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Other newcomers are Jay Bell, David Cone, Ron Gant, Mark Grace, Jesse Orosco, Dan Plesac, Greg Vaughn, Mo Vaughn and Matt Williams.

CC Sabathia , likely to command the largest contract among this year's free-agent pitchers, was offered salary arbitration Monday by the Milwaukee Brewers.

There are few stronger signs about how the downturn in the economy is impacting the market in baseball then the Yankees suddenly wavering -- at least a little bit -- on the decision whether to offer arbitration ...

Scott Boras doesn't care about the game. Scott Boras pals around with Bill Ayers.

Phil Hughes went down with a stress fracture in his right rib cage on May 1. It took him out for most of the season.

New York Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez appeared in Mexico City on the same weekend as Madonna -- a turn of events he called "very good." The 33-year-old baseball star spent two hours Sunday teaching kids ...

Cynthia Rodriguez was once the wife of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and now she will move on without her wandering slugger as everywhere you look he has followed through on chasing the world's ...

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made it clear Monday that a decision has been made by the team that outfielder Hideki Matsui will not play for next year's World Baseball Classic.

It will forever be known as the "bloody sock" game. With Boston's season hanging in the balance for the third night in a row, Red Sox starter Curt Schilling fought through a right ankle injury to lead his club ...

With Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman preaching the virtues of patience in the Yankees' offices, club officials are trying not to sweat as they wait out the negotiations involving starting pitchers CC ...

The Yankees will be active in the Bronx community again this holiday season, but that should serve as little surprise.

Wow...Raking leves versus leaf blowers...guys who couldn't make it into the play-offs visiting Disney World with the kids...can you say "slow news day?" Thank you Star-Ledger for keeping us informed on this ...

Pay no heed to the numerous stories written about Alex Rodriguez spending Thanksgiving with Madonna instead of his children.

Madonna apparently sang her hit You Must Love Me directly to Alex Rodriguez as he sat in the front row at her concert.

The Yankees have released their tentative spring training schedule for 2009. The Yanks will begin play against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Florida and the schedule culminates, of course, with two exhibition games ...

Wait, wait...I thought Andy Pettitte was the greatest BG/BSa pitcher ever! I personally feel the Yankees do not need Pettitte, that he is on the decline and doesna t have the same bite on his reknowned cut ...

Delta Airlines will be the official airline of the New York Yankees beginning in 2009.

Two rain delays and a three-run deficit weren't about to dampen the White Sox's spirits Thursday night.

Now, a week later the landscape has moved to Southern California, where the Angels are hinting they will make an offer to the left-handed pitcher, who has a six-year, $140 million offer from the Yankees .

Oh Thanksgiving, a time to reflect and spend precious moments with spouses, children, and parents, or in the case of a certain Yankees' third baseman, an aging, yet still desirable, pop star.