Happy Birthday to Former Yankees Pitcher Ralph Terry: A Fan Remembers (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

This Jan. 9, Ralph Terry, a former New York Yankees pitcher, turns 76. Terry played for the Yanks before my time as a Yankee fan, mostly between 1959 and 1964. Terry had some bad breaks in his career, starting with his trade from New York in 1957 to the moribund Kansas City...

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Remembering Yankees Closer Steve Farr: A Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Before John Wetteland and Mariano Rivera arrived on the scene in the Bronx, the New York Yankees had a decent closer--Steve Farr. Although my one lasting memory of Farr with the Yankees is a horrible one, I would remiss as a Yankee fan to not properly acknowledge his contributions...

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A Yankee Fan’s Five Favorite Red Sox Players (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

There has been a rumor floating around in recent weeks that free agent designated hitter David Ortiz could join the New York Yankees. The chances of it actually happening are probably slim at best, but it got me thinking how would it feel to have Ortiz on my Yankees?

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Lazzeri Makes Sense as Top Yankee Second Baseman– for Now: A Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The Sporting News recently released its all-time New York Yankees team, with few surprises for veteran fans such as me who have followed the team for decades and have knowledge of past players. Today's casual Yankee fan might object to Robinson Cano not being named the second...

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Buerhle Makes Sense as Yankee Fifth Starter: A Fan’s Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Now that the New York Yankees have managed to end any speculation that C.C. Sabathia may not be with them next year, it is time for them to further shore up their starting pitching. As a Yankee fan, I feel it would be worth investigating the feasibility of acquiring free agent...

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Fan’s opinion: Time for Yankees to jettison Burnett (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi can no longer deny it. A.J. Burnett is an awful pitcher and only hurts the team being in the rotation. As a Yankee fan, I cringe when I see his turn come up in the rotation. When the Yankees go back to a five-man rotation, Burnett can't be part...

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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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From a fan’s perspective: Underrated New York Yankees (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

I've been a New York Yankees fan ever since I was a little girl, but I never really knew what it meant to be a Yankee fan until the year 2003 when I knew how many championships we had won and the names that helped us get there (Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey...

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Apparently, the Yankees are overrated: A fan’s reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

As a New York Yankee fan, I get it. People don't like the Yankees, they don't like Yankee fans, and they'd just assume not hear about the Yankees from Yankee fans, but after reading the Sports Illustrated "most overrated player in baseball poll", that came out...

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Fan’s take: Greatest moments of Red Sox-Yankees rivalry (Associated Content)

The rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox has brewed for almost a century. Growing up just 70 miles from Yankee Stadium and being fostered in the art of the game by a grandfather who was a proud and die-hard Yankee fan, I learned the intensity of the rivalry,...

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