BALTIMORE — Here is your Yankee lineup for Tuesday against Miguel Gonzalez Brett Gardner, CF Robinson Cano, 2B Vernon Wells, LF Travis Hafner, DH Lyle Overbay, 1B Curtis Granderson, RF David Adams, 3B Jayson Nix, SS Austin Romine, C Phil Hughes, P
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Game 45: Yankees (28-16) at Orioles (23-21)
Next Monday, for Memorial Day, the New York Yankees will don special caps to honor the military. The interlocking white “NY” will be surrounded by camouflage when the Yankees play at Citi Field against the New York Mets.
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I just got off a conference call with Yankees president Randy Levine, MLS commissioner Don Garber and Mancester City FC CEO Ferran Soriano. Here are the five things you need to know about the Yankees’ involvement as MLS owners. 1.) Will there be soccer games at Yankee Stadium? In the interim, it is possible, Levine said. The MLS team is to begin play in 2015 and will not have a new stadium built by then. Levine mentioned Citi Field as another possible site.
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The New York Yankees are going into the soccer business. The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer’s 20th team, an expansion franchise, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season. Manchester City, owned by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, will be the majority owner of the team. While MLS has been negotiating with New York to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, near the home of the New York Mets, NYC FC will start play at an interim home and will consider other sites for a stadium.
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Yankees to co-own soccer team
In the ultimate odd-couple alliance, Hal Steinbrenner has joined forces with controversial multi-billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan to bring an expansion MLS team to New York.
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Bronx booters: Yanks partnering on MLS club
Mark Teixeira first announced the fact that he had taken some good at-bats via his Twitter account yesterday. The team then confirmed his progress and prognosis. They are still guarded about his potential return date, but for Teixeira to take some swings for the first time since his wrist injury is a good thing. Felt good to get my first AB’s since March. 1-2 with a double and a walk, I’ll take it. #Yankees in first place, I’ll take that too! — Mark Teixeira (@teixeiramark25) May 20, 2013 Bryan Hoch of MLB.com says manager Joe Girardi and GM Brian Cashman are still cautious about Teixeira’s progress. Cashman acknowledges that a lot can still go wrong, and the team must take it day by day with Teixeira. Girardi said Teixeira will continue to hit in simulated games so he can get a feel for hitting from both sides of the plate. Teixeira suffered a wrist injury while preparing to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic this spring. He has yet t…
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Yankees’ Mark Teixeira takes first at-bats since injury
BALTIMORE — The Yankees didn’t need to see Orioles closer Jim Johnson implode for a third consecutive appearance to appreciate Mariano Rivera. “Believe me, I don’t take it for granted,” manager Joe Girardi said after Rivera picked up his 17th save in as many chances in last night’s…
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Mo saves 17th for Yankees after Orioles closer flunks
BALTIMORE — Phil Hughes and pitching coach Larry Rothschild didn’t make any drastic between-starts changes with tonight’s Yankees starter after he failed to get out of the first inning in his last outing Wednesday against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium. “I felt I was a little on the side…
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No big changes planned for Yankees’ Hughes
BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter hasn’t been as mesmerized by the Yankees’ fast start as have many others around baseball. Instead, the man who used to have Joe Girardi’s job in The Bronx pointed to the ways the team has been able to overcome the injuries to so many of…
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Orioles’ Showalter not surprised by Yankees’ fast start
On a gorgeous day in Rye, Brian Cashman didn’t want to send a cloud all the way down to Tampa. It’s just that the Yankees’ general manager, 16 years on the job, has seen way too much to place optimism where it doesn’t belong. Mark Teixeira played…
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