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NAME                      

Alex Rodriguez
Derek Jeter
Mark Teiteira
AJ Burnett
CC Sabathia
Mariano Rivera
Jorge Posada
Johnny Damon
Hideki Matsui
Xavier Nady
Robinson Cano
Andy Pettitte
Nick Swisher
Chien-Ming Wang
Damaso Marte
Jose Molina
Melky Cabrera
Brian Bruney
Cody Ransom
Jose Veras
Joba Chamberlain
Edwar Ramirez
Brett Gardner
Phil Coke
Jonathan Albaladejo
Ramiro Pena

Team Total
      

SALARY

33,000,000
21,600,000
20,625,000
16,500,000
15,285,714
15,000,000
13,100,000
12,000,000
13,000,000
  6,500,000
  6,000,000
  5,500,000
  5,400,000
  5,000,000
  3,750,000
  2,125,000
  1,400,000
  1,250,000
     455,100
     432,975
     432,575
     422,450
     414,000
     403,300
     403,075
     400,000

201,449,189


CURRENT ROTATION
1. CC Sabathia
2. AJ Burnett
3. Chien-Ming Wang
4. Andy Pettitte
5. Joba Chamberlain

TEAM CAPTAINS
1. Hal Chase                      1912
2. Roger Peckinpaugh   1914-1921
3. Babe Ruth                     1922
4. Everett Scott             1922-1925
5. Lou Gehrig                 1935-1941
6. Thurman Munson       1976-1979
7. Graig Nettles             1982-1984
8. Willie Randolph          1986-1989
9. Ron Guidry                 1986-1989
10. Don Mattingly          1991-1995
11. Derek Jeter              2003-pres.
 
Monday, June 29, 2009
500
He did it.

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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Another win and sole possession of first place, but at a cost
The Yanks dumped the Tribe behind 5+ shutout innings by Pettitte, but he had to leave the game in the 6th due to back stiffness. Fortunately, the bullpen picked up where Andy left off. Alfredo Aceves came in and threw 3 shutout innings (3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 K), followed by vintage Mariano, who got the save. This was the 58th (and MLB record-breaking) time that any starter and closer combined for a win and save.

As for other injury news, Posada came back and had a nice game to prove that he is healthy, and Melky is expected to return after the Cleveland series this weekend.

Today, CC returns to face his former team.

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Friday, May 22, 2009
More ups than downs
After all the hype of the reunion of Joba Chamberlain and Aubrey Huff, it amounted to nothing after Chamberlain was knocked out of the game by an Adam Jones line drive last night. Chamberlain's injury, for however long it lasts, might just be balanced out by the return of Wang, who will be working out of the bullpen for the time being. And when everything is said and done, the Yanks have a 9-game winning streak.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Football coming back to Yankee Stadium?
The old Yankee Stadium was chick full of history. Obviously, there were more baseball moments than you can count. World Series heroics such as Reggie Jackson's three home runs in one game, perfect games by David Cone and David Wells, a farewell speech by Lou Gehrig, a called shot by the babe, and back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back World Series victories from 1949 - 1953, just to name a few. Even historic non-baseball events were held there, including a visit by the pope, boxing matches, soccer games, college and professional football games and concerts. With the new stadium opening up this year, part of that old tradition may be coming back. There is talk about Notre Dame playing football at the new Yankee Stadium, and while nothing has been finalized, Stadium officials have indicated they are open to the possibility.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Playing like Yankees
Tonight the Yanks played like you'd expect them to play - they manhandled a clearly inferior team. If this was the Yankees of only two weeks ago, their bats would have struggled against sub-par pitching and their pitchers would have been knocked around. But CC Sabathia cruised through 7 innings to his fourth win and the offense exploded in the 7th inning for 7 runs. With their 7th run in a row, they moved to 5 games over .500. Adding to the good news is the return of Brian Bruney from the DL. He threw an inning (15 pitches, 10 strikes, 0 hits, 0 walks, 1 K) and will be a welcome addition to the bullpen.

Finally, for anyone keeping track, since the Carlos Gomez incident on Friday night, Teixeira is 8 for 16, with 6 runs, 11 RBI, 3 hr and 2 BB. Not a bad streak.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Not a walk-off, but still a win
The Yanks will not be setting any records with a fourth walk-off victory in a row. But they are celebrating their sixth win in a row. Teixeira continued on his tear, going 2 for 4 with 2 runs and 4 RBI by knocking 2 balls out of the Stadium. Pettitte gave up 4 runs and 12 hits in 6 2/3rds innings, but he still looked strong and fought hard. Not a bad run, but it needs to continue before they can seriously talk about being a playoff team.

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Monday, May 18, 2009
Good news on the injury front
Posada and Bruney are reportedly both close to coming off the DL and returning to the Yankees roster.

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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Because two just isn't enough
What could the Yanks do to top the last two games which abruptly ended with a walk-off single and a walk-off homer? Follow up with another walk-off homer. Thank you, Johnny Damon. It's been a long time (37 seasons to be exact) since the Yanks won three games in a row with walk-off hits. The new Yankee Stadium may just have brought the old ghosts with it.

And in other good news, Wang is apparently making progress in AAA.

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Two days, two walk-offs
Melky Cabrera's two-run, walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth on Friday was followed by even more late-inning heroics on Saturday. Alex Rodriguez drove a 2-run homer over the left-field fence in the bottom of the 11th last night for the second walk-off in as many nights. And if nobody noticed, Mark Teixeira may have received the spark he needed when he and Carlos Gomez got into heated argument in the 8th inning of Friday's game. The dispute was over Gomez running on the infleld grass towards first base twice, which almost caused a collission the second time he did it. Since the incident, Teixeira is 5 for 5 with 3 runs, 5 RBIs and a walk. Not bad, but they need to keep it up.

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Saturday, May 16, 2009
The kids come through
After pitching a gem during his first game back in the big leagues earlier this year, Phil Hughes followed with a mediocre (at best) start and a total disaster. Last night he struggled and labored in each inning and his numbers were not exactly stellar (5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 HR) but on the positive side, he fought through a lot of tough situations where he could have potentially been knocked out of the game earlier. That might be a positive sign.

The real fun began when Brett Gardner's inside-the-park home run in the 7th inning broke up what was a very frustrating offensive game for the Yanks where they had left 13 runners on base. Going into the bottom of the 9th, down 4 to 2, Gardner's bat and feet once again helped when he led off with a triple. After a Teixeira single and a walk to A-Rod, Matsui struck out and Swisher advanced the runners to 2nd and 3rd with a ground out. With the tying run on 3rd and winning run on 2nd, Robinson Cano was intentionally walked to load the bases for Melky. Cabrera made Minnesota pay for that decision with a walk-off, two-run single. It was a lot of fun to watch, but it doesn't matter if the magic doesn't continue.

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TEAM LEADERS

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LAST UPDATED: 05/30/2009

ALL-TIME SAVES LEADERS

RANK       

1.
2.
3.
NAME                      

Trevor Hoffman
Mariano Rivera
Lee Smith
 SAVES

566
492
478

ALL-TIME HITS LEADERS

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1.
2.
3.
4.
72. (T)
72. (T)
74.
75.
76.
103.
104.
105.
106.		NAME                      

Pete Rose
Ty Cobb
Hank Aaron
Stan Musial
Rabbit Maranville
Tim Raines
Steve Garvey
Ed Delahanty
Derek Jeter
Mark Grace
Kenny Lofton
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez		 HITS

4,256
4,198
3,771
3,630
2605
2605
2,599
2,596
2,594
2,445
2,428
2,424
2,422

ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADERS

RANK       

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.		NAME                      

Barry Bonds
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Ken Griffey Jr.
Sammy Sosa
Frank Robinson
Mark McGwire
Harmon Killebrew
Rafael Palmiero
Reggie Jackson
Alex Rodriguez		 HR

762
755
714
660
613
609
586
583
573
569
563
560
26 WORLD SERIES TITLES
1923 - 1927 - 1928 - 1932 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1941 - 1943 - 1947 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1956 - 1958 - 1961 - 1962 - 1977 - 1978 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - ????

16 RETIRED NUMBERS
1      BILLY MARTIN
3      BABE RUTH
4      LOU GEHRIG
5      JOE DIMAGGIO
7      MICKEY MANTLE
8      YOGI BERRA
8      BILL DICKEY
9      ROGER  MARIS
10    PHIL RIZZUTO
15    THURMAN MUNSON
16    WHITEY FORD
23    DON MATTINGLY
32    ELSTON HOWARD
37    CASEY STENGEL
44    REGGIE JACKSON
49    RON GUIDRY

40 HALL OF FAMERS
Frank Baker 1916-19, 1921-22
Yogi Berra 1946-63
Wade Boggs 1993-97
Roger Bresnahan 1901-02
Frank Chance 1913-14
Jack Chesbro 1903-09
Earle Combs 1924-35
Stan Coveleski 1928
Bill Dickey 1928-43, 1946
Joe DiMaggio 1936-42, 1946-51
Leo Durocher 1925, 1928-29
Whitey Ford 1950, 1953-67
Lou Gehrig 1923-39
Lefty Gomez 1930-42
Goose Gossage 1978-83, 1989
Clark Griffith 1903-07
Burleigh Grimes 1934
Ricky Henderson 1985-1989
Waite Hoyt 1921-30
Catfish Hunter 1975-79
Reggie Jackson 1977-81
Willie Keeler 1903-09
Joe Kelley 1902
Tony Lazzeri 1926-37
Mickey Mantle 1951-68
Joe McGinnity 1901-02
John McGraw 1901-02
Johnny Mize 1949-53
Phil Niekro 1984-85
Herb Pennock 1923-33
Gaylord Perry 1980
Branch Rickey 1907
Phil Rizzuto 1941-42, 1946-56
Wilbert Robinson 1901-02
Red Ruffing 1930-42, 1945-46
Babe Ruth 1920-34
Joe Sewell 1931-33
Enos Slaughter 1954-55, 1956-59
Dazzy Vance 1915, 1918
Paul Waner 1944-45
Dave Winfield 1981-88, 1990
 
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