Yankees owner George Steinbrenner backed manager Joe Torre and GM Brian Cashman on Monday, challenging players and staff "to show me and the fans what they are made of" following a start he termed "clearly not acceptable.

According to multiple sources within the organization, George Steinbrenner was silent in the hours after the Yankees dropped a 7-4 decision to the Red Sox yesterday at Yankee Stadium.

Joe Torre's older brother is scheduled to have a kidney transplant on Tuesday.

A suburban Chicago auction house reports that a baseball card from Mickey Mantle's 1951 rookie year with the Yankees has brought a record 160 thousand dollars for a veteran Evanston card collector.

Two New York newspapers reported Saturday that Joe Torre's job status could be in jeopardy by the end of the weekend if the Yankees suffer their second consecutive sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, who defeated the Bombers, 11-4, in the series opener on Friday.

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The Yankees lost another starting pitcher Saturday, two batters into their game against Boston.

At this rate, the Red Sox will blow the Yankees out of the AL East race before summer.

Phil Hughes lost his debut on Thursday night 6-0 to the Jays, while being outpitched by an A.

Scranton pitching coach Dave Eiland was on WFAN's Mike and the MadDog radio program to talk about Phil Hughes start on Thursday night.

RHP Carl Pavano denied he told ESPN analyst Rick Sutcliffe that he was finished for the season.

The Yankees-Blue Jays game, scheduled for Wednesday was rained out.

Alex Rodriguez's torrid start has reaffirmed his intentions for after this season: He wants to stay in pinstripes.

Derek Jeter left Monday's game at Tampa Bay after being struck by a pitch in the first inning.

According to ESPN's Buster Olney in an interview on Outside the Lines, the Angels and Giants are two teams most likely to make a run at Alex Rodriguez should he opt out of his contract with the Yankees.

The Yankees will welcome back Chien-Ming Wang with open arms.

Alex Rodriguez became the first player in major league history to hit 14 homers in the first 18 games of a season.

The New York Yankees said Monday they plan on having top pitching prospect Phil Hughes make his major league debut Thursday against Toronto.

The Red Sox hit four straight homers to match a major league record and finished a satisfying sweep of the Yankees.

After a disastrous home record against the Yankees last season, the Red Sox are on the verge of their first sweep over their archrivals at Fenway Park in more than 16 years.

Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon was out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Red Sox with a sore lower back and hamstring.

The ball went over the wall, and Coco Crisp went with it.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 11th and 12th home runs during Friday's game at Fenway Park.

The New York Yankees didn't want to head into a series against their biggest rivals as a .

Yankee right-handed pitching prospect Humberto Sanchez had surgery to replace his elbow ligament and will miss the rest of the season.

There's money in those pinstripes.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 10th home run of the season, a three-run walk off job in the bottom of the 9th inning.

Alex Rodriguez is red hot and said he hasn't smiled this much, "probably since my daughter was born" and added that even when he makes an out, "I know exactly what to do to fix it.

The Yankees' elite property Phil Hughes, widely regarded as the number one pitching prospect in baseball, bounced back with a stellar outing at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday.

Phil Hughes probably won't be called up soon to bolster the Yankees injury-plagued rotation, Joe Torre said, but the manager is hopeful that "we'll gain a couple back" soon.

More than three hours before the Yankees played the Cleveland Indians and about an hour before the rest of the Yankees joined Derek Jeter for batting practice, he put in extra work at shortstop in front of the ushers and security guards.

The Yankees honored Jackie Robinson by dedicating a memorial in Monument Park to the former Brooklyn Dodgers star Tuesday.

Derek Jeter has committed six errors in 11 games this season.

Because of the rainout against the Los Angeles Angels, the second in four days, the Red Sox redid their pitching rotation again, and the result is Curt Schilling on Friday in the series opener against New York, Josh Beckett in Game 2 on Saturday and Daisuke Matsuzaka in the Sunday finale.

Rich Harden tossed six scoreless innings against the Yankees before leaving with tightness in his right shoulder in the seventh inning of the the Athletics' 5-4 victory over New York on Sunday.

Mike Piazza wouldn't rule out the possibility of suiting up in Yankee pinstripes before his career is over.

The Yankees retroactively placed right-handers Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano on the 15-day disabled list.

Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang didn't allow a hit over five scoreless innings in an extended spring training game Saturday.

Yankees right-hander Carl Pavano was scratched Friday from his scheduled start Saturday because of tightness in his forearm.

While the Yankees' starting pitchers have struggled, there is no greater need for Roger Clemens than there was before.

Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero and Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez were named co-winners of the first AL Player of the Week award for the 2007 season Monday.

Johnny Damon was back at the top of the New York Yankees lineup for Monday night's game at Minnesota after being slowed by a mildly strained right calf muscle.

Hideki Matsui was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday by the Yankees, a day after straining his left hamstring.

Alex Rodriguez made the Yankees forget Kei Igawa's forgettable debut.

Hideki Matsui left the New York Yankees' game against Baltimore on Saturday with a strained left hamstring.

Just as he'd promised, Derek Jeter was in the Yankees' starting lineup Saturday, one day after fouling an Adam Loewen offering off of his right foot.

If Johnny Damon's strained right calf does not allow him to at least pinch-run by tomorrow, he said last night, he will probably make his first career trip to the disabled list.

Johnny Damon's sore right calf forced him out of the Yankees' posted lineup for Wednesday's game against the Devil Rays, which was postponed because of rain.

Bernie Williams declined the Yankees' offer of a minor league contract and never came to spring training.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 465th career home run and his first of the 2007 season in the 8th inning of Monday's game against the Devil Rays.

Johnny Damon left Monday's game in the top of the sixth and was replaced in center by Melky Cabrera.

Jorge Posada said Sunday that he's hoping against hope that Williams can still eventually resume his professional career, even though the longtime cornerstone is missing after parts of 16 seasons as a Yankee.