Ivan Nova News

"I am not so much the pebble dropping in the pond as I am the ripples that follow." -- Miles Levin.

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

The Yankees' No. 1 and No. 2 hitters in their batting order have combined to hit 20 home runs this season -- most by any team's No.

Looking to add depth to their pitching options, the Yankees have signed former Mets right-hander John Maine to a minor league contract, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman confirmed.

Ian Kennedy lost his fifth straight on Friday night. That's one more defeat that he had all last season.

Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher belted two-run homers, and Ivan Nova stretched his road unbeaten streak as the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics, 6-3, on Friday night.

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Go West, New York Baseball! That's right, the Yankees begin their first West Coast trip of the regular season tonight against the surprising Oakland Athletics.

It certainly hasn't been a banner year for our pitchers so far, with injuries and ineffectiveness shaking up the starting rotation more than once.

It has been common to wonder year after year if a team that relies so much on older players, as the Yankees do annually, has reached a tipping point in which grayness outweighs greatness.

Ivan Nova had no problem racking up strikeouts in his last trip to the mound. It was a victory that eluded the Yankees hurler.

The New York Yankees set out to build on a modest two-game winning streak as they open a three-game series tonight against the Oakland A's at The Coliseum.

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Bob Klapisch covers baseball for The Record in New Jersey and worked at the New York Post and New York Daily News .

Baseball Tonight takes a look at why right-hander Ivan Nova is so important to the Yankees' fortunes for the balance of the season.

Here's how tough it is in New York. On May 22, the city saw their beloved Yankees tied for the AL East cellar with the hated Boston Red Sox .

Alex Rodriguez gave Will Smith a rude welcome to the major leagues Wednesday night, hitting two homers off the rookie to back another strong start for Andy Pettitte and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 8-3. A-Rod snapped a 52 at-bat homerless drought and drove in three runs for New York.

Scene at St. Lucy's School where some Yankees visited. Naily Rosario, 7, who died in the Bronx River crash attended this school.Yankees player Russell Martin enters.

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A gift arrived recently for Pirates starter A.J. Burnett. The package included a suit, a form of payback from Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes, who Burnett bought a few suits for back in 2009, when Burnett was in the first season of a five-year, $82.5 million contract.