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Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975) is an American professional baseball third baseman with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Eric Chavez looked around the New York clubhouse and saw he had more in common with his teammates than the pinstripes on his uniform.
There's a lot of salt and pepper to go with that Yankee blue these days. The 34-year-old Chavez is one of seven regulars in the lineup over the age of 30, and that's not even counting 40-year-old Andy Pettitte and 37-year-old Hiroki Kuroda in the starting rotation."We joke about it," Chavez said. "We're old. We know we're old and we're OK with that. We're experienced."The Yankees aren't alone there. Some of the marquee clubs in the major leagues could serve blue-plate specials after a game, and age could be one reason teams like the Phillies, Red Sox and Angels got off to such slow starts. All four of the high-profile, big-spending franchises suffered through some costly injuries and quite simply looked a step slow in the early going.The Yankees have the oldest roster in baseball, with an average age of 31.5 years. The Phillies (31.0) and Red Sox (30.0) a...Justin Smoak went deep twice and drove in a career-high six runs as Seattle blitzed Texas, 21-8, in the rubber match of a three-game set.Jesus Montero totaled three ...
Nick Swisher could only applaud the Angels' first impressive catch on a ball that he absolutely crushed. Their second similar catch a few innings later raised a litt...
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim go after their ninth straight win this evening when they wrap up a three-game set with the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium.Like t...
Mark Trumbo hammered a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Angels over the Yankees, 9-8, in the opener of a three-game set at Angel S...
Mark Trumbo hit a game-ending homer to left, and the Los Angeles Angels overcame Jered Weaver's first-inning injury exit for their seventh consecutive victory, a wil...
Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver left his start against the Yankees in the first inning Monday night after just 12 pitches with excruciating lower back pain.Weave...
Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo each homered and Dan Haren tossed seven-plus effective frames as the Angels ran their winning streak to eight games with a 5-1 victory ...
Robinson Cano hit his eighth career grand slam, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot and the New York Yankees roughed up Luke Hochevar in a 10-4 win over the Kansas...
Hiroki Kuroda gave up just four hits in eight innings Sunday and the New York Yankees shut out the Oakland Athletics, 2-0, to finish off a three-game sweep.Kuroda (4...
The broken record of flailing swings, empty at-bats and strikeouts piling up against Los Angeles starter Dan Haren irritated Seattle manager Eric Wedge to no end.And...
The gem Dan Haren tossed Thursday night looked awfully familiar to Albert Pujols. Except this time instead of Pujols getting fooled by what Haren was tossing, he was...
Unfortunately for the Mariners, it appears as if Albert Pujols is starting to find his stroke for the Angels.Seattle also appears to be catching Ervin Santana at the...
Casey Crosby was one strike away from escaping a bases-loaded jam in his major league debut.Then he walked Derek Jeter, and Curtis Granderson came up."That inning ju...
Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers, 9-4, in the opener of a three-game series.Alex Rodriguez added a two-run homer f...
Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano homered during New York's five-run third inning, Rafael Soriano retired Mark Trumbo on a broken-bat flyout to end it, and the Yan...
Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano both homered in a five-run third inning, as the New York Yankees avoided being swept by cooling off the surging Los Angeles Angel...
The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft gets underway on Monday with the Houston Astros holding the top overall pick for the third time in team history.The...
On Tuesday night, after another mediocre game at the plate, Alex Rodriguez insisted he was ready to go on a tear.He knew what he was talking about.A-Rod gave Will Sm...
Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher hit two-run homers to help the New York Yankees win for the seventh straight time in Oakland, beating the Athletics 6-3 on Friday nigh...
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