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• Bonds sure to play in '08, but where? (SportingNews.com)
  published on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:10 PDT
  Despite currently team-less, Barry Bonds has at least another season in him. He'll be playing for someone this summer. Our best guess is the Mariners or Twins.
• Baseball Today (AP)
  published on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:10:02 PDT
  

• Yankees Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:52:36 PDT
  You know the moment is big when Reggie Jackson gets nervous. Mr. October had been humbled by the opportunity to throw the first pitch of the last Opening Day in Yankee Stadium history, and his initial response was "Really?" Knowing that honor usually was handed to Yogi Berra or Whitey Ford, Jackson felt the weight of the stadium's glorious history—of which he contributed greatly—on his shoulders. "I was nervous about it," Jackson said after throwing a fine pitch before the Yankees' 3-2 win over Toronto. "I was worried where the ball would go, what my throw would be like. Because I didn't want to have the writers recount the evening like, 'It started raining, the guy dropped the flag, the national anthem microphone fell apart, Reggie threw a ball in the...
• Wang, Yankees beat Blue Jays 3-2 in final opener at Stadium (AP)
  published on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:47:36 PDT
  Right after the final out, Mariano Rivera grabbed the ball and handed it to his new manager. Here you go, Joe, a souvenir to treasure. Last opener at the old place, first win for Joe Girardi. Just how the Babe would have wanted it. Chien-Ming Wang stymied the Toronto Blue Jays for seven innings, making Girardi a winner in his rain-delayed debut as Yankees manager and sending New York to a...
• Melancholy rules in final Yankee Stadium opener (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:56:00 PDT
  A new stadium awaits the Yankees next season, but "The House that Ruth Built" will never be completely gone.
• Pettitte gets mostly cheers during introduction at Yankee Stadium (AP)
  published on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:44:14 PDT
  Andy Pettitte received a mostly warm welcome Tuesday night when he was introduced at the New York Yankees' opener after a tumultuous offseason. New York was scheduled to play the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday but the game was postponed by rain. Both clubs were introduced and lined up along the base lines before the 84th and last opening day at Yankee Stadium.
• Big Fish: A-Rod reels in more than entire Florida Marlins roster (AP)
  published on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:28:53 PDT
  Alex Rodriguez makes more this year than his hometown Florida Marlins. Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tops the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. The 33 players on the Marlins' opening-day roster and disabled list total $21.8 million.
• Percentage of foreign-born Major League Baseball players drops (AP)
  published on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:49:03 PDT
  The percentage of major league baseball players born outside the 50 states dropped slightly this year. Of the 855 players on rosters at the start of the season, 239 were born outside the 50 states, the commissioner's office said Tuesday. The percentage dropped to 28.0 from 29.0 last year, when it was just off the record of 29.2 set in 2005.
• If A-Rod wants war of words, Canseco will produce supplier (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:10:58 PDT
  Jose Canseco says in an exclusive interview at the Omni Berkshire in midtown that if New York Yankees sluuger...
• Final home opener at Yankee Stadium postponed until Tuesday because of rain (AP)
  published on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:46:13 PDT
  The beginning of the end will have to wait. The final opening day at Yankee Stadium was postponed because of rain Monday, pushing back New York's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was rescheduled for 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, previously an off day in the series. Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang and Toronto ace Roy Halladay remained slated to pitch.
• Scouts not sure young arms will get job done for Yanks (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:30:26 PDT
  So the wheel officially begins to spin now on Brian Cashman's grand gamble to ride the New York Yankees ' young...
• New York Yankees set to host Blue Jays in final home opener at historic Stadium (AP)
  published on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:47:14 PDT
  Pull into the parking lot at Yankee Stadium and there it is, rising up right next door like some kind of baseball Taj Mahal. Wow! You can hardly take your eyes off it. A sparkling new version of the beloved ballpark, with "Yankee Stadium" carved in glistening gold letters on the granite and limestone exterior.
• Pettitte sharp in tuneup (PA SportsTicker)
  published on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:51:19 PDT
  New York Yankees lefthander Andy Pettitte remains confident that he will pitching during the team's first homestand.
• Predicting the 2008 season: Diamondbacks over Red Sox (SportingNews.com)
  published on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:16:53 PDT
  Baseball is a new age of parity with as many as 25 teams having a shot at the playoffs. Richard Justice predicts the 2008 season.
• Florida outfielder Alejandro De Aza injured in Yankees' 4-2 win over Marlins (AP)
  published on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:33:33 PDT
  Marlins center fielder Alejandro De Aza was carted off the field after injuring his ankle in a collision while chasing Chad Moeller's inside-the-park home run Saturday night. Pinch-hitting for Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui with one out in the ninth inning, Moeller hit a fly ball to center. De Aza and right fielder John Raynor went after it, and Raynor slid into De Aza's left ankle.
• Christened in 1923 by Babe Ruth's homer, Yankee Stadium prepares for final season (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:05:58 PDT
  Barry Bonds stepped out of a white stretch limousine, strolled into Yankee Stadium for the first time and basically pooh-poohed the place. Pretty much just another ballpark, he told most anyone who would listen. That is, until he walked onto the field and took a look around. That's when the history hit him.
• BASEBALL 2008: Key dates for the 2008 baseball season (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:01:39 PDT
  The Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics kicked off the 2008 season by splitting two games in Tokyo. Now get ready for the start of a new era in Washington and the end of one in New York, milestones and spirited rivalries. Here are several important dates: ^Sunday, March 30 Atlanta at Washington: The Nationals host the Braves in the first regular-season game at Nationals Park, a 41,888-seat...
• BASEBALL 2008: Stain of steroids dampens optimism of spring following scandalous offseason (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:01:37 PDT
  Every player is a suspect. From the home run hitters to the power pitchers, suspicions trail every major leaguer like 8 a.m. shadows cast behind silhouettes on a back field at spring training. "If Ryan Howard goes out and he hits two home runs in April and three in May, everybody's going to go: `Uh, oh.
• New York Yankees make moves, finalizing opening-day 25-man roster (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:59:53 PDT
  The New York Yankees have their opening day roster. Right-handers Edwar Ramirez, Jose Veras, Darrell Rasner and Scott Patterson, along with left-hander Kei Igawa and infielder Nick Green were all reassigned by the Yankees after Friday night's exhibition game against the Florida Marlins. Those decisions, along with ones to place left-handed starter Andy Pettitte and right-handed reliever Jeff...
• A long time coming: Alex Rodriguez finally gets a chance to play in Miami again (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:37:47 PDT
  Alex Rodriguez grew up in Miami, still makes his offseason home in South Florida, even is a member of the University of Miami's board of trustees. He is a beloved native son. And Friday night, for the first time since he was a senior at Westminster Christian High in 1993, he finally got to play in his hometown.
• Girardi returns to Florida, where Marlins beat his Yankees 5-3 (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:35:41 PDT
  Joe Girardi's return to Florida was not a perfect one. Back in the place he called home for a surprisingly successful and somehow tumultuous 2006 season as Florida's manager, Girardi's New York Yankees lost to the Marlins 5-3 on Friday night in the next-to-last exhibition game for both clubs. Mike Jacobs homered twice for Florida, which hosts the Yankees again Saturday night.
• Money matters: How the AL dominates the NL (SportingNews.com)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:26:40 PDT
  To find the power in baseball this season, follow the money and go to the American League.
• Former Yankees traveling secretary asks for probation for failing to report tips from players (AP)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PDT
  Former New York Yankees traveling secretary David Szen asked to be spared prison time for failing to report tips he received from players and coaches. Szen, who was fired last December, said in court documents that his conduct pales compared to what high-profile players have done. He asked for probation when he is sentenced next week in federal court in New Haven.
• Yanks' Matsui evades Japanese media, gets married (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:39:18 PDT
  Hideki Matsui, whose every move is watched closely by the Japanese media, managed to escape the spotlight and...
• Jeter homers, but New York Yankees lose to Pirates 5-2 in first game at Steinbrenner Field (AP)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:30:16 PDT
  It was almost a perfect day for New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Derek Jeter homered Thursday but the Yankees lost 5-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Yankees' spring training home, formerly Legends Field, was renamed in honor of the owner in a pregame ceremony.
• Y! experts peer into a crystal baseball (Yahoo! Sports)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:00 PDT
  Will the Red Sox repeat as champions? Will Johan Santana pitch the Mets to glory, or will the Cubs win it all for the first time in 100 years?
• Yankees' Matsui gets married, pulls fast one on Jeter and Abreu at same time (AP)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:13:09 PDT
  Hideki Matsui chuckled Thursday while recounting his big week. Yes, the Yankees slugger really did get married and win a bet with teammates Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu at the same time. Matsui made the wager at the start of spring training about who would wed first, then flew to New York on his off day Wednesday to get married.
• McNamee tells students, coaches to learn from his mistake (AP)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:07:54 PDT
  Former New York Yankees trainer Brian McNamee resurfaced to give a brief motivational speech to a small group of workout buffs on Thursday but refused to comment on the steroid scandal that landed him and his famous former client in front of Congress. In his first public comments since testifying that he injected seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens with steroids and human growth...
• Legends Field renamed George M. Steinbrenner Field (AP)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:47:53 PDT
  George Steinbrenner is in the owner's box and on the field now. The New York Yankees' spring training home was renamed George M. Steinbrenner Field during pregame ceremonies Thursday. An emotional Steinbrenner, the Yankees' owner and Tampa resident, helped pull the cover off a new sign above the scoreboard in left field.
• Sorry, BoSox, Yanks: Rays have better rotation (SportingNews.com)
  published on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:56:55 PDT
  With the American League East pitching rotations coming into focus, the division looks to produce four...