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Baseball's All-Miscreant Team

Will McCahill — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:29:44 CDT

With baseball's All-Stars set to take the field at Yankee Stadium, Radar uses the occasion (and the fact that one is the tabloids' current fixation) to name its All-Morally Inept Team: C: Paul Lo Duca, then with the Mets, got the full New York treatment in 2006, when his affair...

All-Star Idols: Wacky Voting Fills Final Slots

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:34:50 CDT

With one spot left in each league after the All-Star rosters were populated last week, it was time for America to do what it does best: inspire local fans to vote dozens, even hundreds of times. Milwaukee plastered hearts everywhere, Yankees fans slapped on fake mustaches, and Philadelphia staged a...

Yanks' Giambi Puts Hope in Thong

Matt Cantor — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:34:47 CDT

Slumping Yankees slugger Jason Giambi has a secret weapon: a gold thong. He wears it when he’s struggling for hits—as is the case now, with his average well below .200—and has passed it to teammates Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, and Johnny Damon when they needed it, Portfolio notes....

Yanks Avoid Series Sweep; Beat Indians 6-3

Jamie Buss — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:46 CDT

Jason Giambi and the sluggish New York Yankees suddenly turned sluggerish. The Yankees played home run derby last night, with Giambi, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit connecting in a 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Mike Mussina (5-3) pitched five innings for his fourth straight win and earned...

Peralta, Indians Bug Yankees Again, Win 6-4

Mike Buss — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:38:17 CDT

Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run homer off Andy Pettitte in the fifth inning and the Cleveland Indians won their fourth straight Friday, beating New York, 6-4, in the Yankees' first visit since last year's AL playoffs when they were bombarded by swarming bugs. Peralta had four RBIs and Jamey Carroll...

Wang Throws 2-Hitter, Yanks Top Red Sox

Mike Buss — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:26:53 CDT

Chien-Ming Wang added an outstanding pitching performance to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry—a two-hit complete game. In the teams' first meeting of the season, Wang gave up only a home run by J.D. Drew that was nearly caught and a bunt single Friday night as New York beat Boston...

Tigers Edge Yanks 5-4

Joseph Fasano — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:18:52 CDT

The Tigers paid a price for their dramatic 5-4 win over the Yankees yesterday. Curtis Granderson's in-the-park homer earned Detroit the win, but ace starter Jair Jurrjens—a key weapon in the Tigers' battle for the American League Central—went out early with an injury to his throwing shoulder and...

Tigers Trounce Yanks, 8-5

Joseph Fasano — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:35:14 CDT

Carlos Guillen's first-inning grand slam off Yankee hurler Mike Mussina set the pace for Detroit's 8-5 triumph in the Bronx last night. New York, unable to muster much offense outside of a Bobby Abreu homer in the third, continued its bullpen woes: reliever Ron Villon's meltdown in the seventh all...

Giambi Dodges Penalty for Steroid Use

Joseph Fasano — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:39:51 CDT

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has decided not to suspend or otherwise punish Yankee first baseman Jason Giambi for his past steroid use. "It's over and done with. I'm thrilled," said Giambi. The slugger, who has confessed to using performance enhancers, earned the pardon through his cooperation with an...