Rich Aurilia News

Extraordinary utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr., the last remaining Yankees position player eligible for free agency, declared on Tuesday, one of three former Reds players to do so on a day the march of free agents slowed to a crawl.

Randy Winn is as good as gone from the Giants. But maybe it's more fitting to consider him good and almost certainly gone.

Rich Aurilia #35 of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a Major League Baseball game on July 6, 2008 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California.

The 2009 World Series, and the postseason it climaxed, yielded numerous all-time records -- in addition to the big one, the Yankees' 27th championship.

General manager Brian Sabean, who signed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt shortly after open bidding in free agency began last offseason, recently said that the Giants might chart a new course by taking a "wait-and-see" approach toward players on the market.

The frail owner was in Tampa, Fla., when New York beat Philadelphia 7-3 on Wednesday night to win the World Series, but there's no doubt the outcome brought a smile to his face.

It isn't difficult to pick out who doesn't belong in this foursome. It's Edgar Renteria.

Oddsmakers in Las Vegas have picked the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals as favorites to meet in baseball's World Series, with New York an overwhelming favorite to win its first title since 2000.

The Yankees' home attendance dropped 13 percent in the first year of their new ballpark, partly because of its reduced capacity.

The Giants ' surprising season had just ended with a 4-3, 10-inning victory Sunday when Kevin Mitchell darted into the clubhouse toward .

Rich Aurilia received five standing ovations Thursday, one for every two years in service to the king.

Tim Lincecum did his usual thing and let teammates like Rich Aurilia and Randy Johnson get their due.

With Thursday's 7-3 victory over the Diamondbacks, the Giants completed a three-game sweep to give them the National League's best home record, 52-29, then boarded their charter to San Diego for the final three games.

Attendance for the AL East champion Yankees fell 13 percent despite the new Stadium.

San Francisco Giants' Rich Aurilia tips his hat toward fans after being taken out against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct.

Thursday at AT&T Park was a farewell festival. It was kind of like the last day of high school, except with strikeouts and garlic fries.

Rich Aurilia is at first base hitting seventh in his final home game as a Giant.

Though it's not polite to point, Rich Aurilia had nothing but love and respect in his heart as he aimed a finger at the Giants jersey hanging in his AT&T Park dressing stall.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Was that fun? There are Rockies fans everywhere with purple faces, and it has nothing to do with face paint and team spirit.

Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa refused to let AT&T Park be remembered as the site of futility for the Rockies.