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All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too.
CC Sabathia will start Game 4 of the World Series for the New York Yankees on three days' rest.
NEW YORK - The Yankees spent money. It's what they do. And other than the exorbitant numbers involved — $161 million over seven years for CC Sabathia and another $82.5 million over five years for A.J. Burnett — it's hard to argue with their strategy.
Alex Rodriguez waited all game long for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole life. Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his career, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon's daring dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee began texting each other a week ago, but kept their notes private.
As the pitching prize of last offseason, CC Sabathia had options. Sure, the Yankees threw a mountain of money at him. It was names like Jeter, Pettitte, Posada and Rivera that sealed the deal, though.
CC Sabathia taps his beefy right hand on the wooden door of his clubhouse locker and grins. Not that the power pitcher who's on a playoff roll for the New York Yankees needs a lot of luck. Still, he's not taking any chances.
The New York Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte.
Alex Rodriguez has done something remarkable in every game of his charmed October. CC Sabathia is settling for every time he takes the mound. Together, they've got the New York Yankees within one win of a long-awaited return to the World Series.
The American League championship series resumes today in Anaheim, with the New York Yankees sending 19-game winner CC Sabathia against the Los Angeles Angels' 10-game winner, Scott Kazmir. The National League series between the Phillies and the Dodgers has the day off.
John Lackey will start Friday night's Game 1 of the AL championship series against CC Sabathia and the Yankees, getting the nod from manager Mike Scioscia before the Angels traveled to New York on Wednesday.
CC Sabathia was superb, A.J. Burnett followed suit and Andy Pettitte added to his resume of postseason success.
Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez stood together as Yankee Stadium roared.
CC Sabathia was fantastic in his first regular season with the New York Yankees. Now, it's time for him to earn that $161 million contract.
Alex Rodriguez homered twice and drove in an AL-record seven runs in a 10-run sixth to help the playoff-bound New York Yankees finish the regular season with a 10-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
B.J. Upton ruined CC Sabathia's bid to become a 20-game winner, going 5 for 5 while hitting for the cycle and driving in a career-high six runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 13-4 on Friday night.
Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees wrapped up the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a neat bow, beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for their 100th win of the year.
Ken Griffey Jr. homered and drove in four runs, putting the New York Yankees' playoff party on hold by leading the Seattle Mariners to a 7-1 victory Sunday.
Hideki Matsui homered and drove in five runs, CC Sabathia became the AL's first 17-game winner and the New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep against the last-place Baltimore Orioles with a 13-3 victory Sunday.
Tampa Bay slugger Carlos Pena broke two fingers when he was hit by a CC Sabathia pitch in the opener of Monday's day-night doubleheader against the Yankees.
CC Sabathia allowed one run in seven innings to earn his AL-leading 16th victory, Alex Rodriguez got his 2,500th hit and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-2 Wednesday night for a three-game sweep.
Celizic: It’s time for the Red Sox to throw out all the familiar plot lines. This season is no longer about beating the Yankees or winning the AL East. All that counts now is figuring out a way to make the playoffs.
Derek Jeter needed one pitch to reach a milestone and get the Yankees going again.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer, Alfredo Aceves earned his majors-leading eighth win as a reliever and the New York Yankees wrapped up a stretch of 33 games in 34 days with a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
CC Sabathia against Josh Beckett loomed as a low-scoring duel between two of baseball's best pitchers.
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Fox News goes 10 for 10!Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.
B.J. Upton spent the first week of the season on the disabled list following winter shoulder surgery and hit just .204 with two homers, 60 strikeouts, and a measly .587 OPS in 45 games through the end of May.
We've just rolled out a new section on NBCSports.com called The Five Spot. We throw out a topic, rank the top five, and let the readers have their turn. Sort of like our own little place for bar arguments, only hopefully a little more coherent.
This man might win 300 As Randy Johnson has lumbered towards 300, we have already seen multiple articles claiming that he will be the last of the 300-game winners. It's a tired topic, because, as Lar from Wezen-Ball notes, it's been used so many times before:
* According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution: "Yunel Escobar had to leave Thursday's game with a strained abdominal muscle, which he injured jumping up and down in the on-deck circle, warming up."
* Armed with his $161 million contract from the Yankees, CC Sabathia bought a 12,000-square foot house in New Jersey that presumably will one day cease being surrounded by piles of dirt.
Reigning NL Cy Young award winner Tim Lincecum had a day he'd like to forget yesterday, giving up three runs on four hits in three innings in which he threw 78 pitches.
Emilio Bonifacio had a monster game Monday against the team that traded him to the Marlins, going 4-for-6 with an inside-the-park homer, three steals, and four runs versus the Nationals.
CC Sabathia is no stranger to poor starts -- he was 0-3 with a 13.50 ERA through four outings last year -- but that wasn't an ordinary bad game he had Monday against the Orioles. 4 1/3 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 0 K
Post Reports CC to Sign with the YanksThe NY Post is reporting that CC has agreed to a deal with the Yankees that would pay him $160 million over 7 years.
Big storylines at baseball's winter meetingsBetter late than never, the winter's top story lines are beginning to develop as we head into next week's winter meetings. One thing is for sure, all eyes will be on CC Sabathia, Jake Peavy and Manny Ramirez as general managers gather in Las Vegas.
There seems to be a lot of fuss over CC Sabathia not running, jumping and laughing all the way to the bank with the pile of money the Yankees have offered, reportedly $140 million over six seasons.
Yankees must break the bank for pitchingIf the Yankees are to return to the playoffs, as their fans feel it is their divine right to do, they've got to get pitching. As luck would have it, there are two great starters out there, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. The Yankees should sign both, and get Derek Lowe, too.
Young Charlie sparkles as Braves top D'Backs in series openerCharlie Morton delivered another strong performance, shutting out the Diamondbacks for seven innings as the Braves topped Arizona 6-4. Morton allowed just five hits, five days after pitching well in a non-decision against Milwaukee.
Morton strong, but Sabathia stronger as Braves plunge to 10 under, 10 backCharlie Morton pitched seven strong innings, but CC Sabathia held the Braves in check as Atlanta fell 4-2 to Milwaukee on Saturday at Turner Field, falling to 10 games under .500 for the first time in more than two years.
Chuckie clocked as Braves smashed by Brew CrewChuck James may have been successful at Richmond, but he was the same ol' Chuckie Friday night, allowing six runs and walking four in 2 2/3 innings as the Braves were blown out of Turner Field by the Brewers, 9-0. Atlanta mustered just five hits in the rout.
Braves power past Cards, halt five-game skidIt's been a horrible week for the Braves, but Thursday brought some good news: five decent innings from Mike Hampton, four shutout innings from the bullpen, and three-hit games from Clint Sammons and Omar Infante as the Braves won 9-4 to snap a five-game losing streak.
Welcome to Sell City: another big lead wasted as Braves slide 7 1/2 backLeading by five runs early, the Braves bullpen imploded in a 12-10 loss Sunday at Philadelphia that sends the Braves 7 1/2 games back in the NL East, and most likely forces management to shift into sell mode as the trade deadline approaches.
Our dangerous statistical ignoranceThe single most pernicious threat to liberty today is humanity's natural tendency to misunderstand the statistics of rare events. We're just not wired to have good intuition about things that happen with extreme infrequency.
Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia wins AL Cy Young Award - cleveland.comHe has grown up right in front of us. Now that he's primed and polished and has the American League Cy Young Award trophy sitting in the back seat, will C.C. Sabathia drive right out of Cleveland?
Pitching splits are, quite possibly, even more ridiculous than batting splits. That might just make them more fun to mess with, though. Here, then, are some utterly absurd things to consider about pitchers one month into the 2007 MLB season.
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