October 9, 2020 Whitey Ford, New York Yankees pitching great, dead at 91, team announces Whitey Ford, one of the most talented pitchers in baseball history, who helped lead the New York Yankees to a string of World Series wins in the 1950s and '60s, has died, the team announced Friday. He was 91.
October 9, 2020 Voit, Torres homer as Yankees beat Rays 5-1 to force Game 5 The New York Yankees didn't flinch under the pressure of an elimination game and got the AL Division Series against Tampa Bay into the hands of ace Gerrit Cole for the decisive Game 5.
October 8, 2020 Arozarena powers Rays past Yanks 8-4 for 2-1 lead in ALDS The Tampa Bay Rays are unanimous in their praise of Randy Arozarena, who is living up to his nickname, “The Cuban Rocket."
October 7, 2020 Stanton's 2 big homers not enough to power Yankees in Game 2 Giancarlo Stanton's second homer Tuesday night left his bat at 118 mph with a ferocious crack. Players on both teams gaped from the dugouts while the three-run shot rocketed a projected 458 feet to the empty patio atop the highest level of outfield seats at Petco Park.
October 6, 2020 Stanton, Yankees power way to 9-3 win against Rays in opener Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for New York's fourth home run of the game, and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 Monday night in the opener of their AL Division Series at Petco Park.
October 5, 2020 2020 AL Division Series preview, schedule and times The American League Division Series starts Monday with the Tampa Bay Rays taking on the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics playing the Houston Astros.
October 5, 2020 Rays' Kiermaier: `They don’t like us, we don’t like them' After losing eight of 10 games in a contentious regular-season series, the New York Yankees just can’t shake the AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays.
October 3, 2020 Aaron Boone managing Yankees in family hometown San Diego In a 2020 season that has had all sorts of odd twists, Aaron Boone will be managing the New York Yankees in an AL Division Series in an NL ballpark in the city where the Boone family dynasty has its roots.
October 3, 2020 Rays' Kevin Kiermaier tries to fan flames of so-called rivalry with Yankees ahead of postseason series Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier tried to conjure up some sort of rivalry with the New York Yankees on Friday as he prepared for the upcoming series against the Bronx Bombers.
October 2, 2020 Babe Ruth's mythical 'Called Shot' retold by Lou Gehrig days later in newly released audio One of the most prominent stories in baseball folklore is New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth calling his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs and then executing with a home run.