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Yankees still determining their four-man outfield rotation

Six days ago, Curtis Granderson was out of the starting lineup. The next night, it was Ichiro Suzuki. The night after that — before that game was rained out – it was Brett Gardner.

Why This Is No Ordinary Era of Dominating Young Arms

Oscar Wilde wrote that in The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was either meant as a satirical lamentation of some sort, or as a prophetic appraisal of the pitching landscape in today's MLB.

Derek Jeter Walks into Starbucks as Star Yankee, Comes out as Anonymous "Philip"

Derek Jeter is officially some kind of superhero, living his nights as a star shortstop for the New York Yankees and playing the part of mild-mannered "Phillip" by day.

Terry Francona Deserves Rousing Standing Ovation in Return to Fenway Park

Forget for a second the disastrous collapse down the stretch in 2011. Forget the lost clubhouse where pitchers spent more time drinking beer and eating fried chicken than they did cheering on their team. Even forget the tell-all book he wrote last year, blasting the front office, among other things.

Mariners To Demote Jesus Montero

Mariners catcher Jesus Montero will be sent to Triple-A Tacoma today, reports Ryan Divish of The News Tribune.  Catcher Jesus Sucre will be selected to join the big league club, and it appears Montero won't do much catching at Triple-A.

The good and the bad as the Yankees head to Tampa

I was actually planning to write one of those “random thoughts” posts this morning, but as I’m sitting here, about to fly to Tampa, I really have only two random thoughts:  1. The pitching staff really dodged a bullet last night; and 2.

Another man down: Kuroda hurt in Yankees loss

Hiroki Kuroda was knocked around tonight, but the biggest blow might have been the one to his right calf.

Adding injury to insult, the Yankees 6-3 loss to the Orioles was punctuated by yet another injury.

Postgame notes: “I’m going to make that start”

Here’s something unusual for this season: The Yankees seem to have avoided a serious injury tonight. When Manny Machado sent a comebacker off Hiroki Kuroda’s lower leg, the scene was similar to the line drive that broke Andy Pettitte’s leg a year ago.

Mike Trout and Bryce Harper Are Baseball's Newest Generation of Young Superstars

In the NBA, you had Russell vs. Chamberlain in the 1960s, Larry vs. Magic in the 1980s, Jordan vs. everyone else in the 1990s, Kobe and Shaq vs. Duncan and Robinson in the late-'90s and early 21st century and now we have LeBron vs. Carmelo vs. Durant.

Money Isn't Everything

No Boston Red Sox. No New York Yankees. No Philadelphia Phillies. The three highest payrolls in Major League Baseball failed to make the final four. In fact, seven of the top ten teams didn't even make the postseason.