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Complaining about CC Sabathia's sluggish start with the Yankees is kind of like Tom Brady complaining that Gisele Bundchen hogs the covers when they're in bed. No one feels sorry for you. Get over yourself. And screw you for even bringing this up in mixed company. Yankees fans are used to this apathetic mentality. New York's 40-23 mark entering Tuesday's action is tied for the best record in baseball, and as such, ...

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox square off this weekend at Fenway Park, the first meeting between the two rivals since umpire Joe West's controversial marks about the slow pace of play between the teams. Unfortunately for West, and those that have early dinner reservations this weekend, River & Sunset has uncovered a list of 10 reasons why this three-game series will be just as long, if not ...

Everyone take a deep breath. Please remain calm. Promise me you won't give away your stereo, Whitesnake record and other possessions like the depressed guy from that one after-school special. The Yankees are in a slump. They've lost four of their last five games, and now sit 2.5 games behind the Rays in the American League East. Again, do not part ways with your Whitesnake record. Chances are strong the Yankees will right ...

Let's start today with a little numbers exercise: Player A: .333 BA    1 HR    5 RBI    .443 OBP    .471 SLG Player B: .380 BA    3 HR    9 RBI    .404 OBP    .600 SLG   Player A: 3.57 ERA    0-2 W-L    14 K    1.47 WHIP Player B: 1.35 ERA    2-0 W-L    14 K    1.20 WHIP   Player A: 3.38 ERA   3 SV    2 ...

I love going to Yankee games. Love, love, love it. My feeling is probably similar to how Hank Steinbrenner reacts when the Phillip Morris Convention rolls into town. Pure titillation. So when my buddy Mark offered me a ticket to the Yankees' home opener against the Angels on Tuesday, you can guess that my schedule was quickly cleared. Being your dutiful Yankee blogger, I felt it was my responsibility to do a couple ...

It's six down, 156 to go for the Yankees, who escaped Boston and Tampa with a perfectly acceptable 4-2 record. With the home opener set for Tuesday, River & Sunset takes a look back on the first week of the 2010 season. That heavyset gentleman with the gentle smile and powerful left arm, he may be pretty good! CC Sabathia nearly pitched a no-hitter on Saturday against the Rays, flirting with ...

If you're a Yankee fan, there was plenty to be excited about following Wednesday's 2-1 rubber-game win against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Curtis Granderson looks like a stud. Mo was Mo. The bullpen put it together. Nick Johnson didn't get hurt. On balance, it was a successful beginning to the championship defense. But ironically, it would be comments by longtime umpire Joe West that provided the biggest headline after the ...

Finding unsung heroes in the Yankees' landscape is difficult business. If you do something noteworthy in New York, chances are you'll be remembered for it. Just ask Aaron Boone, who will be signing photographs of aging knuckleballers for the rest of his life. This isn't a bad thing, mind you. Boone deserves his fame, just like Stéphane Matteau, Jim Leyritz, and Mookie Wilson deserve theirs. Combine a knowledgeable fanbase and a competitive media ...

When Joe Girardi opened camp last month, he made it clear that the fifth-starter job would be a wide-open competition. And so it was that Phil Hughes, a 23-year-old once deemed too promising to be dealt for Johan Santana and Joba Chamberlain, a 24-year-old once touted as the next Josh Beckett, ended up in a dogfight with the very ordinary likes of Sergio Mitre, Chad Gaudin, and Alfredo Aceves. Or at least ...

When coming up with a list of the top 10 pitching performances in Yankees history, I stuck to a six-pack of very specific ground rules: 1) A perfect game is a free pass There have been only 16 in the modern era, and the Yankees have three of them. It's the holy grail for a pitcher, and that's good enough for me. 2) Timing matters A regular-season no-hitter is an amazing accomplishment, but is ...