Joe Torre insisted Hideki Matsui being sent to New York last night to have his balky right knee drained today isn't that big of a deal.

There was no announcement that Hal Steinbrenner would one day take over for his father as the principal owner of the Yankees, but the news yesterday that he had been elected as the chairman of the board for Yankee Global Enterprises LLC certainly puts him in line to do just that.

The New York Yankees (90-67) have clinched a playoff berth for the thirteenth-straight season with a 12-4 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The Angels recently completed two days of organizational meetings.

The New York Yankees blew a chance to wrap up their 13th consecutive trip to the postseason, dropping a 7-6 decision to the Devil Rays in a game they led by five runs with 12 outs to go.

Roger Clemens was scratched from his start for the Yankees on Tuesday night at Tampa Bay because of a lingering left hamstring injury and won't pitch for the remainder of the regular season.

Yankees righthander Roger Clemens has been scratched from Tuesday's start against the Devil Rays due to a hamstring injury.

George Steinbrenner was missing from Yankee Stadium on Monday for the Yankees’ last regular-season home game.

Bernie Williams insists that he's no longer upset the Yankees didn't bring him back, but still hasn't completely ruled out a comeback - even though his old team really hasn't missed him much this season.

The Joba Rules morphed closer toward the Joba Suggestions yesterday.

The wait for Roger Clemens continues, with the Yankees hoping he’ll be ready by tomorrow.

Agent Scott Boras says he hasn't had talks with any of the possible bidders for the Cubs about Alex Rodriguez, denying a report on New York Magazine's Web site.

Alex Rodriguez might redefine the term "franchise player.

Despite feeling "a little stinger" in his left hamstring while on a long-distance run Thursday, Roger Clemens believes he'll be healthy enough to start tomorrow against the Blue Jays.

Back in the day when George Steinbrenner was obsessed with aging, one-dimensional stars, he wouldn't have been able to dial Barry Bonds' number fast enough, not after hearing the Giants are jettisoning him in the first 60 seconds after the 2007 season ends.

The Yankees’ rules for using Joba Chamberlain mandate that he not pitch on consecutive days.

First, rookie Ian Kennedy was scratched.

After an improbable rally against Roy Halladay, the New York Yankees had a chance to complete one of those signature comebacks they're famous for.

Andy Pettitte earned his 200th win, Mariano Rivera escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and the Yankees edged the Orioles 2-1 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep that pulled them within 1 1/2 games of first-place Boston.

Yankees slugger Jason Giambi was out of the starting lineup Wednesday night and an MRI exam of his bruised right foot came back negative.

Yankee Stadium will close at the end of the 2008 season, but the schedule that MLB built doesn't seem to realize that.

Yankees hurler Joba Chamberlain and Red Sox no-hitter phenom Clay Buchholz were seen drinking together in Boston over the weeeknd.

Curt Schilling against Derek Jeter.

Alex Rodriguez is a lock to win the AL MVP.

Josh Beckett and Eric Hinske pushed back at the surging Yankees and tightened Boston's grip on the AL East.

In a game that mirrored the season, the Yankees bounced back.

Two things that could add to the excitment at Fenway this weekend are the return of Roger Clemens and the Boston debut of reliever Joba Chamberlain, who has yet to allow an earned run in 16 innings.

Mike Mussina pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning in his return to the rotation and the Yankees won their seventh straight game, beating the Blue Jays 4-1 Wednesday night.

Andy Pettitte has enjoyed his return to pinstripes and has been healthy all season.

Roger Clemens will rejoin the Yankees in Toronto today, taking another step toward a possible return this weekend at Fenway Park.

Alex Rodriguez homered for the fifth straight game, connecting for the seventh time during that span and sending the Yankees beat the Royals 6-3 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Mike Mussina, bumped from the Yankees' rotation last week and then pushed out of a fill-in start for Roger Clemens on Sunday, gets his next chance to pitch Wednesday at Toronto.

Yankees All-Star Derek Jeter was forced to leave Saturday's game against the Royals due to stiffness in his right knee.

Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 50th and 51st home runs on Saturday night, connecting in consecutive at-bats on 3-1 counts against Royals rookie Brian Bannister.

Roger Clemens' status for next week is still unknown, but the Yankees have lined up their rotation for a potential Rocket return in Boston against the Red Sox.

At his foundation fund-raiser yesterday, Alex Rodriguez told the TV show "Extra" that he and his wife, Cynthia, love living in New York.

Chien-Ming Wang gave all indications yesterday that his lower back is not an issue, and the right-hander is scheduled to start Sunday in Kansas City.

Alex Rodriguez looked perfectly healthy on Wednesday night.

Alex Rodriguez was limping in the Yankees' clubhouse Wednesday, and the team sent him to get an MRI exam of his right ankle.

Now that Roger Clemens is out with an ailing elbow, the Yankees have to rely even more on rookie Ian Kennedy to pitch them into the playoffs.

Chien-Ming Wang allowing one run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings was comforting, him leaving in the eighth after getting the first out was disturbing.

Major League Baseball examined and cleared bats belonging to Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees and Akinori Iwamura of the Devils Rays on Tuesday, finding both met all legal specifications.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 46th home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth against the Mariners on Tuesday.

Roger Clemens got banged up by the Mariners, and then quickly left the clubhouse after the Yankees' 7-1 loss on Monday to get an MRI exam on his balky right elbow.

Yankees first baseman Andy Phillips will have surgery on his fractured right wrist on Tuesday and miss four to six weeks.

Joe Torre said Roger Clemens told him after yesterday's game that he is OK to face the Mariners this afternoon in the opener of a key three-game series.

Less than two months after telling the Daily News that this has been his toughest year as Yankees manager, Joe Torre sounded like a man in no hurry to leave town.

Bet on Kei Igawa attending the Yankees' spring training next year, because the Yankees paid so much up front and he might deserve another chance.

In a strange sequence Saturday, Akinori Iwamura and Alex Rodriguez had their bats confiscated by umpires during Tampa Bay's game against the New York Yankees.

The Yankees on Saturday activated Doug Mientkiewicz from the 60-day DL.