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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 26, 2012
New York Yankees Offseason: Starter Hiroki Kuroda Officially a Yankee, Signs One-year Deal (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The New York Yankees have finalized their acquisition of right-handed starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, signing him to a one-year, $10 million deal, the team announced Thursday afternoon. As a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011, Kuroda, 36, went 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA over 32...
Happy Birthday to Former Yankees Announcer Bill White: A Fan Remembers (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
Bill White was a New York Yankees announcer on television and radio from 1971 through 1989--the first African-American to become a play-by-play announcer. As a fan of those Yankee teams, as well as the current version, I fondly remember White and his banter in the booth with the...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 26, 2012
Jorge Posada: 17 seasons, 5 titles and 1 team (AP)
Jorge Posada was watching television when he saw speculation on which teams were interested in signing him as a free agent. "They put my face on different uniforms," he said. "And it didn't look good." He began a Yankee and ended as a Yankee, spending his entire career in pinstripes.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 24, 2012
Former Yankee Carey dies in Calif. at 80 (AP)
Andy Carey, third baseman for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s that won four straight American League pennants and two World Series, has died at 80. Daughter Elizabeth Carey tells the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/zPIC61) he died Dec. 15 in California of Lewy body dementia. Joining the Yankees in 1952, Carey became a regular at third two years later on a team that included Mickey Mantle,...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 9, 2012
Former Yankee Carey dies in Calif. at 80 (PA SportsTicker)
Andy Carey, third baseman for the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s that won four straight American League pennants and two World Series, has died at 80.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 9, 2012
Posada Packs His Bags: A Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
Reports indicate that Jorge Posada, long time catcher for the New York Yankees, has decided to retire after 17 seasons. Posada is a card-carrying member of the core four, as they are affectionately called around the Yankee kingdom, the fulcrum of a dominant baseball team for...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 8, 2012
Happy Birthday to Former Yankees Pitcher Lindy McDaniel: A Fan Remembers (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
Lindy McDaniel celebrated his 76th birthday this Dec. 13. Fans of the New York Yankees--such as me--remember Lindy McDaniel as a reliable reliever who toiled for some substandard Yankee teams in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, his career before he arrived in New York took...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on December 12, 2011
C.C. $abathia, Ca$hman Re-$ign with Yankee$: A Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
The New York Yankees avoided a dangerous opt-out by C.C. Sabathia and arrived at a new contract agreement that features an average salary just shy of $25 million over the next five years. Virtually simultaneously, the team re-signed General Manager Brian Cashman for three years for...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 3, 2011
MLB squad arrives in Taiwan for 5-game series (AP)
Major League Baseball brought its traveling roadshow to Taiwan less than 48 hours after the 7th game of an epic World Series capped the season in North America. New York Yankees stars Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano lead the MLB squad, which will play five games this week against a team that includes former Yankee -- and current Washington National -- Chien-ming Wang, one of a pair of...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on October 30, 2011
Though Better Recently, Burnett Knows There’s Much Room for Improvement (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
NEW YORK--A.J. Burnett (9-11, 5.27 ERA) has done very little recently to convince anyone that he belongs on the New York Yankees' postseason roster. He has, however, managed to avoid meltdowns over his last two starts--the most recent of which took place on Wednesday at Yankee...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on September 8, 2011
