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Last night, the debut of Raul Ibanez on Baseball Tonight was a bright spot for MLB on ESPN. Ibanez was hired by ESPN earlier this week to replace the vacancy left by Curt Schilling. Schilling was fired last week after anti-transgender comments he posted on social media that did not reflect the the stance of his employer, ESPN...

Raul Ibanez, Alex Rodriguez, and Joe Girardi all combined to make some history in Game 3 against the Baltimore Orioles that will not be forgotten anytime soon.

We here at 104.5 The Team pride ourselves on cutting through all of the coach speak and politically correct press conference answers to bring you the truth about what is going through the minds of athletes. After tonight's Yankees victory was punctuated by a Raul Ibanez pinch hit, game tying home run and walk off home run, both in the place of Alex Rodriguez, we all knew A-Rod was going to say he

Ivan Nova was spectacular against the Rays Tuesday night in the Yankees 5-3 victory. Nova helped guide the Yankees to their first victory against the Rays this season after getting swept in the season opening series in Tampa. Nova pitched seven innings gave up two runs on six hits striking out eight along the way...

The Yankees (15-13) were finally able to put together a solid offensive performance on Sunday afternoon and Phil Hughes pitched great in the 10-3 victory over the Royals (9-18). After looking sloppy and dropping two of the first three games in Kansas City in a series that saw them lose Mariano Rivera for the season and saw their bats disappear the Yankees ended up salvaging the short road trip spl

The Yankees (10-8) were handed their second loss in as many days on Wednesday to the Texas Rangers (15-4) losing 7-3. Phil Hughes got hit hard in his brief outing.  He lasted only 2 2/3 innings gave up 4 runs on 5 hits. Rangers starting pitching held the Yankee offense in check for the second game in a row...

The Yankees (5-4) bats came alive for the rubber match of the three game weekend series against the Angels (3-6). They managed to get 11 runs across the plate en route to a victory. Yankees starter Ivan Nova pitched good enough to pick up his second victory in as many starts this season...

What a strange way to start the season. C.C. Sabathia struggled early on, having trouble getting out of the first inning. The Ray's loaded the bases in the first and Carlos Pena made C.C. pay with a 1st inning grand slam. Sabathia eventually settled down only giving up a solo home run in the 3rd to Evan Longoria.

For several weeks, the Yankees were trying to create extra room in their payroll to sign extra candidates for the DH slot in their starting lineup, as well as role players coming off the bench. And now that the AJ Burnett trade was made official on Sunday, the Yankees have pulled the trigger on some relatively inexpensive options.