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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in New York Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/new-york-yankees" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/new-york-yankees</id><updated>2011-12-12T16:30:39Z</updated><entry><title>Bid deadline nears for Japanese ace Darvish</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bid-deadline-nears-japanese-ace-darvish-4874803a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-12T16:30:39Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-12:/professional-baseball/bid-deadline-nears-japanese-ace-darvish-4874803a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; clubs have until Wednesday to submit bids for negotiating rights to Japanese pitcher &lt;a title="Yu Darvish" href="/topic/Yu+Darvish" &gt;Yu Darvish&lt;/a&gt;, who could surpass the record payout spent for &lt;a title="Daisuke Matsuzaka" href="/topic/Daisuke+Matsuzaka" &gt;Daisuke Matsuzaka&lt;/a&gt; five years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 25-year-old right-hander was posted by the Japan League's &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Hokkaido Nippon H...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Hokkaido"></category><category term="World Baseball Classic"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Yokohama"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Yu Darvish"></category><category term="Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters"></category><category term="C.J. Wilson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees re-sign pitcher Garcia for another season</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-resign-pitcher-garcia-season-4873053a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-09T10:30:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-09:/professional-baseball/yankees-resign-pitcher-garcia-season-4873053a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will bring back right-handed starting pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Freddy Garcia" href="/topic/Freddy+Garcia" &gt;Freddy Garcia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for another season, announcing on Friday they had signed the Venezuelan to a one-year contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 35-year-old ...</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="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Japanese baseballer Darvish announces US bid</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/japanese-baseballer-darvish-announces-bid-4872123a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-08T07:30:37Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-08:/professional-baseball/japanese-baseballer-darvish-announces-bid-4872123a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese right-handed pitcher &lt;a title="Yu Darvish" href="/topic/Yu+Darvish" &gt;Yu Darvish&lt;/a&gt; announced Thursday his wish to play &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;, becoming the latest mega star aiming to cross the Pacific.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He and his current club &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Hokkaido" href="/topic/Hokkaido" &gt;Hokkaido&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Japan" href="/topic/Japan" &gt;Nippon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-Ham Fighters separately said the 25-year-old ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Japanese Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Hokkaido"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Daisuke Matsuzaka"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Kei Igawa"></category><category term="Yu Darvish"></category><category term="Nippon Professional Baseball"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees win rights to negotiate with Nakajima</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-win-rights-negotiate-nakajima-4871649a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-07T14:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-07:/professional-baseball/yankees-win-rights-negotiate-nakajima-4871649a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have won the exclusive negotiating rights with Japanese shortstop &lt;a title="Hiroyuki Nakajima" href="/topic/Hiroyuki+Nakajima" &gt;Hiroyuki Nakajima&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees, who s...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Seibu Lions"></category><category term="Hiroyuki Nakajima"></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>Major League wages show significant rise</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/major-league-wages-show-significant-rise-4870358a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-05T19:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-05:/professional-baseball/major-league-wages-show-significant-rise-4870358a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The average major league baseball salary increased 2.7 percent to almost $3.1 million in 2011, the biggest rise since 2008, the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball Players Association" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball+Players+Association" &gt;Major League Baseball Players Association&lt;/a&gt; said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In its annual report, the union said the 913 players on August 31 rosters and disabled lists averaged $3,095,183.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's up from $3,014,572 last year -- when the average topped $3 mil...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Employee Compensation"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Major League Baseball Players Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></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><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Valentine offers Red Sox a fresh start</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/valentine-offers-red-sox-fresh-start-4867794a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T15:00:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-12-01:/professional-baseball/valentine-offers-red-sox-fresh-start-4867794a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bobby Valentine" href="/topic/Bobby+Valentine" &gt;Bobby Valentine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who once famously put on a fake mustache to return to the bench after being ejected from a game, has been asked to inject life into the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after being hired Thursday as their new manager.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Valentine failed to remain inc...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></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="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Tommy Lasorda"></category><category term="Ben Cherington"></category><category term="Larry Lucchino"></category><category term="Pacific Coast League"></category><category term="Bobby Valentine"></category><category term="Stamford (Connecticut)"></category><category term="Chiba Lotte Marines"></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>Sveum named Chicago Cubs manager</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/sveum-named-chicago-cubs-manager-4859499a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-18T08:30:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-18:/professional-baseball/sveum-named-chicago-cubs-manager-4859499a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee Brewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hitting coach &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dale Sveum" href="/topic/Dale+Sveum" &gt;Dale Sveum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been named as the new &lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;Chicago Cubs&lt;/a&gt;' manager, the Cubs said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sveum, 47, served briefly as the Brewers' interim manager, posting a 7-5 recor...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></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="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Wrigley Field"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Pittsburgh Pirates"></category><category term="Dale Sveum"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="Mike Quade"></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><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Posada says his days as Yankee over</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/posada-days-yankee-4853602a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-10T02:31:25Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-10:/professional-baseball/posada-days-yankee-4853602a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Jorge Posada" href="/topic/Jorge+Posada" &gt;Catcher Jorge Posada&lt;/a&gt; said he won't return to the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; next season, and he'll either join another team or retire after 17 years in &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I don't think there's not even a percentage of chance that I can come back," Posada, 40, said prior to his charitable foundati...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees general manager signs new three-year deal</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-general-manager-signs-new-threeyear-deal-4850487a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-01T10:00:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-11-01:/professional-baseball/yankees-general-manager-signs-new-threeyear-deal-4850487a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - General manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Brian Cashman" href="/topic/Brian+Cashman" &gt;Brian Cashman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has signed a three-year contract to remain with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the &lt;span&gt;American League&lt;/span&gt; team said on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cashman, 44, has been the Yankees' GM since 1998, helping the team to four World Series titl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></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="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Pitcher Sabathia agrees new deal to stay with Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/pitcher-sabathia-agrees-new-deal-stay-yankees-4850292a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-31T18:30:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-31:/professional-baseball/pitcher-sabathia-agrees-new-deal-stay-yankees-4850292a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will stay with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after agreeing to a contract extension on Monday, the ace pitcher said on his &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Twitter Inc." href="/topic/Twitter+Inc." &gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; account.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Yankee fans, I'll be here fighting...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="ESPN Inc."></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></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></entry><entry><title>Tigers' Young out of AL series with muscle strain</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-young-al-series-muscle-strain-4841749a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-08T16:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-08:/professional-baseball/tigers-young-al-series-muscle-strain-4841749a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slugger &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Delmon Young" href="/topic/Delmon+Young" &gt;Delmon Young&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will miss the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></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="Raleigh"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Ryan Raburn"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Danny Worth"></category></entry><entry><title>Verlander and Wilson open Detroit-Texas series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/verlander-wilson-open-detroittexas-series-4841500a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-07T16:30:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-07:/professional-baseball/verlander-wilson-open-detroittexas-series-4841500a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - On paper, the &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; look to have some advantages in their &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (ALCS) against the &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;, but playoffs are won and lost on the field as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Bronx"></category><category term="Arlington (Texas)"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="C.J. Wilson"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Joaquin Benoit"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></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><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers beat Yankees to advance in MLB playoffs</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-beat-yankees-advance-mlb-playoffs-4841184a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-07T03:30:27Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-07:/professional-baseball/tigers-beat-yankees-advance-mlb-playoffs-4841184a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Don Kelly" href="/topic/Don+Kelly" &gt;Don Kelly&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Delmon Young" href="/topic/Delmon+Young" &gt;Delmon Young&lt;/a&gt; homered in the first inning and &lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;'s pitchers made the lead stand up as the Tigers edged the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 3-2 to advance in the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; pl...</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="San Francisco"></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="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="C.J. Wilson"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joaquin Benoit"></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="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers top Yankees, reach Championship Series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-top-yankees-reach-championship-series-4841138a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-06T21:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-06:/professional-baseball/tigers-top-yankees-reach-championship-series-4841138a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 3-2 on Thursday to reach the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Rangers" hr...</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="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></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="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Rangers advance, Yankees level MLB series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rangers-advance-yankees-level-mlb-series-4840217a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-05T03:30:14Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-05:/professional-baseball/rangers-advance-yankees-level-mlb-series-4840217a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Adrian Beltre" href="/topic/Adrian+Beltre" &gt;Adrian Beltre&lt;/a&gt; smashed three solo home runs to power &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt; past &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; 4-3, advancing the Rangers to the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League&lt;/a&gt; finals of the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; playoffs....</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="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Reggie Jackson"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Adam Kennedy"></category><category term="Babe Ruth"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Don Kelly"></category><category term="Casey Kotchman"></category><category term="Matt Moore"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="George Brett"></category><category term="Sean Rodriguez"></category><category term="Neftali Feliz"></category><category term="Desmond Jennings"></category><category term="Jeremy Hellickson"></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 blitz Tigers 10-1 to force decider</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-blitz-tigers-101-force-decider-4840159a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-04T21:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-04:/professional-baseball/yankees-blitz-tigers-101-force-decider-4840159a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; escaped elimination from the American League division series Tuesday by thumping the Tigers 10-1 in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to force a deciding Game Five.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees tied the best-of-five series at 2-2 with the rout and the two teams will ...</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="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Rangers, Tigers takes control of MLB series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rangers-tigers-takes-control-mlb-series-4839708a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-04T03:30:34Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-04:/professional-baseball/rangers-tigers-takes-control-mlb-series-4839708a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Napoli" href="/topic/Mike+Napoli" &gt;Mike Napoli&lt;/a&gt; ignited a four-run seventh inning with a two-run homer as the &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; held on to beat the &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; 4-3 in game three of their first round &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt; playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Colby Lewis" href="/topic/Colby+Lewis" &gt;Pi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Tropicana Field"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Ron Washington"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Matt Harrison"></category><category term="Rick Porcello"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Comerica Park"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Colby Lewis"></category><category term="Neftali Feliz"></category><category term="Desmond Jennings"></category><category term="Jeremy Hellickson"></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>Valverde holds nerve as Tigers go 2-1 up on Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/valverde-holds-nerve-tigers-21-yankees-4839655a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-03T23:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-03:/professional-baseball/valverde-holds-nerve-tigers-21-yankees-4839655a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; closer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Valverde" href="/topic/Jose+Valverde" &gt;Jose Valverde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; survived another ninth-inning scare but held his nerve to preserve the Tigers' 5-4 win over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Monday, giving them the upper hand ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Jhonny Peralta"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Ramon Santiago"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Young blast gives Tigers edge over Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/young-blast-tigers-edge-yankees-4839640a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-03T21:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-03:/professional-baseball/young-blast-tigers-edge-yankees-4839640a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Delmon Young" href="/topic/Delmon+Young" &gt;Delmon Young&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hit the winning home run and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; survived a ninth-inning scare to hold off the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 5-4 at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Comerica Park" href="/topic/Comeric...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Comerica Park"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers hold off Yankees to level series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-hold-yankees-level-series-4839123a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-02T18:31:02Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-02:/professional-baseball/tigers-hold-yankees-level-series-4839123a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt; closing pitcher &lt;a title="Jose Valverde" href="/topic/Jose+Valverde" &gt;Jose Valverde&lt;/a&gt; held off New York's bid for a ninth-inning rally as the Tigers defeated the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 5-3 to knot their &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; playoff series at one game each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Playing a game pushed back a day af...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Dallas (Texas)"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Joaquin Benoit"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers beat Yankees to level playoff series 1-1</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-beat-yankees-level-playoff-series-11-4839087a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-02T16:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-02:/professional-baseball/tigers-beat-yankees-level-playoff-series-11-4839087a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 5-3 to level their best-of-five divisional playoff series at 1-1 on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miguel Cabrera" href="/topic/Miguel+Cabrera" &gt;Miguel Cabrera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; stroked a two-run homer in ...</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="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Max Scherzer"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays dominate Rangers, rain hits Yankees-Tigers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rays-dominate-rangers-rain-hits-yankeestigers-4838693a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-01T02:30:57Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-10-01:/professional-baseball/rays-dominate-rangers-rain-hits-yankeestigers-4838693a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt;, who seized a &lt;a title="Major League" href="/topic/Major+League" &gt;Major League&lt;/a&gt; playoff berth in the most unlikely fashion, kept the momentum going  with a 9-0 victory over the &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; in their post-season opener.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Matt Moore" href="/topic/Matt+Moore" &gt;Matt Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, making just his second major league start, pitched seven i...</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="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Matt Moore"></category><category term="Delmon Young"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Derek Holland"></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="Major League"></category><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Rain washes out Yankees v Detroit opener</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rain-washes-yankees-detroit-opener-4838640a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-30T20:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-30:/professional-baseball/rain-washes-yankees-detroit-opener-4838640a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Heavy showers forced the suspension of Friday's &lt;span&gt;American League&lt;/span&gt; division series game between the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;...</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="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Tampa Bay thump Texas Rangers in division series opener</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-thump-texas-rangers-division-series-opener-4838595a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-30T17:30:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-30:/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-thump-texas-rangers-division-series-opener-4838595a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; extended their incredible late season surge to six consecutive wins when they thumped the &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; 9-0 in the first of their best-of-five division series playoffs on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Rays, who staged an amazing comeback against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Y...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></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="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Matt Moore"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>New York's game two starter Nova makes most of second chance</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/new-yorks-game-starter-nova-chance-4838576a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-30T17:00:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-30:/professional-baseball/new-yorks-game-starter-nova-chance-4838576a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - After being sent down to the minor leagues in mid-season, pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Ivan Nova" href="/topic/Ivan+Nova" &gt;Ivan Nova&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; vowed he would never go back to a life of riding buses to road games again once he got another shot at pitching for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The strapping Dominican made goo...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Minor League Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></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="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Andy Pettitte"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></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="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Tigers manager Leyland hopes lucky underwear helps</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tigers-manager-leyland-hopes-lucky-underwear-helps-4838558a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-30T16:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-30:/professional-baseball/tigers-manager-leyland-hopes-lucky-underwear-helps-4838558a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Given the delicate subject matter, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Detroit Tigers" href="/topic/Detroit+Tigers" &gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jim Leyland" href="/topic/Jim+Leyland" &gt;Jim Leyland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was always going to give a brief response to the media inquisition he faced before Friday's &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League B...</summary><category term="Media"></category><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="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees, Phillies have an edge as playoffs open</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-phillies-edge-playoffs-open-4838115a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-29T16:31:19Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-29:/professional-baseball/yankees-phillies-edge-playoffs-open-4838115a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;'s winningest teams, the &lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;, own a home-field edge in the playoff fight that begins Friday and ends with the 107th World Series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees beat Philadelphia in the best-of-seven championship showdown two years a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="St. Louis"></category><category term="Tampa"></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="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Jimmy Rollins"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Roy Oswalt"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Charlie Manuel"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jim Leyland"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Austin Jackson"></category><category term="Placido Polanco"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Kirk Gibson"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></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><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Powerhouse Phils and Yankees top playoff seeds</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/world-series/powerhouse-phils-yankees-top-playoff-seeds-4838057a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-29T15:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-29:/world-series/powerhouse-phils-yankees-top-playoff-seeds-4838057a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Two powerhouse top seeds in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Philadelphia Phillies" href="/topic/Philadelphia+Phillies" &gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="Roy Oswalt"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Cole Hamels"></category><category term="Albert Pujols"></category><category term="Miguel Cabrera"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Ian Kinsler"></category><category term="Josh Hamilton (Baseball)"></category><category term="Roy Halladay"></category><category term="Nelson Cruz"></category><category term="Adrian Beltre"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Hunter Pence"></category><category term="Jose Valverde"></category><category term="Justin Verlander"></category><category term="Victor Martinez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Ryan Braun (Baseball)"></category><category term="Doug Fister"></category><category term="Jeremy Hellickson"></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><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Tampa Bay Rays claim playoff berth as Red Sox fall</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-rays-claim-playoff-berth-red-sox-fall-4837815a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-29T04:30:26Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-29:/professional-baseball/tampa-bay-rays-claim-playoff-berth-red-sox-fall-4837815a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; erased a seven-run deficit to beat the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 8-7 in 12 innings and clinch the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League wild card&lt;/a&gt; playoff berth on Wednesday as &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; fell at Baltimore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Rays' triumph, on &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Cleveland"></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="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Chris Davis (Baseball)"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Dan Johnson"></category><category term="Robert Andino"></category><category term="Mike Napoli"></category><category term="Nolan Reimold"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays trim Red Sox edge in wild-card race</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rays-trim-red-sox-edge-wildcard-race-4836248a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-25T18:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-25:/professional-baseball/rays-trim-red-sox-edge-wildcard-race-4836248a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt; saw their lead over &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; in the race for the final &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League baseball&lt;/a&gt; playoff berth trimmed to only half a game on Sunday after a 6-2 loss to the arch-rival &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yankees pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees pound Red Sox as Rays inch closer</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-pound-red-sox-rays-inch-closer-4836054a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-25T03:30:12Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-25:/professional-baseball/yankees-pound-red-sox-rays-inch-closer-4836054a/</id><summary type="html">&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; defeated reeling &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; 9-1, opening the door for &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; to gain on the Red Sox in the &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League wild card&lt;/a&gt; race.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s thre...</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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Terry Francona"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Jeff Niemann"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Jesus Montero"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees catcher Martin wants to knock out hated Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-catcher-martin-knock-hated-red-sox-4835204a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-22T17:00:20Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-22:/professional-baseball/yankees-catcher-martin-knock-hated-red-sox-4835204a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have already clinched the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; title but catcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Martin" href="/topic/Russell+Martin" &gt;Russell Martin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has another goal in mind, knocking down the bid by arch-rival &lt;span&gt;&lt;...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></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>Yankees capture division crown, playoff spot</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-capture-division-crown-playoff-spot-4834851a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-22T01:30:10Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-22:/professional-baseball/yankees-capture-division-crown-playoff-spot-4834851a/</id><summary type="html">&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; have become the third &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; team to clinch a playoff berth, defeating &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; 4-2 while &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; lost to claim the &lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt; division crown....</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Greg Golson"></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="Eduardo Nunez"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees clinch playoff berth</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-clinch-playoff-berth-4834821a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-21T20:30:38Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-21:/professional-baseball/yankees-clinch-playoff-berth-4834821a/</id><summary type="html">&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; became the third &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; team to clinch a playoff berth by defeating &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt; 4-2 on Wednesday, moving them closer to an &lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt; division title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Eduardo Nunez" href="/topic/Edua...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Detroit Tigers"></category><category term="James Shields"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></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="Eduardo Nunez"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees clinch playoff berth with comeback win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-clinch-playoff-berth-comeback-win-4834637a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-21T14:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-21:/professional-baseball/yankees-clinch-playoff-berth-comeback-win-4834637a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; clinched a berth in the postseason with a 4-2 comeback victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, the Yankees rallied with a leadoff home run by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a...</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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Eduardo Nunez"></category></entry><entry><title>Brewers stumble in title tilt, Cards close on Braves</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/brewers-stumble-title-tilt-cards-close-braves-4833810a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-19T21:30:17Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-19:/professional-baseball/brewers-stumble-title-tilt-cards-close-braves-4833810a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had a minor stumble in their march to their first division title in 29 years when they lost 5-2 at the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;Chicago Cubs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking to close in on their first division crown since 1982 and clinch a spot in the playoffs, the Brewers (9...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></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="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></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>Rivera sets major league baseball saves record</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rivera-sets-major-league-baseball-saves-record-4833774a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-19T19:30:40Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-19:/professional-baseball/rivera-sets-major-league-baseball-saves-record-4833774a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; closing relief ace &lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt; set a &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; record with his 602nd career save, throwing a perfect ninth inning on Monday to complete a 6-4 victory over Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two days after the 41-year-old Panamanian right-hander equaled the all-time saves mark set...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Michael Cuddyer"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Trevor Plouffe"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Chris Parmelee"></category></entry><entry><title>Rivera cements his unique status as a closer</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rivera-cements-unique-status-closer-4833641a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-19T15:00:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-19:/professional-baseball/rivera-cements-unique-status-closer-4833641a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Ever since closer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; joined the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in 1995, he has been viewed as one of a kind by team mates and he fittingly made that accolade official on Monday with his 602nd career save.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old Panamanian, nicknamed "Mo"...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Columbus Clippers"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Factbox: Yankees' Rivera sets MLB career saves record</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/factbox-yankees-rivera-sets-mlb-career-saves-record-4833597a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-19T14:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-19:/professional-baseball/factbox-yankees-rivera-sets-mlb-career-saves-record-4833597a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Factbox on &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who set &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s (MLB) career saves record on Monday when he notched his 602nd.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Born Nove...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Panama"></category><category term="Central America"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees Rivera matches record with 601st save</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rivera-matches-record-601st-save-4833060a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-17T18:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-17:/professional-baseball/yankees-rivera-matches-record-601st-save-4833060a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; closing relief pitcher &lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt; matched a &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; record on Saturday with his 601st career save as the Yankees defeated &lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toronto+Blue+Jays" &gt;Toronto&lt;/a&gt; 7-6.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old Panamanian right-hander equaled 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="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Colby Rasmus"></category><category term="Brett Lawrie"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays loom large in Boston's rear-view mirror</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rays-loom-large-bostons-rearview-mirror-4831529a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-14T10:30:41Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-14:/professional-baseball/rays-loom-large-bostons-rearview-mirror-4831529a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BALTIMORE (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have transformed from postseason afterthought to serious contender in under two weeks and manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Joe Maddon" href="/topic/Joe+Maddon" &gt;Joe Maddon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; says the club already has a playoff mentality heading into a critical series against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Joe Maddon"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankee Rivera saves the day for 600th time</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankee-rivera-saves-day-600th-time-4831335a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-13T23:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-13:/professional-baseball/yankee-rivera-saves-day-600th-time-4831335a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;SEATTLE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; became the second pitcher in baseball history to reach 600 career saves as he put the finishing touches on the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;' 3-2 victory over the S...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees overthrow King Felix's Mariners</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-overthrow-king-felixs-mariners-4830797a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-12T23:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-12:/professional-baseball/yankees-overthrow-king-felixs-mariners-4830797a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;SEATTLE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; conquered "King" &lt;a title="Felix Hernandez" href="/topic/Felix+Hernandez" &gt;Felix Hernandez&lt;/a&gt; and the Seattle Mariners in a 9-3 triumph to pad out their ever-increasing division lead on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Busting loose wit...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Felix Hernandez"></category><category term="Phil Hughes (Baseball)"></category><category term="Alastair Himmer"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Angels' Haren blanks Yankees 6-0</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/angels-haren-blanks-yankees-6-4830293a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-10T22:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-10:/professional-baseball/angels-haren-blanks-yankees-6-4830293a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Angels+of+Anaheim" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Los Angeles Angels starter &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dan Haren" href="/topic/Dan+Haren" &gt;Dan Haren&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pitched a complete game to shutout the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 6-0 at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Angel Stadium" href="/topic/An...</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="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Eric Chavez"></category><category term="Angel Stadium"></category><category term="Torii Hunter"></category><category term="Dan Haren"></category><category term="Jeff Mathis"></category><category term="George Kontos"></category><category term="Jesus Montero"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Hector Noesi"></category></entry><entry><title>N.Y. Yankees players pay homage to 9-11 heroes</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ny-yankees-players-pay-homage-911-heroes-4829207a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-07T20:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-07:/professional-baseball/ny-yankees-players-pay-homage-911-heroes-4829207a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; superstar &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; found out how much he and his &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; teammates truly meant to the city's unsung heroes in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the Yankees marked Sunday's upcoming 10th anniversary of the tragedy that killed nearly 3,000...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="World Trade Center"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Arizona Diamondbacks"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees rally and hold for 4-2 win over Red Sox</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-hold-42-win-red-sox-4826956a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-01T21:30:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-09-01:/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-hold-42-win-red-sox-4826956a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rallied from behind and held on through a tense ninth inning for a 4-2 win over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Fenway Park" href="/topic/Fenway+Park" &gt;Fenway Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees' victory na...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="Andruw Jones"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category><category term="Jesus Montero"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees overcome Red Sox in fiery battle</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-overcome-red-sox-fiery-battle-4826032a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-31T00:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-31:/professional-baseball/yankees-overcome-red-sox-fiery-battle-4826032a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; enjoyed a rare success over bitter rivals the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Tuesday, the 5-2 victory in a hot-tempered affair enabling the visitors to tighten the battle for supremacy in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+Eas...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Eric Chavez"></category><category term="Boone Logan"></category><category term="John Lackey"></category><category term="Francisco Cervelli"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod could miss Boston series with injury</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arod-boston-series-injury-4825575a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-29T22:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-29:/professional-baseball/arod-boston-series-injury-4825575a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fear missing &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; for the crunch series against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after both he and captain &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;De...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></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="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Alastair Himmer"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter passes Mantle to reach milestone</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-passes-mantle-reach-milestone-4825131a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-28T19:30:37Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-28:/professional-baseball/jeter-passes-mantle-reach-milestone-4825131a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; took over the club's all-time games played record when he played the first half of a doubleheader, surpassing &lt;a title="Mickey Mantle" href="/topic/Mickey+Mantle" &gt;Mickey Mantle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter, who is now in his 17th season, has now played a record 2,402 games, one more than Mantle who played with the Yankees from 1951-68.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Je...</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="Mickey Mantle"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees' Jeter passes Mantle to reach milestone</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-jeter-passes-mantle-reach-milestone-4825130a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-28T19:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-28:/professional-baseball/yankees-jeter-passes-mantle-reach-milestone-4825130a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; took over the club's all-time games played record on Sunday when he played the first half of a doubleheader, surpassing &lt;a title="Mickey Mantle" href="/topic/Mickey+Mantle" &gt;Mickey Mantle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter, who is now in his 17th season, has now played a record 2,402 games, one more than Mantle who played with the Yankees from 1951-68...</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="Mickey Mantle"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Hurricane Irene batters weekend MLB schedule</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/hurricane-irene-batters-weekend-mlb-schedule-4824636a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-26T23:30:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-26:/professional-baseball/hurricane-irene-batters-weekend-mlb-schedule-4824636a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A number of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; games have been postponed over the weekend as &lt;a title="Hurricane Irene" href="/topic/Hurricane+Irene" &gt;Hurricane Irene&lt;/a&gt; moves ominously over the east cost of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, it was announced on...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></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="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Florida Marlins"></category><category term="Atlanta Braves"></category><category term="Hurricane Irene"></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 notch record with 3 grand slams</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-notch-record-3-grand-slams-4824196a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-25T21:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-25:/professional-baseball/yankees-notch-record-3-grand-slams-4824196a/</id><summary type="html">&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; became the first team in &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; history to hit three grand slams in a game as &lt;a title="Robinson Cano" href="/topic/Robinson+Cano" &gt;Robinson Cano&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Russell Martin" href="/topic/Russell+Martin" &gt;Russell Martin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Curtis Granderson" href="/topic/Curtis+Granderson" &gt;Curtis Granderson&lt;/a&gt; conn...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Rich Harden"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Faustino de los Santos"></category></entry><entry><title>Crisp home runs knock Yankees off perch</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/crisp-home-runs-knock-yankees-perch-4823712a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-24T21:30:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-24:/professional-baseball/crisp-home-runs-knock-yankees-perch-4823712a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Coco Crisp" href="/topic/Coco+Crisp" &gt;Coco Crisp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; belted a three-run home run in the 10th inning to lead the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oakland Athletics" href="/topic/Oakland+Athletics" &gt;Oakland Athletics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 6-4 win over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Wednesday, a loss that dropped the Yankee...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Oakland Athletics"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Coco Crisp"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Scott Sizemore"></category><category term="Cliff Pennington"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Twins rough up Burnett, cruise past Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/twins-rough-burnett-cruise-yankees-4822005a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-20T21:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-20:/professional-baseball/twins-rough-burnett-cruise-yankees-4822005a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minneapolis" href="/topic/Minneapolis" &gt;MINNEAPOLIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Twins" href="/topic/Minnesota+Twins" &gt;Minnesota Twins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; pounced on &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' starter &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="A.J. Burnett" href="/topic/A.J.+Burnett" &gt;A.J. Burnett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s struggles for seven early runs and cruised to an ea...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></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="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Minnesota Twins"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Luis Ayala"></category><category term="Francisco Liriano"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>MLB admits umpires blew call that cost Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mlb-admits-umpires-blew-call-cost-yankees-4821276a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-18T16:30:19Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-18:/professional-baseball/mlb-admits-umpires-blew-call-cost-yankees-4821276a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Umpires blew a call on a home run ball that helped the slumping &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kansas City Royals" href="/topic/Kansas+City+Royals" &gt;Kansas City Royals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat a &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; team battling for top spot in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a tit...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Cooperstown (New York)"></category><category term="Dana DeMuth"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Billy Butler (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays slam five solo home runs to dump Yankees 5-1</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rays-slam-solo-home-runs-dump-yankees-51-4819034a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-12T20:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-12:/professional-baseball/rays-slam-solo-home-runs-dump-yankees-51-4819034a/</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="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt; slammed five home runs off New York ace &lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt; to down the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; 5-1 at &lt;a title="Yankee Stadium" href="/topic/Yankee+Stadium" &gt;Yankee Stadium&lt;/a&gt; Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The anticipated duel between Sabathi...</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="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Evan Longoria"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Johnny Damon"></category><category term="Casey Kotchman"></category><category term="Kelly Shoppach"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Mike Mouat"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees rally past Red Sox to take division lead</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-red-sox-division-lead-4816296a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-05T20:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-05:/professional-baseball/yankees-rally-red-sox-division-lead-4816296a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A strikeout with the bases loaded by reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boone Logan" href="/topic/Boone+Logan" &gt;Boone Logan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the fifth inning sparked the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a come from behind 3-2 win over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span&gt;&lt;a titl...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Boone Logan"></category><category term="Jon Lester"></category><category term="Bartolo Colon"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Marco Scutaro"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Bronx Bombers explode on White Sox in 18-7 rout</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/bronx-bombers-explode-white-sox-187-rout-4815315a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-03T22:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-03:/professional-baseball/bronx-bombers-explode-white-sox-187-rout-4815315a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago White Sox" href="/topic/Chicago+White+Sox" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; came out swinging and battered the Chicago White Sox into submission on Wednesday, keeping pace in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; title race with an 18-7 victory in a 37-hit sl...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></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="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Eric Chavez"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Cory Wade"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>MLB investigating A-Rod over poker playing allegations</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mlb-investigating-arod-poker-playing-allegations-4815114a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-03T14:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-03:/professional-baseball/mlb-investigating-arod-poker-playing-allegations-4815114a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball (MLB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said on Wednesday it has launched an investigation into &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; following reports that the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slugger took part in high...</summary><category term="Investigations"></category><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="Bud Selig"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Star Magazine"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Ellsbury hit completes Red Sox rally over Indians</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ellsbury-hit-completes-red-sox-rally-indians-4814800a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-02T22:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-08-02:/professional-baseball/ellsbury-hit-completes-red-sox-rally-indians-4814800a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOSTON (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jacoby Ellsbury" href="/topic/Jacoby+Ellsbury" &gt;Jacoby Ellsbury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; lined a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in first place in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a 3-2 triumph over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a ti...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></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="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Kevin Youkilis"></category><category term="Jonathan Papelbon"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees set club record with 12-run 1st inning</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-set-club-record-12run-1st-inning-4813591a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-31T03:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-31:/professional-baseball/yankees-set-club-record-12run-1st-inning-4813591a/</id><summary type="html">&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; set a club record for runs in the first inning, exploding for 12 runs in the opening frame against &lt;a title="Baltimore Orioles" href="/topic/Baltimore+Orioles" &gt;Baltimore&lt;/a&gt; in the second game of a doubleheader.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Nick Swisher" href="/topic/Nick+Swisher" &gt;Nick Swisher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Saturday homered and drove in three. &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Robinson Cano" href="/topic/Robinson+Cano" &gt;Robins...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Andruw Jones"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Zach Britton"></category></entry><entry><title>Wang Chien-Ming goes four innings in MLB return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813356a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-30T03:00:09Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-30:/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813356a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taiwanese pitcher &lt;a title="Wang Chien-Ming" href="/topic/Wang+Chien-Ming" &gt;Wang Chien-Ming&lt;/a&gt; got a rough welcome in his return to &lt;a title="Major League" href="/topic/Major+League" &gt;Major League&lt;/a&gt; baseball, lasting just four innings and giving up six runs for &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years to the day after he underwent shoulder surgery, Wang ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Washington Nationals"></category><category term="Davey Johnson"></category><category term="Angel Pagan"></category><category term="Jason Bay"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="David Wright"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Wang Chien-Ming"></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="Major League"></category><category term="Lucas Duda"></category></entry><entry><title>Wang Chien-Ming goes four innings in his MLB return</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813303a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-29T19:30:41Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-29:/professional-baseball/wang-chienming-innings-mlb-return-4813303a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taiwanese pitcher &lt;a title="Wang Chien-Ming" href="/topic/Wang+Chien-Ming" &gt;Wang Chien-Ming&lt;/a&gt; made an inauspicious return to &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;, lasting just four innings and giving up six runs for &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two years to the day after he underwent shoulder su...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Wang Chien-Ming"></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>Retired Japanese pitcher Irabu dead</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/retired-japanese-pitcher-irabu-dead-4812849a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-28T21:01:13Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-28:/professional-baseball/retired-japanese-pitcher-irabu-dead-4812849a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Irabu" href="/topic/Hideki+Irabu" &gt;Hideki Irabu&lt;/a&gt;, a retired Japanese star pitcher who spent six years in &lt;a title="North American Major League Baseball" href="/topic/North+American+Major+League+Baseball" &gt;North American Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;, has been found dead in his suburban home of an apparent suicide, police said. He was 42.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Mike Arriaga&lt;/span&gt;, a sergeant with the &lt;span id="los_angeles_county" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles County" href="/t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Montreal"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Los Angeles County"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="ESPN Inc."></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Redondo Beach"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Hideki Matsui"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Rancho Palos Verdes"></category><category term="Hanshin Tigers"></category><category term="Hideo Nomo"></category><category term="Hideki Irabu"></category><category term="Bobby Valentine"></category><category term="Montreal Expos"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="North American Major League Baseball"></category></entry><entry><title>Former Yankees pitcher Irabu dead in apparent suicide</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-pitcher-irabu-dead-apparent-suicide-4812735a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-28T16:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-28:/professional-baseball/yankees-pitcher-irabu-dead-apparent-suicide-4812735a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Former Major League Baseball pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Hideki Irabu" href="/topic/Hideki+Irabu" &gt;Hideki Irabu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who started for the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home of an a...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Japan"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Los Angeles County"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Redondo Beach"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="TMZ.com Inc."></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Golden Baseball League"></category><category term="Hideki Irabu"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Chiba Lotte Marines"></category><category term="Montreal Expos"></category><category term="Long Beach Armada"></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>Mariners bats resurface to end 17-game losing streak</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mariners-bats-resurface-17game-losing-streak-4812324a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-27T22:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-27:/professional-baseball/mariners-bats-resurface-17game-losing-streak-4812324a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;Seattle Mariners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rejoiced the end of their 17-game losing streak after they rediscovered how to score runs in a stylish 9-2 triumph over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seattle's first win since July 5 was also their biggest ...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Ichiro Suzuki"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Eric Wedge"></category><category term="Felix Hernandez"></category><category term="Brandon League"></category><category term="Mike Carp"></category><category term="Dustin Ackley"></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="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Sabathia nears perfection as Mariners lose 17 in a row</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/sabathia-nears-perfection-mariners-lose-17-row-4811752a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-26T21:30:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-26:/professional-baseball/sabathia-nears-perfection-mariners-lose-17-row-4811752a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="C.C. Sabathia" href="/topic/C.C.+Sabathia" &gt;CC Sabathia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; flirted with a perfect game as he consigned the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Seattle Mariners" href="/topic/Seattle+Mariners" &gt;Seattle Mariners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a record-extending 17th straight loss in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;' 4-1 victory on Tuesday.&lt;...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Baltimore Orioles"></category><category term="Seattle Mariners"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Felix Hernandez"></category><category term="Brendan Ryan"></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="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Cano edges Gonzalez to win Home Run Derby</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/cano-edges-gonzalez-win-home-run-derby-4805520a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-11T22:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-11:/professional-baseball/cano-edges-gonzalez-win-home-run-derby-4805520a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;PHOENIX&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Robinson Cano" href="/topic/Robinson+Cano" &gt;Robinson Cano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; belted a record 12 home runs in the final round to overtake &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Adrian Gonzalez" href="/topic/Adrian+Gonzalez" &gt;Adrian Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Joe Torre"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Matt Holliday"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Matt Kemp"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Chase Field"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Rickie Weeks"></category><category term="Jose Bautista"></category><category term="Jose Cano"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></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="Home Run Derby"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees' Rodriguez faces six weeks out after surgery</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-rodriguez-faces-weeks-surgery-4805227a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-11T10:00:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-11:/professional-baseball/yankees-rodriguez-faces-weeks-surgery-4805227a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami" href="/topic/Miami" &gt;MIAMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slugger &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will be out for up to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Monday, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Miami"></category><category term="University of Miami"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></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="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Simon Evans"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter goes 5-5, hits game-winner and passes 3,000 hits</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-55-hits-gamewinner-passes-3000-hits-4804699a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-09T14:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-09:/professional-baseball/jeter-55-hits-gamewinner-passes-3000-hits-4804699a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; wasted no time reaching his target of 3,000 career hits Saturday then went three better including the game-winning hit as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sp...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joel Peralta"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="David Robertson (Baseball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Eduardo Nunez"></category></entry><entry><title>Derek Jeter reaches milestone of 3,000 hits</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/derek-jeter-reaches-milestone-3000-hits-4804672a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-09T12:00:34Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-09:/professional-baseball/derek-jeter-reaches-milestone-3000-hits-4804672a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; became the 28th &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; player and first &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to reach 3,000 career hits with a home run in the third inning against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Kansas City"></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="Ty Cobb"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Craig Biggio"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Robin Yount"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter reaches milestone of 3,000 hits</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-reaches-milestone-3000-hits-4804665a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-09T11:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-09:/professional-baseball/jeter-reaches-milestone-3000-hits-4804665a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; became the 28th &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; player and first &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to reach 3,000 career hits with a home run in the third inning against the &lt;sp...</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="Ty Cobb"></category><category term="Houston Astros"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Hank Aaron"></category><category term="Craig Biggio"></category><category term="David Price (Baseball)"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Robin Yount"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees slugger Rodriguez facing possible surgery</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-slugger-rodriguez-facing-surgery-4804652a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-09T10:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-09:/professional-baseball/yankees-slugger-rodriguez-facing-surgery-4804652a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slugger &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has a slight cartilage tear in his right knee and may need surgery that would sideline him for a month, manager &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Joe Girardi" href="/topic/Joe+Girardi" &gt;Joe Girardi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; told report...</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="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Derek Jeter pulls out of All-Star Game</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/derek-jeter-pulls-allstar-game-4804524a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-08T18:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-08:/professional-baseball/derek-jeter-pulls-allstar-game-4804524a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;, who was unable to move closer to his goal of 3,000 career hits on Friday, announced he will not play in Tuesday's &lt;a title="MLB All-Star Game" href="/topic/MLB+All-Star+Game" &gt;Major League Baseball All-Star Game&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter was elected as a starter for the &lt;span&gt;American League&lt;/span&gt; in fan voting for the opening lineups in th...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Phoenix (Arizona)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter and A-Rod pull out of All-Star game</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-arod-pull-allstar-game-4804505a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-08T18:00:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-08:/professional-baseball/jeter-arod-pull-allstar-game-4804505a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; shortstop &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and third baseman &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; have decided not to play in next week's &lt;span id="mlb_all-star_game" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="MLB All-Star Game" hre...</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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter moves closer to 3,000 career hits</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-moves-closer-3000-career-hits-4804081a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-07T20:30:53Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-07:/professional-baseball/jeter-moves-closer-3000-career-hits-4804081a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; edged closer to a &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; milestone, smacking a double for his 2,998th career hit in a 5-1 home loss to the &lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter is trying to become only the 28th player in major l...</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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Jeff Niemann"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Rays beat Yankees 5-1, Jeter two hits away from 3,000</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/rays-beat-yankees-51-jeter-hits-3-4804051a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-07T19:30:31Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-07:/professional-baseball/rays-beat-yankees-51-jeter-hits-3-4804051a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="B.J. Upton" href="/topic/B.J.+Upton" &gt;B.J. Upton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; homered and drove in three runs to back the strong pitching of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jeff Niemann" href="/topic/Jeff+Niemann" &gt;Jeff Niemann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay+Rays" &gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;N...</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="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="B.J. Upton"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Bartolo Colon"></category><category term="Juan Cruz"></category><category term="Kyle Farnsworth"></category><category term="Jeff Niemann"></category><category term="Ben Zobrist"></category><category term="Sean Rodriguez"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets place All-Star shortstop Reyes on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-place-allstar-shortstop-reyes-disabled-list-4804001a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-07T17:30:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-07:/professional-baseball/mets-place-allstar-shortstop-reyes-disabled-list-4804001a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; All-Star &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jose Reyes" href="/topic/Jose+Reyes" &gt;shortstop Jose Reyes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; club said on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="New York Mets"></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><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter hitless in return to Yankess</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-hitless-return-yankess-4802527a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-05T02:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-05:/professional-baseball/jeter-hitless-return-yankess-4802527a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Austin Kearns" href="/topic/Austin+Kearns" &gt;Austin Kearns&lt;/a&gt; blasted his first home run of the season to lead the &lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt; to a 6-3 win over New York, spoiling the return of all-star &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt;' lineup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter, who batted leadoff in the order, went hitless in his fir...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Wilkes-Barre"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Austin Kearns"></category><category term="Chris Dickerson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees draw first blood in Subway Series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-draw-blood-subway-series-4801605a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-07-01T20:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-07-01:/professional-baseball/yankees-draw-blood-subway-series-4801605a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The red-hot &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; silenced a record crowd at the &lt;span&gt;Mets&lt;/span&gt;' &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Citi Field" href="/topic/Citi+Field" &gt;Citi Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a 5-1 win over their cross-town rivals in the Subway Series opener on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A boisterous crowd of just over 42,000 watched the Yankees extend their...</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="New York Mets"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Jon Niese"></category><category term="Citi Field"></category><category term="Angel Pagan"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></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="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter set to resume 3,000 hits chase next week</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-set-resume-3000-hits-chase-week-4801135a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-30T22:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-30:/professional-baseball/jeter-set-resume-3000-hits-chase-week-4801135a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay" href="/topic/Tampa+Bay" &gt;TAMPA BAY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; captain &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is set to resume his pursuit of 3,000 hits when he returns from a calf injury that has kept him sidelined for two weeks on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Six hits s...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Peter Rose"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter set to resume milestone chase on Monday</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-set-resume-milestone-chase-monday-4801026a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-30T16:30:24Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-30:/professional-baseball/jeter-set-resume-milestone-chase-monday-4801026a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;, out since June 13 with a strained right calf, is set to return to the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; club on Monday and resume his quest to reach 3,000 career hits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter, the Yankees captain, said on Thursday he will play rehabilitation games for developmental l...</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="Tampa Bay"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="MLB All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Burnett stands up to Brewers' big bats as Yankees win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/burnett-stands-brewers-big-bats-yankees-win-4800586a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-29T20:30:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-29:/professional-baseball/burnett-stands-brewers-big-bats-yankees-win-4800586a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="A.J. Burnett" href="/topic/A.J.+Burnett" &gt;Pitcher A.J. Burnett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; stared down &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Brewers" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Brewers" &gt;Milwaukee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s sluggers during a nervous moment to guide the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milwa...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="Corey Hart (Baseball)"></category><category term="Shaun Marcum"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees hold off Cubs for narrow 4-3 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-hold-cubs-narrow-43-win-4795597a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-18T18:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-18:/professional-baseball/yankees-hold-cubs-narrow-43-win-4795597a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" href="/topic/Chicago+Cubs" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; held off the Chicago Cubs for a narrow 4-3 win in interleague play at a sold out &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Wrigley Field" href="/topic/Wrigley+Field" &gt;Wrigley Field&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Eduardo Nunez" href="/topic/...</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="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Wrigley Field"></category><category term="Carlos Pena"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="Robinson Cano"></category><category term="Ryan Dempster"></category><category term="Geovany Soto"></category><category term="Brett Gardner"></category><category term="Reed Johnson"></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="Eduardo Nunez"></category></entry><entry><title>Ailing Jeter's milestone pursuit on hold</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/ailing-jeters-milestone-pursuit-hold-4793857a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-14T20:30:27Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-14:/professional-baseball/ailing-jeters-milestone-pursuit-hold-4793857a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;'s pursuit of his milestone 3,000th career hit was on hold after the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; placed him on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained calf.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York's All-Star shortstop limped out of Monday's game against &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland" href="/topic/Cleveland" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a mild strain of his right calf.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He has 2,994 hits in his &lt;span&gt;&lt;a t...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>No Jeter, no problem as Yankees rout Rangers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-problem-yankees-rout-rangers-4793843a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-14T20:30:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-14:/professional-baseball/jeter-problem-yankees-rout-rangers-4793843a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Even without injured captain &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; were too good for &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Tuesday, hammering previously unbeaten pitcher &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Alexi Ogando" href="/topi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="Alexi Ogando"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees' Jeter on disabled list with strained calf</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-jeter-disabled-list-strained-calf-4793785a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-14T18:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-14:/professional-baseball/yankees-jeter-disabled-list-strained-calf-4793785a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; shortstop &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was placed on the disabled list with a strained right calf on Tuesday, stalling his march toward his 3,000th career hit for at least 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter, six hits short of becoming the first player to reach t...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter's 3,000 hits chase interrupted by calf injury</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeters-3000-hits-chase-interrupted-calf-injury-4793319a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-13T20:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-13:/professional-baseball/jeters-3000-hits-chase-interrupted-calf-injury-4793319a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s march toward 3,000 career hits suffered a setback when the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; shortstop left Monday's game against &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland" href="/topic/Cleveland" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with a sore right calf.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeter inched close...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Cleveland"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Jeter edges toward 3,000 as Yankees win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/jeter-edges-3000-yankees-win-4792911a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-12T19:30:31Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-12:/professional-baseball/jeter-edges-3000-yankees-win-4792911a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt; smacked a pair of RBI singles Sunday, moving within seven hits of reaching 3,000 for his career as the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Cleveland" href="/topic/Cleveland" &gt;Cleveland&lt;/a&gt; 9-1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; drove in three runs for the Yankees, who beat the slumping &lt;span&gt;Indians&lt;/span...</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="Houston Astros"></category><category term="National Baseball Hall of Fame"></category><category term="Pete Rose"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Craig Biggio"></category><category term="Chad Durbin"></category><category term="Roberto Clemente"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees pitcher Colon put on disabled list</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-pitcher-colon-put-disabled-list-4792865a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-12T17:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-12:/professional-baseball/yankees-pitcher-colon-put-disabled-list-4792865a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; took another hit to their starting rotation when right-hander &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Bartolo Colon" href="/topic/Bartolo+Colon" &gt;Bartolo Colon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was put on the disabled list on Sunday after straining his left hamstring in Saturday's game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colon, a former &lt;a title="American League (MLB)...</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="Bartolo Colon"></category><category term="Chris Dickerson"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Cy Young Award"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Hector Noesi"></category></entry><entry><title>Surgery will sideline Yankees' Chamberlain for year</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/surgery-sideline-yankees-chamberlain-year-4792646a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-12T09:01:34Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-12:/professional-baseball/surgery-sideline-yankees-chamberlain-year-4792646a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - New York reliever &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is expected to be out of action for at least a year while he recovers from reconstructive surgery to his injured pitching elbow, the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;/a&gt; said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right-handed pitcher is set to go under the surge...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><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="Raleigh"></category><category term="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Pedro Feliciano"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Damaso Marte"></category><category term="Rafael Soriano"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox rock Yankees 8-3 to sweep series</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-rock-yankees-83-sweep-series-4791964a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-09T23:30:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-09:/professional-baseball/red-sox-rock-yankees-83-sweep-series-4791964a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; exploded with seven runs in the seventh inning to trounce the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 8-3 in a rain-delayed match that ended early on Friday morning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boston sent 11 batters to the plate and stroked eight hits in the seventh ...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Josh Beckett"></category><category term="Curtis Granderson"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Torn ligament to sideline Yankees' Chamberlain</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/torn-ligament-sideline-yankees-chamberlain-4791940a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-09T20:30:49Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-09:/professional-baseball/torn-ligament-sideline-yankees-chamberlain-4791940a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; pitcher &lt;a title="Joba Chamberlain" href="/topic/Joba+Chamberlain" &gt;Joba Chamberlain&lt;/a&gt; has a torn ligament in his right elbow and likely will miss the remainder of the &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; season, Yankees manager &lt;a title="Joe Girardi" href="/topic/Joe+Girardi" &gt;Joe Girardi&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extent of the 25-year-old righ...</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="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Red Sox beat Yankees for division lead</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/red-sox-beat-yankees-division-lead-4791456a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-09T02:32:08Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-09:/professional-baseball/red-sox-beat-yankees-division-lead-4791456a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="David Ortiz" href="/topic/David+Ortiz" &gt;David Ortiz&lt;/a&gt; hit one of &lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;'s three home runs as the Red Sox continued their 2011 dominance of the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; with an 11-6 victory that put Boston atop the &lt;a title="AL East" href="/topic/AL+East" &gt;American League East&lt;/a&gt; division.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Carl Crawford" href="/topic/Carl+Crawford" &gt;Carl Cr...</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="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="Dustin Pedroia"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="Joba Chamberlain"></category><category term="Adrian Gonzalez"></category><category term="Russell Martin"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Jacoby Ellsbury"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Wakefield gets win as Red Sox blast Yankees</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/wakefield-win-red-sox-blast-yankees-4791336a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-08T20:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-06-08:/professional-baseball/wakefield-win-red-sox-blast-yankees-4791336a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Red Sox" href="/topic/Boston+Red+Sox" &gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; notched their sixth win in a row over arch rivals New York on Wednesday, veteran knuckleballer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Wakefield" href="/topic/Tim+Wakefield" &gt;Tim Wakefield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; picking up the win after Boston's bats hammered the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;Yankees&lt;...</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="Boston Red Sox"></category><category term="Carl Crawford"></category><category term="A.J. Burnett"></category><category term="Tim Wakefield"></category><category term="David Ortiz"></category><category term="J.D. Drew"></category><category term="Alfredo Aceves"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Evergreen closer Rivera makes record 1,000th appearance</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/evergreen-closer-rivera-record-1000th-appearance-4785494a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-25T19:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-25:/professional-baseball/evergreen-closer-rivera-record-1000th-appearance-4785494a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; evergreen closer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; became the first pitcher to make 1,000 career appearances with one team when the slender Panamanian finished up Wednesday's 7-3 win over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto Blue Jays" href="/topic/Toro...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></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="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Toronto Blue Jays"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees ace Rivera reaches 1,000 games</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/yankees-ace-rivera-reaches-1000-games-4785488a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-25T18:30:32Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-25:/professional-baseball/yankees-ace-rivera-reaches-1000-games-4785488a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt;, who has helped the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; win five World Series titles, has become the first pitcher to reach 1,000 games with the same &lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt; team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old Rivera is also the 15th player to reach the milestone when he came in to close out the Yankees' 7-...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="Trevor Hoffman"></category><category term="Jesse Orosco"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Mets knuckleballer Dickey baffles Yankees in 2-1 win</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-knuckleballer-dickey-baffles-yankees-21-win-4783541a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T21:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-20:/professional-baseball/mets-knuckleballer-dickey-baffles-yankees-21-win-4783541a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="R.A. Dickey" href="/topic/R.A.+Dickey" &gt;Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won an unlikely pitchers' duel as the visiting &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Mets" href="/topic/New+York+Mets" &gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; nipped the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 2-1 on Friday to take the opening game of their weekend Subway...</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="New York Mets"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Mike O'Connor"></category><category term="Mark Teixeira"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Joe Girardi"></category><category term="Nick Swisher"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></category><category term="Freddy Garcia"></category><category term="Daniel Murphy (Baseball)"></category><category term="Fernando Martinez"></category><category term="Jose Reyes"></category><category term="Terry Collins"></category><category term="R.A. Dickey"></category><category term="Jason Isringhausen"></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>Mets, Yankees on menu in first taste of Interleague play</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/mets-yankees-menu-taste-interleague-play-4783467a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T17:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-20:/professional-baseball/mets-yankees-menu-taste-interleague-play-4783467a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The first taste of interleague play in 2011 comes this weekend to &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Major League Baseball" href="/topic/Major+League+Baseball" &gt;Major League Baseball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and 15 seasons after it was first introduced during the regular season some of the match-ups still create a buzz.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Metropolitan areas that are home to two MLB teams, like New York, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago Cubs" h...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="San Francisco Bay"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></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="New York Mets"></category><category term="Yankee Stadium"></category><category term="Kansas City Royals"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Fenway Park"></category><category term="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim"></category><category term="Francisco Rodriguez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Carlos Beltran"></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><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AL West"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>A-Rod swings Yankees out of slump in win over Rays</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/arod-swings-yankees-slump-win-rays-4782008a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-17T21:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-05-17:/professional-baseball/arod-swings-yankees-slump-win-rays-4782008a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="St. Petersburg" href="/topic/St.+Petersburg" &gt;ST. PETERSBURG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Alex Rodriguez" href="/topic/Alex+Rodriguez" &gt;Alex Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt; launched two home runs to lift the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; out of their funk with a 6-2 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tampa Bay Rays" href="/to...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="St. Petersburg"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Alex Rodriguez"></category><category term="Tampa Bay Rays"></category><category term="Jorge Posada"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Ivan Nova"></category></entry><entry><title>Steinbrenner FBI File Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/steinbrenner-fbi-file-baseball-2401661p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-23T12:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-23:/photo/steinbrenner-fbi-file-baseball-2401661p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - This Dec. 29, 2989, file photo shows &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; owner &lt;a title="George Steinbrenner" href="/topic/George+Steinbrenner" &gt;George Steinbrenner&lt;/a&gt;, left, former Yankees slugger &lt;a title="Mickey Mantle" href="/topic/Mickey+Mantle" &gt;Mickey Mantle&lt;/a&gt;, center,  and former &lt;a title="Richard Nixon" href="/topic/Richard+Nixon" &gt;President Richard Nixon&lt;/a&gt; behind the casket containing the late Yankees player and &lt;a title="Billy M...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Election Fraud"></category><category term="Campaign Finance"></category><category term="Political Scandals"></category><category term="Photography"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mickey Mantle"></category><category term="Richard Nixon"></category><category term="Billy Martin (Baseball)"></category><category term="George Steinbrenner"></category><category term="St. Patrick's Cathedral"></category><category term="Scandals"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="Watergate"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees Rivera Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/yankees-rivera-baseball-2398379p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-16T12:32:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-16:/photo/yankees-rivera-baseball-2398379p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010 file photo, &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; relief pitcher &lt;a title="Mariano Rivera" href="/topic/Mariano+Rivera" &gt;Mariano Rivera&lt;/a&gt; delivers a pitch in Game 1 of baseball's &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Arlington (Texas)" href="/topic/Arlington+(Texas)" &gt;Arlington, Texas&lt;/a&gt;. Rivera and the Yankees have finalized their $30 mi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="World Series"></category><category term="Arlington (Texas)"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Mariano Rivera"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry><entry><title>Cliff  Lee Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/cliff-lee-baseball-2397272p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-14T14:31:47Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-14:/photo/cliff-lee-baseball-2397272p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010, file photo shows &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Cliff Lee" href="/topic/Cliff+Lee" &gt;Cliff Lee&lt;/a&gt; throwing during the second inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the &lt;a title="San Francisco Giants" href="/topic/San+Francisco+Giants" &gt;San Francisco Giants&lt;/a&gt;,  in San Francisco. The free-agent pitcher passed up an extra $50 million from the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New ...</summary><category term="Photography"></category><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="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Philadelphia Phillies"></category><category term="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="San Francisco Giants"></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></entry><entry><title>Winter Meetings Lee Baseball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/winter-meetings-lee-baseball-2395082p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-09T19:01:48Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-09:/photo/winter-meetings-lee-baseball-2395082p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - This Oct. 18, 2010, file photo shows &lt;a title="Texas Rangers" href="/topic/Texas+Rangers" &gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt; starting pitcher &lt;a title="Cliff Lee" href="/topic/Cliff+Lee" &gt;Cliff Lee&lt;/a&gt; smiling after the Rangers' 8-0 win over the &lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; in Game 3 of baseball's &lt;a title="American League (MLB)" href="/topic/American+League+(MLB)" &gt;American League Championship Series&lt;/a&gt;, in New York. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, the Ne...</summary><category term="Photography"></category><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="Texas Rangers"></category><category term="Cliff Lee"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="AL West"></category></entry><entry><title>Yankees Jeter Contract</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/yankees-jeter-contract-2393852p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T14:32:55Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-07:/photo/yankees-jeter-contract-2393852p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" &gt;New York Yankees&lt;/a&gt; general manager &lt;a title="Brian Cashman" href="/topic/Brian+Cashman" &gt;Brian Cashman&lt;/a&gt;, left, and managing general partner &lt;a title="Hal Steinbrenner" href="/topic/Hal+Steinbrenner" &gt;Hal Steinbrenner&lt;/a&gt;, right, look on as shortstop &lt;a title="Derek Jeter" href="/topic/Derek+Jeter" &gt;Derek Jeter&lt;/a&gt;, center, addresses the media Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 &lt;a title="Steinbrenner Field" href="/topic/Steinbrenner+Field" &gt;Geor...</summary><category term="Media"></category><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Partnerships"></category><category term="Executive Management"></category><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Baseball Transactions"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Tampa"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Derek Jeter"></category><category term="Brian Cashman"></category><category term="Hal Steinbrenner"></category><category term="Steinbrenner Field"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category></entry></feed>
