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Andy Pettitte pitched very well tonight giving up 1 earned run on 5 hits in 6.2 innings of work as the Yankees win over the Kansas City Royals by a score of 6-1. Pettitte was followed by Joba Chamberlain and Chamberlain slammed the door shut on the Royals giving up no earned runs on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts in 1.1 innings. Joba threw 24 pitches and 18 of them were for strikes. His era for the year stands at 0.00. The Sandman, Mariano Rivera came in the bottom of the 9th inning in a non save...Read Full Story

Here are a bunch of new pictures of the new stadium. Thanks to Sliding Into Home. ——————————————– Rotoworld reports: Pettitte: According to the New York Post, the Yankees “remain interested in” Andy Pettitte, but “aren’t going to pay him the $16 million he earned last season.” The newspaper quotes “a Yankee source” as saying that Pettitte’s agent doesn’t want him to accept a pay cut, but that seems unreasonable after he went 14-14 with a 4.54 ERA in 2008. Mussina: The New...Read Full Story

Rivera secures Pettitte’s victory in historic venue’s final game By Bryan Hoch NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS) 09/22/2008– Eighty-five years of memorable moments and indelible achievements at Yankee Stadium have been book-ended by Babe Ruth’s home run to christen the building and Mariano Rivera’s final pitch to close it.  Rivera recorded the final out in the history of the [...]Read Full Story

Planning a trip to Yankee Stadium next year that I am trying to get a jump start on planning for. I just want to know what hotels in the area others would recommend. I dont want to spend too much, but im not strapped for cash.... Tagged as: planning, yankee, stadium, hotels, recommend, strappedRead Full Story

Andy Pettitte gets Cleveland tonight. I expect Pettitte to win because I just do. Joba will go back to the place of the bugs. What a nightmare that was last year. A nightmare is Giambi at 3rd base tonight. The Yankees are at Cleveland and the game starts at 7:05 PM EST. Yankees - Cleveland Preview - Yankees Official Yanks return to Cleveland motivated - Bryan Hoch - Yankees Official Bad news all around - Bryan Hoch - Bombers Beat Going to Cleveland, dropping like flies. - John Sterling...Read Full Story