Joba Chamberlain has lost his exclusive eighth-inning job, but is in no jeopardy of being sent to the minors, sources told The Post. Joe Girardi refused to say on Monday night that Chamberlain had lost his job, but a club official explained: “The first...
CLEVELAND -- Alex Rodriguez is going to hit home run No. 600. Tonight. Tomorrow night. Maybe the weekend. The milestone homer is coming. The same can't be said about Joba Chamberlain automatically working the eighth inning. Rodriguez didn't become the...
Joba Chamberlain felt the positive was how he finished, not how he started the eighth inning yesterday. But he was one base-runner from not finishing the inning at all. Yankee manager Joe Girardi, after watching Chamberlain surrender a walk and then a...
SEATTLE -- No matter how much Joba Chamberlain struggles, manager Joe Girardi isn't ready to pull the plug on his set-up man. Asked to protect a one-run lead in the eighth and get the game to Mariano Rivera so Javier Vazquez could be rewarded with a...
SEATTLE -- Joba Chamberlain ruined a lot of nights last night. In 3-D. It was not a pretty picture. This was an ugly performance in so many ways and it wasted a tremendous pitching performance by Javier Vazquez, who fired seven shutout innings. It...
By Brian Costa CLEVELAND— At the low point of his career, Joba Chamberlain went duck hunting.He was playing the "Big Buck Hunter" arcade game in the visiting clubhouse at Progressive Field Monday, pointing a plastic gun at the screen. As he sniped off...
By Kevin Clark It's the kind of "problem" most ballclubs would love to have. But once again, the Yankees have been forced to contend with one of the most inexact forms of baseball science: How to manage a talented but delicate young pitcher. After the "...
The defending World Series champions believe they have the necessary pieces to obtain Dan Haren, according to a major-league source. The Yankees, after getting shut out on Cliff Lee, are in position to trade for a different ace. As the trade...
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez hit his 599th home run, Derek Jeter had an inside-the-park shot and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 10-4 Thursday on a strange night in the Bronx. Jorge Posada had a go-ahead double and a bizarre throwing...
By Brian Costa The Yankees were tantalizingly close to making the rest of this season a mere formality. Had their bid to trade for Cliff Lee last week not fallen through at the last minute, they would have been more than favorites to win the World...
CLEVELAND -- Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was a late scratch from the club's lineup on Tuesday against the Indians with a sore left knee. Posada had been slotted to bat sixth against Cleveland, but the change...
O-fer-A-Rod Alex Rodriguez remains stuck at No. 599 in his bid to collect his 600th homer. And he says all the right thing (i.e. cliches) you'd expect to hear about the 17 at-bats (and counting) since his last dinger. Choo business The...
CLEVELAND -- Two hours before the first pitch of Monday night's New York Yankees-Cleveland Indians game at Progressive Field, a direct question was put to Yankees manager Joe Girardi: All things being equal -- meaning both guys are healthy, well-rested...
NEW YORK — The date was June 30, 2009. The topic was the Yankees’ eighth-inning guy — who at that moment was Brian Bruney. "Bruney’s our eighth-inning guy," manager Joe Girardi said. "We need to get Bruney going." Ever wonder why general manager Brian...
Kyle Terada/US PresswireJoba Chamberlain, shown pitching during the series with Oakland, allowed a grand slam to Seattle's Jose Lopez in the eighth inning Saturday to give the Mariners a 4-1 victory. SEATTLE -- Just when the Yankees began playing as...
