The 2012 MLB regular season is well underway with a full month of baseball already in the books.

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The wacky game between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles on May 6, in which position players Chris Davis and Darnell McDonald had to pitch due to a lack of arms left in the bullpen, got me thinking. What New York Yankee position players came into games that were well out of hand to pitch in order to save the bullpen further toil? My research revealed that some modern players headed to the mound and gave it a try, as well as one very accomplished former pitcher who had become a much more potent threat as a regular in the batting order

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 6 (UPI) — Robinson Cano connected for a grand slam and Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot Sunday in the New York Yankees’ 10-4 victory over Kansas City. Cano’s slam highlighted a six-run third inning that also saw Nick Swisher sock a solo homer

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Major League Baseball says Gardner is expected to join the Empire State Yankees.

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Left-handed starter and New York Yankees great Andy Pettitte could return to the Yankees’ rotation very soon. On Sunday, May 6, Pettitte will make what could be his final Triple-A start before returning to the Major League team. This gives Pettitte four starts in the Minors and one appearance in Spring Training, similar to what most starters do during a full Spring Training

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 4 (UPI) — Derek Jeter finished off a four-run seventh with a two-run homer Friday, propelling the New York Yankees to a 6-2 victory over Kansas City. Both teams scored twice in the first inning and it remained a 2-2 contest until the Yankees broke things open with their big seventh inning. With Bruce Chen (0-4) pitching for the Royals, Robinson Cano led off the seventh with a single.

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New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by 2013, vowing to overcome a knee injury that figures to end his season. Rivera had hinted at the start of spring training that he would retire after the 2012 season, and he wasn’t sure what he would do after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament while shagging fly balls during batting practice Thursday. Back at Kauffman Stadium today, the 42-year-old closer firmly said he will not allow his career to end this way

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Watching Mariano Rivera on the warning track in Kansas City on May 3, injured while chasing fly balls during batting practice, made me reflect on his career.

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It’s a cruel and inescapable fact of life as a sports fan that the men we admire for their athletic prowess and youthful exuberance eventually remind us just how mortal we all are. As paunches grow and home runs dwindle, the gods of the diamond and the gridiron erode before our eyes, imperceptibly at first, until they are forced to admit that even they can’t be young forever

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(Reuters) – New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, Major League Baseball’s career saves leader, may be lost for the season after tests showed he had torn a knee ligament, manager Joe Girardi said on Thursday after their game in Kansas City. Rivera, 42, hurt his knee while fielding fly balls during batting practice before the game against the Royals. “You lose a Hall of Famer ..

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Mariano Rivera’s career may have ended Thursday night, not while basking in the glow of adoring fans at Yankee Stadium but in agonizing pain on the outfield grass before a few thousand fans in Kansas City. Baseball’s greatest closer tore a ligament in his right knee while shagging balls during batting practice before a game against the Royals, a devastating injury that will likely sideline the Yankees’ 12-time All-Star for the remainder of the season. “This is bad,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

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The all time saves leader may have pitched his final game . New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera injured his right leg prior to Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals .

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Closer Mariano Rivera tore a ligament in his right knee before the New York Yankees lost 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. The 42-year-old right-hander was carted off the field after twisting his right knee shagging fly balls during batting practice.

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