Game Thread (and Soriano news) | Game 47 | Yankees vs. Blue Jays | Tuesday, May 24, 2011

By Larry Koestler On May 24, 2011 · 84 Comments · In Game Thread

Late this afternoon, word came that Rafael Soriano was shut down with more elbow soreness (h/t RAB via Jerome Preisler) with no timetable for a return. Best. Signing. Ever.

Here’s tonight’s lineup against , c/o LoHud:

DH
CF

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Yankee Draft Rumors

By Sean P. On May 24, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Prospects

Frankie Piliere yesterday revealed on Twitter some rumors concerning the Yankees and the draft. Here’s the skinny, :

“Large amount of NYY draft buzz this yr. Hearing Yanks are also heavily in on Dillon Howard & Brandon Martin @ 51. Howard asking big $….So for those of you keeping score [...]

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Which Dynasty-Era Yankees Should Have Their Numbers Retired?

By EJ Fagan On May 24, 2011 · 33 Comments · In History

Watching the FOX game this weekend, the announcers were having a conversation about retiring Mariano Rivera’s #42. The conversation wasn’t particularly interesting (“Oh yeah, I guess they’d just have two #42s retired!), but it did get me thinking. The Yankees are going to have a long list of numbers to potentially retire soon, as the [...]

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On Center Field

By Matt Imbrogno On May 24, 2011 · 8 Comments · In General Musings

This article was inspired by great friend of the blog, and all around great person,

There was an article on ESPN yesterday–which I will not link to because I don’t want to give clicks to an article with a poor premise–about how leading the Yankees in home runs and [...]

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Blue Jays thump Yanks 7-3

By Larry Koestler On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Game Recaps

got through the first five innings relatively unscathed (save a first-inning solo Jose Baustista, which happens) before giving up five runs in the sixth inning, which wound being plenty for the Blue Jays, who .

True to form, the Yankees couldn’t do much of anything [...]

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Heyman: CC plans to use opt-out

By Steve S. On May 24, 2011 · 12 Comments · In Business of Baseball

You might have missed this with all the Fred Wilpon drama yesterday, but Jon Heyman had the first report I’ve seen with quotes directly from CC discussing his plans to use the opt out clause in his contract. Here’s Heyman’s report from SI:

When it was suggested to Sabathia that the Yankees [...]

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