Hideki Matsui News

Through his interpreter, free agent DH Hideki Matsui told the New York Daily News that it would be a disappointment if he didn't return to the Yankees for an eighth season in 2010.

Since the Yankees enjoy the benefits of modern day primae noctis on the free agent market, it is a given that either Matt Holliday or Jason Bay will be patrolling their vast left field in 2010.A There are also grumblings that they plan on re-signing Johnny Damon and using him as a DH.

Come see a declining player cost us a game or so.....who'd cross the street to see a .220/.330/.420 player? 7:31 PM JEnotJEJE FWIW, USS Mariner is not thrilled with Griffey's retention, but also estimates that the move will cost only .5 wins next season.

Yankees fans go to all lengths to cheer their teams on the Canyon of Heroes. The sound was exultation and the feeling was bliss as the New York Yankees rode up the Canyon of Heroes with their World Series trophy.

New York Yankees Hideki Matsui and Eric Hinske ride on a float during the New York Yankees World Series victory parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway in New York City on Friday New York : The World Series champion New York Yankees paraded through the streets of Manhattan on Friday, two days after their six-game series victory over the ...

Huffington Post launched a sports section on Wednesday. It's a bit of a mish-mash, featuring writers as steeped in the ways of old media as Mike Lupica alongside guys like Dave Zirin who exists to blow up the sports myths that Lupica helped create.

All indications point to the Red Sox wanting to bring free-agent outfielder Jason Bay back into the fold next season, and Matt Holliday has been brought up as an intriguing Plan B if that falls through.

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.

Yesterday, my busy newspaper-making Monday, was day 1 of the General Managers Meetings in Chicago.

Posted by Anthony Stalter According to a report by Joel Sherman of the New York Post , the Tigers have let it be known that outfielder Curtis Granderson is available for the right package and that the Yankees might be interested .

General managers grabbed their bags, caught a quick lunch and headed down the corridor a short distance to their flights Wednesday after their annual meeting ended in a hotel at O'Hare International Airport.

Short hops, quick pops and backhand stops as the general managers meetings wrapped Wednesday: When the Angels acquired Scott Kazmir last summer, most people assumed that he'd wind up being the replacement for John Lackey .

Tellem, Tellem, Tellem, Tellem right now...in the Huffington Post! No hitter had ever done more damage in the Fall Classic in such a limited role.

Yankees' Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon both filed for free agency on Monday, but sources say Bombers could bring back the duo on one-year contracts.

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.

The World Series aftermath sounds a lot like the election aftermath. Some people are depressed about certain results and twist reality into exaggerated forms.

A few minutes before 3 p.m., Yankees general manager Brian Cashman walked into the Hilton hotel lobby in Chicago dressed in blue jeans and a Notre Dame t-shirt. He wore tennis shoes and sunglasses hung from the collar of his shirt.

HIDEKI Matsui, voted most valuable player in the World Series, became a free agent on Monday along with New York Yankees teammates Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina and Xavier Nady.

While the Seattle Mariners begin talks this week with Ken Griffey Jr.'s agent, Brian Goldberg, there's an interesting backdrop to consider.

Yankee fans are coming up with all sorts of reasons in order to be at the World Series championship parade.