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With free agency looming next week, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman has a few important decisions to make. Free agency for all of baseball will not officially start until Friday, Nov. 20, but the Yankees can negotiate exclusively with the players on the roster whose contracts are up. Specifically, Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, and Andy Pettitte. These decisions won't be easy for Cashman, because all three of these players contributed en route ...

When the Yankees finished 89-73 and in third place of the American League East division, it found them out of the playoffs for the first time since 1993. It was a tough thing to swallow for the Yankee fans, players and management. Which is why general manager Brian Cashman vowed changes. Changes for the better. In November, the Yankees got cracking on how to fix their roster for the better. Nick Swisher: Acquired ...

Ever since 2004, Alex Rodriguez had to listen to the criticism, hatred and talk of under-performing in the biggest games. The, "You're a bum, A-Rod, you strike out in the biggest spots," or the "you're never going to be as good as Jeter is," o ther "we won't win a championship with you because you suck." On and on. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2007. Failed Octobers with the Yankees. In 2008, the Yankees didn't ...

I've heard and seen many theories this week as to why the Yankees won the 2009 World Series and their 27th overall championship this past Wednesday. Some thought it was the offense, which was lead by Alex Rodriguez hitting .365 and blasting six home runs and 18 RBI, World Series MVP Hideki Matsui batting .615 and Derek Jeter, who batted over .400 in the series Some said it was the starting pitching ...

The energy was in the Bronx on Wednesday night. There was a special feeling in the new Yankee Stadium that could be felt by the thousands who were there. Game Six of the 2009 World Series between the Yankees and Phillies took place in the big ballpark in the Bronx, and there was no shortage of excitement for the fans. The Yankees were sending up their most reliable pitcher in the postseason ...

For the second time in the history of Major League Baseball, the World Series was being played in November. After an exciting Game Three that saw the bats come alive, the Yankees were facing the Phillies in Game Four of the 2009 World Series. Coming into the game, the Phillies fans were excited and some were present earlier in the day to watch the Philadelphia Eagles rip apart the New York Giants ...

Before Game Three of the 2009 World Series could be played between the Yankees and the Phillies, the fans at Citizens Bank Park experienced an 80 minute rain delay to start the night. After the delay was over and the tarps were pulled off the field, the Fall Classic was on. After the first two games of the World Series were in New York, the series shifted to Philadelphia where both teams ...