Eric Hinske News

As the Rays' brain trust makes its final preparations for baseball's annual Winter Meetings, which begin Monday in Indianapolis, think Eric Hinske.

It would make a grand story for the Rays to return from the baseball winter meetings next week with a retooled bullpen and without Pat Burrell, but neither one is likely to happen.

Hello, once again! To start, a big congrats to the World Champion New York Yankees! It has a been a long time coming for us fans, and the team definitely earned it this year with their clutch play! Honestly, this was one of the best teams the Yanks have had in the last 20 years or so, I would say the only one that might best them would be the ...

The fickle nature of the rookie of the year award was displayed on the Yankees ' roster all season.

Arn Tellem, the agent for Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui, held court in the O'Hare Hilton lobby Wednesday morning to say that nothing new has transpired with his free-agent Japanese client.

Authorities have announced charges against the owner of a beauty clinic that allegedly performed a botched buttock job on Mexican rock star Alejandra Guzman.

CHICAGO - There was no Notre Dame T-shirt this time, no sunglasses hanging from the collar, but as Yankees general manager Brian Cashman walked out of the general managers' meetings on Wednesday, it was in much the same state as when he arrived.

World Series MVP Hideki Matsui became a free agent Monday along with New York Yankees teammates Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina and Xavier Nady.

So, the Yankees have won the World Series for the 27th time. Hooray! It has been a while.

It's a moment Shane Victorino is going to be reminded of over and over and over.

Derek Jeter paused at the question. "Can you hear anything here that you haven't heard in Boston?" Jeter was asked prior to a Citizens Bank Park workout yesterday in preparation for tonight's World Series Game 3 against the Phillies.

Three hours before Game 5 of the World Series, Yankees manager Joe Girardi was asked a question about his roster, and he quite literally could not answer it.

Brad Lidge's perfect postseason is history. In his first World Series appearance since striking out Eric Hinske to clinch the title last year, Lidge gave up three runs in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies lost 7-4 to the New York Yankees in Game 4 last night.

It's been three years since Hideki Matsui has played any right field and a season-and-a-half since he has been in the outfield at all.

Joe Girardi stuck with Nick Swisher though thick, thin and thinner. But after his 0-for-3 in Game 1 of the World Series, the Yankees manager finally made a change.

Rays senior adviser Don Zimmer said Pedro Martinez is the one who is wrong this time, disputing the version Martinez shared Wednesday of their 2003 ALCS Fenway Park throwdown.

Eric Hinske #14 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice before taking on the Minnesota Twins in Game Two of the ALDS .

Though, not surprisingly, the Yankees have emerged as the favorite to beat the Phillies in the World Series, general manager Brian Cashman doesn't see it that way.

Brad Lidge was right in the middle of three celebrations this month, getting the last out when the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the division, advanced in the playoffs and won the pennant.

When Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske to win the World Series last year, that moment created a memory for just about every Phillie fan.