Damaso Marte News

The Pirates yesterday signed free-agent reliever Javier Lopez to a one-year, $775,000 contract, thus raising the number of left-handed relievers on their 40-man roster ... from zero to one.

I have that 'in-between' feeling about this trade. I am not a huge fan of Curtis Granderson , I think he brings a very incomplete game with him.

This is the point on the calendar when the Yankees' farm system can really jump to the forefront of the baseball consciousness, and it's not necessarily to chronicle the progress each player has been making toward reaching the Bronx.

Playing around with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Season Finder, I asked it to show me LHP who have pitched at least 10 games in a season for the Steinbrenner Yankees and who, to put it simply, really stunk in that season in question.

Always good to hear from the Kitty Kaat Korner ! My energy would still be directed toward pitching.

The Pirates acquired outfielder Jose Tabata in a 2008 trade with th Yankees. In late March, his wife was arrested and charged with child abduction, which prompted him to announce angrily that she had lied to him and said the child was his.

Facing a midnight deadline last night to set their 40-man roster, the Pirates announced yesterday that they waived starter-reliever Jeff Karstens and officially added hard-throwing reliever Ramon Aguero, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez plus starters Brad Lincoln and Bryan Morris to that roster, thus protecting those minor leaguers from being exposed ...

Andy Pettitte pitches the Yankees to their 27th World Series title on three days' rest, and can enjoy the moment with his son.

AFTER missing the playoffs for the first time since 1995, the Yankees spent last offseason ensuring they wouldn't suffer the same fate in 2009.

It was Thursday morning, but all over the mid-Hudson Yankee fans were still reliving memories of Wednesday night and their team's triumph in the World Series.

In the Yankees ' bullpen, was using a heat pack to keep warm. "It's cold out there," Rivera said.

NEW YORK - Johnny Damon wasn't named World Series MVP and he finished Game 6 on the bench, thanks to a strained right calf that forced him from the game after three innings.

After 177 games, countless ups and downs and much hair-raising tension, it turned out that the Yankees only needed one man to bring them their 27th World Series title.

Hundreds of Yankees fans poured into the streets of New York early Thursday to celebrate the team's 27th World Series championship, a party that extended uptown and began building hours earlier when the crowd at Yankee Stadium danced and sang to the music even before the first pitch.

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MLB rules don't limit players' meetings at the mound, a freedom the Yankees have taken full advantage of in the World Series.

News and notes from the postseason. Marte steps up, gives Yankees shot in arm New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi didn't want to use closer Mariano Rivera for two innings Sunday.

Melky Cabrera scoring ahead of a tag at home plate in the fifth inning. Cabrera appeared to have strained his hamstring and left the game in the sixth.

Last Wednesday night, Cliff Lee walked off the mound at Yankee Stadium having spun a complete game gem in Game 1 of the World Series and seized momentum by the throat for his team.

In the 8th inning of last night's New York Yankee victory, manager Joe Girardi summoned left handed reliever Damaso Marte to begin the frame.