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Across the AL: Opening Day Recap

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The date is April 2, 2013, which means Opening Day has come and gone.  The 2013 Major League Baseball season has finally begun and is already off to an exciting start.  To lessen the blow of the rival Red Sox defeating the Yankees, 8-2, this article will not even mention the soon-to-be-forgotten game any more ...

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A look back at the free agents the Yankees missed out on

The 2012 free agent pool was fairly decent last offseason and, as usual, there was tons of speculation on who the Yankees would go after.  Regardless, they were pretty economical in gaining assets through savvy trading (Michael Pineda), picking up cast offs (Raul Ibanez), and re-signing critical assets (CC Sabathia, Andrew Jones, Eric Chavez). It’s ...

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Yankee Stadium is just another stadium to Pujols

Being in the National League for his entire career before this season, Albert Pujols hasn't seen much of Yankee Stadium. He made his first trip to the Bronx back in 2003 and then again during the All-Star game in 2008, but has never been to the new Yankee Stadium until now. However, Pujols said he's not ...

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Pujols made a last second proposal to the Yankees

The Yankees were never involved with Albert Pujols at all this offseason, but that didn't stop his agent, Dan Lozano, from making a last minute attempt to get the Yankees involved in the bidding, GM Brian Cashman told Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. "I said no; I gave it a nice, respectful no," Cashman said. "We've made ...

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Angels swoop in to sign Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson

The Angels jumped into the Albert Pujols bidding at the last second and nabbed the future Hall of Famer on a 10-year and $254 million deal, according to Tim Brown and Buster Olney. Then shortly after they finished up with Pujols they turned to C.J. Wilson and signed him to a five-year and $77.5 million deal, ...

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Rumor: Yankees Fans Should Expect a Quiet Winter

A lot of Yankees fans were upset this past July when they watched their team stand pat at the trade deadline. They better get ready to see more of the same this winter as Joel Sherman of the NY Post writes that after speaking with club officials he has come away with the feeling that ...

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Yankees Mark Teixeira Will Block Trade for Albert Pujols

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It's not that the Yankees are looking to trade Mark Teixeira, but in a column last week Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports suggested that it could be possible that they might be open to a Teixeira for Albert Pujols swap. Aside from just being generally unrealistic, the trade idea ignored the fact that Teixeira, ...

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Pujols in Pinstripes? A look ahead at potential free agent targets for the Yankees next winter.

The Yankees didn't get their man this winter, but who might be heading to the Bronx next offseason? Cliff Lee is a great pitcher and makes the Phillies the clear cut favorite to win it all next season in my opinion, but the Yankees are still a very talented team and if they can swing a ...

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Pujols for Howard? Let's Hope Not.

Why do the Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard swap rumors pertain to the Yankees? The Phillies are by far the best team in the National League. You could have argued last year that the Dodgers and the Cardinals were on par with the team from the City of Brotherly Love. Realistically, however, there is no ...

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