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Staten Island road racers, or runners from anywhere for that matter, are known to go to extremes to run races.

Editor's note: Editor's note: Steve Politi is a sports columnist for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey.

The rivalry between the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees is now in its sixteenth year, and depending on who you ask, some may say it has only really been a rivalry since 2008, when the Rays recorded their first winning season and ended up going to the World Series.

April 30, 2013; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer in the dugout before the game against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park.

Baseball, and especially New York Yankees baseball, can be unpredictable at times.

MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Before Wednesday's game in Baltimore, Curtis Granderson insisted he wasn't bothered by his lack of a home run during his first week back from the disabled list.

By the time Righetti's active Major League playing career ended in 1995, closers usually pitched only a ballgame's final inning.

Sotomayor is escorted onto the field by New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Yankees game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Sept.

The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will open up a three-game American League East series Friday night, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET New York dropped its final two games of a three-game series to Baltimore, including a 6-3 setback as -116 road favorites Wednesday night, while pushing up against the betting total of 9. The ... (more)

New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, one of the best closers in the game whether you are a fan of the Bronx bombers or not, got a gold record for Metallica's "Enter Sandman." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gifted the plaque to Mo due to the fact that since 1991, every time he has come out to the

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is absolutely right, but, oh, so completely wrong.

While teams like the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves know they're going to be in playoff runs this year, other teams are not so sure this baseball season.

Robinson Cano hit a two-run double, Lyle Overbay delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and the New York Yankees rallied in the seventh inning after King Felix was forced to make an early exit, beating Seattle 4-3 Tuesday night.

In March, the so called experts wrote off the New York Yankees in the American League East.

Nick Markakis added a solo home run for the Orioles, who took two of three from New York to pull within three games of the first-place Yankees in the AL East.

New York Yankees third baseman David Adams has only appeared in six games in the big leagues.

Uh-oh. More bad news could potentially await the New York Yankees . Hiroki Kuroda left Wednesday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles with a bruised right calf.

Don Mattingly is on a plane home from Wisconsin as we speak, and may be handed a pink slip with his luggage upon disembarking.

The Orioles were not a perfect team in 2012, though it's easy to get nostalgic about their first truly competitive season of this century.

Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Chris Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.