The hapless Tampa Bay Devil Rays provided the exact punching bag the struggling Yankees needed to try and shake off their doldrums.
New York racked up 25 hits, reaching 20 in consecutive games, for the first time in more than 100 years.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Yankees Manager Joe Torre. […]
Barry Bonds continued his pursuit of the Hank Aaron all-time home run record in the usually home-run friendly confines of Wrigley Field. Bonds had been in a bit of a home run slump since hitting number 751 on July 3 against Cincinnati. Bonds now needs only three more home runs to tie Hank […]
It has become a familiar theme to sing about the Chicago White Sox’s bullpen blowing game after game in the Windy City these days. Well, it happened once again last night as the team faced off again against the Cleveland Indians.
The previous night the White Sox had gone deep into the game with a […]
Ken Griffey, Jr. has now passed Frank Robinson for sixth place on the career home run list. Griffey hit the home run during last night’s game against the Atlanta Braves and helped the Reds beat the Braves 10 - 3. It was Griffey’s 24th home run of the season so far.
In other news, […]
The Milwaukee Brewer’s relatively easy coast into first place for the first half of the season may actually be in a little bit of trouble and from an unlikely source. The Chicago Cubs have suddenly become one of the hottest teams in baseball and seem to be challenging the Brewer’s dominance in that division.
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Paul Robinson was sitting in sitting in his upper deck seats at Yankee Stadium with his wife and son when a man who had been standing several feet above him fell and landed on him. Robinson is a tourist from
Kirkland Washington. The man who fell has not been identified.
Robinson suffered a broken neck […]
Alex Rodriguez has indicated that he would prefer to wait until after the season to discuss renegotiating his contract with the New York Yankees. This came just after the Yankees stated they would depart from the normal procedure and negotiate during the season with him.
“Like I’ve said all year, I think it’s something […]
Greg Oden has had a bigger impact than I thought he was going to have with this being only the 3rd week of his NBA career. In order to make their team better, the Trail Blazers put a stick of dynamite under the Rose Garden and blew up the team. They shipped out 3 players […]
Albert Pujols, of the St. Louis Cardinals, says he is disappointed that National League manager (and his regular-season manager) Tony La Russa, did not play him during the All-Star game. He was the only position player not used by La Russa during the game.
Despite this, Pujols has made it clear that relations between him […]
It has become pretty much an annual event in baseball these days. Every year the two leagues send their top talent in the annual All-Star game, and every year the American League manages to win. It was the same this year, but with some interesting things provided by the Seattle Mariner’s Ichiro […]