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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Johnny Damon</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/johnny-damon" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/johnny-damon</id><updated>2011-08-10T07:30:09Z</updated><entry><title>Tampa Bay Rays Latest MLB Team To Join 'It Gets Better Project'</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-rays-latest-mlb-team-join-project-4817823a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-10T07:30:09Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-10:/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-rays-latest-mlb-team-join-project-4817823a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; are the latest &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt; team to join the It Gets Better Project&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Tampa Bay Rays are the latest MLB team to join the &lt;a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/"&gt;It Gets Better Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Gay activist, sex advice columnist and &lt;a href="http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=9065&amp;MediaType=1&amp;Category=22"&gt;&lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="St. Petersburg Times"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. 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Upton"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Kerry Wood"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Akinori Iwamura"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Barry Zito"></category><category term="Yovani Gallardo"></category><category term="Gio Gonzalez"></category><category term="Ricky Romero"></category><category term="Ricky Nolasco"></category><category term="Neil Walker"></category><category term="Chris Perez (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers-Indians postponed by rain</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigersindians-postponed-rain-1576307a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-28T17:45:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-28:/professional-baseball/tigersindians-postponed-rain-1576307a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Tigers at Indians postponed by rain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The game between the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was postponed by rain Tuesday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A steady drizzle kept the field covered and forced the teams into a doubleheader on Wednesday, scheduled to start at 4:05 p.m. It will be the Indians' final home games of the seas...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Pete Rose"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Willie Mays"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Brooks Robinson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon stays in Detroit, nixes return to Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-stays-detroit-nixes-return-red-sox-1028220a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-24T13:45:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-24:/professional-baseball/damon-stays-detroit-nixes-return-red-sox-1028220a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;OF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; decides to stay in &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;, turns down chance to return to Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon is staying in Detroit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Tigers outfielder says he's decided to pass up a chance to return to the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;. The Red Sox had claimed him on waivers this week, and it was up to him to ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Raburn leads Tigers' rout of Kansas City</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/raburn-leads-tigers-rout-kansas-city-1027392a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-23T19:30:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-23:/professional-baseball/raburn-leads-tigers-rout-kansas-city-1027392a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Raburn leads Tigers to 12-3 rout of &lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Ryan Raburn" href="/topic/Ryan+Raburn" &gt;Ryan Raburn&lt;/a&gt; drove in three runs and scored twice to help the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; continue a strong homestand with a 12-3 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jhonny Peralta" href="/topic/Jhonny+Peralta" &gt;Jhonny Peral...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Gregor Blanco"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Bruce Chen"></category><category term="Enrique Gonzalez"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Ned Yost"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Jai Miller"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Toledo Mud Hens"></category><category term="Ryan Raburn"></category><category term="Billy Butler (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Casper Wells"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon claimed by Red Sox, deciding whether to go</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-claimed-red-sox-deciding-1027226a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-23T14:45:27Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-23:/professional-baseball/damon-claimed-red-sox-deciding-1027226a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;OF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; claimed on waivers by Boston, is deciding whether to rejoin old team&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon is deciding whether to return to the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;. The Detroit Tigers outfielder has been claimed on waivers by Boston, and it's up to him if he wants to go.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Damon said before Mo...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon gets 2,500th career hit</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-2500th-career-hit-984727a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-06T22:15:10Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-06:/professional-baseball/damon-2500th-career-hit-984727a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tigers outfielder &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; became the 92nd major league player to reach 2,500 career hits Tuesday with a single in the third inning of &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;'s 7-5 11-inning win over Baltimore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Damon singled to center field off &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Orioles&lt;/a&gt; starter &lt;a title="Jake Arrieta" href="/topic/Jake+Arrieta" &gt;Jake Arrieta&lt;/a&gt;, d...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="David Hernandez"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Jake Arrieta"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Inge, Guillen lead Tigers over Orioles 12-9</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/inge-guillen-lead-tigers-orioles-129-983512a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-05T14:16:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-05:/professional-baseball/inge-guillen-lead-tigers-orioles-129-983512a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Inge, Guillen lead 17-hit barrage, Tigers outscore Orioles 12-9&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Brandon Inge" href="/topic/Brandon+Inge" &gt;Brandon Inge&lt;/a&gt; drove in four runs, &lt;a title="Carlos Guillen" href="/topic/Carlos+Guillen" &gt;Carlos Guillen&lt;/a&gt; knocked in three and the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; outscored the &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt; early, then held on for a 12-9 victory Mon...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Magglio Ordonez"></category><category term="Miguel Tejada"></category><category term="Kevin Millwood"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Andy Oliver"></category><category term="Zach Miner"></category><category term="Matt Wieters"></category><category term="Joel Zumaya"></category><category term="Eddie Bonine"></category><category term="Adam Jones (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Mark Hendrickson"></category><category term="Comerica Park"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Jake Fox"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Brennan Boesch"></category><category term="Garrett Olsen"></category><category term="Steve Boros"></category></entry><entry><title>Scherzer helps Tigers roll past Mariners, 7-1</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/scherzer-helps-tigers-roll-mariners-71-981794a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-02T19:15:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-02:/professional-baseball/scherzer-helps-tigers-roll-mariners-71-981794a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Scherzer goes 8 innings, Damon homers as Tigers beat Mariners 7-1 without Cabrera&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Max Scherzer" href="/topic/Max+Scherzer" &gt;Max Scherzer&lt;/a&gt; allowed three hits in a season-high eight innings and late substitute &lt;a title="Don Kelly" href="/topic/Don+Kelly" &gt;Don Kelly&lt;/a&gt; got the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;' offense going Friday night in a 7-1 victory over the &lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+M...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Magglio Ordonez"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="Franklin Gutierrez"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Toledo Mud Hens"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Sean White"></category><category term="Daniel Schlereth"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Brennan Boesch"></category></entry><entry><title>Pierre's bat and glove helps WSox beat Tigers 6-2</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pierres-bat-glove-helps-wsox-beat-tigers-62-937565a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-05-18T13:15:38Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-05-18:/professional-baseball/pierres-bat-glove-helps-wsox-beat-tigers-62-937565a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;White Sox beat Tigers 6-2 thanks to Pierre's bat and glove along with Garcia's pitching&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Juan Pierre" href="/topic/Juan+Pierre" &gt;Juan Pierre&lt;/a&gt;'s two-run double and run-saving catch in the fourth inning helped the &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; 6-2 Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Freddy Garcia" href="/topic/Freddy+Garcia" &gt;Fre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland"></category><category term="J.J. Putz"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Bobby Jenks"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Juan Pierre"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Gerald Laird"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Ramon Santiago"></category><category term="Adam Everett"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Willis blanks Twins in Tigers' 3-0 victory</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/willis-blanks-twins-tigers-30-victory-917682a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-29T12:46:06Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-29:/professional-baseball/willis-blanks-twins-tigers-30-victory-917682a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Willis-led Tigers top Twins 3-0 to win 3-game series in 1st matchup since Game No. 163 of 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dontrelle Willis" href="/topic/Dontrelle+Willis" &gt;Dontrelle Willis&lt;/a&gt; pitched four-hit ball over six-plus innings in perhaps his best performance with the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;, a 3-0 win over the &lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Willis (1-1) st...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Justin Morneau"></category><category term="Michael Cuddyer"></category><category term="Carl Pavano"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Magglio Ordonez"></category><category term="Joe Mauer"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="J.J. Hardy"></category><category term="Jim Thome"></category><category term="Dontrelle Willis"></category><category term="Orlando Hudson"></category><category term="Joel Zumaya"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Scott Sizemore"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Johnny Damon is fired up about playing for Tigers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/johnny-damon-fired-playing-tigers-892645a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-02T14:00:55Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-02:/professional-baseball/johnny-damon-fired-playing-tigers-892645a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Tigers and outfielder &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; have hooked up for a win-win situation, so far at least&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; added Johnny Damon for his left-handed bat and veteran presence in the outfield.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They've already gotten more than that and the season hasn't even started yet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I never knew that he had such an engaging personality in the clubhouse...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Dave Dombrowski"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Gerald Laird"></category><category term="Scott Sizemore"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon homers as Braves, Tigers play to 4-all tie</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-homers-braves-tigers-play-4all-tie-880053a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T18:36:01Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/damon-homers-braves-tigers-play-4all-tie-880053a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; hits homer, adds single as Tigers and Braves play to 4-all tie after 10 innings&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon seems determined to show that his home run splurge last season wasn't just a product of the new &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt;'s extra cozy right-field porch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I don't know of a ballpark in &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;America&lt;/a&gt; ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Dunedin"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Lakeland"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Derek Lowe"></category><category term="Bobby Cox"></category><category term="Brian McCann"></category><category term="Chipper Jones"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Kenshin Kawakami"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Gregor Blanco"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Jeff Larish"></category><category term="Eddie Bonine"></category><category term="Billy Wagner"></category><category term="Toledo Mud Hens"></category><category term="Ryan Raburn"></category><category term="Erie SeaWolves"></category><category term="Alex Avila"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Casper Wells"></category><category term="Ryan Strieby"></category><category term="Brennan Boesch"></category></entry><entry><title>Baseball's Youth Wave</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/baseballs-youth-wave-3147119a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-25T11:25:49Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-25:/professional-baseball/baseballs-youth-wave-3147119a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Target Field"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Huston Street"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Webster University"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Baseball America Inc."></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Joe Mauer"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Bob DuPuy"></category><category term="Tim Lincecum"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Franklin Gutierrez"></category><category term="Felix Hernandez"></category><category term="Josh Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Stephen Strasburg"></category><category term="Aaron Crow"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Patrick Rishe"></category><category term="Jim Callis"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon has HR, 2 RBIs and Tigers top Yankees 6-2</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-hr-2-rbis-tigers-top-yankees-62-869028a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-13T15:45:07Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-03-13:/professional-baseball/damon-hr-2-rbis-tigers-top-yankees-62-869028a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Damon has home run, 2 RBIs in Tigers' 6-2 win over Yankees in split-squad matchup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; played against the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; for the first time since leaving after four seasons to sign as a free agent with the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Damon had two hits, including a homer, and two RBI...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Sergio Mitre"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Dontrelle Willis"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="Jeff Niemann"></category><category term="Clete Thomas"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Ryan Raburn"></category><category term="Charlie Morton"></category><category term="Scott Sizemore"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jackson set to become Tigers' CF, try leadoff spot</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jackson-set-tigers-cf-leadoff-spot-857325a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-26T16:15:32Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-02-26:/professional-baseball/jackson-set-tigers-cf-leadoff-spot-857325a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Tigers newcomer &lt;a title="Austin Jackson" href="/topic/Austin+Jackson" &gt;Austin Jackson&lt;/a&gt; set to become &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;'s CF, will try leadoff man&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Austin Jackson knows the Detroit Tigers expect a lot from him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jackson is set to become the Tigers' new center fielder, and will start the exhibition season as their leadoff hitter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;High hopes for someone who has never played in a major league game. The Ti...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Minor League Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Georgia Institute of Technology"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Grapefruit League"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Dontrelle Willis"></category><category term="Andy Oliver"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="Armando Galarraga"></category><category term="Nate Robertson"></category><category term="Eddie Bonine"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Scott Sizemore"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Jacob Turner"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Johnny Damon and Tigers finalize $8M, 1-year deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/johnny-damon-tigers-finalize-8m-1year-deal-850520a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T01:58:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/johnny-damon-tigers-finalize-8m-1year-deal-850520a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Outfielder Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; finalize $8 million, 1-year contract&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;To Johnny Damon, the Detroit Tigers were the right team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"This is where I wanted to be," he said Monday after completing his $8 million, one-year contract. "The Tigers were my first choice. I love it here and think I am a good fit."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let go by the World Series ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Orlando (Florida)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Dave Dombrowski"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon, Tigers finalize eight million-dollar deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-tigers-finalize-milliondollar-deal-851742a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T01:57:59Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/damon-tigers-finalize-milliondollar-deal-851742a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;, let go by the World Series-winning &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, has found a home in &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"This is where I wanted to be," Damon said Monday after finalizing an eight million-dollar, one-year deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The Tigers were my first choice. I love it here and think I am a good fit."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Atla...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Dave Dombrowski"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon signs Tigers deal: report</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-signs-tigers-deal-report-849879a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:49:27Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/damon-signs-tigers-deal-report-849879a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;DETROIT&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Free-agent outfielder &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; has agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, The &lt;a title="Detroit Free Press Inc." href="/topic/Detroit+Free+Press+Inc." &gt;Detroit Free Press&lt;/a&gt; reported on its website on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal is dependant on Damon, who pla...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Free Press Inc."></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>AP Source: OF Damon completes physical for Tigers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-damon-completes-physical-tigers-849836a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T01:56:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/ap-source-damon-completes-physical-tigers-849836a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;AP Source: &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;OF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; completes physical, clearing way to sign 1-year deal with Tigers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A person familiar with the negotiations says Johnny Damon has completed his physical with the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;, clearing the way for the team to finalize a one-year contract with the outfielder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The person spoke Sunday to &lt;a title="The Associated Press" hr...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Larry Lage"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>AP source: Braves make offer to Johnny Damon</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-braves-offer-johnny-damon-843333a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T01:57:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/ap-source-braves-offer-johnny-damon-843333a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Person with knowledge of negotiations: Braves make offer to free-agent &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;OF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Atlanta Braves" href="/topic/Atlanta+Braves" &gt;Atlanta Braves&lt;/a&gt; appear interested in adding Johnny Damon to the top of their lineup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Braves have made an offer to the free-agent outfielder, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity beca...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Bobby Cox"></category><category term="Frank Wren"></category><category term="Matt Diaz"></category><category term="Baseball America Inc."></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Nate McLouth"></category><category term="Jason Heyward"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Tiger&amp;#39;s Tail</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tiger2339s-tail-3461474a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-27T08:42:16Z</updated><author><name>Men's Health</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-27:/professional-baseball/tiger2339s-tail-3461474a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Norway"></category><category term="Kerri Walsh"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Switzerland"></category><category term="Brazil"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Wimbledon"></category><category term="Tiger Woods"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Maria Sharapova"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Elin Nordegren"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Vazquez back to Bronx as Cabrera heads to Braves</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/vazquez-bronx-cabrera-heads-braves-789552a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:50:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/vazquez-bronx-cabrera-heads-braves-789552a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Javier Vazquez" href="/topic/Javier+Vazquez" &gt;Javy Vazquez&lt;/a&gt; back to the &lt;a title="The Bronx" href="/topic/The+Bronx" &gt;Bronx&lt;/a&gt; as the Melk-man goeth to the &lt;a title="Atlanta Braves" href="/topic/Atlanta+Braves" &gt;Atlanta Braves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;When Javier Vazquez last threw a pitch for the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, it was a nadir in the team's storied history. He gave up two homers to &lt;a title="Johnny Damon"...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mark DeRosa"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Derek Lowe"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Boone Logan"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Tim Hudson"></category><category term="Frank Wren"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Kenshin Kawakami"></category><category term="Jair Jurrjens"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Trenton Thunder"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Kevin Brown"></category><category term="Mike Dunn"></category><category term="Staten Island Yankees"></category><category term="Randy Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Lonnie Cooper"></category><category term="Tommy Hanson"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="Arodys Vizcaino"></category><category term="Jaime Hoffman"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Bradley to Seattle and Silva to Cubs</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bradley-seattle-silva-cubs-779155a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:50:39Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/bradley-seattle-silva-cubs-779155a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Bradley to &lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;Seattle&lt;/a&gt; and Silva to Cubs; Johnson to &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, leaving Damon hunting&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;Chicago Cubs&lt;/a&gt; and Mariners traded headaches Friday, with mercurial &lt;a title="Milton Bradley (Baseball)" href="/topic/Milton+Bradley+(Baseball)" &gt;outfielder Milton Bradley&lt;/a&gt; heading to Seattle for und...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Montreal"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Jim Hendry"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Milton Bradley (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Javier Lopez"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jack Zduriencik"></category><category term="Andrew Seligman"></category><category term="Mike Gonzalez"></category><category term="Carlos Silva"></category><category term="Ricky Nolasco"></category><category term="Jamey Carroll"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Claudio Vargas"></category><category term="Laynce Nix"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Peter Kerzel"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>AP source: Johnson reaches $5.5M deal with Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ap-source-johnson-reaches-55m-deal-yankees-785138a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:50:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/ap-source-johnson-reaches-55m-deal-yankees-785138a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Person familiar with negotiations: Johnson reaches $5.5 million deal with Yankees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Nick Johnson (Baseball)" href="/topic/Nick+Johnson+(Baseball)" &gt;Nick Johnson&lt;/a&gt; is returning to the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, a move that likely will end &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s time in New York after four seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson reached a preliminary agreement Friday on a $5.5 mil...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Montreal"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees swing tentative deal for Granderson</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-swing-tentative-deal-granderson-771836a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:50:52Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-swing-tentative-deal-granderson-771836a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt; star centerfielder &lt;a title="Curtis Granderson" href="/topic/Curtis+Granderson" &gt;Curtis Granderson&lt;/a&gt; is headed for the World Series champion &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; as part of a tentative three-team, seven-player trade agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The biggest move so far at &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;'s wint...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Brad Penny"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Ivan Rodriguez"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Ian Kennedy"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Arn Tellem"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>A Bleak Winter For Baseball Free Agents</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bleak-winter-baseball-free-agents-2793109a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T14:34:04Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/bleak-winter-baseball-free-agents-2793109a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Lehman Brothers Inc."></category><category term="Forbes Media LLC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="BMW AG"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Bellagio Las Vegas"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Randy Smith"></category><category term="Ivan Rodriguez"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Miguel Tejada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Jerry Reinsdorf"></category><category term="Orlando Cabrera"></category><category term="Nick Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Matsui, Damon not offered arbitration by Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/matsui-damon-offered-arbitration-yankees-761596a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:01:55Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/matsui-damon-offered-arbitration-yankees-761596a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;World Series Most Valuable Player &lt;a title="Hideki Matsui" href="/topic/Hideki+Matsui" &gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt; and star &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; were among those not offered salary arbitration by Tuesday's deadline by the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; champion &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees declined to risk a possibl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Jerry Hairston Jr."></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon, Tejada, Wolf not offered arbitration</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-tejada-wolf-offered-arbitration-761260a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:02:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/damon-tejada-wolf-offered-arbitration-761260a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Miguel Tejada" href="/topic/Miguel+Tejada" &gt;Miguel Tejada&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Randy Wolf" href="/topic/Randy+Wolf" &gt;Randy Wolf&lt;/a&gt; not offered salary arbitration&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon, &lt;a title="Houston Astros" href="/topic/Houston+Astros" &gt;Houston&lt;/a&gt; shortstop Miguel Tejada and &lt;a title="Los Angeles Dodgers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Dodgers" &gt;Dodgers&lt;/a&gt; pitcher Randy Wolf we...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mark DeRosa"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Kevin Gregg"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Jason Marquis"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Randy Wolf"></category><category term="Carl Pavano"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Mike Cameron"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Darren Oliver"></category><category term="Brian Schneider"></category><category term="Bengie Molina"></category><category term="Ivan Rodriguez"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Miguel Tejada"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="LaTroy Hawkins"></category><category term="Erik Bedard"></category><category term="Brandon Lyon"></category><category term="Fernando Rodney"></category><category term="Justin Duchscherer"></category><category term="Carlos Delgado"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jon Garland"></category><category term="Mike Gonzalez"></category><category term="Marlon Byrd"></category><category term="Orlando Hudson"></category><category term="Rod Barajas"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Orlando Cabrera"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Miguel Olivo"></category><category term="Joel Pineiro"></category><category term="Kelvim Escobar"></category><category term="Jermaine Dye"></category><category term="Octavio Dotel"></category><category term="Jarrod Washburn"></category><category term="Carlos Ruiz"></category><category term="Brian Shouse"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Billy Wagner"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Rafael Betancourt"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jimmie Johnson celebrates crown, with Damon assist</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jimmie-johnson-celebrates-crown-damon-assist-753843a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:02:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/jimmie-johnson-celebrates-crown-damon-assist-753843a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;No stranger to winning, &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; helps &lt;a title="Jimmie Johnson" href="/topic/Jimmie+Johnson" &gt;Jimmie Johnson&lt;/a&gt; celebrate 4th Cup title&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jimmie Johnson has put together the kind of winning streak that Johnny Damon and the Yankees can certainly appreciate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It took Damon four years to win his first World Series in New York. John...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Local Politics"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Motorsports"></category><category term="NASCAR Racing"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Empire State Building"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Jimmie Johnson"></category><category term="NASCAR"></category><category term="Hendrick Motorsports"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jimmie Johnson Day"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon become free agents</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/hideki-matsui-johnny-damon-free-agents-735763a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:02:58Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/hideki-matsui-johnny-damon-free-agents-735763a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Matsui" href="/topic/Hideki+Matsui" &gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; become free agents after helping Yankees win World Series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;World Series MVP Hideki Matsui became a free agent Monday along with &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; teammates Johnny Damon, &lt;a title="Eric Hinske" href="/topic/Eric+Hinske" &gt;Eric Hinske&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Jose Molina" href...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Chan Ho Park"></category><category term="Jose Contreras"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Gary Sheffield"></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="Paul Bako"></category><category term="Orlando Cabrera"></category><category term="Alex Gonzalez"></category><category term="Matt Stairs"></category><category term="Pedro Feliz"></category><category term="Brian Shouse"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Will Ohman"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yanks' Damon wants to return; will explore options</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/yanks-damon-return-explore-options-732991a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:51:40Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/yanks-damon-return-explore-options-732991a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees outfielder &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; wants to come back, but will explore other options&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon soaked it all in as he shared a float with first-timers &lt;a title="Nick Swisher" href="/topic/Nick+Swisher" &gt;Nick Swisher&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Jerry Hairston Jr." href="/topic/Jerry+Hairston+Jr." &gt;Jerry Hairston Jr.&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' championsh...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Ronald Blum"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Jerry Hairston Jr."></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="Canyon of Heroes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees turn attention to No 28</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-turn-attention-28-731449a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:51:56Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-turn-attention-28-731449a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;With title No 27 secure, &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; turn attention to championship No 28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The sign men were out bright and early at the Yankees minor league complex, sticking vinyl strips with a fresh, white "27" over the "26" that had been up on the board for nine, long years to mark the team's total of World Series titles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wind caused a few problems at the Himes complex in &lt;a title="Tampa" href="/topic/Tampa" &gt;Ta...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Scott Boras"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Shelley Duncan"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Damaso Marte"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Canyon of Heroes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Matsui bat, Damon spikes headed to Hall of Fame</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/matsui-bat-damon-spikes-headed-hall-fame-731194a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-28T11:48:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-28:/world-series/matsui-bat-damon-spikes-headed-hall-fame-731194a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Matsui's bat, Damon's spikes among items donated for display at &lt;a title="National Baseball Hall of Fame" href="/topic/National+Baseball+Hall+of+Fame" &gt;Baseball Hall of Fame&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Matsui" href="/topic/Hideki+Matsui" &gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt;'s bat and &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s spikes are among the items from the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' World Series title going to ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Sabathia Vs. The CEOs</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/sabathia-ceos-2790533a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T14:25:50Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/sabathia-ceos-2790533a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Madonna (Entertainer)"></category><category term="Statue of Liberty"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Pete Rose"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Carl Pavano"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Amherst College"></category><category term="FTI Consulting Inc."></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category><category term="Jaret Wright"></category><category term="Doug Klein"></category><category term="Charles Diamond"></category></entry><entry><title>Utley's two homers power Phillies past Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/utleys-homers-power-phillies-yankees-727437a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:53:07Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/utleys-homers-power-phillies-yankees-727437a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Chase Utley" href="/topic/Chase+Utley" &gt;Chase Utley&lt;/a&gt; blasted two home runs, giving him a record-tying five in the World Series, and reigning champion &lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 8-6 to sustain repeat title hopes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Utley smacked a three-run homer in the first inning and belted a solo round-tripper in the seventh to match &lt;a ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Kate Hudson"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Reggie Jackson"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Shane Victorino"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Jayson Werth"></category><category term="Ryan Madson"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="Raul Ibanez"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Carlos Ruiz"></category><category term="Willie Wilson"></category><category term="David Robertson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Willie Aikens"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Cashing in with the best team that money can buy</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/cashing-team-money-buy-726390a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:53:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/professional-baseball/cashing-team-money-buy-726390a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The Yankee way: Players want big bucks, but finding those tough enough to earn them is tricky&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Brian Cashman" href="/topic/Brian+Cashman" &gt;Brian Cashman&lt;/a&gt; leaned against the wall just outside manager &lt;a title="Joe Girardi" href="/topic/Joe+Girardi" &gt;Joe Girardi&lt;/a&gt;'s office as the best players money can buy milled about inside a quiet, but quietly confident, clubhouse.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The longest-running gripe in baseball is the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Brad Lidge"></category><category term="Jim Litke"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Luis Gonzalez"></category><category term="Carlos Ruiz"></category><category term="Pedro Feliz"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod lifts Yankees to brink of Series title</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/arod-lifts-yankees-brink-series-title-726145a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:53:22Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/arod-lifts-yankees-brink-series-title-726145a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; smacked the greatest hit of his superstar career to drive in the winning run and put the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; on the brink of their 27th World Series title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"A-Rod" smashed a two-out double to left field in the ninth inning to score &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; off third base and the Yankees beat reigning cham...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Shane Victorino"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Charlie Manuel"></category><category term="Brad Lidge"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Carlos Ruiz"></category><category term="Pedro Feliz"></category><category term="Max Carey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees win 7-4 to reach brink of Series title</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/yankees-win-74-reach-brink-series-title-726059a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:53:21Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/yankees-win-74-reach-brink-series-title-726059a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Jorge Posada" href="/topic/Jorge+Posada" &gt;Jorge Posada&lt;/a&gt; drove in the deciding runs with two outs in the ninth inning and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt; 7-4 to reach the brink of a World Series title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees broke a 4-4 deadlock on a double to ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Shane Victorino"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Jayson Werth"></category><category term="Charlie Manuel"></category><category term="Joe Blanton"></category><category term="Brad Lidge"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Raul Ibanez"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Pedro Feliz"></category><category term="Max Carey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon at-bat inspires New York's winning burst</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-atbat-inspires-new-yorks-winning-burst-726033a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-12T02:03:57Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-12:/professional-baseball/damon-atbat-inspires-new-yorks-winning-burst-726033a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;PHILADELPHIA&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - A nine-pitch at-bat by New York left fielder &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; triggered a ninth-inning rally that lifted the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; to the brink of a 27th World Series title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With two outs and the bases empty, Damon batt...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="Brad Lidge"></category><category term="John O'Brien"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Raul Ibanez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Umpires miss another call in ALCS</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/umpires-call-alcs-714602a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:41:33Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/umpires-call-alcs-714602a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Dale Scott (Umpire)" href="/topic/Dale+Scott+(Umpire)" &gt;Umpire Dale Scott&lt;/a&gt; misses another call in AL championship series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Uh, oh. There was another missed call in Game 5 of the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League&lt;/a&gt; championship series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Umpire Dale Scott ruled that New York's &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; was out on a hard grounder to &lt;a title="Los Angeles A...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Kendry Morales"></category><category term="Dale Scott (Umpire)"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees take series opener 4-1 over the Angels</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-series-opener-41-angels-707610a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:47:56Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-series-opener-41-angels-707610a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; used the strong pitching of &lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt;, some deft hitting and two gift runs to beat the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; 4-1 in the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/America...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="Vladimir Guerrero"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Joe Saunders"></category><category term="Kendry Morales"></category><category term="Erick Aybar"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Juan Rivera (Baseball)"></category></entry><entry><title>Sabathia, Yankees lead Angels in cold ALCS opener</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/sabathia-yankees-lead-angels-cold-alcs-opener-707554a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-16T11:57:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-16:/world-series/sabathia-yankees-lead-angels-cold-alcs-opener-707554a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt;, Yankees lead Angels after 3 innings in cold opener to AL championship series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;CC Sabathia pitched shutout ball and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; took a 2-0 lead over the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt; after three blustery innings Friday night in a raw opener to the...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Elmer Fudd"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Erick Aybar"></category><category term="Chone Figgins"></category><category term="Juan Rivera (Baseball)"></category><category term="Big Ten Conference (Football)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Matsui powers Yankees to 13-3 win over Orioles</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/matsui-powers-yankees-133-win-orioles-665897a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:22:33Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/matsui-powers-yankees-133-win-orioles-665897a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Matsui" href="/topic/Hideki+Matsui" &gt;Hideki Matsui&lt;/a&gt; drives in 5 to power Sabathia, Yankees to 13-3 win over &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hideki Matsui homered and drove in five runs, &lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt; became the AL's first 17-game winner and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; avoided a thre...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Felix Pie"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Dave Trembley"></category><category term="Jeremy Guthrie"></category><category term="Melvin Mora"></category><category term="Marty Foster"></category><category term="Nolan Reimold"></category><category term="Justin Turner"></category><category term="Jeff Fiorentino"></category></entry><entry><title>Teixeira, Yankees cap 3-game sweep of White Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/teixeira-yankees-cap-3game-sweep-white-sox-650244a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:34:50Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/teixeira-yankees-cap-3game-sweep-white-sox-650244a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;On the Mark: Teixeira's homer, 4 RBIs lead Yankees over White Sox 8-3 for 3-game sweep&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mark Teixeira" href="/topic/Mark+Teixeira" &gt;Mark Teixeira&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; are playing so well, they can focus on &lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt;'s future and still win big right now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Teixeira homered and drove in four runs, &lt;a title="Johnn...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Sergio Mitre"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Jerry Hairston Jr."></category><category term="Mark Kotsay"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Paul Konerko"></category><category term="Scott Podsednik"></category><category term="Jermaine Dye"></category><category term="Jayson Nix"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon leaves game after fouling ball off leg</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-leaves-game-fouling-ball-leg-640487a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:42:25Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/damon-leaves-game-fouling-ball-leg-640487a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;LF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; leaves game after fouling ball off right leg in first inning&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon left the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' game against the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; on Friday night with a bruised right knee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Damon spun to the ground after fouling &lt;a title="Brad Penny" href="/topic/Brad+Pen...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Brad Penny"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category></entry><entry><title>Can Joe Girardi stitch his team together for a playoff run</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/joe-girardi-stitch-team-playoff-run-2728624a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T11:00:33Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/joe-girardi-stitch-team-playoff-run-2728624a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees rally for 4-game sweep of rival Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-4game-sweep-rival-red-sox-626648a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:54:20Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-4game-sweep-rival-red-sox-626648a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees hit 3 homers, rally for 1st 4-game home sweep of &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; in 24 years with 5-2 victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Lester" href="/topic/Jon+Lester" &gt;Jon Lester&lt;/a&gt; dazzled for seven innings, and the Red Sox held a lead in the eighth. Then everything unraveled, much as it did all series, and Boston was left wondering what else it can do to win a game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;John...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Daniel Bard"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Harmon Killebrew"></category><category term="Scott Kazmir"></category><category term="A.J. Pierzynski"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Brandon Lyon"></category><category term="Fernando Rodney"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Russell Branyan"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Franklin Gutierrez"></category><category term="Bobby Crosby"></category><category term="Ryan Sweeney"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Alexei Ramirez"></category><category term="Jamey Carroll"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Kurt Suzuki"></category><category term="Luke Hochevar"></category><category term="Ryan Rowland-Smith"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Brett Anderson"></category><category term="Derek Holland"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon, Teixeira power Yanks to 5-2 win over BoSox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-teixeira-power-yanks-52-win-bosox-625970a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:54:50Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/damon-teixeira-power-yanks-52-win-bosox-625970a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Damon, Teixeira hit back-to-back homers, giving Yankees 5-2 win and 4-game sweep of Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Mark Teixeira" href="/topic/Mark+Teixeira" &gt;Mark Teixeira&lt;/a&gt; hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Daniel Bard"></category><category term="Fernando Cabrera"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Pawtucket Red Sox"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Harmon Killebrew"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Casey Kotchman"></category><category term="STATS LLC"></category><category term="Enrique Gonzalez"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Josh Towers"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon and Swisher homer as Yanks beat Jays 8-4</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-swisher-homer-yanks-beat-jays-84-620169a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T10:59:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/damon-swisher-homer-yanks-beat-jays-84-620169a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Nick Swisher" href="/topic/Nick+Swisher" &gt;Nick Swisher&lt;/a&gt; hit solo homers as Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon hit a solo home run and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher also connected and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; completed a two-game sweep of the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue J...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Sergio Mitre"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="John Smoltz"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Jerry Hairston Jr."></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Alex Rios"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Eric Hinske"></category><category term="David Robertson"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Cody Ransom"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Brian Tallet"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="Jesse Carlson"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category><category term="Josh Roenicke"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Marc Rzepczynski"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter, Damon, A-Rod power Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-damon-arod-power-yankees-571427a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:39:52Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/jeter-damon-arod-power-yankees-571427a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Jeter, Damon, &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;A-Rod&lt;/a&gt; power Yankees' offense in 11-7 win over Braves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alex Rodriguez is starting to get his groove back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We needed that," he said. "I needed it. I felt like my body was reacting pretty well."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rodriguez tied &lt;a title="Reggie Jackson" href="/topic/Reggie+Jackson" &gt;Reggie Jackson&lt;/a&gt; with his 563rd home run, and &lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Reggie Jackson"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Derek Lowe"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Javier Vazquez"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Bobby Cox"></category><category term="Brian McCann"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Turner Field"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Garret Anderson"></category><category term="Yunel Escobar"></category><category term="Peter Moylan"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category><category term="Diory Hernandez"></category><category term="David Roberston"></category></entry><entry><title>Marlins' Johnson shuts down Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/marlins-johnson-shuts-yankees-568240a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:42:37Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/marlins-johnson-shuts-yankees-568240a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Miami" href="/topic/Miami" &gt;MIAMI&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - &lt;a title="Florida Marlins" href="/topic/Florida+Marlins" &gt;Florida&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Josh Johnson (Baseball)" href="/topic/Josh+Johnson+(Baseball)" &gt;Josh Johnson&lt;/a&gt; held the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; to three hits over seven innings and the Marlins eked out a 2-1 victory in an interleague game on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Dan Uggla"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Hanley Ramirez"></category><category term="Cody Ross"></category><category term="Josh Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category></entry><entry><title>LF Johnny Damon (eyes) back in Yankees lineup</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/lf-johnny-damon-eyes-yankees-lineup-559798a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-11T20:18:26Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-11:/professional-baseball/lf-johnny-damon-eyes-yankees-lineup-559798a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Hold that coffee: &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;LF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; back in Yankees lineup after eye trouble&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon was back in the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' lineup Saturday after missing a start because his eyes had been bothering him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees also got good news about reliever &lt;a title="Brian Bruney" href="/topic/Brian+Bruney" &gt;Brian Bruney&lt;/a&gt;, who tossed a perfect inni...</summary><category term="Food and Cooking"></category><category term="Foods"></category><category term="Functional Foods"></category><category term="Diet and Nutrition"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Alabama"></category><category term="Trenton"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="James Andrews"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Brian Bruney"></category><category term="Trenton Thunder"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Damaso Marte"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Fun in Fenway for Yanks, then home to face Mets</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/fun-fenway-yanks-home-face-mets-554292a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:53:52Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/fun-fenway-yanks-home-face-mets-554292a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Big week for AL-best Yankees: Fun in Fenway, then back to &lt;a title="The Bronx" href="/topic/The+Bronx" &gt;Bronx&lt;/a&gt; to face &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;Mets&lt;/a&gt; in subway series&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;After another winning night of home run derby, the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; headed to &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; for some fun at Fenway. Then it's back home for the first Subway S...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Arlington (Texas)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Jose Contreras"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Fernando Rodney"></category><category term="Jack Cust"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jim Thome"></category><category term="Luis Ayala"></category><category term="Andy Sonnanstine"></category><category term="Scott Feldman"></category><category term="Josh Outman"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Paul Konerko"></category><category term="Scott Podsednik"></category><category term="Alexei Ramirez"></category><category term="Carlos Gomez"></category><category term="Joel Zumaya"></category><category term="Scott Linebrink"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Gabe Kapler"></category><category term="Chris Young (Pitcher)"></category><category term="Matt Tolbert"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Jack Hannahan"></category><category term="Scott Downs"></category><category term="Michel Hernandez"></category><category term="Casey Janssen"></category></entry><entry><title>Pettitte, home runs power Yankees over Rays 5-3</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pettitte-home-runs-power-yankees-rays-53-553973a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:54:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/pettitte-home-runs-power-yankees-rays-53-553973a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Pettitte, home runs by Teixeira, Swisher, Damon &amp;amp;amp; Jeter power &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; over Rays 5-3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Andy Pettitte" href="/topic/Andy+Pettitte" &gt;Andy Pettitte&lt;/a&gt; and another barrage of home runs at the new &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt; carried New York to a win that started what figures to be a challenging week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pettitte recovered from two wild outi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Chris Young"></category><category term="Willy Aybar"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Andy Sonnanstine"></category><category term="Reid Brignac"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Gabe Kapler"></category><category term="Michel Hernandez"></category></entry><entry><title>Cabrera hits go-ahead HR in 8th, Yanks beat Texas</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/cabrera-hits-goahead-hr-8th-yanks-beat-texas-547679a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T11:59:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/cabrera-hits-goahead-hr-8th-yanks-beat-texas-547679a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Melky Cabrera" href="/topic/Melky+Cabrera" &gt;Melky Cabrera&lt;/a&gt; hits tiebreaking homer in 8th inning, Yankees beat &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt; 8-6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Melky Cabrera hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; overcame yet another poor start by &lt;a title="Chien-Ming Wang" href="/topic/Chien-Ming+Wang" &gt;Chien-Ming Wang&lt;/a&gt; to beat...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Dallas"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Elvis Andrus"></category><category term="Chris Davis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Brandon McCarthy"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="David Robertson"></category><category term="Jason Jennings"></category><category term="David Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="C.J. Wilson"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ramiro Pena"></category><category term="Eric Nadel"></category></entry><entry><title>Sore Damon held out of Yankees lineup</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/sore-damon-held-yankees-lineup-533674a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:11:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/sore-damon-held-yankees-lineup-533674a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Damon sore after crashing into wall, held out of &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; lineup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; has been held out of the New York Yankees' starting lineup a day after he crashed into the left-field wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Joe Girardi" href="/topic/Joe+Girardi" &gt;Manager Joe Girardi&lt;/a&gt; says Damon is a little sore and isn't sure if the outfielder will be avail...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Adam Jones"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon's HR gives Yanks 3rd straight walk-off win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damons-hr-yanks-3rd-straight-walkoff-win-526842a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:17:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/damons-hr-yanks-3rd-straight-walkoff-win-526842a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s 10th-inning homer gives Yankees 3rd straight walk-off win over Twins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon homered in the 10th inning, giving the surging &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; a 3-2 victory Sunday and their third straight comeback win over the &lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt; that was capped by a game-ending hit.&lt;/p&gt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Puerto Rico"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="David Wells"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Joe Nathan"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="John Hirschbeck"></category><category term="Randy Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="Kevin Slowey"></category><category term="Hiram Bithorn Stadium"></category><category term="Jesse Crain"></category><category term="Matt Tolbert"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category><category term="Jose Mijares"></category></entry><entry><title>Halladay humbles Yankees in 5-1 Toronto win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/halladay-humbles-yankees-51-toronto-win-522141a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:21:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/halladay-humbles-yankees-51-toronto-win-522141a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Right-hander &lt;a title="Roy Halladay" href="/topic/Roy+Halladay" &gt;Roy Halladay&lt;/a&gt; gave up just five hits and pitched a complete game to record his major league leading seventh win of the season and guide the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory over the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; on Tues...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Alex Rios"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Scott Rolen"></category><category term="Adam Lind"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joe Giradri"></category><category term="Rogers Center"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon homer in 7th lifts Yankees over Orioles 5-3</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-homer-7th-lifts-yankees-orioles-53-519270a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T12:23:37Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/damon-homer-7th-lifts-yankees-orioles-53-519270a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Damon homer in 7th caps comeback for Yankees, who use three HRs to beat Orioles 5-3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, the biggest blow in a long-ball attack that carried the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; past the &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt; 5-3 Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mark Teixeir...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Jim Johnson"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Koji Uehara"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jamie Walker"></category><category term="Brian Roberts (Baseball)"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="Ty Wigginton"></category><category term="Aubrey Huff"></category><category term="Adam Jones (Baseball)"></category><category term="Luke Scott"></category></entry><entry><title>Bad news Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bad-news-yankees-461410a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-15T09:57:47Z</updated><author><name>Las Vegas Sun</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-06-15:/professional-baseball/bad-news-yankees-461410a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Empty seats have turned new stadium into symbol of slumping economy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Each new &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; season comes with a batch of story lines that stir passion and debate. Will the champion &lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt; successfully defend their World Series crown? Can the &lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;Chi...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Layoffs and Downsizing"></category><category term="Real Estate"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Foreclosures"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Las Vegas Sun"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Rodriguez, Wang work out at Yankees' complex</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rodriguez-wang-work-yankees-complex-438114a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:33:37Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/rodriguez-wang-work-yankees-complex-438114a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Rehabbing Rodriguez, Wang work out at Yankees' complex in Florida&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; third baseman &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; increased the intensity of his workout and pitcher &lt;a title="Chien-Ming Wang" href="/topic/Chien-Ming+Wang" &gt;Chien-Ming Wang&lt;/a&gt; threw in the outfield Monday as part of their rehabilitation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The clock is ticking toward the da...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Billy Connors"></category></entry><entry><title>MLB Diary: Yankees at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. ET</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mlb-diary-yankees-red-sox-710-pm-3005886a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T23:10:45Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-23:/professional-baseball/mlb-diary-yankees-red-sox-710-pm-3005886a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Framingham"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Colorado Rockies"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Major League Soccer"></category><category term="World Baseball Classic"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Cincinnati Reds"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Theo Epstein"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Takashi Saito"></category><category term="Jim Rice"></category><category term="Randy Levine"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Javier Lopez"></category><category term="Edinson Volquez"></category><category term="Hideki Okajima"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Brian Bruney"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Don Garber"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Ian Kennedy"></category><category term="Phil Coke"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Ramon Ramirez"></category><category term="Cy Young"></category><category term="Goose Gossage"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Damaso Marte"></category><category term="Edwar Ramirez"></category><category term="Jonathan Albaladejo"></category><category term="Cody Ransom"></category><category term="Weymouth"></category><category term="Nick Green"></category><category term="Shawn Chacon"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="Manny Delcarmen"></category><category term="Jose Molina"></category><category term="Michael Kay"></category><category term="Kim Jones"></category><category term="Team USA (Baseball)"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ramiro Pena"></category><category term="Dave Eiland"></category><category term="David Cone"></category><category term="John Flaherty"></category><category term="YES Network"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="David Arias"></category></entry><entry><title>Sabathia to start both Yankees openers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/sabathia-start-yankees-openers-237644a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:12:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/sabathia-start-yankees-openers-237644a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt; to start both regular season and home opener for the Yankees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;CC Sabathia will start both the regular season and home opener for the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Joe Girardi" href="/topic/Joe+Girardi" &gt;Manager Joe Girardi&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday the left-hander will pitch the season opener at &lt;a title="Baltimore" href="/topic/Baltimor...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Ryan Howard"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Chase Utley"></category><category term="Dan Giese"></category><category term="Brett Tomko"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category></entry><entry><title>CC Sabathia: Samson In Pinstripes?</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/cc-sabathia-samson-pinstripes-2327107a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-21T09:53:41Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-21:/professional-baseball/cc-sabathia-samson-pinstripes-2327107a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Fashion and Style"></category><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Baltimore"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Reggie Jackson"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Randy Johnson (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ken Holtzman"></category><category term="Catfish Hunter"></category><category term="Beauty and Hair Care"></category><category term="Hair Care and Styling"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Samson Effect"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon hits RBI triple in Yankees' loss to Braves</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-hits-rbi-triple-yankees-loss-braves-237033a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-14T14:12:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-14:/professional-baseball/damon-hits-rbi-triple-yankees-loss-braves-237033a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Happy at the top: &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; not ready to give up leadoff spot with Yankees&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon isn't ready to give away his leadoff spot just yet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not long after laughing off &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;'s latest comments, Damon zipped around the bases on an RBI triple to deep right-center in the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New Yo...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Caribbean"></category><category term="Dominican Republic"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="World Baseball Classic"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Tiger Woods on How to Live Stronger and Longer</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tiger-woods-live-stronger-longer-3242869a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-26T12:10:21Z</updated><author><name>Men's Health</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-26:/professional-baseball/tiger-woods-live-stronger-longer-3242869a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Norway"></category><category term="Kerri Walsh"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Switzerland"></category><category term="Brazil"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Wimbledon"></category><category term="Tiger Woods"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Maria Sharapova"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Elin Nordegren"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees put Damon on DL for 1st time in career</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-put-damon-dl-1st-time-career-351431a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T14:44:32Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/yankees-put-damon-dl-1st-time-career-351431a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;OF Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; goes on DL for 1st time in 13-plus seasons with injured shoulder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon stood in a corridor outside the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; clubhouse on Sunday afternoon, sounding sullen. He had just been put on the disabled list for the first time in his major league career after 13 1/2 seasons and 1,927 regular-season games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Xavier Nady"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Justin Christian"></category></entry><entry><title>On the fence: Youkilis drive sits on wall</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/fence-youkilis-drive-sits-wall-174520a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T16:56:34Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/fence-youkilis-drive-sits-wall-174520a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;On the fence: Youkilis drive off Damon's glove sits on wall, falls back to field for triple&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Youkilis" href="/topic/Kevin+Youkilis" &gt;Kevin Youkilis&lt;/a&gt;' drive squirted out of the webbing of &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s glove and bounced up off the top of the left-field wall in the third inning of Friday's game between the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Mike Port"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon HR keeps Yankee season alive</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-hr-yankee-season-alive-1233787a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T02:23:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/professional-baseball/damon-hr-yankee-season-alive-1233787a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;With Yanks' Season on Brink, Damon's Homer Rallies New York Over Cleveland 8-4 to Force Game 4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; lofted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the fifth inning, rookies &lt;a title="Phil Hughes (Baseball)" href="/topic/Phil+Hughes+(Baseball)" &gt;Phil Hughes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt; rescued &lt;a title="Roger Clemens" href="/topic/Roger+Clemens" &gt;Roger...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Rudolph Giuliani"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Eric Wedge"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Paul Byrd"></category><category term="Ryan Garko"></category><category term="Kenny Lofton"></category><category term="Jake Westbrook"></category><category term="Trot Nixon"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Aaron Fultz"></category></entry><entry><title>On brink, Yankees rally for 8-4 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/brink-yankees-rally-84-win-1233722a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T02:23:04Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-10:/professional-baseball/brink-yankees-rally-84-win-1233722a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;With Yanks' Season on Brink, Damon's Homer Rallies New York Over Cleveland 8-4 to Force Game 4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Only when they reach the ledge do these &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; respond. Only when they are on the verge of wrecking, do their abilities come through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"That's the way this team has decided to do things for some reason or another," &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; said...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Eric Wedge"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Paul Byrd"></category><category term="Ryan Garko"></category><category term="Kenny Lofton"></category><category term="Jake Westbrook"></category><category term="Trot Nixon"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Aaron Fultz"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees punch postseason ticket</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-punch-postseason-ticket-1216696a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T23:51:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/yankees-punch-postseason-ticket-1216696a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees Punch Postseason Ticket, As the &lt;a title="AL Playoffs Shape" href="/topic/AL+Playoffs+Shape" &gt;AL Playoffs Shape&lt;/a&gt; Up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; are back in the playoffs, locking up their spot with four games left in the season. &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;, Cleveland and &lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;Los ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Arlington (Texas)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Rob Johnson"></category><category term="Tommy John"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="J.J. Putz"></category><category term="Fausto Carmona"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Mike Piazza"></category><category term="Sammy Sosa"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Mike Scioscia"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Michael Young (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Safeco Field"></category><category term="Jon Garland"></category><category term="Jim Thome"></category><category term="Joe Saunders"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="J.P. Howell"></category><category term="Nick Blackburn"></category><category term="Mike Morse"></category><category term="Joe Borowski"></category><category term="Mike Timlin"></category><category term="Jeff Clement"></category><category term="Wade Boggs"></category><category term="Jeremy Accardo"></category><category term="Jerry Blevins"></category><category term="Eddie Murray (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="AL Playoffs Shape"></category></entry><entry><title>Corn, Soybean Prices Fall</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/corn-soybean-prices-fall-2052247a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-15T18:33:47Z</updated><author><name>Forbes</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-15:/professional-baseball/corn-soybean-prices-fall-2052247a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Offseason Training Camps"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Johan Santana"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Joe Mauer"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Aaron Crow"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Thomas helps Jays edge Yanks 2-1 in 9th</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/thomas-helps-jays-edge-yanks-21-9th-1197115a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T20:55:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/thomas-helps-jays-edge-yanks-21-9th-1197115a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)" href="/topic/Frank+Thomas+(Designated+Hitter)" &gt;Frank Thomas&lt;/a&gt; Drives Home Winning Run in Ninth to Help Blue Jays Edge Yankees 2-1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Frank Thomas drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single, and the &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 2-1 on Thursday night to snap New York's seven-game ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="John McDonald"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Luis Vizcaino"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Vernon Wells"></category><category term="Alex Rios"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Ian Kennedy"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Russ Adams"></category><category term="Reed Johnson"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="Scott Downs"></category><category term="Curtis Thigpen"></category><category term="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)"></category><category term="Chris Britton"></category><category term="Casey Janssen"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>After loss, Yankees eye Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/loss-yankees-eye-red-sox-1197065a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T20:54:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/loss-yankees-eye-red-sox-1197065a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)" href="/topic/Frank+Thomas+(Designated+Hitter)" &gt;Frank Thomas&lt;/a&gt; Drives Home Winning Run in Ninth As Blue Jays Edge Yankees 2-1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even before he stepped on the mound in &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt;, rookie &lt;a title="Ian Kennedy" href="/topic/Ian+Kennedy" &gt;Ian Kennedy&lt;/a&gt; was thinking about his first trip to &lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt; with t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Huston Street"></category><category term="J.J. Putz"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Scott Moore"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Alex Rios"></category><category term="Kevin Millwood"></category><category term="Jack Cust"></category><category term="Ian Kennedy"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Yuniesky Betancourt"></category><category term="Dan Wheeler"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Russ Adams"></category><category term="Ryan Rowland-Smith"></category><category term="Gregg Zaun"></category><category term="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)"></category><category term="Chris Britton"></category><category term="Jeff Weaver"></category><category term="Jon Leicester"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Damon, Pettitte lead Yanks over Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/damon-pettitte-lead-yanks-red-sox-1173139a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T17:23:02Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/damon-pettitte-lead-yanks-red-sox-1173139a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s 2-Run Homer Against Former Mates Lifts Yankees to 5-3 Win Over Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking homer against his former team and &lt;a title="Andy Pettitte" href="/topic/Andy+Pettitte" &gt;Andy Pettitte&lt;/a&gt; won his sixth straight start, halting another &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; slide in New York's 5-3 victory over the &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tiger Woods"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tino Martinez"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="James Andrews"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Jason Varitek"></category><category term="Mike Lowell"></category><category term="Carl Yastrzemski"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Andy Phillips"></category><category term="Chris Britton"></category><category term="Bobby Kielty"></category><category term="Andrew Brackman"></category><category term="Sean Henn"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Pitching pushes Yankees past Tigers, 9-3</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pitching-pushes-yankees-tigers-93-1162720a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T15:34:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/pitching-pushes-yankees-tigers-93-1162720a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Wilson Betemit" href="/topic/Wilson+Betemit" &gt;Wilson Betemit&lt;/a&gt; Drives in Four Runs As the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; Beat the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;, 9-3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; hit a tiebreaking homer and New York got lights-out relief pitching from a pair of rookies Sunday, sending &lt;a title="Chien-Ming...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Wilson Betemit"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Gary Sheffield"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Ivan Rodriguez"></category><category term="Magglio Ordonez"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Casey Stengel"></category><category term="Joe McCarthy"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Carlos Guillen"></category><category term="Edwar Ramirez"></category><category term="Jeremy Bonderman"></category><category term="Zach Miner"></category><category term="Andy Phillips"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Brandon Inge"></category><category term="Ryan Raburn"></category><category term="Cameron Maybin"></category><category term="Mike Rabelo"></category><category term="Aquilino Lopez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees hit 8 homers in win over Chisox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-hit-8-homers-win-chisox-1145851a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T12:01:14Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/yankees-hit-8-homers-win-chisox-1145851a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees Hit 8 Homers in 16-3 Win Over White Sox, but &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;A-Rod&lt;/a&gt; Fails to Hit No. 500&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alex Rodriguez didn't hit a home run. Almost all the other Yankees did. On a night the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; tied a franchise record with eight homers, the one player chasing a home run milestone failed to go deep. The Yankees beat the &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Barry Bonds"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Shelley Duncan"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="John Danks"></category><category term="Jose Contreras"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Tom Glavine"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Brandon McCarthy"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Erik Bedard"></category><category term="Jack Cust"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jesse Litsch"></category><category term="Brian Roberts (Baseball)"></category><category term="Gary Matthews Jr."></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Mike Mussina"></category><category term="Dan Haren"></category><category term="Jorge De La Rosa"></category><category term="Carlos Silva"></category><category term="Ryan Garko"></category><category term="Phil Cuzzi"></category><category term="Kurt Suzuki"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Jeff Weaver"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Cleveland Fausto Carmona"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod absent from Yankees' 8-homer party</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arod-absent-yankees-8homer-party-1145573a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T11:56:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/arod-absent-yankees-8homer-party-1145573a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;A-Rod&lt;/a&gt; Absent From 8-Homer Barrage As Yankees Cruise Past White Sox 16-3 to Gain on Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everybody but A-Rod. On the night the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs in a 16-3 rout of the &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt;, Alex Rodriguez had none. While A-Rod sta...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Barry Bonds"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Shelley Duncan"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="John Danks"></category><category term="Jose Contreras"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Tom Glavine"></category><category term="Wilson Betemit"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Joe DiMaggio"></category><category term="Joe Gordon"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Bill Dickey"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Mike Mussina"></category><category term="Edwar Ramirez"></category><category term="Paul Konerko"></category><category term="Rob Mackowiak"></category><category term="Juan Uribe"></category><category term="Jermaine Dye"></category><category term="Darin Erstad"></category><category term="Phil Cuzzi"></category><category term="Jeff Karstens"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jon Link"></category><category term="Tommy Henrich"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Babe Dahlgren"></category><category term="George Selkirk"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees avert sweep, beat Orioles 10-6</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-avert-sweep-beat-orioles-106-1143538a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T11:34:06Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/yankees-avert-sweep-beat-orioles-106-1143538a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees Avert Sweep, &lt;a title="Ending Orioles" href="/topic/Ending+Orioles" &gt;Ending Orioles&lt;/a&gt;' 6-Game Winning Streak With 10-6 Victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; had three hits, scored four runs and had two RBIs, and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; ended the &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt;' six-game winning streak wit...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Kansas City"></category><category term="Luis Hernandez"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Nick Markakis"></category><category term="Babe Ruth"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Oriole Park at Camden Yards"></category><category term="Brian Roberts (Baseball)"></category><category term="Paul Bako"></category><category term="Andy Phillips"></category><category term="Aubrey Huff"></category><category term="Daniel Cabrera"></category><category term="Paul Shuey"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Ending Orioles"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod's 100th RBI helps Rocket win 351st</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arods-100th-rbi-helps-rocket-win-351st-1138031a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T10:27:44Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/arods-100th-rbi-helps-rocket-win-351st-1138031a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Roger Clemens" href="/topic/Roger+Clemens" &gt;Roger Clemens&lt;/a&gt; Earns 351st Career Win, &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;A-Rod&lt;/a&gt; Reaches 100 RBIs As Yankees Rout Royals 9-2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roger Clemens got his 351st career win and Alex Rodriguez became the first player to reach 100 RBIs this season, leading the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; to a 9-2 victory over the &lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Nolan Ryan"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Shelley Duncan"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Ryan Braun"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Emil Brown"></category><category term="Odalis Perez"></category><category term="Mark Grudzielanek"></category><category term="Ross Gload"></category><category term="John Buck"></category><category term="Dave Duncan"></category><category term="Tony Pena Sr."></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Athletics embarrass punchless Yanks 7-0</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/athletics-embarrass-punchless-yanks-7-1123085a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T07:30:46Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/athletics-embarrass-punchless-yanks-7-1123085a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Gaudin Combines With Harden for 1-Hitter As Athletics Embarrass Punchless Yanks 7-0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seven All-Stars, one hit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Chad Gaudin" href="/topic/Chad+Gaudin" &gt;Chad Gaudin&lt;/a&gt; became the latest pitcher to dominate the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' enigmatic offense, combining with &lt;a title="Rich Harden" href="/topic/Rich+Harden" &gt;Rich Harden&lt;/a&gt; on a one-hitter Saturday in the &lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" h...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Seattle"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Eric Chavez"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Rich Harden"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chad Gaudin"></category><category term="Kei Igawa"></category><category term="Dan Johnson"></category><category term="Dan Haren"></category><category term="Jason Kendall"></category><category term="Daniel Cabrera"></category><category term="Shannon Stewart"></category><category term="Mike Myers (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Patterson, Orioles walk past Yankees 3-2</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/patterson-orioles-walk-yankees-32-1110379a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T04:49:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/patterson-orioles-walk-yankees-32-1110379a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Corey Patterson" href="/topic/Corey+Patterson" &gt;Corey Patterson&lt;/a&gt; Caps Perfect Night by Scoring Winning Run on Walk As Orioles Beat Yankees 3-2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corey Patterson capped a perfect night at the plate by scoring the winning run on &lt;a title="Scott Proctor" href="/topic/Scott+Proctor" &gt;Scott Proctor&lt;/a&gt;'s bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning, giving the &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore Orioles&lt;/a&gt; a 3-2 victory over the...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Nick Markakis"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jamie Walker"></category><category term="Oriole Park at Camden Yards"></category><category term="Kevin Millar"></category><category term="Brian Roberts (Baseball)"></category><category term="Miguel Cairo"></category><category term="Jeremy Guthrie"></category><category term="Melvin Mora"></category><category term="Ramon Hernandez"></category><category term="Rob Drake"></category><category term="Corey Patterson"></category><category term="Chris Gomez"></category><category term="Jay Payton"></category><category term="Chris Ray (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod, Yankees win and still believe</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arod-yankees-win-1086231a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T00:24:29Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/arod-yankees-win-1086231a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; Homers and Drives in 3 Runs to &lt;a title="Lead Yankees" href="/topic/Lead+Yankees" &gt;Lead Yankees&lt;/a&gt; to a 7-3 Victory Over White Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alex Rodriguez believed the losing would stop sooner or later. And while it's early to declare a turnaround, the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; are taking steps in that direction. The latest came Tuesday night, ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Oakland"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Carl Pavano"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Mark Buehrle"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Dewon Day"></category><category term="Kevin Thompson"></category><category term="A.J. Pierzynski"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Brian Bruney"></category><category term="Joe Crede"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Kyle Farnsworth"></category><category term="Scott Podsednik"></category><category term="Jermaine Dye"></category><category term="Charlotte Knights"></category><category term="Alex Cintron"></category><category term="Sean Henn"></category><category term="Tyler Clippard"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Lead Yankees"></category><category term="Chris Basak"></category><category term="Six Yankees"></category></entry><entry><title>Yanks continue tailspin in loss to Jays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yanks-continue-tailspin-loss-jays-1077597a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-08T22:52:02Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-08:/professional-baseball/yanks-continue-tailspin-loss-jays-1077597a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Yankees Continue Tailspin, Opening Season-High 10-Game Road Trip With 7-2 Loss to Blue Jays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; arrived in &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt; for the start of a season-high 10-game trip, held a one-hour pregame meeting and followed with one of their flattest performances in a season that is spinning out of control.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We're not happy campers, there's ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Toledo"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Roger Clemens"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Melky Cabrera"></category><category term="Troy Glaus"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Doug Mientkiewicz"></category><category term="Dustin McGowan"></category><category term="Ron Villone"></category><category term="Lyle Overbay"></category><category term="Frank Thomas (Designated Hitter)"></category><category term="Mike Myers (Baseball)"></category><category term="Aaron Hill (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Matt DeSalvo"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod, Giambi homer as Yanks beat Bosox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arod-giambi-homer-yanks-beat-bosox-1070286a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-08T21:29:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-08:/professional-baseball/arod-giambi-homer-yanks-beat-bosox-1070286a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Jason Giambi" href="/topic/Jason+Giambi" &gt;Jason Giambi&lt;/a&gt; Homer As Yankees Beat Red Sox&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Chien-Ming Wang" href="/topic/Chien-Ming+Wang" &gt;Chien-Ming Wang&lt;/a&gt; changed his plan against &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; took what they hope is their firs...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Arlington (Texas)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Jose Contreras"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Sammy Sosa"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Bobby Jenks"></category><category term="Progressive Field"></category><category term="Joe Blanton"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Vicente Padilla"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Kyle Farnsworth"></category><category term="Casey Blake"></category><category term="Frank Catalanotto"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Paul Konerko"></category><category term="Carlos Silva"></category><category term="Rob Mackowiak"></category><category term="Darin Erstad"></category><category term="Cha Seung Baek"></category><category term="Gerald Laird"></category><category term="Josh Barfield"></category><category term="Ron Guidry"></category><category term="Mike Myers (Baseball)"></category><category term="Doug Mirabelli"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yanks take step in AL East, beat Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yanks-step-al-east-beat-red-sox-1070218a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-08T21:28:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-08:/professional-baseball/yanks-step-al-east-beat-red-sox-1070218a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; Homers for Third Straight Game and Yankees Beat Red Sox 6-2 in Key &lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;AL East&lt;/a&gt; Tilt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hoping to begin a long climb back into the AL East race, the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; took a crucial step in the right direction Monday night. Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and &lt;a title="Chi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Jason Giambi"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Scott Proctor"></category><category term="Manny Ramirez"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Bobby Abreu"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Chien-Ming Wang"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Kyle Farnsworth"></category><category term="Ron Guidry"></category><category term="Mike Myers (Baseball)"></category><category term="Doug Mirabelli"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL East"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers White Sox Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/tigers-white-sox-baseball-2348113p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-21T11:37:04Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-21:/photo/tigers-white-sox-baseball-2348113p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;, right, steals second base as &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; second baseman &lt;a title="Brent Lillibridge" href="/topic/Brent+Lillibridge" &gt;Brent Lillibridge&lt;/a&gt; applies a late tag during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;di...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Brent Lillibridge"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>White Sox Tigers Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/white-sox-tigers-baseball-2343438p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T12:46:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/photo/white-sox-tigers-baseball-2343438p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; hits an RBI single against &lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;Chicago White Sox&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Gavin Floyd" href="/topic/Gavin+Floyd" &gt;Gavin Floyd&lt;/a&gt; in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://w...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Gavin Floyd"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Royals Tigers Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/royals-tigers-baseball-2334870p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-23T19:15:36Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-23:/photo/royals-tigers-baseball-2334870p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt; second baseman &lt;a title="Chris Getz" href="/topic/Chris+Getz" &gt;Chris Getz&lt;/a&gt; dives but can't catch a &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; single in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2010&amp;#160; &lt;a href="...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Chris Getz"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers Yankees Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/tigers-yankees-baseball-2332038p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-16T20:16:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-16:/photo/tigers-yankees-baseball-2332038p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt; tips his cap as he gets a standing ovation from &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; fans in his first at-bat against the Yankees in a baseball game at &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt; in New York, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers Rays Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/tigers-rays-baseball-2323139p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-07-28T19:45:20Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-07-28:/photo/tigers-rays-baseball-2323139p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;' Will Rhymes rounds third base as he scores on &lt;a title="Johnny Damon" href="/topic/Johnny+Damon" &gt;Johnny Damon&lt;/a&gt;'s RBI double off &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; starter &lt;a title="Jeff Niemann" href="/topic/Jeff+Niemann" &gt;Jeff Niemann&lt;/a&gt; during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in &lt;a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" &gt;St. Petersbur...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jeff Niemann"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry></feed>
