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Derek Sanderson Jeter (; born June 26, 1974) is an American baseball shortstop who has played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.
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...Kasey Kahne's win was awesome, not only for him, but for that whole No. 5 team. I see a really unique situation developing now at Hendrick Motorsports. I wonder if 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...
When Jered Weaver limped off the mound after 12 pitches with lower back pain, the Yankees had an unexpected opportunity to face the Los Angeles Angels without their ...
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...
The Oakland Athletics will attempt to avoid a sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees this afternoon when they send Tommy Milone to the mound in the three-game fi...
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...
Mark Teixeira homered twice and drove in five runs Saturday afternoon, leading the New York Yankees to a 9-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.Teixeira had four of New ...
Ivan Nova had no problem racking up strikeouts in his last trip to the mound. It was a victory that eluded the Yankees hurler.Nova hopes for some better luck this ev...
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...
Time for a high-profile takeover of team?
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...
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 New York Yankees held off a spirited comeback to snap the Los Angeles Angels's eight-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory on Wednesday.Curtis Granderson and Ro...
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...