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View ArticleDetroit Still Loves Granderson, Boos Jeter
Both Curtis Granderson and Derek Jeter have Michigan ties, so why does Granderson get cheered at Detroit's Comerica Park and Jeter gets booed?
View ArticleYankees Pay Tribute to Monahan
The Yankees honored the outgoing traininer Gene Monahan with a video tribute after being eliminated from the playoffs.
View ArticleLots of Debate, Little Value to Awards
The 2011 Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards were announced this week, and the selections inspire plenty of debate but most of it is for naught.
View ArticleAnd Then There Were Two
Will Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera be the next member of the Yankees' core group of title winners to retire?
View ArticleFantasy Focus: Ichiro, Jeter and All Those At-Bats
Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki may no longer be "secret weapons" for fantasy teams.
View ArticleJeter Talks About Posada, but Is Silent on Rivera
The Yankees' captain said he knows what Mariano Rivera's decision is regarding retirement, but wouldn't reveal it, and that he saw the recently retired Jorge Posada.
View ArticleIn Relay Practice, Yankees Have Answer for Valentine
One day after Bobby Valentine said there was no way the Yankees had practiced the flip relay that Derek Jeter pulled off in the 2001 playoffs, the team practiced the same play during workouts.
View ArticleFantasy Focus: Last Year’s Bums
Don't let the disappointments of 2011 steer you away from potential fantasy baseball bargains in 2012.
View ArticleValentine and Red Sox Set to Visit Yankees
Boston visits Tampa on Tuesday for the first time in spring training, allowing Yankees fans to get their first in-person look at Bobby Valentine since he became the Red Sox' manager.
View ArticleWith a Single in the First, Jeter Passes Brett
Derek Jeter’s hit to left Sunday against the Oakland Athletics was his 3,155th to push him past George Brett for sole possession of 14th on the career list.
View ArticleFollowing Up on the Martin-Diaz Spat
Joe Torre, baseball’s executive vice president for operations, wanted to hear Russell Martin’s version of the snit with the plate umpire Laz Diaz on Wednesday, when Martin questioned some pitches and...
View ArticleDerek Jeter, Mets Killer
The Yankees' captain and shortstop has been slumping, but he enters the Subway Series with a .381 career average and a 25-game hitting streak against the Mets.
View ArticleOn 38th Birthday, Jeter Prepares for Just Another Day at the Park
It was business as usual, Derek Jeter preparing to bat leadoff and play shortstop as he has done almost every game this season, with the same verve as when he was a 20-year-old rookie in May 1995.
View ArticleWith Eight More Hits, Jeter Will Join Aaron
Derek Jeter needs eight hits to reach 150 and give him 17 consecutive seasons with at least that many hits, matching only Hank Aaron.
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