Boss’ daughter hurts leg in Yankees’ fantasy camp (AP)

George Steinbrenner's daughter had a tough day in pinstripes. Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal hurt her leg running out an infield grounder Friday and had to leave the first game of the New York Yankees' fantasy camp for women. The Yankees vice chair was injured during her first at-bat at the team's spring training complex.

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The Juice: Ellsbury’s 14th inning homer saves Red Sox lead (Yahoo! Sports)

Nine innings and nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice. 1. It's never too late: Blowing a three-touchdown lead to the Buffalo Bills? Losing the first game of a … Continue reading →

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Yankees scratch Hughes from start (Yahoo! Sports)

Phil Hughes was scratched by the New York Yankees from his scheduled start Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays because of back spasms. Hughes (5-5, 6.00 ERA) first felt the back spasms after throwing a bullpen session in Toronto last...

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A-Rod (thumb) won’t return before Friday (Yahoo! Sports)

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hasn't been the same since returning from knee surgery, but that has as much to do with the thumb injury he suffered in his first game back on Aug. 21 as anything else. Rodriguez's sprained left thumb, which he injured while...

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Montero, Romine catch Yankees’ win (AP)

One day after Jorge Posada caught his first game of the season in an emergency situation, two New York Yankees catchers made their first major league appearances behind home plate on Sunday. Jesus Montero started New York's 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The 21-year-old Montero made his big league debut on Sept.

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Derek Jeter breaks record for most games played as a Yankee: Fan reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

On Sunday, August 28, 2011, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter set a new team record for total games played as a Yankee - 2402 - during the first game of a double header against the Baltimore Orioles. In 2010, Jeter passed Lou Gehrig as the all-time Yankee hit leader.

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Orioles 2, Yankees 0 (first game) (Yahoo! Sports)

The New York Yankees scored nine runs in the first inning off Baltimore's Zach Britton when the rookie left-hander started against them in late July. But New York didn't do it against him on Sunday. Britton kept the Yankees quiet with seven shutout innings, and Vladimir...

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A-Rod scratched from lineup because of thumb (AP)

Alex Rodriguez has been scratched from the Yankees' lineup Tuesday night because of a jammed left thumb sustained two days ago, his first game back from knee surgery. Rodriguez was originally set to bat fourth for New York in the opener of a three-game series against Oakland. But after cutting short his early batting practice he decided it was too sore to play.

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A-Rod scratched from lineup because of thumb (PA SportsTicker)

Alex Rodriguez has been scratched from the Yankees' lineup Tuesday night because of a jammed left thumb sustained two days ago, his first game back from knee surgery.

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Red Sox 3, Rays 1 (first lede) (Yahoo! Sports)

Jacoby Ellsbury blasted a long three-run homer and Jon Lester out-pitched fellow All-Star James Shields to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of Tuesday's split double-header. Tampa's Jeff Niemann was set to face Erik Bedard in...

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