Cory Lidle

One of Joe Girardi's great strengths as Yankees manager has been his ability to handle his bullpen, keeping his relievers fresh and effective. That task became more difficult this season following Mariano Rivera's season-ending knee injury and ...  

Good morning, Pinstripe Alley. Hope you've all recovered from the heartbreaking loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays last night. The good news is that CC Sabathia is taking the mound tonight in an attempt to win this three game series. Moving on, here's the buzz around Yankee Universe this morning: Mariano Rivera's leg just might be the most talked about topic for the Yankees that I can remember in quite a while. If you didn't see it...  

Yankees brass will decide today whether to bring Andy Pettitte up to the big leagues or give him at least one more start in the minors. In four minor league starts, Pettitte has accumulated 13 strikeouts against three walks in 17 innings with 19 hits and seven earned runs allowed. Regular rest would mean a Friday night start against Felix Hernandez and the Mariners. - Mariano Rivera visited three doctors yesterday in New York: Team...  

- You most likely don't need me to tell you what the main story surrounding the New York Yankees is this morning. Chad Jennings at LoHud compiled lots of quotes from the Yankee clubhouse about Mariano Rivera's torn ACL. Get well soon, Mo. - In light of the reaction to Rivera's injury, Fangraphs posted a poll of the most respected athletes of all time. As of the moment when I'm writing this, Mo trails only Roberto Clemente. That's...  

The Yankees host the Angels this afternoon for the Yankee Stadium home opener with Hiroki Kuroda looking to bounce back from a rough debut as he faces off against Ervin Santana at 1:05 P.M. - Mike Axisa at RAB discusses the Yankee bullpen, and how it is one of the greatest strengths of this team. Having to clean up some less than stellar performances by the starting pitchers, the bullpen has allowed only eleven hits and three...  

The hat, sold by former Yankees pitcher David Wells, garnered an unprecedented price for a baseball cap. The sale also included a bat used ... off to go sightseeing at Nato summit, says Barack Obama Controversial Beecroft report on employment reform ...  

With Rivera out for the season, some other reliever will top the team’s saves leader list for the first time since John Wetteland was the team’s closer in 1996 and led the team with 43 saves. The Yankees thought they had a suitable replacement for ...  

The Yankees have had inconsistent starting pitching and inconsistent performance -- really under-achievement -- from many of the stars who are supposed to carry their offense. Those two issues, much more than the loss of closer Mariano Rivera ...  

We all remember March 22, 2012. While playing with his kid on a trampoline, New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain suffered a nasty and gruesome ankle injury dislocating his ankle causing the bones to protrude through the skin.Chamberlain had been on the verge of a potential comeback after going through extensive rehabilitation after Tommy John surgery.As terrible as his ankle injury was, it appears that he is recovering quite well and more...  

It's interesting how fast things can change. Roughly two weeks ago, the New York Yankees were riding high from beating their hated rivals the Boston Red Sox . They were on a roll and things seemed like they were going to come together for the team. Now, the Yankees lost Mariano Rivera for the season, the offense depends on the 37-year-old Derek Jeter and the rotation is not as deep as it was ...  

The New York Yankees have suffered injuries to their top two relievers—Mariano Rivera and David Robertson—and are now left with Rafael Soriano as the closer and an undetermined bridge to get to him. Rivera is lost for the season, but reports suggest ...  

The Yankees would end up defeating the Boston Red Sox in a one-game playoff that was marked by the now famous Bucky Dent home run, and go on to win the World Series. The point of all this is that we are still in May, and our current version of t ...  

NY Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera-- the greatest closer in baseball history -- could be done for ever after tearing his ACL in a freak injury Thursday night. Mo twisted his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice before the ...  

Robertson had assumed closing duties after future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera tore his ACL. That injury occurred while he was catching fly balls in the outfield in Kansas City on May 3rd. Robertson picked up his first save of the season against Tampa Bay ...  

The Yankees bullpen is not looking too good right now. First, Joba Chamberlain with the dislocated ankle. Then Mariano Rivera with the torn ACL, Now, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, David Robertson will be put on the 15-day disabled list with a left ...  

I think it's worth bringing him back. And even if it doesn't work out and Abreu can't hack it anymore, the Yankees could simply release him and move on. (The Angels would still be paying for most of his salary anyway.) But if Abreu can still hack it ...  

To say the Yankees will not make the playoffs if closer Dave Robertson does not shine is defeatist to say the least. Understand one blown save in two opportunities is not impressive in the wake of losing Mariano Rivera. But Yankees fans need to give ...  

On Friday, the Los Angeles Angels made a roster move they were trying to make for a couple of months.They released veteran outfielder/designated hitter Bobby Abreu, who was in the final year of his three-year deal with the Angels.The Angels are on hook for the remaining $9 million left on Abreu's deal, so whoever takes on Abreu is getting him for the league minimum.Abreu was only hitting .208 with no home runs and five RBI in just eight games...  

Ever since Mariano Rivera landed on the disabled list with the torn ACL that forced him out of the 2012 season, people have wondered about the closer role. Most thought that David Robertson would be ready to take over temporarily as the closer for 2012 and ...  

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi says closer Mariano Rivera has a torn right knee ligament, an injury that could potentially end his career. The 42-year-old right-hander was carted off the field after twisting his right knee shagging ...  

Mariano Rivera is immortal. The longtime closer of the New York Yankees has flustered opposing hitters since 1996, and recently, the 42 year old has shown no signs of aging. Mariano Rivera is immortal, and that's what Yankee fans across the country are ...  

It's just one blown save. Calm down. The New York Yankees had a one-run lead against the Tampa Bay Rays going into the ninth inning. On the mound was the team's closer. He was unable to close out the final inning, though, and the Yankees would go on to ...  

Instead of giving up prospects, the Yankees need only to await his arrival. Then, there is Joba Chamberlain.  Chamberlain is already working out and will arrive in Tampa to resume his Tommy John rehab where he left off before suffering an ankle ...  

Mariano Rivera’s torn ACL is obviously one of the most devastating injuries to ever befall the storied New York Yankees. While most will be concentrating on how awful the loss may be for the Bombers, there has to be some kind of silver lining to the all- ...  

The fluke injury he suffered on this day has already ended the great closer’s season, and threatens his career as a whole. This sadness is not reserved for New York Yankees fans, but for the sports world as a whole, as it has lost one of its most ...  

It was the injury heard around the world. Well, at least the baseball world. Mariano Rivera tore his right ACL and meniscus while shagging foul balls before the game Thursday night. First Chamberlain and now Rivera, Yankees relievers have not had their ...  

It did not look good. When New York Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova hobbled off the mound on Monday, May 14 it looked like a serious injury. Now fans wait on information on a timetable for his return. If Nova has to miss some time it will be a blow to the Yankees.  

The all time saves leader may have pitched his final game. New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera injured his right leg prior to Thursday's game against the Kansas City Royals. Rivera had to be carted off the field. Although the extent of the injury is not ...  

Mariano Rivera may have suffered a serious injury while shagging fly balls for the New York Yankees prior to their game against the Kansas City Royals, according to Bryan Hoch at MLB.com. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was carted off the field at Kauffman ...  

It appears the worst may have happened to Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees as Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News is reporting via twitter that Mo has suffered the dreaded torn ACL and will be out the rest of the 2012 season. Girardi on Rivera ...  

But, if there ever was an athlete over 40 who could come back from such a serious injury, Mo can. Rivera has always been praised by his teammates and coaches about how great an athlete he is. He not only has the physical make-up to get through this and ...  

Adam Hughes was raised, and still lives, in rural Indiana. He has been a Cincinnati Reds fan since the early 1980s, when gods like Dan Driessen and Cesar Cedeno roamed the ethereally green Riverfront turf. He thinks that Dusty Baker is the anti-Davey.  

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera likely suffered a torn ACL in his right knee Thursday, sidelining him for the season, said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Rivera was carted off the field after hurting his right knee while shagging fly balls ...  

The greatest close in baseball history is done for the season, felled by a torn ACL while shagging flies in the Kansas City outfield Thursday evening. Since taking over John Wetteland's role prior to the start of the 1997 season, Mariano Rivera ...  

Rivera remained with the team Friday night in Kansas City. He plans to return to New York this weekend before consulting with Yankees team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad. Rivera said he was touched by the outpouring of support he received after ...  

The New York Yankees honeymoon with David Robertson is apparently over.  In only his second save attempt as the 2012 fill-in for Mariano Rivera, the new closer gave up 4 runs in the 9th inning to turn a 1 – 0 lead into a 4 – 1 loss for the Bombers.  

Any euphoria that New York Yankee fans such as myself felt over their thrilling comeback on April 21 against the Boston Red Sox is tempered with the knowledge that starter Freddy Garcia has become a liability rather than an asset. Garcia put the Yanks in ...  

NEW YORK — For 15 years, Mariano Rivera has decided when the game ends. Even with a freakish injury that has likely ended his season, he is promising to close out his remarkable career on his own terms and vows to return no later than next spring.  

Bombers' closer Mariano Rivera will be a "brand ambassador" for "New York Yankees" scent for men and "New York Yankees for Her," along with center fielder Curtis Granderson. THE YANKEES’ closer and a two-time All-Star are going to bat for the ...  

NEW YORK — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was examined Monday by three doctors at two hospitals as he determines where he will have knee surgery. New York general manager Brian Cashman said Rivera was seen by team physician Dr. Christopher ...  

My fellow New York Yankees fans have an incredible appreciation for reliever Mariano Rivera, who has been with the club since 1995. Rivera actually started 10 games during that season, but he has been throwing exclusively in the late innings ever since.  

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said Friday that his knee injury will not end his career. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Get ready for One Mo Time. "I am coming back," Mariano Rivera said Friday afternoon in the New York Yankees' clubhouse. "Put it down.  

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by 2013, vowing to overcome a knee injury that figures to end his season. Rivera had hinted at the start of spring training that he would retire after the 2012 season ...  

After all, the Yankees have had no emergencies in the closer position for the last decade and a half since that have future Hall of Fame shoo-in, Mariano Rivera. The Yanks also found a consistent setup pitcher in David Robertson, who is the most likely ...  

In 2012, there is no doubt as to who the New York Yankee setup man is, and David Robertson has picked up where he left off in 2011. To date, in nine innings pitched he has yet to allow a run and has struck out 13 batters. With Mariano Rivera hinting that ...  

We've all had 24 hours to process the Mariano Rivera injury. The bottom line is: it sucks. It sucks for the Yankees. It sucks for the fans. It sucks for baseball. And it sucks for Rivera, who is as classy of a human being you can get in the sport.  

I am totally convinced that had former New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre played during nearly any other era with the club, he would have been a shoo-in for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Unfortunately for Mel, he labored for the Yanks during their ...  

NEW YORK — When Mariano Rivera jogs out to the first base line and humbly tips his cap to the adoring crowd Friday during festivities at Yankee Stadium he will do so without tipping anyone off to his retirement plans. “I always look at opening day as ...  

David Robertson hurled a scoreless eighth and Mariano Rivera finished up with a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save, as New York took the first of a three game series at Yankee Stadium. Chavez's solo shot in the second inning broke a 1-1 tie and the ...  

NEW YORK--New York Yankees right-hander Freddy Garcia (L, 0-2) further damaged his … Full Story »Freddy Garcia Uncertain About Future in New York Yankees Rotation New York Yankees Pitcher Freddy Garcia's … Any euphoria that New York Yankee fans such ...  

What the New York Yankees did to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, April 21 was not unique, as twice before they had rallied from nine run deficits to beat their arch-nemesis. While this comeback was especially satisfying to New York fans like me -- seeing ...  

NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) -- Hiroki Kuroda allowed just five hits over eight innings Friday in helping the New York Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Kuroda (1-1) lasted one batter into the ninth inning. That was Bobby Abreu, who ...  

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is likely to be out for the rest of the season after apparently tearing the ACL in his right knee while shagging balls during batting practice before the game in Kansas City ... lose a Hall of Famer.  

May 3 (UPI) -- Jonathan Broxton retired Alex Rodriguez with the tying run on third Thursday ... who lost superstar reliever Mariano Rivera prior to the contest -- for the evening and perhaps for more than that. Rivera injured his right knee ...  

but the next three batters could not get the ball out of the infield against David Robertson. Mariano Rivera turned in a 1-2-3 performance in the ninth for his third save in support of starter Phil Hughes. Hughes (1-2) got the win despite giving ...  

There's something special about the rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Both cities pull out all the stops to hype up the loyalty to their respective teams. But some folks think a new ad in a New York City subway went just a tad ...  

No New York Yankees fan, including myself, wants to face the possibility that closer Mariano Rivera may be succumbing to the inevitable--his age. Rivera's opening-day catastrophe is alarming in that he lacked movement on his pitches. Add in the fact that ...  

The relievers of eras gone by pitched more than one inning on many occasions during the course of the year, setting themselves up for many more win opportunities. The most wins Mariano ever had in one season were the eight he registered in 1996.  

bringing his three-year win-loss standard in New York to a sparkling 59-23. His earned run average during this three-year stint is 3.18, compared to his lifetime earned run average of 3.51. Overall, Sabathia is 176-97, leaving him 124 wins short of the ...  

The New York Yankees lost to the Kansas City Royals by the score of 4-3 on Thursday night.  The story though isn’t the game but the loss of future Hall Of Famer Mariano Rivera.  Rivera before the game shagging fly balls as he always does ...  

After strategically buying up every room in a Nicaraguan hotel in 2002, former Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein thought he had pulled the ultimate fast one on his rivals. Engaging in ample and undisturbed face time with free agent Cuban pitcher Jose ...  

With 659 home runs, Babe Ruth is the all-time leader in home runs for the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth also hit 49 home runs playing for the Boston Red Sox before he played for the Yankees, and six home runs playing for the Boston Braves after the Yankees.  

On April 11, 1912 the New York Highlanders (nicknamed the Yankees but did not take the name until 1913) opened the regular season against the Boston Red Sox. If these two teams met on Opening Day today it would be a heated rivalry game, but in ...  

Things work quickly in major league baseball. Yesterday Jack Cust was a Houston Astro ... He was also thinking of signing with the Colorado Rockies in the National League, but the Yankee offer was likely just a dream come true for the 34-year ...  

New York Yankees starter Michael Pineda will miss the entire season because of a tear in the labrum of his right shoulder. The Yankees said the right-hander will have arthroscopic surgery Tuesday in New York and be out for about a year.  

The New York Yankees have been remarkably successful the past 18 seasons with Mariano Rivera has their setup man and eventual closer for the team. Rivera has recorded 605 saves which is the most in Major League Baseball history. However ...  

New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda will begin the season on the disabled ... was optioned to Triple-A Columbus along with reliever Frank Herrmann. Nationals: Stephen Strasburg pitched four innings against St. Louis in his final tuneup ...  

Princeton Day School is pleased to announce a baseball camp opportunity available on campus this summer. During the week of August 13 to 17, PDS will be the site of the New York Yankees Baseball Summer Camps. This is the first season of this new camp for boys and girls ages 5 to 13, and it offers the following opportunities for young ballplayers:  

Pitcher Ron Guidry, who wound up playing in center field at Yankee Stadium on two occasions, understood why Mariano Rivera enjoyed shagging fly balls during practice.  

Rivera suffered an apparent knee injury while shagging baseballs during batting practice in Kansas City  

Former New York Yankees great Bill "Moose" Skowron has died. He was 81 years old.