Tampa's Dwight Gooden is back in baseball at the independent minor-league level. ...more

September 10, 2009

Hideki Matsui homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs, Alex Rodriguez had four hits and the New York Yankees picked up where they left off against the Boston Red Sox with a 23-hit attack and a 20-11 win Friday night. ...more

August 22, 2009

New York Yankees star Derek Jeter will be allowed to put up a 6-foot privacy fence at his Davis Islands megamansion, the city's variance review board decided tonight. ...more

August 11, 2009

It's strike one for Davis Islands' newest multimillion-dollar resident. The Davis Islands Civic Association board this week voted to oppose New York Yankees star Derek Jeter's request to erect a privacy fence in front of the 31,000-square-foot mansion he is building. ...more

August 8, 2009

To discourage prying eyes, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter wants to put up a privacy fence in front of his new 31,000-square-foot mansion on Davis Islands. ...more

August 5, 2009

Coming home was no cure for the Rays. Playing at Tropicana Field for the first time in two weeks, Tampa Bay fell 11-4 to the first-place New York Yankees on Monday night. The defeat dropped the defending American League champions to 71/2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East race. That matches the largest deficit the Rays have faced this season. ...more

July 28, 2009

We asked, and you answered. We decided that New York Yankees star Derek Jeter's 30,875 square feet of space, a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom waterfront home, deserved a dignified name. You came through with a ton of responses, and while most of them weren't dignified, they're all an improvement over "Jeter's place." ...more

July 23, 2009

Mike Napoli hit a go-ahead two-run double off Andy Pettitte during a seven-run fifth inning and added a solo homer in the seventh, leading the Los Angeles Angels to their second straight comeback victory over the New York Yankees, 14-8 on Saturday. ...more

July 12, 2009

Eric Hinske has been acquired by the New York Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a pair of minor leaguers. ...more

June 30, 2009

One day about two decades ago, there appeared in the Tribune a report that the New York Yankees' lease on spring training facilities in Fort Lauderdale had expired, and there were some difficulties in arranging a renewal. ...more

June 24, 2009