Travis Hafner News

Cuyahoga County awoke this morning, opened their Plain Dealers and let out a collective gasp.

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Motorists are advised that the northbound Wantagh State Parkway will be closed each day between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. beginning tomorrow, Wednesday May 15, through Friday May 17, between Ocean Parkway and Merrick Road in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, weather permitting.

On August 4, 1996, I saw just my second major league game in person. On the mound that night for the New York Yankees was a second-year pitcher named Andy Pettitte.

Former Cleveland Indian Travis Hafner has six homers and 18 RBI for the New York Yankees this season.

Typically, May doesn't provide the juiciest talking or writing points when it comes to the game of baseball.

With a new season comes a new series here at Yanks Go Yard: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

Pitcher David Phelps batted eighth and catcher Austin Romine ninth Wednesday as manager Joe Girardi, who has had to write out some unusual lineups due to a slew of injuries, took a more radical approach.

Led by key contributions from Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay and Travis Hafner, these aren't your older brother's Yankees.

Phil Hughes threw eight shutout innings for his first win of the season, leading the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Nice quip from David Letterman last night: "Martha Stewart says she wants to meet a rich man between the age of 50 and 70.

Brian Cashman calls Travis Hafner "a field-goal kicker." In that case, the Yankees' designated hitter has been an in-his-prime Morten Andersen here in 2013.

It was expected that the New York Yankees would have a rough season with the loss of many of their top stars due to injuries.

The Boston Red Sox have nine position players on this year's All-Star Game ballot, but there are only a couple who deserve your vote to play at Boston has gotten off to a fantastic start to the 2013 Major League Baseball season, winning 18-of-26 games in April and holding a 2.5-game lead in the AL East heading into May.

Travis Hafner went 3-for-4 with three RBI, Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven scoreless innings and the New York Yankees downed the Houston Astros, 7-4, in the middle portion of a three-game series.

CLEVELAND - It's been feast or famine for Indians hitters lately. Tuesday night at Progressive Field, nearly all of them went home with full bellies.In an offensive display that has rarely been seen by a Cleveland club, the Indians clouted seven home runs to power a 14-2 victory over Roy Halladay and the Phillies in their first interleague game ... (more)

The names have changed, but not the game. Like Saturday Night Live, the cast is constantly turned over, not the structure of the show.

When the New York Yankees first signed Travis Hafner, I did not agree with the signing.

John Lackey returned from the disabled list and pitched six solid innings, David Ortiz drove in two more runs and the Boston Red Sox matched a team record with their 18th win in April by beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep.

A lot of people - including myself - wrote off the New York Yankees coming into the 2013 season.