The New York Yankees logged a $201.4 million payroll and this season, they got what they paid for. The New York Yankees, who became World Series champs for the 27th time Wednesday night, logged the highest payroll in baseball... [read full story]
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For any other team, even a team like the 2009 Yankees that finished 101-48, you would say now comes the hard part, deciding which players they should keep and which they should let go. But these are the Yankees.
After missing the playoffs for the first time since 1995, the Yankees spent last offseason ensuring they wouldn’t suffer the same fate in 2009. They upgraded their offense by trading for Nick Swisher, who became the team’s...
Talent wins. When you look at the 2009 Yankees, start and stop at the exceptional talent level. You want to credit George Steinbrenner’s money for landing the best talent? Have at it. Twins owner Carl Pohlad had more glue and...
Sept. 23, 2008 was a day the Yankees hadn’t experienced in more than a decade. When the Red Sox defeated the Indians, 5-4, that night, the Bronx Bombers found themselves sitting at home in October for the first time since 1995...
• This might come as a surprise, but some Yankees fans are a bit sensitive about the outrageous allegation that the Bronx Bombers bought their championship.The Yankees' opening-day payroll was $201,449,189, about $52 million...
By Michael Silverman / Baseball notes Sunday, November 8, 2009 - That’s the going rate for a second Yankees World Series championship in the first decade of the 21st century. It is a mind-boggling figure to be sure, and it took...
Remember the "Amazin' Mets," founded in the early '60s to replace the Dodgers, who had fled Brooklyn for Los Angeles, leaving a baseball void and a lot of heartache in New York? They were so inept in their formative years that...
Players opt not to pick up belongings from clubhouse NEW YORK -- One day after the Yankees electrified the Canyon of Heroes with one of the wildest championship celebrations in recent memory, the home clubhouse at Yankee...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.
Manhattan office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti. Auditor Damian Salo attended the...
