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Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon hit run-scoring singles off Joe Blanton in the fifth to back CC Sabathia, and the New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 after six innings in Game 4 on Sunday night as they tried to take a 3-1 World Series lead. New York broke on top in the first [...]

The New York Yankees took a 2-1 lead after three innings in Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night as Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch for the third time in two games, prompting umpires to warn both teams about throwing inside. Joe Blanton, making just his second postseason start this year [...]

Alex Rodriguez can even cause cameras to be moved. A day after A-Rod's drive to right field hit a TV camera overhanging the fence at Citizens Bank Park, Major League Baseball and the Fox network took a step to make sure it wouldn't happen again. "As a precaution, we've moved the right-field foul pole camera [...]

World Series television ratings are at their highest levels in five years. The New York Yankees' 8-5 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night in Game 3 received a 9.1 rating and 18 share, Fox said Sunday. It was up 49 percent from the 6.1/13 for the Phillies' 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay in Game 3 [...]

A.J. Burnett will start Game 5 of the World Series for the New York Yankees on three days' rest Monday night. Yankees manager Joe Girardi chose the Game 2 winner over Chad Gaudin and could start Andy Pettitte on short rest in Game 6 if the Series returns to New York. Burnett beat Pedro Martinez [...]

Jimmy Rollins already knows what he's wearing to the victory parade if the Philadelphia Phillies win another World Series. The always stylin' J-Roll plans to put on a powder blue blazer and white loafers. That's no fashion statement, though, it's a gesture to honor late broadcaster Harry Kalas.

Ryan Howard's home run trot has been replaced by a trudge back to the dugout. The Phillies' big bopper has gone down swinging more than he's gone deep. He went 0 for 4 and added three more strikeouts to his growing postseason K total in Philadelphia's 8-5 loss to the Yankees in Game 3 of [...]

Guess who showed up for Halloween dressed as sluggers? The New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez, whose double clanked off a television camera in the right-field corner and was ruled a home run in the first instant replay call in World Series history. It changed the game. "I think it woke our offense up a [...]

The first instant replay call in World Series history did more than turn a double into a home run. It changed the whole game for Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees. Rodriguez's disputed shot started a big comeback and those dangerous Yankees bats finally broke loose, backing Andy Pettitte in a rain-delayed 8-5 victory [...]

If the New York Yankees have any money left over after the World Series, they might consider buying a bunch of earplugs. Because Derek Jeter predicts they're going to hear it all winter from Andy Pettitte. The winningest pitcher in postseason history hung on for another victory Saturday night. It was Pettitte's bat, however, that [...]