MLB Power Rankings: Jays remain No. 1
The best one-through-nine lineup in the majors has scored 15 more runs than anyone else, and Toronto's 22-year-old lefthander Brett Cecil has gotten off to a dazzling start with two excellent performances.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Mets steal seven bases in 7-4 win over Giants
David Wright hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and finished with four of the franchise-record seven stolen bases, leading the Mets to a 7-4 victory over the Giants on Thursday night.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Delgado, Putz out; Jose sits
Carlos Delgado and J.J. Putz could be headed for surgeries, although both hope to play the rest of the season before even considering procedures.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Harper: Mets at crossroads with Reyes
The myth the Mets have tried to sell everyone the last couple of years is that Jose Reyes is still young, that he'll stop making bonehead plays when he matures as a major leaguer. Only it's faulty logic any way you want to dissect it.div...
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Bondy: Bombers don't feel at home in House
The Yankees come home tonight to their new Stadium, after a road trip that ended with another CC Sabathia gem and considerable promise. More than anything, what they need to do now is remember how to win in the South Bronx.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
A-Rod eager for Stadium debut
Alex Rodriguez will get his first look at the ballpark he'll call home for the next nine years, making his debut Friday night at the new Yankee Stadium.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
News gets fans closer to Yank BP
The average fan may still not be able to afford the better seats at Yankee Stadium, but at least he'll be able to get close to the field during batting practice.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Santana is just latest ace who doesn't get help
Don Drysdale a day attending to personal business, away from his teammates, so he did not know that Sandy Koufax had pitched a no-hitter until he turned on a TV newscast. Drysdale's initial reaction, the story goes, went something like this: "Did he...
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Former Yankee Leyritz threatens to kill himself
Jim Leyritz, the 1996 Yankee World Series star awaiting trial for killing a woman in a drunken-driving car crash, checked himself into a psych ward after threatening suicide.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Raissman: Bombers' brass gets an 'F' in PR
Was it the height of arrogance, or just stupidity, for Lonn Trost and his designated memorabilia flunky to publicly announce Tuesday a plan to sell off pieces of the old Stadium?div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
CC, Yankees rally past Blue Jays 3-2
CC Sabathia pitched eight strong innings as the Yankeees rallied for a 3-2 victory over the first-place Blue Jays on Thursday night. Hideki Matsui belted the game-winning home run in the eighth inning, and Mariano Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.div...
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Baseball | Friday May 15
The Conference Final Match-Ups
We'll get to predictions later. First, here's a little historical perspective on the teams remaining in the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Between the four of them, they cover a broad range...
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Hockey | Friday May 15
Feds question associate of Canseco, Clemens
Federal agents recently questioned a longtime associate of Jose Canseco and Roger Clemens as the Justice Department continues its investigation into whether the seven-time Cy Young Award winner lied when he testified under oath.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Friday May 15
Rocket taking steroid denials to the people
Widely criticized for repeating his steroid denials on ESPN Radio in response to the release of the book "American Icon," Roger Clemens sent an e-mail on Wednesday to Houstonist, offering to field questions from readers of the Web site.div...
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Teixeira springs ahead from slump with pair of hits
Mark Teixeira entered Wednesday night's game with a .191 average, including .179 with runners in scoring position. His two hits raised that average to .202, lifting him above the Mendoza line.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
New evidence in Lidle plane crash
Experts hired by the family of late Yankee pitcher Corey Lidle said his plane crashed into a Manhattan high-rise in 2006 as pilots tried desperately to overcome a jam in the flight control system.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Mets raise all-day rate for parking lot near Citi Field
It's a not-so-Amazin' early bird special. Commuters who park in a lot near Citi Field are fuming after the Mets hiked the all-day rate from $4 to $18 for drivers who pull in after 3 a.m. on days of big games - even though the action doesn't start for...
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
For J.J., 8th not enough
J.J. Putz, who registered low-90s on the Citi Field radar gun, allowed one run in the eighth inning of a tie game Wednesday, marking the fourth time in his last six appearances he had been scored upon.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Side remains sore spot, Jeter misses 2nd game
Derek Jeter remained on the bench Wednesday for a second straight game with a sore right oblique muscle. Jeter has been battling soreness since last week, and was not allowed to swing a bat Wednesday but he took grounders.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Madden: Jerry's team manages to disappoint
Ordinarily, a 6-2 home stand would be something for a team and its fans to feel good about. So how come, in the Mets' case, it merely left us once again scratching our heads? What gives with this team? So many questions.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Andy, Yankee kids more than all right
Brett Gardner's two-run home run sparked a five-run second inning, propelling the Yankees to an 8-2 win over the first-place Blue Jays while handing Toronto only its fourth loss in the past 12 games.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Rose: A-Rod shouldn't get cheated out of Hall
Disgraced hit king Pete Rose said Wednesday that he believes steroid cheat Alex Rodriguez should be voted into the Hall of Fame. "I'm willing to give a guy a second chance," said Rose.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Sheffield's day is less than blast
Gary Sheffield knew when he arrived in New York in April that his opportunities to star might be few. But Wednesday, Sheffield was given the rare chance to come up big for the Mets twice - in the eighth and 12th innings.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Ken Takahashi can't give Mets the long relief needed against Braves
Over the weekend Jerry Manuel said he was confident Ken Takahashi could be counted on to retire righty batters in pressure-packed moments, and work long innings to give other arms a break. He did neither on Wednesday.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Mets come up short, lose to Braves in 12 innings
Exciting or excruciating? Take your pick. The Mets followed seven straight wins by dropping two of three to Atlanta - Wednesday in alternately thrilling and painful fashions with an 8-7, 12-inning loss at Citi Field.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
The Neglected Classic?
It's been a battle for the ages, with two great hockey players slugging it out, all the way to game seven... in Boston.
While Crosby and Ovechkin made the headlines, racking...
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Hockey | Thursday May 14
McNamee speaks, offers little on Rocket
A day after Roger Clemens popped up on ESPN's "Mike and Mike" show to denounce 'American Icon,' Brian McNamee appeared at ANC in Mass. along with his friend Mai Tran, who occasionally interviews him at Sportsimproper.com.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Thursday May 14
Mets get their first Citi Field streaker
The first streaker at Citi-Field showed Mets fans how to get a major league wedgie Tuesday night.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
P4P Poll: Mayweather or Pacquiao? Who's Number One?
Manny Pacquiao, fresh off his two-round destruction of Ricky Hatton, is widely considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world today.
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Boxing | Wednesday May 13
Bondy: Beltran, Mets show heart in comeback win
The Mets have broken so many hearts around here these past two years, you just keep looking for a reason to invest yet another ventricle in a pennant chase.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Reyes atones for baserunning gaffe in 8th
Jose Reyes delivered the Mets' biggest hit of the game in the eighth inning and added another huge one two innings later that sparked their 10th-inning stroll to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Braves.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
With Delgado out, Jerry enlists Murphy for 1st aid
Jerry Manuel said Tuesday that if Carlos Delgado does land on the DL, Daniel Murphy could end up playing first base. The logic: Manuel then could ensure getting Gary Sheffield's bat in left field to try to offset the loss of Delgado.div...
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Sinker shows up to give Wang lift
Chien-Ming Wang threw six scoreless innings for Triple-A Scranton Tuesday night, his trademark sinker looking better than it did at any time during his three dismal starts for the Yankees to open the season.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Church has faith he will break slump
The night started badly enough for Ryan Church. Mired in an awful slump, he was left out of the starting lineup for a second straight game, the first time that's happened all season. It didn't end all bad.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Clemens takes advice from new pitch man
When Roger Clemens appeared on ESPN Radio Tuesday, he was preceded by Gene Grabowski, his third public relations expert since he was identified as a steroid user in the Mitchell Report.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Beltran and Mets walk tall in 10
An inning after Carlos Beltran doubled and stole third to set up the game-tying score, he drew a full-count, two-out, bases-loaded walk that forced in Jose Reyes as the Mets beat Atlanta, 4-3, in 10 innings.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Jeter sits out season's first with sore side
A sore oblique muscle landed Derek Jeter on the bench for the series opener against the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, but Joe Girardi doesn't expect the injury to the captain's side to land the shortstop on the disabled list.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Lupica: Roger sticks to fiction
The notion that Roger Clemens never got to make his case just because he hasn't made it lately isn't even a good lie. What we found out from Clemens Tuesday is the story hasn't improved in the last year, neither has the witness.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Yankee bats take a Halladay
Roy Halladay pitched a five-hitter for the Blue Jays to best former teammate A.J. Burnett and the Yankees, 5-1, on Monday night. Burnett allowed five runs and seven hits in 7-2/3 innings and has not won since April 14.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Wednesday May 13
Yanks hawking collectibles from old Stadium
The Yankees began a massive sell-off of the House that Ruth Built on Tuesday, hawking crystal-encased dirt, freeze-dried sod and used stadium seats. The team plans to unveil more bits of the stadium every week through the end of the year.div...
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Roger Clemens denies steroid use, blasts Daily News book on ESPN
Roger Clemens spoke for nearly 14 minutes Tuesday on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" and once again vehemently denied ever using or receiving performance-enhancing drugs from former trainer Brian McNamee.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
American Icon Live Chat: News' I-Team talks Roger Clemens and steroids
Roger Clemens has said his piece on ESPN. Now it's your turn to weigh in. Members of the I-Team will be on hand Wednesday, May 13, at 1 p.m. to take your questions about their new book about the Rocket and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.div...
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Delgado needs first aid
Carlos Delgado feels pain again in his right hip. For the Mets this could become a royal pain in the you-know-what. It's the same injury that forced him out of the lineup for five straight games April 27-May 2.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Lowe and behold, Sheff not in lineup
Despite struggling to score runs for Johan Santana and Carlos Delgado's right hip inflammation sidelining him, manager Jerry Manuel did not use Gary Sheffield in the starting lineup for Monday night's 8-3 loss to the Braves.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Lowe shows Mets what might have been
If not for the Mets' reluctance to up their free-agent offer to Derek Lowe from three years to four years over the winter the Mets wouldn't have been facing the Braves' ace Monday night.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Smith: Mets leave Santana at a loss
For the first month of the season, whenever Mets ace Johan Santana pitches, it has looked as if the rest of the team, particularly the sluggers, became spectators. Santana is going lights out every start. Can you help him out a little?div...
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Burnett spreads Halladay cheer
Although A.J. Burnett thought of himself as the apprentice in the teacher-student relationship, Roy Halladay learned a thing or two from his teammate, helping make the former Cy Young winner an even better pitcher.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Cashman: No rush on Wang's return to Bombers
Joe Girardi recently expressed hope that Chien-Ming Wang's start Tuesday night for Triple-A Scranton could be his final step before returning to the Yankees, but GM Brian Cashman isn't nearly that optimistic.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
Lupica: No need to get in a Huff about Joba
There is more to like about Joba Chamberlain than the arm. His personality is part of it. Here is something that would make it even easier: Him dialing it down a little. And that doesn't mean his fastball.div class="feedflare"
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Baseball | Tuesday May 12
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