<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - new-york-yankees</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/new-york-yankees</link><description>Newsvine - new-york-yankees</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:07:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:27:53 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Yankees turn triple play in win over Orioles</title>
<description><![CDATA[They've heard the "Who's on first jokes?" They've barely played together as a group. Still, there they were, the New York Yankees infield high-fiving and smiling with glee after having turned a most improbable triple play.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howie Rumberg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howie Rumberg]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729757-yankees-turn-triple-play-in-win-over-orioles</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729757-yankees-turn-triple-play-in-win-over-orioles</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>play</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>triple-play</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:31:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a82b8ae-87b9-4c2f-9b60-79da11809693.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a82b8ae-87b9-4c2f-9b60-79da11809693.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, left, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Alexi Casilla for the second out of a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48275372-e393-45d1-958e-26eb69b513bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48275372-e393-45d1-958e-26eb69b513bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, center, waits for the call from second base umpire Manny Gonzalez, left, after tagging Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado for the third out of a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2738a3c-622d-4895-a6b6-743f70e73cd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2738a3c-622d-4895-a6b6-743f70e73cd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, right, celebrates with starting pitcher CC Sabathia after the Yankees completed a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. The Yankees won 5-2. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kuroda's 5-hitter leads Yankees over Orioles 3-0</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hiroki Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout and Brett Gardner hit his first home run off a left-handed pitcher since July 2010, leading the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Sunday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Freeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rick Freeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726226-kurodas-5-hitter-leads-yankees-over-orioles-3-0</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17726226-kurodas-5-hitter-leads-yankees-over-orioles-3-0</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>yankees</category><category>orioles</category><category>baltimore-orioles</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>nick-markakis</category><category>vernon-wells'</category><category>adam-jones</category><category>hiroki-kuroda</category><category>brett-gardner</category><category>ryan-flaherty</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:12:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f20c5ba6-ec39-4bd5-b8ff-3b8f89342cc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f20c5ba6-ec39-4bd5-b8ff-3b8f89342cc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones drops a fly ball for an error on a hit by New York Yankees' Vernon Wells that brought in three runs during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8502ee2c-0803-46ad-976d-e6f3a245c1c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8502ee2c-0803-46ad-976d-e6f3a245c1c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, center, waits for the call from second base umpire Manny Gonzalez, left, after tagging Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado, right, for the third out of a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a82b8ae-87b9-4c2f-9b60-79da11809693.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a82b8ae-87b9-4c2f-9b60-79da11809693.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, left, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Alexi Casilla for the second out of a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f17b895-8be9-4d4b-a0de-2505d4e7d80f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f17b895-8be9-4d4b-a0de-2505d4e7d80f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia reacts after being called for a balk against the Baltimore Orioles during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48275372-e393-45d1-958e-26eb69b513bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48275372-e393-45d1-958e-26eb69b513bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, center, waits for the call from second base umpire Manny Gonzalez, left, after tagging Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado for the third out of a triple play during the eight inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d45bb9a1-aa91-492d-8958-f700afd00877.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d45bb9a1-aa91-492d-8958-f700afd00877.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baltimore Orioles on-deck batter Adam Jones (10) greets teammate Nick Markakis (21) after Markakis hit a third-inning solo home run off New York Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes during a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f51123d1-5993-4923-b18d-39e426a1ade7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f51123d1-5993-4923-b18d-39e426a1ade7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes, foreground, and third baseman Kevin Youkilis (36) look down as Baltimore Orioles' Nick Markakis rounds the bases after hitting a third-inning solo home run during a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63cbeb1d-23fc-4d64-8279-6f446b83135c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63cbeb1d-23fc-4d64-8279-6f446b83135c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner (11) loses his glasses on Baltimore Orioles' Nate McLouth's fourth-inning double during a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62b507b4-73c3-416d-a646-7ce89eced2b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62b507b4-73c3-416d-a646-7ce89eced2b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano holds on to the ball after forcing out Nick Markakis, bottom, when Adam Jones hit into a first-inning fielder's choice and drove in a run in the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Orioles' Nat McLouth scored on the play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=207a3ffe-3a7e-4173-af2a-7cd198a1a009.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=207a3ffe-3a7e-4173-af2a-7cd198a1a009.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda reacts after shutting out the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York , Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ab35b2f-9314-4ab2-bbc4-e26bcd741c71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ab35b2f-9314-4ab2-bbc4-e26bcd741c71.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baltiore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, left, watches as New York Yankees' Brett Gardner hits a fifth-inning, two-run home run off Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 14, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aacfd9cb-8847-4316-a3f7-d381ec1eeba4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aacfd9cb-8847-4316-a3f7-d381ec1eeba4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees shortstop Jayson Nix forces out Baltimore Orioles' Nolan Reimold (14) after Manny Machado (13) hit into a third-inning double play in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f46927b-ac06-4c88-9282-d88aa706b315.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f46927b-ac06-4c88-9282-d88aa706b315.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Curtis Granderson sits in the dugout watching a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01f2e942-795f-4195-b739-3372004ca638.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01f2e942-795f-4195-b739-3372004ca638.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Brett Gardner, left, and Francisco Cervelli head to the dugout after Cervelli scored on Gardner's fifth-inning, two-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York , Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39be9894-44e6-414d-8ba0-9ad930e0e93e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39be9894-44e6-414d-8ba0-9ad930e0e93e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Brett Gardner, right, celebrates with Francisco Cervelli after Cervelli scored on Gardner's fifth-inning, two-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York , Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7d78b05-f48f-4199-a5b2-559ebb5fcfc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7d78b05-f48f-4199-a5b2-559ebb5fcfc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen winds up in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York , Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=082a6e94-8736-4585-83de-787532b96495.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=082a6e94-8736-4585-83de-787532b96495.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, sits beside designated hitter Travis Hafner in the dugout during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees hit 5 home runs, clobber Indians 14-1</title>
<description><![CDATA[Robinson Cano hit one of New York's five homers and drove in five runs, Andy Pettitte pitched seven solid innings and the Yankees romped to a 14-1 win Tuesday night over the Cleveland Indians, who had starter Carlos Carrasco ejected from his first appearance since 2011.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Withers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Withers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17660815-yankees-hit-5-home-runs-clobber-indians-14-1</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17660815-yankees-hit-5-home-runs-clobber-indians-14-1</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>yankees</category><category>indians</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>andy-pettitte</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>terry-francona</category><category>travis-hafner</category><category>carlos-carrasco</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:09:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c42344bd-58c5-4fdf-89de-72f9229a6a94.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c42344bd-58c5-4fdf-89de-72f9229a6a94.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Travis Hafner hits a three-run home run off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning of a home opener baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Robinson Cano and Kevin Youkilis scored. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8da30226-87f4-41ee-8301-2773fd5bbcc1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8da30226-87f4-41ee-8301-2773fd5bbcc1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Travis Hafner waves to fans as he is introduced before the Yankees play the Cleveland Indians in a home opener baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa1cb61d-598e-477a-b0dd-33248157bd69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="447" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa1cb61d-598e-477a-b0dd-33248157bd69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits an RBI-single off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Matt Albers in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Travis Hafner scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba266a93-5b9e-4502-8dd7-45956d6f07e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba266a93-5b9e-4502-8dd7-45956d6f07e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Brett Gardner hits an RBI-single off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez during the fourth inning of a home opener baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Chris Stewart scored. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b87977ce-c01d-45b2-bb7f-d9668c63d87c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b87977ce-c01d-45b2-bb7f-d9668c63d87c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Robinson Cano runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Matt Albers in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. 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(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a0a893d-cbbe-496a-a17f-9439242f8c6f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a0a893d-cbbe-496a-a17f-9439242f8c6f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Brett Gardner, right, is tagged out by Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera in the fourth inning of a home opener baseball game, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Gardner tried to steal second base. 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(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd96533-6ba7-47c5-b5eb-94295a96e1f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="460" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd96533-6ba7-47c5-b5eb-94295a96e1f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Kevin Youkilis strikes out swinging against Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a5315c3-ca0a-4009-b00f-85f824a9ad6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="426" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5a5315c3-ca0a-4009-b00f-85f824a9ad6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="128" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Robinson Cano runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64f1f102-aeef-4bb3-89d1-77466dc4b66c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="488" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64f1f102-aeef-4bb3-89d1-77466dc4b66c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Brett Gardner watches his double off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4ae32a3-649f-4e22-97ea-4e67b8f4ba71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4ae32a3-649f-4e22-97ea-4e67b8f4ba71.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees' Sabathia shuts down Tigers in 7-0 victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[CC Sabathia pitched seven scoreless innings and Jayson Nix homered off Justin Verlander in the three-run second, lifting the New York Yankees to a 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619662-yankees-sabathia-shuts-down-tigers-in-7-0-victory</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619662-yankees-sabathia-shuts-down-tigers-in-7-0-victory</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tigers</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>detroit-tigers</category><category>comerica-park</category><category>miguel-cabrera</category><category>prince-fielder</category><category>justin-verlander</category><category>cc-sabathia</category><category>jayson-nix</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks over Eduardo Nunez after he was hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. 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(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c49b2e7-578d-43d5-979e-64fd529d0162.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c49b2e7-578d-43d5-979e-64fd529d0162.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander grimaces as he pulls his American League championship ring off before the Tigers' baseball game against the New York Yankees in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. 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<description><![CDATA[Derek Jeter may not return to the New York Yankees until next month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617777-jeter-may-not-return-to-yankees-until-next-month</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617777-jeter-may-not-return-to-yankees-until-next-month</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>injuries</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>derek-jeter</category><category>mark-teixeira</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56c6cd65-8724-44d8-b85a-3e447e9ced9b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56c6cd65-8724-44d8-b85a-3e447e9ced9b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda winds up in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=584dd6d4-4068-4983-9968-d2d659ff34f4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=584dd6d4-4068-4983-9968-d2d659ff34f4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez grimaces while helped to the dugout by manager Joe Girardi, left, and assistant trainer Mark Littlefield, after being hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f46adc2d-8ac6-48a1-8e51-1abd8a97ccc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f46adc2d-8ac6-48a1-8e51-1abd8a97ccc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez grimaces while helped to the dugout by manager Joe Girardi, left, and assistant trainer Mark Littlefield, after being hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks over Eduardo Nunez after he was hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kuroda says he'll try to make next start for Yanks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hiroki Kuroda still felt a little discomfort in his bruised middle finger Thursday but said he will try to make his next scheduled start for the New York Yankees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604523-kuroda-says-hell-try-to-make-next-start-for-yanks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604523-kuroda-says-hell-try-to-make-next-start-for-yanks</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>hiroki-kuroda</category><category>kuroda</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:24:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda leaves the mound with head athletic trainer Steve Donohue during the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda grimaces on the mound after loading the bases in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83472208-e29d-4746-8347-8dda2095c836.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83472208-e29d-4746-8347-8dda2095c836.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, far right, talks with head athletic trainer Steve Donohue and others after sustaining an injury in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56c6cd65-8724-44d8-b85a-3e447e9ced9b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56c6cd65-8724-44d8-b85a-3e447e9ced9b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda winds up in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c74952b8-b2e9-4d3c-adef-cc71af4ba1a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c74952b8-b2e9-4d3c-adef-cc71af4ba1a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda winds up in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>After agent switch, Cano focuses on field, not rap</title>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Girardi won't be altering his musical tastes for Robinson Cano, even with Jay-Z's new sports company now representing his All-Star second baseman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589717-after-agent-switch-cano-focuses-on-field-not-rap</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589717-after-agent-switch-cano-focuses-on-field-not-rap</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>mlb</category><category>yankees</category><category>joe-girardi</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>jay-z</category><category>cano</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo combo of file photos, Jay-Z, left, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2013. New York Yankees' Robinson Cano sits in the dugout during a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., on March 28, 2013. Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, left, and Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87313114-e20c-484f-b3fb-ebbea11743c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87313114-e20c-484f-b3fb-ebbea11743c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano warms up before a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cano switches agents to Jay-Z company from Boras</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rapper and recording producer Jay-Z is expanding into sports representation and has signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano away from Scott Boras to be a client.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573863-cano-switches-agents-to-jay-z-company-from-boras</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573863-cano-switches-agents-to-jay-z-company-from-boras</guid><category>business</category><category>mlb</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>jay-z</category><category>cano</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 22:48:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Robinson Cano laughs before a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla. Now that Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Derek Jeter are out of the lineup, Cano is the man on the Yankees.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo combo of file photos, Jay-Z, left, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2013. New York Yankees' Robinson Cano sits in the dugout during a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., on March 28, 2013. Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, left, and Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankee Stadium empties on Opening Day</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees opened the 2013 season against the Boston Red Sox in front of 49,514 fans at Yankee Stadium.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17563240-yankee-stadium-empties-on-opening-day</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17563240-yankee-stadium-empties-on-opening-day</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankee-stadium</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>empty</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 06:57:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000AAB1E4C4-A1F0-CBFB-6048-E210415D2C37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="537" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000AAB1E4C4-A1F0-CBFB-6048-E210415D2C37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Banged-up Yankees lose 8-4 to Tigers, fall to 1-4</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees got through a game without another injury.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557814-banged-up-yankees-lose-8-4-to-tigers-fall-to-1-4</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557814-banged-up-yankees-lose-8-4-to-tigers-fall-to-1-4</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>yankee-stadium</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>shane-victorino</category><category>hiroki-kuroda</category><category>brett-gardner</category><category>will-middlebrooks</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:11:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e24fd5b-a6a4-481a-8abe-c3841e631055.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e24fd5b-a6a4-481a-8abe-c3841e631055.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees Kevin Youkilis reacts after striking out and stranding two runners in the seventh inning of an Opening Day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea2929e9-1ba5-40ce-9762-e988741ea160.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="379" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea2929e9-1ba5-40ce-9762-e988741ea160.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia gestures to the pitcher as New York Yankees' Kevin Youkilis reacts after a seventh-inning strikeout stranding two runners in an opening day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eebc0f2b-4475-4ae8-a9d9-473bcedb6ac7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eebc0f2b-4475-4ae8-a9d9-473bcedb6ac7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia reacts during the second inning against the Boston Red Sox in an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=345bf6b9-8d12-4ddd-9fb1-794fc88b0b9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=345bf6b9-8d12-4ddd-9fb1-794fc88b0b9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox left fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. pulls in a deep fly out by New York Yankees' Robinson Cano during the third inning of an opening day baseball game, Monday, April 1, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f3b75ff-27a1-40f5-a9c1-90a828ba4b78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f3b75ff-27a1-40f5-a9c1-90a828ba4b78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox Jonny Gomes, left, scores on  a ninth-inning error by New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano (not shown) in an opening day baseball game  at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda leaves the mound with head athletic trainer Steve Donohue during the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda grimaces on the mound after loading the bases in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e5ee287-5486-4499-ba10-fa750b032063.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e5ee287-5486-4499-ba10-fa750b032063.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A fan watches a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25047c89-9fd5-4df3-a01f-04005f39bfd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25047c89-9fd5-4df3-a01f-04005f39bfd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman sits with a young girl while they watch a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83472208-e29d-4746-8347-8dda2095c836.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83472208-e29d-4746-8347-8dda2095c836.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, far right, talks with head athletic trainer Steve Donohue and others after sustaining an injury in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aedc0db0-db5f-486c-ab5f-ad26782802e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="327" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aedc0db0-db5f-486c-ab5f-ad26782802e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Vernon Wells hits an eighth-inning, three-run home run off Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Alfredo Aceves in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=584dd6d4-4068-4983-9968-d2d659ff34f4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=584dd6d4-4068-4983-9968-d2d659ff34f4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez grimaces while helped to the dugout by manager Joe Girardi, left, and assistant trainer Mark Littlefield, after being hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f46adc2d-8ac6-48a1-8e51-1abd8a97ccc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f46adc2d-8ac6-48a1-8e51-1abd8a97ccc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez grimaces while helped to the dugout by manager Joe Girardi, left, and assistant trainer Mark Littlefield, after being hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ddc39ad-c4a3-4790-a357-32044c17d8c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks over Eduardo Nunez after he was hit by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Doug Fister during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f934a64-b644-4154-92bb-f52b310e6b72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f934a64-b644-4154-92bb-f52b310e6b72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Boone Logan sits on the bench in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Friday April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c773a50e-9216-41ad-826b-05751a8edc14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c773a50e-9216-41ad-826b-05751a8edc14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova sits on the bench in the dugout after being taken out in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Friday April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cce8eddf-3ad5-4661-bfc2-34b29d8e0b7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cce8eddf-3ad5-4661-bfc2-34b29d8e0b7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild, second from left, talks with pitcher Ivan Nova in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Friday April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df35aba7-3294-408c-9490-0285f5fbdbfd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="483" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df35aba7-3294-408c-9490-0285f5fbdbfd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes reacts during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2101a4fd-12da-493e-90a8-2544a2f40858.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2101a4fd-12da-493e-90a8-2544a2f40858.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher Boone Logan is taken out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0782abe-645d-4013-8a57-1ae17aa335a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0782abe-645d-4013-8a57-1ae17aa335a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi watches from the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d402d71d-52e2-4089-bc59-6773badbba26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d402d71d-52e2-4089-bc59-6773badbba26.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher David Phelps throws during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25c255d4-7f27-4e14-a83a-35eee49e4d2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25c255d4-7f27-4e14-a83a-35eee49e4d2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera beats the tag of New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli to score on a sacrifice fly by Victor Martinez during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec21963f-cf80-4b39-8f2e-c03ebdd259b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec21963f-cf80-4b39-8f2e-c03ebdd259b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees right fielder Brennan Boesch dives but misplays a double by Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera during the third inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pettitte, Rivera pitch Yankees past Red Sox 4-2</title>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Pettitte was a rock on the mound in his latest gritty performance. Mariano Rivera jogged in from the bullpen to nail down a ninth-inning lead.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556871-pettitte-rivera-pitch-yankees-past-red-sox-4-2</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556871-pettitte-rivera-pitch-yankees-past-red-sox-4-2</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>yankees</category><category>red-sox</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>andy-pettitte</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>mariano-rivera</category><category>new-york-yankees'</category><category>jon-lester</category><category>john-farrell</category><category>clay-buchholz</category><category>red-sox-yankees</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 21:02:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=491c657b-11f2-4516-a854-0f406e5f9a89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="373" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=491c657b-11f2-4516-a854-0f406e5f9a89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki, bottom, of Japan, watches from first base as Boston Red Sox's Jon Lester pitches during the second inning of an opening day baseball game, Monday, April 1, 2013, in New York. 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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4318f4c-4a61-41c7-bf9d-1bbb0dfe9569.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4318f4c-4a61-41c7-bf9d-1bbb0dfe9569.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester (31) delivers in the first inning against the New York Yankees at an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=708459c9-e8e7-4641-9171-0ef66eb8f3ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=708459c9-e8e7-4641-9171-0ef66eb8f3ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia delivers in the first inning at an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=caa198dc-bdf6-4efc-8a1a-851c70c62910.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=caa198dc-bdf6-4efc-8a1a-851c70c62910.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera (42) tips his cap to Red Sox players at an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2de9b468-d4ad-45d2-856b-e6350598a35d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2de9b468-d4ad-45d2-856b-e6350598a35d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, left, and first base coach Mick Kelleher watch the New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox at an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73ed8ad9-34cf-44d4-ab48-cc4b0b380b89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="325" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73ed8ad9-34cf-44d4-ab48-cc4b0b380b89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="189" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lou Piniella acknowledges fans before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at an Opening Day baseball game between the Red Sox and the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e24fd5b-a6a4-481a-8abe-c3841e631055.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e24fd5b-a6a4-481a-8abe-c3841e631055.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees Kevin Youkilis reacts after striking out and stranding two runners in the seventh inning of an Opening Day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7685c008-f574-4284-8424-6b6f54a2da87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7685c008-f574-4284-8424-6b6f54a2da87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An American flag is held by West Point cadets in the Yankee Stadium outfield prior to the start of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox,  Monday, April 1, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c72cf910-7b14-4e43-bfd5-41f4b3538172.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="450" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c72cf910-7b14-4e43-bfd5-41f4b3538172.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox runner Jacoby Ellsbury, right, scores in front of New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia, left, on Dustin Pedroia's second-innning, RBI single in an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dca9ed44-e539-4884-b2ae-5ff410be4949.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dca9ed44-e539-4884-b2ae-5ff410be4949.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr., left, follows through after hitting a run-scoring ground out as New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli looks on during the seventh inning of an opening day baseball game, Monday, April 1, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3d1c2c1-a08a-44d7-91b3-fb257b030942.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3d1c2c1-a08a-44d7-91b3-fb257b030942.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr., watches his third-inning, RBI single against the New York Yankees during a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="506" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d5379c7-b04e-4506-ab7d-9c458b0fbcbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda leaves the mound with head athletic trainer Steve Donohue during the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a370f90-dca7-48db-930c-ef716e1c3fef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda grimaces on the mound after loading the bases in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e5ee287-5486-4499-ba10-fa750b032063.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e5ee287-5486-4499-ba10-fa750b032063.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A fan watches a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=caf03ae4-14b7-46d3-a80c-4270768ad412.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=caf03ae4-14b7-46d3-a80c-4270768ad412.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz winds up in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. 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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25047c89-9fd5-4df3-a01f-04005f39bfd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25047c89-9fd5-4df3-a01f-04005f39bfd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman sits with a young girl while they watch a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b453d6e0-8662-4a0b-98f6-32da9ac4c019.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b453d6e0-8662-4a0b-98f6-32da9ac4c019.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia (15) throws to first after New York Yankees' Francisco Cervelli, not shown, grounded into a force out during the ninth inning of their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Cervelli reached first on the play, but Eduardo Nunez (26) was out at second. The Red Sox won 7-4. 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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4efa4b39-6045-4f53-b739-af9a8ea74e34.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4efa4b39-6045-4f53-b739-af9a8ea74e34.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte delivers against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2013. 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(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3323803-5518-48fb-a871-f28d3dc395ca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3323803-5518-48fb-a871-f28d3dc395ca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Kevin Youkilis (36) congratulates teammate Brett Gardner after Gardner hit a third-inning solo home run in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53a5a6ce-a1d1-4fb8-806e-76ccd988957a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53a5a6ce-a1d1-4fb8-806e-76ccd988957a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley, right, hits a seventh-inning RBI double against the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLB teams honor Newtown victims before openers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The names, written in script, streamed slowly down on the video board in center field at Yankee Stadium, of the 20 children and six educators who died last December during the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555180-mlb-teams-honor-newtown-victims-before-openers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555180-mlb-teams-honor-newtown-victims-before-openers</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>day</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>opening</category><category>newtown</category><category>sandy-hook-elementary-school</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:03:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4db6feb-6b81-4f3a-831e-2f0717cd01b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4db6feb-6b81-4f3a-831e-2f0717cd01b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees players stand at attention during the national anthem before an opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Monday, April 1, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a642a351-907f-407b-b4dc-130f884a502c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a642a351-907f-407b-b4dc-130f884a502c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees bow their heads during a moment of silence in honor of those killed in Newtown, Conn. before an opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Monday, April 1, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=177e7975-b963-482e-b8a8-e726d74286d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=177e7975-b963-482e-b8a8-e726d74286d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A logo dedicated to the town of Newtown,  Connecticut, is painted on the grass as players line up during an honor guard and tribute to the Newtown school shooting victims at an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b0a32e7-1b5a-4686-aac6-5d4a5029b6b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b0a32e7-1b5a-4686-aac6-5d4a5029b6b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi (28) stands at attention as an honor guard performs a tribute to the victims of the Newtown, Ct., school shootings before an Opening Day baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=890f794f-08a1-4be2-aff0-0d4aba91e855.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=890f794f-08a1-4be2-aff0-0d4aba91e855.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Boston Red Sox bow their heads during a moment of silence in honor of those killed in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., before an Opening Day baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Monday, April 1, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yanks beat Army 10-5 in final preseason tuneup</title>
<description><![CDATA[At first glance, it seemed like the end of a typical Yankees home victory. Frank Sinatra crooned "New York, New York" over the loudspeakers and the players hugged one another.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Kekis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Kekis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532283-yanks-beat-army-10-5-in-final-preseason-tuneup</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532283-yanks-beat-army-10-5-in-final-preseason-tuneup</guid><category>mlb</category><category>army</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>frank-sinatra</category><category>new-york"</category><category>brennan-boesch</category><category>melky-mesa</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:20:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5f7aa20-290d-4f5d-bd98-fd803c49f8b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5f7aa20-290d-4f5d-bd98-fd803c49f8b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Kevin Youkilis reacts after being hit by a pitch during the second inning of an exhibition baseball game against Army at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bf5dd84-ee97-4b8a-8188-12aff0fc0ace.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bf5dd84-ee97-4b8a-8188-12aff0fc0ace.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain runs with cadets between innings of an exhibition baseball game at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02f72d0c-681b-41dc-befd-a737d341d360.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="341" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02f72d0c-681b-41dc-befd-a737d341d360.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army second baseman Grant Van Orden, right, forces out New York Yankees' Brett Gardner during the second inning of an exhibition baseball game at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c59211b2-d6f9-4bdf-9821-0f043486e628.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c59211b2-d6f9-4bdf-9821-0f043486e628.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army catcher Andrew Johnson (35) shakes hands with New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera after Rivera threw a ceremonial first pitch before an exhibition baseball game at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d3170d5-22d5-4d75-9c05-29392d54fad1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="232" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d3170d5-22d5-4d75-9c05-29392d54fad1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cadets hold the United States flag as New York Yankees players stand for the national anthem before an exhibition baseball game at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e28fa27-66fa-4cef-a810-b666f0bc465e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e28fa27-66fa-4cef-a810-b666f0bc465e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Kevin Youkilis (36) congratulates Brennan Boesch after a two-run home run in the second inning of an exhibition baseball game against Army at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1bfcc99b-6dac-443c-a522-e79d37f85eaf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1bfcc99b-6dac-443c-a522-e79d37f85eaf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army head coach Joe Sottolano, left, and New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi shake hands before an exhibition baseball game at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb4c1216-1303-40d0-b958-089cbb08341d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb4c1216-1303-40d0-b958-089cbb08341d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Organist Craig Williams plays for the New York Yankees in the Cadet Chapel during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ac9dc2d-5843-4261-888f-8e235e954584.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ac9dc2d-5843-4261-888f-8e235e954584.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte talks with cadets during lunch at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db50b48a-ae2d-47ba-b62a-7ffc7defc76b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db50b48a-ae2d-47ba-b62a-7ffc7defc76b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, right, helps general manager Brian Cashman before a group photo with cadets during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13bb0ae0-517e-4c6b-95eb-7c8f4aa86de2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13bb0ae0-517e-4c6b-95eb-7c8f4aa86de2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the New York Yankees pose with cadets outside Washington Hall during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b0bf747-2f21-412d-8710-026f4dd106fa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b0bf747-2f21-412d-8710-026f4dd106fa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the New York Yankees take photos from Trophy Point overlooking the Hudson River during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cfa18def-8a15-4b37-b095-905c5bad8dcb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="344" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cfa18def-8a15-4b37-b095-905c5bad8dcb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, right, shakes hands with cadet Mario Cortizo, of Panama, during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1292c65b-b95e-4406-bed5-ce81e46d0ff0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1292c65b-b95e-4406-bed5-ce81e46d0ff0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Robinson Cano, left, laughs with cadets during lunch at Washington Hall at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75086975-5007-4886-9607-9a356836535e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="338" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75086975-5007-4886-9607-9a356836535e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, right, talks with Army strength and conditioning director Scott Swanson during a tour of the athletic facility at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=806e1feb-08cb-477b-b4b8-882efaba67ff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=806e1feb-08cb-477b-b4b8-882efaba67ff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, left, and pitcher Joba Chamberlain walk on the field at Michie Stadium during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d45d17c6-bd68-45bf-878d-6a41fd2c377b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d45d17c6-bd68-45bf-878d-6a41fd2c377b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera takes photos on the field at Michie Stadium during a tour at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c19dfb2-00ae-457c-b95e-ccedc628a0be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c19dfb2-00ae-457c-b95e-ccedc628a0be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera poses with Army fullback Larry Dixon during a tour of the athletic facility at the United States Military Academy before an exhibition baseball game against Army, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fister, Moore sharp in tie between Rays and Tigers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Doug Fister had a positive exhibition finish in preparation for his first regular-season start, against the New York Yankees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17531394-fister-moore-sharp-in-tie-between-rays-and-tigers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17531394-fister-moore-sharp-in-tie-between-rays-and-tigers</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tigers</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>detroit-tigers</category><category>rays</category><category>tampa-bay-rays</category><category>doug-fister</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pettitte avoids broken bat in Yanks' win at Nats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Pettitte ducked to avoid a twirling piece of broken bat during his six-inning stint, Kevin Youkilis hit his sixth homer of spring training and the New York Yankees wrapped up their major league exhibition schedule by beating the Washington Nationals 4-2 Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520268-pettitte-avoids-broken-bat-in-yanks-win-at-nats</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520268-pettitte-avoids-broken-bat-in-yanks-win-at-nats</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>andy-pettitte</category><category>nationals</category><category>washington-nationals</category><category>kevin-youkilis</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:51:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8310903f-66c1-42c0-95a5-d835a287aca4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8310903f-66c1-42c0-95a5-d835a287aca4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos loses the ball as New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez slides safely into home with home plate umpire Adam Hamari looking on at right during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a01900fd-c3dd-46a7-a30c-d783481ca773.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a01900fd-c3dd-46a7-a30c-d783481ca773.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Washington Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche (25) catches the throw from third baseman Ryan Zimmerman (11), but New York Yankees designated hitter Travis Hafner (33) is safe at first during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c40218f3-06da-46fe-874c-3a474f775cb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c40218f3-06da-46fe-874c-3a474f775cb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, left, congratulates Kevin Youkilis after his solo home run during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park on Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70507f15-235d-40bb-a38c-506116e49dbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70507f15-235d-40bb-a38c-506116e49dbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, center raises his cap during a presentation before an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park on Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. Washington Nationals relief pitcher Rafael Soriano is at left, (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a1a31ed-ffc8-42e3-9090-eec689a23fc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a1a31ed-ffc8-42e3-9090-eec689a23fc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman tries to pick up the ball hit by New York Yankees designated hitter Travis Hafner, who was safe at first, during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park on Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2cdc07cd-6a6d-4f3a-a217-091554062aaf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2cdc07cd-6a6d-4f3a-a217-091554062aaf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte throws during the first inning of an exhibition baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49aa1ac5-b9c0-4293-b927-3fada9a30bc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49aa1ac5-b9c0-4293-b927-3fada9a30bc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman stands on crutches due to a skydiving injury, before an exhibition baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees set record payroll at $230M; Astros $27M</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees set a record for baseball's highest opening-day payroll at $230.4 million, almost 10 times what the Houston Astros are paying their players.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506069-yankees-set-record-payroll-at-230m-astros-27m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506069-yankees-set-record-payroll-at-230m-astros-27m</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>league</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>houston-astros</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>us-news</category><category>major-league</category><category>salaries</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:35:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=457d4361-b303-45ed-8e1d-bf18bf71577f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=457d4361-b303-45ed-8e1d-bf18bf71577f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2012 file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is interviewed before batting practice prior to a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. Rodriguez will make more this year than all the Houston Astros combined &amp;#8212; a lot more.  A-Rod's $29 million salary tops the major leagues for the 13th straight season, according to a study of major league contracts by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a5dfb6f-e876-42ba-a660-5365cba89f02.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="141" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a5dfb6f-e876-42ba-a660-5365cba89f02.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="43" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2013 file photo, Houston Astros third base coach Dave Trembley (47) talks to players before the start of a spring training baseball workout in Kissimmee, Fla. Alex Rodriguez will make more this year than all the Houston Astros combined &amp;#8212; a lot more.  A-Rod's $29 million salary tops the major leagues for the 13th straight season, according to a study of major league contracts by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58003c95-3fc1-4184-ac70-227784e4298c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58003c95-3fc1-4184-ac70-227784e4298c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez, who is on the disabled list after hip surgery, talks to media outside the Yankees clubhouse before the Yankees Opening Day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45c5cb0a-17b2-44a8-9dba-9a7487049bca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45c5cb0a-17b2-44a8-9dba-9a7487049bca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Melissa Bull and Byron Wilcher watch as fireworks explode following the Houston Astros' 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers in a season-opening baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Phelps strikes out 9 as Yankees beat Orioles 11-8</title>
<description><![CDATA[David Phelps started spring training uncertain of his role with the New York Yankees. He'll break camp with a spot in the starting rotation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17493012-phelps-strikes-out-9-as-yankees-beat-orioles-11-8</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17493012-phelps-strikes-out-9-as-yankees-beat-orioles-11-8</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>orioles</category><category>baltimore-orioles</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>bobby-wilson</category><category>david-phelps</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:45:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Forbes values Yankees at $2.3 billion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes estimated the New York Yankees have the highest value in Major League Baseball for the 16th straight year at $2.3 billion, and the average for an MLB team increased by 23 percent in the last year to $744 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490195-forbes-values-yankees-at-23-billion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490195-forbes-values-yankees-at-23-billion</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>team</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>major-league-baseball</category><category>forbes</category><category>valuations</category><category>mlb-team</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:09:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hughes to start season on Yankees' disabled list</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes will join Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson on the disabled list for the start of the season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489642-hughes-to-start-season-on-yankees-disabled-list</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17489642-hughes-to-start-season-on-yankees-disabled-list</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>yankees</category><category>hughes</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>mark-teixeira</category><category>curtis-granderson</category><category>phil-hughes</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:04:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yankees complete trade for Vernon Wells</title>
<description><![CDATA[On his first day with the New York Yankees, Vernon Wells recalled a game in the International League more than a decade ago and he saw Darryl Strawberry in uniform for the opposition.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Didtler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Didtler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475602-yankees-complete-trade-for-vernon-wells</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475602-yankees-complete-trade-for-vernon-wells</guid><category>mlb</category><category>angels</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>trade</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>los-angeles-angels</category><category>international-league</category><category>vernon-wells</category><category>darryl-strawberry</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:27:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34440877-1ef7-4bc8-9027-e87806d74fb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34440877-1ef7-4bc8-9027-e87806d74fb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March 23, 2013, Los Angeles Angels' Vernon Wells strikes out against the Milwaukee Brewers during the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Tempe, Ariz. Wells might become the latest addition to the New York Yankees' injury-depleted lineup. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd5bd118-0ed5-4c74-80ee-4ad95d30de31.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd5bd118-0ed5-4c74-80ee-4ad95d30de31.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March 23, 2013, Los Angeles Angels' Vernon Wells bats against the Milwaukee Brewers during the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Tempe, Ariz. Wells might become the latest addition to the New York Yankees' injury-depleted lineup. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01d41875-c598-45d8-937a-e7f8e589e5cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="476" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01d41875-c598-45d8-937a-e7f8e589e5cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells  heads to the dugout after signing with the Yankees and taking batting practice before the baseball team's spring training game against the Houston Astros at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8aaa9011-e40d-4e51-875b-3c778af3d728.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8aaa9011-e40d-4e51-875b-3c778af3d728.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Vernon Wells holds a bat while waiting his turn in the cage after signing with the Yankees, before a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=115ddf2c-e531-46e6-8b66-a12e731fabe7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=115ddf2c-e531-46e6-8b66-a12e731fabe7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells takes the field for the first time with third base coach Rob Thomson before a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Houston Astros at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Wells' trade to the Yankees was finalized Tuesday, when New York dealt a pair of minor leaguers to the Los Angeles Angels: outfielder Exircado Cayones and left-hander Kramer Sneed. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4d77f56-7a3b-47dd-adeb-625f440e3bb9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a4d77f56-7a3b-47dd-adeb-625f440e3bb9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells takes the field before a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Houston Astros in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Wells' trade to the Yankees was finalized Tuesday, when New York dealt a pair of minor leaguers to the Los Angeles Angels: outfielder Exircado Cayones and left-hander Kramer Sneed. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cabrera homers, Tigers top Pettitte, Yankees 10-6</title>
<description><![CDATA[Andy Pettitte feels like he's getting a boost from a full spring training.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Berlinicke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Berlinicke]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431709-cabrera-homers-tigers-top-pettitte-yankees-10-6</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431709-cabrera-homers-tigers-top-pettitte-yankees-10-6</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tigers</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>andy-pettitte</category><category>detroit-tigers</category><category>miguel-cabrera</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:54:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e957d2e-05ab-45b7-9bb2-9ae698687200.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e957d2e-05ab-45b7-9bb2-9ae698687200.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera rounds third base after a home run during the seventh inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f1e9bb0-c240-4285-85ea-7df3a66046e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f1e9bb0-c240-4285-85ea-7df3a66046e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte throws during the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8bb1680-fcb5-4912-abd5-4d4f6e7f5c94.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8bb1680-fcb5-4912-abd5-4d4f6e7f5c94.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48954020-0ac7-4a82-9ba2-cec2b19f880a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48954020-0ac7-4a82-9ba2-cec2b19f880a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baseball fans take in a spring training baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees at Joker Marchant Stadium, Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e9108512-0944-4559-905e-c36bf3c51f67.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e9108512-0944-4559-905e-c36bf3c51f67.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees center fielder Ichiro Suzuki mislays a double by Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila during the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game, Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cano's 2 RBIs help Yankees top Twins 9-7</title>
<description><![CDATA[Robinson Cano returned from the World Baseball Classic, his swing in fine form for the New York Yankees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dorsey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Dorsey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17419585-canos-2-rbis-help-yankees-top-twins-9-7</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17419585-canos-2-rbis-help-yankees-top-twins-9-7</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>twins</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>minnesota-twins</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>ivan-nova</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:37:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74033b9d-9540-46ac-848c-258a941a6ab7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="484" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74033b9d-9540-46ac-848c-258a941a6ab7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova delivers to the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8c904b-5c3d-49c8-8ba6-dd05ca7e463e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8c904b-5c3d-49c8-8ba6-dd05ca7e463e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez gets back safely to first on a pick-off attempt in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f607f40-5a62-4b02-b13d-4a1b555ce865.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f607f40-5a62-4b02-b13d-4a1b555ce865.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Vance Worley (49) delivers to the New York Yankees in the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=851879f2-e9d7-4166-8cff-9ae9a55b54f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="436" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=851879f2-e9d7-4166-8cff-9ae9a55b54f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken March, 21, 2013, New York Yankees' Robinson Cano, right, and Yankees chief international officer Felix Lopez stand by the batting cage before the Yankees' spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Tampa, Fla. Lopez is in charge of the Yankees' Latin Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic, among many other duties. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d3cd6ce-1d41-40e5-b428-175f3fede69d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="443" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d3cd6ce-1d41-40e5-b428-175f3fede69d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Ronnier Mustelier (95) is forced at second base on a grounder by Eduardo Nunez, as Minnesota Twins second baseman Jamey Carroll turns the double play in the seventh inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, March 22, 2013. The Yankees won 9-7. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees beat Boston without Jeter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Eduardo Nunez might find himself in the middle of things come opening day.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Didtler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Didtler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389765-yankees-beat-boston-without-jeter</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17389765-yankees-beat-boston-without-jeter</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>red-sox</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>derek-jeter</category><category>eduardo-nunez</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:05:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed32bc36-af69-417e-bd17-ce55df4d2571.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed32bc36-af69-417e-bd17-ce55df4d2571.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox third base coach Brian Butterfield, left, puts a ball into the glove of New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, a former Red Sox infielder, before a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, March 20, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f0f2fca-6b6a-4937-8399-a25ae843076a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f0f2fca-6b6a-4937-8399-a25ae843076a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Felix Doubront winds up in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, March 20, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe67093a-99ad-4915-97ed-92626bb17734.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe67093a-99ad-4915-97ed-92626bb17734.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees shortstop Eduardo Nunez fields a ball in the first inning of a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yankees, Red Sox to honor Newtown</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will honor the community of Newtown and the memory of those killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School when the teams play opening day April 1 at Yankee Stadium.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17387556-yankees-red-sox-to-honor-newtown</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17387556-yankees-red-sox-to-honor-newtown</guid><category>mlb</category><category>yankees</category><category>red-sox</category><category>yankee-stadium</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>us-news</category><category>newtown</category><category>sandy-hook-elementary-school</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:44:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Brown homers again, Phillies beat Yankees 4-1</title>
<description><![CDATA[Derek Jeter treated fans to some batting practice before a sore ankle sent him home early.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Maaddi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rob Maaddi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374710-brown-homers-again-phillies-beat-yankees-4-1</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374710-brown-homers-again-phillies-beat-yankees-4-1</guid><category>mlb</category><category>phillies</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>philadelphia-phillies</category><category>derek-jeter</category><category>kyle-kendrick</category><category>domonic-brown</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:58:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b918f15-cbd6-441f-89b2-1523b5162c7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b918f15-cbd6-441f-89b2-1523b5162c7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, left, and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter chat during batting pracrtice before a spring training baseball game between the Yankees and the Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a052029-b197-4684-b024-22e06ce7ec55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a052029-b197-4684-b024-22e06ce7ec55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter takes batting practice before a spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  Jeter was pulled from the lineup. 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Jeter says he was removed from Tuesday's lineup for &quot;precautionary&quot; reasons because his surgically repaired left ankle feels &quot;stiff.&quot;(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8867aae-22cf-4df0-afa7-e825c48b7fb2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8867aae-22cf-4df0-afa7-e825c48b7fb2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, right, gestures as he talks with New York Yankees outfielder Ben Francisco, back to camera, before a spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ac3ad78-2f32-45e5-979e-3ebf4556d9e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ac3ad78-2f32-45e5-979e-3ebf4556d9e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki runs the bases during pregame warmups before a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97616516-3966-446b-9da9-2953fb9d543a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97616516-3966-446b-9da9-2953fb9d543a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain laughs while warming up before a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2013.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>