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When the Yankees signed Raul Ibanez, they believed he would be the designated hitter and possibly play a little in the outfield.

Nearly 200 friends and family members were sitting in right field as CC Sabathia took the mound against the A's Saturday, but for the first few innings, it didn't look like the big lefty would give them a performance to remember.

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The Yankees' never-ending search for possible rotation depth has led them to a former Met who's hoping for a second chance.

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Much like how everyone knows The Avengers is a great movie, Monopoly money isn't accepted at McDonald's, and rock beats scissors, everyone knows the New York Yankees have some issues with runners in scoring position.

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I was having a conversation with someone a little while back about Curtis Granderson , and the person insisted that he doesn't like Granderson as a center fielder.

One of my favorite perks of this job came at the old Stadium, sitting next to now-retired Newsday columnist Steve Jacobson, a world-class storyteller who covered the Yankees as a beat in his younger days.

In the first inning of the first game A.J. Burnett pitched at PNC Park, the first three batters reached base on a walk, a single and another walk.

I know, I know, how can there be a bright side to a 6-for-72 slide with runners in scoring position? How can there be anything positive to draw from losing 6 out of 7 games? Where is the good in being in the basement of the AL East? The answer is not a cop out such asA "it's early in the season" orA a blank assertion like, "we'll snap out of it".

With Brett Gardner recently suffering a setback and remaining on the disabled list, the New York Yankees are missing one of best fielding outfielders .

Well, let's get right to the negatives. The Yankees are tied for last place in the AL East, have lost six of seven, and are on a 6-72 streak with runners in scoring position.

In his debut at Yankee Stadium in the pinstripes last month, Hiroki Kuroda looked to be the missing piece that the Yankees had been lacking last year.

Dropped as low as seventh in the batting order for the first time in eight years, Mark Teixeira didn't think it would make much a difference on what pitches he'll see.

Mark Teixeira isn't fully recovered from the severely inflamed bronchial airways that kept him out of the Yankees starting lineup three straight days, but he was back on the field yesterday.

They haven't won a series since they last took two out of three against the Mariners over a week ago, and they dropped five out of six this past week.

When Yankees right-hander Hiroki Kuroda and the Royals' Felipe Paulino square off in Monday's series opener, each will be looking to find the same thing -- consistency.

In 1992 the New York Yankees finished with a 76-86 record, 20 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays and tied for fourth place in the AL East.

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