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Ian Kennedy continued his great return from aneurysm surgery last night as he pitched three perfect innings for the Scranton Yankees. Over three innings, he allowed no hits, no walks, and stuck out six. He needed just 46 pitches to get it done and of those 28 were strikes. It was the first time Kennedy pitched as high as triple-A since April. During his four April starts, he was 1-0 ...

Give Brett Gardner credit for both Yankee wins this week. Specifically, you can credit his speed.  On Monday, he beat the Angels with his legs in the ninth inning, which is usually something the Angels do to beat the Yankees. Gardner pinch-ran for Mark Teixeira after he doubled with one out, stole third base and scored on the throw that squeaked down the left field line.  Last night, Gardner led off ...

On this week’s episode of the new hit TV show on the Yes Network, Pied, Francisco Cervelli was, pied, in the face. Cervelli licked the whipped cream off his face after grounding a walk-off base hit into left to give the Yankees (94-53) a 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays (66-80). It was the 14th walk-off win of the season for the Yankees, which leads all of baseball.  Quick ‘Cap: I feel like ...

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and outfielder Shelley Duncan each received three game suspensions and were fined $3000 for their role in yesterday’s brawl with the Blue Jays, according to Peter Abraham of the Journal News. Relief pitcher Edwar Ramirez and hitting coach Kevin Long were also fined. Posada and Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson were each originally suspended four games, but after appealing their suspensions were reduced to three games. It’s good ...

Lost in the shuffle Yankee brawls last night was another bad performance by the highly touted pitching prospect Mark Melancon. Throughout his minor league career one thing that has been a major standout was his impeccable control. In 53 innings in the minors this season he walked just 11 batters and in 95 innings last year he walked just 22. In just 1.1 innings last night he managed to walk a ...

Over the past couple of weeks, while A.J. Burnett has fallen short of expectations, Andy Pettitte has surpassed them. This has led many people to point out that they would feel more comfortable with Pettitte and not Burnett as the team's No. 2 starter in the playoffs. I don’t blame them, I’ve felt the same way. After all, we all have visions of Pettitte’s past postseason dominance in our heads. Pettitte staring ...

In what would otherwise been a rather meaningless loss against the Blue Jays last night, Jorge Posada made it interesting when he started a brawl after he threw an elbow at Toronto pitcher Jesse Carlson in retaliation to getting thrown at earlier in the inning. Here are the reactions via Peter Abraham: Joe Girardi: ““We’ve already had a discussion,” he said. “I told them there is a lot at stake here ...

As the season comes closer to the end and the Yankees’ magic number is down to 12, it is time to start looking at possible playoff opponents. Let’s start with the Detroit Tigers, as they are currently the most likely to face the Yankees in the first round. That is as long as the Red Sox and not the Texas Rangers win the wild card and the Tigers and not ...

As the season comes closer to the end and the Yankees’ magic number is down to 12, it is time to start looking at possible playoff opponents. Let’s start with the Detroit Tigers, as they are currently the most likely to face the Yankees in the first round. That is as long as the Red Sox and not the Texas Rangers win the wild card and the Tigers and not ...

Jorge Posada was involved in some, let’s call them tense situations that lead to a brawl against the Toronto Blue Jays tonight and, according to Peter Abraham of the Journal news, he could probably expect a suspension of some type. The entire incident started when Yankees reliever Mark Melancon hit Toronto’s second baseman Aaron Hill in the back during the top of the eighth. For the most part, it looked innocent. ...