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The House that Ruth Built Will Close Its Doors in 2008 to Major League Baseball. The new, more modernized Yankee Stadium Signals a Newer Look for the Bronx Bombers.

The Yanks announced Feb. 26 that Yuri Sucart - Alex Rodriguez's cousin suspected of injecting the star with steroids - is no longer welcome at team facilities and hotels.

The New York Yankees have invited long-time center fielder, Bernie Williams, to Spring Training, but the veteran will only accept if he knows he'll be on the roster.

Shoulder discomfort may force Schilling to sit out on Sunday after two back-to-back atrocious efforts on the mound, although an MRI on his right shoulder was negative.

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's threat to suspend Yankee first baseman Jason Giambi is not only hollow -- it's hypocritical, downright stupid and no doubt unconstitutional.

Yankee Stadium opened in April of 1923 and will close in September of 2008. What occurred during that time span is the stuff that history is made of.

In the near future, there will be an international baseball tournament, and a short time after its inception, there may be a "foreign" World Champion.

Jeter's now an icon, yet it's hard to back it up with just numbers. What defines Jeter sometimes simply can't be defined.

Joe Torre and today's managers can learn from the way Miller Huggins handled Babe Ruth. Mangers must be firm and not worry about how a player feels about himself.

The Boston Red Sox need to be more consistent -- and productive -- if they want to stave off a charge by the New York Yankees.

The Boston Red Sox continue their ugly play in June, dropping yet another series to a struggling opponent. The Sox have lost 8 of 13 games in June, 7-1/2 up on NY.

After three years together and no championships, the New York Yankees look to their $441 million combination of A-Rod and Jeter to lead the team to a title.

The World Series featured two seven-game classics in 1957 and 1958. Two departed stars, Hank Bauer and Lew Burdette, had vital moments in those match-ups.

The Yankees can't seem to buy a win against the Red Sox in 2009 and that could spell bad news when the playoffs roll around. Can one be cursed by a broken curse?

The on-field exploits and special contributions of one of the all-time Yankee stars.

How good are the NFL Super Bowl Champion Giants? Perhaps not as good as the Giants of the late 1950s - early 1960s, according to one veteran sportswriter.

As July turns to August's Dog Days, more than just the thermometer will be heating up. Let's look at the 2007 MLB divisional races and the Wild Card card fight in the AL.

The first week of the MLB season delivered both surprise and disappointment. Will these top 10 MLB teams be able to hold their rankings all season? Don't count on it.

The 2009 Yankees have a World Series on their minds now, but with an aging team and key free agents at the corner outfield positions, 2010 could look very different.

The last game in the "old" Yankee Stadium was pitched by Andy Pettitte, and this year's last game in the "new" Yankee Stadium might also be pitched by Andy Pettitte.

Perhaps rattled by repeated steroid scandals, the Red Sox drop four straight games at Yankee Stadium for the first time in more than 20 years.

Joe DiMaggio, Cal Ripken and Orel Hershiser head the list of Baseball's Longest and Most Important Streaks.

The New York Yankees spend the most money and this season they are winning the biggest. It is a system that is good for baseball.

Maybe it was starting A.J. Burnett on short rest. Maybe it was just the Phillies incredible determination. Either way, the World Series is going back to Yankee Stadium.

Although Joe DiMaggio's excellent stats fell short of baseball's greatest, he won and retains a special hold on fans. A lot of it had to do with unmeasurables.

What began as a Subway Series eventually went transcontinental and continued to provide incomparable baseball thrills.

Whitey Ford's mound success and high spirits characterized a period of Yankees greatness. For longevity and consistency, he may have been their best pitcher ever.

The Yankees bullpen worked overtime on Thursday. In fact, no one in the Yankees starting rotation threw a pitch in the last regular season game against the Twins.

The New York Yankees find themselves in a rare losing situation.

Expect plenty of long ball in this year's World Series. The team that pitches the best in the mid to late innings will likely win the Commissioner's Trophy.

Philly got a gem from Cliff Lee on Wednesday, taking home-field advantage. If Pedro Martinez holds true to his excellent form this year, it could spell a Phillies repeat.

After an unsuccessful 2008, the Yankees spent a fortune on three free agents they hope will put them back in the World Series.

High expectations, surprising achievements, and baffling disappointments marked the return of baseball's top stars from the war.

A good trade deadline deal can transform a contender into a World Series champion. Here are the five best such trades of the past fifty years.

Over the past twenty years, baseball has become a game that is open to the middle-aged as well as the young. Here are the best over-40 players in the Major Leagues.

Hank Aaron is known best for one thing: breaking Babe Ruth's long-standing all-time home run record and finishing his career with 755 home runs. But, he was so much more.

When he was hired to manage the Yankees in 1996, no one could have predicted that Joe Torre would enjoy such longevity and success as skipper of the Bronx Zoo.

As MLB bubble gum millionaires open the season on April 5-7, management should wake-up and remember the public once disowned America's national pastime over cheating.

Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history.

The "Whiz Kids" were an exciting, energetic, youthful club that captured the hearts of Philadelphia baseball fans like no team before -- or perhaps since.

The New York Yankees have had many great seasons over the years, but their 1998 edition was at least the second best team ever, if not the best.

The New York Yankees are World Series Champions again, but, controversy swirls after a very interesting season.

Boston has the best ballpark, the best hitter ever, and the greatest player who ever lived. But there are many more reasons to love the Red Sox.

With A-Rod making it clear that he is going to test the waters, and bid up his price to over $30 million per year, it may be time for the Yankees to say goodbye.

The Yankees have always been associated with Republicans, but the team has a much better track record when there is a Democrat in the White House.

A quick list and statistical summary of the players who won the World Series MVP from 1985 through 2007.

Reeling from the previous year's strike that cancelled the World Series, baseball bounced back with a new round of playoffs that gave the game a classic series.

They have hit a lot of home runs over the years. But here, for your reading pleasure, are the ten greatest home runs ever hit by the New York Yankees.

It's not often the two teams that are unquestionably the best in Major League Baseball make it through the playoffs to meet in the World Series. That will happen in 2009.

An analysis of whether the Boston Red Sox made a mistake low-balling Roger Clemens when the team had a chance to sign him, instead losing him to the New York Yankees.