Baseball flashback: The five teams that passed on drafting Derek Jeter (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Sitting on the sixth overall selection in the 1992 amateur baseball draft, the New York Yankees saw five teams pick ahead of them. Each of those teams elected to draft a college prospect, but the Yankees had another plan. When it came time for New York's selection, the most...

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Blue Jays’ Bautista is day-to-day with right ankle injury (Yahoo! Sports)

By the time Jose Bautista left Thursday's game in the fourth inning with a twisted right ankle, the Toronto Blue Jays were ahead 9-4. And although the New York Yankees pulled to within 9-7 on a three-run homer by Andruw Jones in the sixth inning, Toronto pulled away for a 16-7...

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Weaver beats Yankees for first win since April 25 (AP)

Jered Weaver found himself in the win column for the first time in over a month. Derek Jeter made him work for it, leading off the game with a 15-pitch at-bat. Weaver tied for the AL lead with his seventh victory -- 39 days after getting his sixth one -- and No. 9 hitter Peter Bourjos singled home the go-ahead run for the Angels on Friday night in a 3-2 victory that ended the Yankees' four-game...

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Yankees beat Texas 4-1 behind Granderson, Nova (AP)

Curtis Granderson quickly put the New York Yankees ahead with the first of his two homers into the upper deck. That first-inning shot was more than enough for the Yankees, who ended their season-worst three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory Friday night as rookie right-hander Ivan Nova kept the ball down and mostly kept the Texas Rangers from even hitting the ball out of the infield.

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Twins break through in the Bronx, rally past Yanks (AP)

Joe Mauer, Delmon Young and the Minnesota Twins finally found some good fortune at Yankee Stadium. Mauer hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and Minnesota broke through in the Bronx, rallying past the New York Yankees 5-4 on Tuesday night to overcome a dominant outing by CC Sabathia. "It's never easy to play them, no matter where the game is.

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Rodriguez and Posada homer, Yankees beat Twins 4-3 (AP)

A nice curveball and changeup can help any young pitcher. So can a couple of early home runs from his teammates. Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada each hit a two-run homer, rookie Ivan Nova kept New York ahead and the Yankees made it another tough visit for Minnesota, beating the Twins 4-3 Monday night.

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NL East preview: Are the Phils vulnerable after spring setbacks? (Yahoo! Sports)

Rejoice, rejoice, the baseball season is almost here! In an attempt to quickly get some of you slackers up to speed on the year ahead, Big League Stewards Kevin Kaduk and David Brown look at a division, hold a conversation … Continue reading →

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AL East preview: Can raided Rays hold off the Yanks and Red Sox? (Yahoo! Sports)

Rejoice, rejoice, the baseball season is almost here! In an attempt to quickly get some of you slackers up to speed on the year ahead, Big League Stewards Kevin Kaduk and David Brown look at a division, hold a conversation … Continue reading →

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A look back at the 1932 World Series: Yankees Vs. Cubs (Associated Content)

The 1932 World Series was the last one Babe Ruth played in. Ruth hit his most memorable World Series home run in Game 3 of this series. Here's a look back at this World Series between the Chicago Cubs and one of the all-time great Yankees teams. The 1932 Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant with a record of 90-64, finishing four games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Yankees dominated the American League with a record of 107-47, winning the pennant by 13 games over the Philadelphia Athletics.

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