MO MUZZLES SOX AFTER MEGASCARE

LOADS BASES BEFORE DRAMATIC ESCAPE

GIESE STUCK IN PITTSBURGH

By GEORGE A. KING III PITTSBURGH -- The Yankees' plan to fly Dan Giese home ahead of the team tonight was foiled by severe thunderstorms. Giese, who is slated to start the first game of a two-stadium, Subway Series...more >

3 UP: HANK STEINBRENNER, SUPER GENI...

1. I love when Hank Steinbrenner feels privileged enough to make statements like this: "Maybe they (the Yankees' struggling hitters) make too much money." This from a guy who made all his money the old-fashion way: He was...more >

New York Yankees

• REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: 1923 - 2008

  SEE THE 25 GREATEST MOMENTS AT THE STADIUM

  We're counting down the 25 greatest moments that took place at Yankee Stadium. See the photos and read the stories...more >

• MOOSE SOCKS SOX

  By FRED KERBER

  This was not the Mike Mussina the Red Sox saw in April. That Mike Mussina gave up 15 hits and nine earned runs in 8 2/3 innings over two games. "Not that you ever throw a pitch without a...more >

• SOX MARVEL AT SANDMAN'S GREAT ESCAPE

  By FRED KERBER

  The Red Sox will take those odds virtually any time. Down one run in the ninth, bases loaded, nobody out. "More times than not we're still playing," said manager Terry Francona. But...more >

• TURNS OUT, YANKS ARE 'SET'

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  JOBA Chamberlain starts tonight against the Red Sox, and it is not that big a deal. Part of the reason is that this will now be his seventh major-league start. But it also is not quite that big a...more >

• JOBA SET FOR BOSOX SLUGGERS

  By DAN MARTIN

  Although he didn't face the Red Sox coming out of the Yankees bullpen this season, Joba Chamberlain went up against them three times last year and gave up one run in 4 1/3 innings. It was enough...more >

• RIVALRY TAKES HIT, OR SEVEN

  By DAN MARTIN

  Just how lacking in intensity was this Yankee-Red Sox series before yesterday's ninth-inning drama? Seven players got hit yesterday - tying a major league record - and not only were no elderly...more >

• 25 BEST YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 12

  By BRIAN COSTELLO

  As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week: No. 12: YANKEE STADIUM JULY 24, 1983 It may...more >

• MOOSE DESERVES A STAR-ING ROLE

  By JAY GREENBERG

  NO big deal, said Mike Mussina, if he doesn't get to pitch in an All-Star Game in his home stadium, because it will give him a chance to go to the Lycoming County, Pa., Fair. "Demolition...more >

• C.C. YA IN ’09

  SABATHIA, AS FREE AGENT, KEY TO YANKEES RELOAD

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  THE Yankees appear no more than interested bystanders in the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes - for now. The Yanks would love to acquire a starter before the July 31 trade deadline and Sabathia is the...more >

• GARDNER CHIPS IN WITH ARM AND RBI

  By MARK HALE

  Dustin Pedroia had a chance for an early extra-base hit yesterday when he singled to left and tried to take second. But Brett Gardner gunned him down. It was a fine effort from the rookie, who...more >

• JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO LANDING ON DL

  By MARK HALE

  If Johnny Damon doesn't feel better today, he figures he'll be placed on the disabled list. Damon is in injury limbo. The Yankees leadoff man believes how he feels today will determine...more >

• TERRY NO OFFICE POACHER

  By GEORGE A. KING III and FRED KERBER

  Red Sox manager Terry Francona told Yankees manager Joe Girardi he doesn't need to vacate his spacious Yankee Stadium office for the July 15 All-Star Game so Francano can use it as manager of the...more >

• JETER, A-ROD WILL BE AL ALL-STAR STARTERS

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are expected to be named AL All Star Game starters today when MLB announces the teams for the July 15 spectacular at Yankee Stadium. A report yesterday morning on...more >

• RIVERA SAVES MORE THAN JUST A GAME

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  SUDDENLY, for the first time on this July Fourth weekend, it felt like Red Sox-Yankees. It felt tense. It felt thrilling. It felt like something vital was on the line. Which it was. It was called the...more >

• GREAT ESCAPE

  MO STOPS SOX AFTER NINTH-INNING SCARE

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  Mike Mussina did his best to make two weak runs stand up. Ditto Jose Veras and Kyle Farnsworth. So when the Yankees turned a two-run lead over to Mariano Rivera in the ninth today at Yankee Stadium...more >

• IAN STRUGGLES IN TRIPLE-A START

  By TIM BONTEMPS

  Though it won't count in his statistics, Ian Kennedy hit a speed bump on his path back to the majors Thursday night. Kennedy allowed one run on two hits (a double and homer) with two walks and...more >

• STOP THE PRESSES!

  HOW NEWSPAPER STRIKE SAVED YANKEE PR MAN

  By MIKE VACCARO

  ALL HELL was breaking loose around Mickey Morabito in that summer of 1978 when the man who ran the Yankees' public-relations office encountered the single greatest break in the entire history of...more >

• JETER, A-ROD START

  ALL-STAR LINEUP SET; METS ABSENT

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  The Post has learned the identity of every All-Star Game vote winner from the AL and NL for the July 15 game at Yankee Stadium and the starting pitchers. Major League Baseball will announce today...more >

• THE GREAT ESCAPE

  RIVERA, YANKEES HOLD OFF BOSOX IN 9TH FOR 2-1 WIN

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  July 5, 2008 -

  Sitting in the clubhouse, Mike Mussina understood very early in the final inning that Mariano Rivera was going to take everybody in the Yankees Universe for a bumpy ride. When Mussina saw...more >

• JETER, A-ROD TO START IN ALL-STAR GAME

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  July 5, 2008 -

  The Post has learned the identity of every All-Star Game vote winner from the AL and NL for the July 15 game at Yankee Stadium and the starting pitchers. Major League Baseball will announce...more >

• BIG PLAY GIVES DAMON BIG PAIN - AND MAY MEAN DL

  By MARK HALE

  July 5, 2008 -

  Johnny Damon's injured left shoulder likely will cost him at least a few games. It's possible it may also put him on the disabled list. Damon hurt himself yesterday when he collided with...more >

• RASNER FALLS SHORT

  By DAN MARTIN

  July 5, 2008 -

  Darrell Rasner loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first inning yesterday before getting out of trouble without giving up a run. Whatever momentum he may have started with that escape...more >

• BOSOX'S BULLPEN SPARKLES

  By FRED KERBER

  July 5, 2008 -

  Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen, coming off an outing in which he didn't retire anybody, entered in a bases-loaded situation in the seventh inning yesterday with one thought: Alex Rodriguez...more >

• CASH: BLAME ME FOR DEAD BATS SOCIETY

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  July 5, 2008 -

  The Yankees' architect shoulders the blame for a lineup that was supposed to be loaded with juice becoming as dry as dust. "It's been inefficient," GM Brian Cashman said before...more >

• STARTING TO WORRY

  YANKS ROTATION STILL FAR FROM PLAYOFF-WORTHY

  By JAY GREENBERG

  July 5, 2008 -

  CALCULATED would not describe any attempt to scream a turnaround into your team just before having to pitch Darrell Rasner against Josh Beckett. No, Joe Girardi's anger was real. So is the...more >

• FARCE OF JULY

  AFTER EARLY FIREWORKS, YANKS TURN INTO DUD

  By GEORGE A. KING III

  July 5, 2008 -

  This is what it has come to with the Yankees: They point to the positives within a defeat that included the possibility of Johnny Damon landing on the disabled list. That's not to suggest...more >

• OFFENSE IS OFFENSIVE

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  July 5, 2008 -

  JOE Girardi can scream behind a closed clubhouse door. Hank Steinbrenner can deliver pseudo threats/pep talks from his Tampa enclave. It is all merely background noise, the soundtrack of frustration...more >

• SOX SINK YANKEES

  YOUKILIS TRIPLES OFF TOP OF WALL

  Associated Press

  July 4, 2008 -

  Kevin Youkilis created the drama. Mike Lowell gave Boston the win. Lowell hit a go-ahead, three-run homer two innings after Youkilis' shot squirted out of Johnny Damon's glove, bounced off...more >