New York Yankees

Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer off Masahiro Tanaka, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 Monday in Alex Rodriguez's return to the major leagues.

It's time to play ball for real. The Yankees open the season this afternoon at Yankee Stadium while the Mets are in Washington to face the Nationals. The Phillies host the Boston Red Sox in their home opener at Citizens Bank Park.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The giant letters that spelled "Yankee Stadium" atop the original Bronx ballpark failed to find a buyer at an auction in New York.

  With baseball’s opening day fast approaching, 4 members of the New York Yankees recreated some classic scenes from the movie “The Sandlot.” Members of the Yankees including CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Brett Gardner transformed themselves into some of the kids from the hilarious film that features growing up, moving into a new neighborhood and most importantly, playing baseball

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez lined a single into short left field Wednesday in his return to the New York Yankees after a 17-month absence and went 1 for 2 with a walk.

Earlier today, Jason Giambi officially announced his retirement after a roller coaster career spanning 20 seasons. The 44-year-old slugger went from a baseball star to a villain to a role model over the course of his time in the big leagues due in large part to being one of the first active players outed for using performance enhancing drugs and the seven-year, $120 million contract he signed with

NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez issued a five-paragraph handwritten apology "for the mistakes that led to my suspension" on Tuesday without detailing specifics about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Monument Park is way too crowded.

The Yankees are retiring the uniform numbers of Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams and will honor the trio with plaques in Monument Park this season along with Willie Randolph.

NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision confirms the New York Yankees plan to honor Andy Pettitte this summer by retiring his No. 46 and giving the pitcher a plaque in Monument Park.