The Arizona Diamondbacks came home and created a new way to celebrate big hits. Now that “The Snake” has started rolling, there may be no stopping it. Changing the complexion of the NL division series with a powerful display, the Diamondbacks hit another grand slam among their team-record four homers to beat the Milwaukee Brewers [...]
Robinson Cano from the New York Yankees prevailed tonight in the final round of the Home Run Derby over Adrian Gonzalez the first baseman with the Red Sox in an epic battle of sweet swings. Cano set the record for total homers in the last round at 12 to edge Gonzalez who had 11, down [...]
A fan fell to his death at Rangers Ballpark on Thursday after catching a ball tossed to him by the Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton. The man was reaching for a ball thrown to him by Hamilton during the second inning of the match against Oakland and toppled over a railing after making the catch. Television [...]
The Boston Red Sox’ miserable start by blanking the visiting New York Yankees in a 4-0 victory Sunday night to help the Red Sox take two of three from their rivals over the weekend series. Beckett (1-0) silenced the best home-run hitting team in baseball, allowing just two hits with 10 strikeouts in 8 scoreless [...]
The Red Sox return home to host the Yankees as they look to get their first win of the season. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe joins Lauren Shehadi to discuss the Red Sox and more. Today — a day with more opening days than opening day — will be a collection celebrations, remembrances, groggy [...]
Daily News sports writer Anthony McCarron covers the Yankees’ 6-3 Opening Day win over the Tigers. On the final day of March, it felt like just another afternoon of an endless winter Thursday at Yankee Stadium, raw and wet and frigid, with a wind that howled and swirled. In the dugout, parkas concealed pinstripes. In [...]
Carmelo Anthony finally got his wish by being traded to the New York Knicks. Royce Young joins Lauren Shehadi to breakdown the three-team deal. Carmelo Anthony will never make anyone’s all-defensive team. He also may need counseling when he discovers he won’t always be the first scoring option on a team that already loves to [...]
The New York Yankees said on Thursday that veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte will announce his retirement Friday. Pettitte played for the Yankees 13 of his 16 major league seasons. Andy Pettitte is going ahead with his decision to retire, leaving the New York Yankees with two huge holes in what appears to be a rather [...]
The Phillies stunned the baseball world when they signed Lee to a five-year, $120 million contract, which includes a vesting option for a sixth season that would increase the deal to $135 million. Lee passed up more money from the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers to join Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels [...]
The Yankees say they’ll be just fine without Cliff Lee. Prior to learning that Lee would sign with the Phillies, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told The New York Times: “People think we’re desperate, but I’ve got (CC) Sabathia as an ace and a 23-year-old, 18-game winner (Phil Hughes) right behind him. That’s a pretty [...]