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Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1b
Cano 2b
Thames DH
Posada C
Kearns LF
Nunez 3b
Gardner CF
Sabathia P

Joe Girardi remembers how his old manager, Don Zimmer, used to talk about “personality hits.” If a guy was particularly scuffling at the plate and his confidence was down, one hit – just one – could be enough to turn his outlook around. Along those lines, tonight was a “personality win” for A.J. Burnett, Girardi [...]

A few hours after getting a good report from Andy Pettitte, the Yankees got another round of positive news on their pitchers as A.J. Burnett broke out of his latest funk. Burnett allowed three runs in six innings to earn his first victory since July 28, and the Yankees beat the A’s, 4-3.
Mark Teixeira drove [...]

YANKEES (82-50)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Marcus Thames DH
Austin Kearns LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
RHP A.J. Burnett (9-12, 5.17)
Burnett vs. Athletics
ATHLETICS (65-66)
Coco Crisp CF
Daric Barton 1B
Kurt Suzuki C
Jack Cust DH
Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B
Mark Ellis 2B
Jeff Larish LF
Rajai Davis RF
Cliff Pennington SS
LHP Brett Anderson (3-5, 3.32)
Anderson vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m. [...]

Andy Pettitte came through his bullpen session this afternoon without any major issues and said he it was “a great day” for him as he recovers from a groin injury.
“I’m going to come in tomorrow and see how it feels,” Pettitte said. “I was a little tender after my last time and obviously I did [...]

As you’ll hear if you listen to the audio of Joe Girardi’s press conference, the manager didn’t even wait for a question to announce the news that Javier Vazquez is returning to the rotation. Jason Zillo asked who wanted to start and Girardi said, “Why don’t I start?” before telling the media that Vazquez will [...]

Joe Girardi just announced that Javier Vazquez will start Saturday in place of Dustin Moseley.

Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1b
Cano 2b
Thames DH
Kearns LF
Granderson CF
Nunez 3b
Cervelli C
Burnett P

The ceremony to honor George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard will begin in a moment. For those watching at home, here are a few things to look out for:
• As a tribute to Sheppard, the public address system will go silent throughout tonight’s game.
• There will be a special video tribute to The Boss and, after [...]

Tonight
LHP CC Sabathia (12-3, 3.09 ERA) vs. RHP James Shields (7-9, 4.87)
7:05 p.m., My9
Saturday
RHP A.J. Burnett (7-7, 4.75) vs. RHP Jeff Niemann (7-2, 2.77)
4:10 p.m., FOX
Sunday
LHP Andy Pettitte (11-2, 2.70) vs. LHP David Price (12-4, 2.42)
1:05 p.m., YES
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Should be quite an emotional night in the Bronx tonight. Just a reminder that YES will carry the [...]