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New York Yankees Mount Rushmore of Pitchers By XrayReb on Jul 2, 2021, 4:03pm EDT + The New York Yankees are the most successful and storied sports franchise in American history. There is much talk about their Mount Rushmore of greatest all-time players: Babe Ruth, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter. However, very few pitchers are ever mentioned for this immortal shrine. In fact, about the only pitcher mentioned seems to be Mariano Rivera, and rightly so. In the history of the New York ...

For the `65 Twins, the biggest year belonged to Jim (Mudcat) Grant, a pitcher who was solid for most of his 14-season career and sensational in that glorious Minnesota summer.

Yankees Flex Their (Pitching) Muscles in Sweep of White Sox Aaron Judge won the series finale with a walk-off walk, but a dominant stretch by Yankees starters should have opponents alarmed. Jameson Taillon was the latest Yankees starter to have a scoreless outing. He allowed two hits in five innings, striking out four and walking two.Credit...Kathy Willens/Associated Press By Gary Phillips May 23, 2021Updated 8:04 p.m. ET Jameson Taillon’s peers in the Yankees’ starting rotation set a high ...

In the last four days, the New York Yankees are getting dominant outings not seen from their starting pitchers since the year Babe Ruth called his shot.

The Yankees now have four straight starts of seven shutout innings for the first time since May 1932.

increase font size Gerrit Cole pitches seven shut out innings and New York earns its fifth straight win. Associated Press Share Pitcher Gerrit Cole pitched seven shut out innings, allowing four hits, while striking out seven and walking three in the Yankees’ 7-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday in New York. Adam Hunger/Associated Press NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole shook off rare control problems to pitch four-hit ball over seven innings and give the Yankees their most dominant stret...

Anytime a New York Yankees team is the first to do something for the first time in franchise since before World War II, it should immediately grab the...

Photo by John Olson/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Richard Nixon genuinely loved sports. Americans during his life knew it, and modern historians are aware of it. John Sayle Watterson included a chapter on Nixon in his book on American presidents and sports, and Nicholas Sarantakes authored a book on Nixon and sports that came out in late 2018. After spending a week researching at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, I am confident that baseball and football were the...

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images On April 8th, the A’s were in disarray. The defending AL West champions had been embarrassed by the rival Astros in a four-game sweep in Oakland to start the season, and after narrowly avoiding another sweep at the hands of the Dodgers with an extra-inning win on April 7th, they’d lost to Houston again. They were 1-7 and looked absolutely lost ... until they weren’t. They won on April 9th. Then again on April 10th. As a matter of fact, they just kept ...

History shows 6-11 Yankees might be in BIG trouble Today 8:30 AM The Yankees’ many early-season slumpers include catcher Gary Sanchez (left), center fielder Aaron Hicks (top right) and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (bottom right).AP Facebook Share The Yankees hoped their big win the other night was the start of a slump-busting run. Not even close. When you lose five, win one, drop another and look lifeless every single time, you’re still in a funk. That’s exactly what the Yankees s...