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Keefe To The City: Bartolo And The New Yankees
By Neil Keefe » More columns In December, I thought the Yankees rotation in 2011 would be CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett. Today it’s CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett,...
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Keidel: Bartolo A Bargain For The Yankees
By Jason Keidel » More Columns We all knew the Yankees’ best pitcher this year would be a large man who threw a live ball. We didn’t know he’d throw it with his right hand, and was brought to New York...
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Brogna On Baseball: Who’s Better? The 1998 Yanks Or 2011 Phillies?
By Rico Brogna » More Columns Phillies fans are some of my very favorite people in the world of sports. I love passionate Philadelphia. It is where my favorite Italian restaurants are (South Philly). I...
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Nightmare Night In Philly For Gee, Mets
PHILADELPHIA (WFAN/AP) — Cliff Lee is such a perfectionist that he nitpicks even the minor stuff. Lee threw seven sharp innings, John Mayberry Jr. and Hunter Pence each hit a two-run homer and the...
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Dillon Gee: Phillies’ Rout Of Mets ‘Probably The Worst Game Of My Life’
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Dillon Gee’s impressive start seems a long way back. Gee had his worst outing of the year on a night when Cliff Lee was excellent, and the Mets lost 10-0 to the Philadelphia...
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Keidel: Pinstripe Pride
By Jason Keidel » More Columns If it’s possible, if you can see over the pyramid of cash, the titanic $200 million payroll, the Yankees were overlooked this year, the presumed bridesmaids in the AL...
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Keidel: Girardi Is No Ordinary Joe
By Jason Keidel » More Columns You can tell me if it’s laudable or laughable, but there’s a simmering sentiment that Joe Girardi has been the American League’s best manager this year. Girardi, like...
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Sweeny Says: Yankees Must Keep CC Sabathia
By Sweeny Murti » More Columns Assuming he exercises his opt-out clause, can the Yankees afford to re-sign CC Sabathia? The better question is this—can they afford not to? Sabathia has been among the...
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Hartnett: CC Sabathia Proves Once Again He’s ‘The Anti A-Rod’
‘Hart of the Order’ By Sean Hartnett » More Columns Throughout his major league career, CC Sabathia has been known as a true class act around baseball. I’d find it hard to imagine fans of the...
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Hartnett: Yankees Right To ‘Play It Cool’ With C.J. Wilson
‘Hart of the Order’ By Sean Hartnett » More Columns The New York Yankees must refuse to be bullied by the market when dealing with coveted free agent starter C.J. Wilson. They have the upper hand in...
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Hartnett: Hideki Matsui And Yankees A Likely Match
‘Hart of the Order’ By Sean Hartnett » More Columns Hideki Matsui’s playoff heroics left Yankees fans wanting more. His three home run, eight RBI performance in the 2009 World Series earned him the...
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Keidel: Us, Evil Empire? And You? When Yankees Hating Becomes Insincere
By Jason Keidel » More Column Yankees fans are like a billionaire’s babies: we’re accustomed to a certain lifestyle, yet we did very little to earn it. The Jeter babies are the worst. All they know is...
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Vance Worley Worthy Of Recognition As Part Of Phillies’ Vaunted Rotation
By David Heck, Special to CBS Local Sports CBS Local Sports will be profiling one young player from each Major League Baseball team every day for the next 30 days as part of our “30 Players 30 Days”...
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Coutinho: Mets Face Early-Season Test In Philadelphia
By Rich Coutinho » More Columns The Mets completed their first homestand of the year with a 4-2 record, which in baseball terms should be viewed as successful. But if you read the tweets and messages...
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Bay Watch Ends: Outfielder’s Homer Helps Mets Past Phillies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — R.A. Dickey used one knuckleball after another to work out of jams. Dickey threw seven sharp innings, Jason Bay hit a two-run homer and the New York Mets beat Cliff Lee and the...
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Coutinho: For The Mets, A Big Early Season Win
By Rich Coutinho » More Columns Coming into Philly this weekend, the Mets had lost two straight and faced the prospect of trying to right the ship without David Wright. To make matters worse, they had...
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Coutinho: Keep It In Perspective, Mets Fans
By Rich Coutinho >> More Columns Sure a sweep in Philly would have been sweet and turning a 2-1 lead into an 8-2 loss is disappointing but you all need to keep things in perspective. The Mets...
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Coutinho: A Big Early Season Road Trip For The Mets
By Rich Coutinho >> More Columns It is only May. All the experts said the Met season would be over by now because they could not compete in the NL East. Yet if the season ended today, the Mets...
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Keefe: Back-To-Back Bad Days For Yankees
By Neil Keefe » More columns On Wednesday morning the Yankees lost CC Sabathia for two starts and the rest of the first half. About three hours after that they lost Andy Pettitte for at least six...
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Phillies Produce Offensive Fireworks, Mets Lose 9-2
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Cliff Lee finally posted his first win of the season and the Philadelphia Phillies hit three late homers, breaking past the New York Mets 9-2 Wednesday and stopping a six-game...
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Seventh-Inning Woes Continue For Mets’ Chris Young
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Chris Young seemed to be in complete control. He had allowed only two runners and took a two-run lead into the seventh inning against the slumping Philadelphia Phillies. “There was...
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Palladino: ‘Pluck’ Is New York Mets’ Middle Name
‘From the Pressbox’ By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Through all the havoc the world has thrown at us the last week — earthshaking news of Mark Sanchez reportedly dating Eva Longoria,...
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Keefe: Yankees Return Home With Ichiro, Without A-Rod
By Neil Keefe » More columns I have said plenty of times how much I hate when the Yankees have an off day, but Thursday’s off day couldn’t have come at a better time. After a disastrous 2-5 road trip...
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Yankees Reportedly Have ‘No Interest’ In Trade For Cliff Lee
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman doesn’t expect to make any big splashes before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. trade deadline. Apparently that includes Philadelphia starter Cliff Lee. The...
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Keidel: Mets, Yankees Fans Can Rejoice In The Fates Of Their Archrivals
By Jason Keidel » More Columns New York baseball has been predictably linear this year. The Yankees are running nearly wire-to-wire to the American League East crown. All of us had the Mets at around...
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Homers From Baxter, Hairston Not Enough As Mets Drop Series Finale To Phils
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) — A little pop-up caused a lot of trouble for the New York Mets — and it didn’t work out so well for the Philadelphia Phillies, either. Pitcher Jonathon Niese dropped a...
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Dickey Denied 19th Again; Mets Lose For 22nd Time In Last 26 At Citi
NEW YORK (AP) — Cliff Lee toed the rubber, went through a full windup and simulated a pitch — toward second base, that is. Naw, he didn’t do that because the Philadelphia Phillies have been stuck in...
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Sweeny: A-Rod, Jeter And Other Notes From Nashville
By Sweeny Murti » More Columns The bombshell about A-Rod’s latest injury leaves us all wondering what he has left. Let’s face it — it is perfectly clear to all of us that he is not a 30-100 guy...
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Alex Rodriguez — Who Might Not Play In ’13 — Will Make More Money Than Astros
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Alex Rodriguez will make more this year than all the Houston Astros combined — a lot more. And he won’t even play the first half of the season, if at all. A-Rod’s $29 million...
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Gee Knocked Around, Lee, Phils Top Mets
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least the Philadelphia Phillies still have one ace. Cliff Lee came within one out of a complete game, Ryan Howard and Michael Young hit back-to-back home runs and the Phillies...
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Harvey Dominates Phillies, Mets Win 5-0
Harvey struck out 10 in seven overpowering innings, and David Wright and Juan Lagares each hit a home run.
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Lee Outduels Wheeler As Phillies Take Opener From Mets
Cliff Lee outpitched Zack Wheeler after the Mets learned All-Star starter Matt Harvey has a partially torn ligament in his right elbow, Cody Asche had a two-run triple, and Philadelphia beat New York...
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Heyman On WFAN: Yankees, Mets Have Different But Equally Vital Needs
NEW YORK (WFAN) — What will they do at the trade deadline? That’s the question that will follow the Yankees and Mets around once the All-Star break ends. CBSSports.com and WFAN baseball insider Jon...
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Report: Yankees Scouted Cliff Lee’s Final Rehab Start
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Yankees have started the second half of the season with a bang, sweeping the Reds to pull within three games of the first-place Orioles in the American League East. But if...
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Heyman: Yankees Have Had Discussions With White Sox On Veteran Danks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Cliff Lee may be coveted, but John Danks could make more sense for the Yankees. Since losing 80 percent of their starting rotation to injuries, the Yankees have been pursuing...
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Yankees Linked To Several Players As Trade Deadline Fast Approaches
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Yankees could look a lot different come Thursday evening. As they continue to look up at the top spot in the AL East and at both wild cards, the Bombers are in desperate...
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Cliff Lee Might Need Surgery On Left Elbow, Ending Season And Possibly Career
CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee is awaiting a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on his ailing left elbow and says surgery would end his season and...
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5 Best/Worst MLB Trade Deadline Deals
By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports This week in the MLB has already seen a couple of big-time trades with the Royals, Blue Jays, and Astros putting their cards on the table and going all in for this...
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Keefe To The City: Cash Talks
By Neil Keefe » More Columns On Tuesday morning I was walking down Broadway to the Hard Rock Cafe thinking about what Brian Cashman might say at the WFAN Breakfast with a Champion and wondering how...
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Yankees’ Levine: Rangers On Welfare
By Jon Heyman The Yankees are again upset about comments made by Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg. This time, the Yankees believe Greenberg implied in remarks made to fans in Texas Thursday that he got...
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Keefe To The City: Pettitte Puts Yankees In Tough Spot
By Neil Keefe » More columns When Andy Pettitte left his May 5 start against the Orioles in the sixth inning after throwing just 77 pitches and allowing one earned run on six hits, I knew something was...
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Keidel: Sporting Chills
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Now that the Super Bowl has been dissected like that poor, prostrate frog from your science class, there’s a frigid wind howling through the sporting world, much like the...
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Sweeny: Will CC Opt Out?
By Sweeny Murti » More Columns Is CC really going to pull an A-Rod? Maybe. Even if he does, I’m almost positive he won’t announce it during a World Series game. CC Sabathia, relatively slimmer and...
View ArticleHot Topic: March 16
You talkin’ to me? That was the sentiment at Yankees camp on Tuesday after Cliff Lee’s “some of the Yankee guys are getting older” comments circulated through the Tampa clubhouse. Memo to Mr. Lee:...
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Too Old? Cashman, Yankees Fire Back At Cliff Lee
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Who are you calling old? Cliff Lee fired a shot at the Yankees during a WIP radio interview last week, saying the reason he didn’t sign with New York was because “some of the...
View ArticleKeefe To The City: Bartolo Colon Is A Bad Idea
By Neil Keefe » More columns Up until Dec. 12 I had a dream of the Yankees rotation being CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett. It would have been the best rotation in...
View ArticleDerek Jeter’s No. 2 Tops 2010 MLB Jersey Sales
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Last week, Derek Jeter was voted New York’s all-time favorite athlete in a Siena College poll. This week, the shortstop has been crowned king of MLB jersey sales. For the first time...
View ArticleAfter Tumultuous Offseason, Yankees Ready To Compete As AL East Underdogs
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — A strange thing happened to the Yankees this winter: They lost. Sure, the billion-dollar franchise occasionally loses in the postseason. What the Yankees never do is fail in the...
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Fantasy Baseball Preview: Starting Pitcher
By Tony Meale In our Fantasy Baseball Preview, CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players at each position for your fantasy baseball draft. 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP | C | RP | Sleepers/Busts...
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10 Players Who Could Get Traded At MLB Trade Deadline
by Jake Brown (@JBSportsRadio) The MLB trade deadline is July 31, just a week away. All the rumors are circulating around about who is going where, and everyone has their own sources. Well, let’s take...
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