira Grand Slam Gives Yanks Shutout Win

Jun 20 2010 Posted in MLB by James Johnson with View Comments

Mark TeixeiraCC Sabathia pitched 8 shut-out innings of baseball and Mark Teixeira helped seal the win with a Grand Slam during the Yanks 4-0 win over the Mets on Sunday afternoon.

Sabathia is now undefeated in 14 starts at Yankee Stadium and the win gives him his fourth in a row. Sabathia pitched himself out of trouble on several occasions with plenty of health from his defense including double plays in the fourth and seventh innings and a Brett Gardner leaping catch near the left-field wall in the fifth.

Teixeria’s grand slam came in the third inning after a Gardner single, a quick run by Derek Jeter on an infield hit and a Nick Swisher bunt to load the bases.

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New York Yankees: Lady Gaga Is Not Banned

Jun 20 2010 Posted in Featured News, Sports by Angie Rentmeester with View Comments

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Contrary to what reports are saying, singer Lady Gaga is still welcomed at Yankee Stadium, she just can’t go in the clubhouse, after a loss according to ESPN.

This afternoon New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman commented saying the singer wasn’t banned. “Celebrities aren’t banned. If Michael Jordan showed up here he would have access [to the clubhouse], but not after a loss.”

After the Yankees lost to the Mets on Friday, Lady Gaga made her way past security and into the Yankees’ clubhouse. Supposedly she met with some players. The media, who is allowed into the clubhouse 10 minutes after the final pitch, wasn’t let in.

“That was the wrong time and the wrong place,” Cashman said. “It’s been taken care of.” Cashman said that the incident wasn’t her fault.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi, however, doesn’t think that celebrities create distractions for his team. “Our guys know that when it’s time to play, it’s time to play, and they’re used to it,” he said.


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Yankees Pull Off Rare Feat, The Triple Play

Apr 23 2010 Posted in MLB by James Johnson with View Comments

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The Yankees couldn’t pull off a win last night against Oakland, but they did manage to wow the crowd with a single play, a 5-4-3 triple.

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Former MLB Pitcher Doc Gooden Charged With DUI, Hit and Run

Mar 24 2010 Posted in MLB by Robert Halprin with View Comments

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Former New York Mets and Yankees right-handed ace Dwight “Doc” Gooden was arrested after leaving the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey on Tuesday morning.  (more…)


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Tiger Woods' Doctor Being Investigated by the FBI

Dec 15 2009 Posted in U.S. News by Dave Liddle with View Comments

Tiger Woods is in the news again, still for all the wrong reasons. After news broke that Tiger and his wife were escaping on his $22 million yacht, news broke that his sketchy doctor is being investigated by the FBI.

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New York Yankees Parade Route. Come Out And Celebrate The World Series Champs

Nov 5 2009 Posted in MLB by James Johnson with View Comments

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The New York Yankees parade route for their world series win will follow a traditional path on Friday November 6th at 11AM. (more…)


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