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Embree Signs With YankeesLeft-hander Alan Embree signed with the pitching-starved Yankees on Saturday, hoping to bolster their bullpen as they chase his former team, the Boston Red Sox, in the AL East. Released by the Red Sox on Friday after being designated for assignment 10 days earlier, Embree was fishing back home in Oregon before he agreed to a deal with New York late Friday night. He jumped on a redeye flight from Portland, landed at 8:15 a.m. and said it felt as though he was "behind enemy lines" when he arrived at Yankee Stadium on Saturday morning. "I got rid of my Boston bag as quick as I could," Embree said. "I had them put it away. I've still got some stuff in there." New York Yankees Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rivera Quietly Having A Record Year
Since those first two games, Mo has converted all 26 save opportunities and has allowed only 2 ERs (0 in the month of June). His ERA for the season is a microscopic .83, the lowest of his 10-year career. Not including the first two games versus Boston, his ERA is .44! (And I?m not one who tends to use exclamation points). In Mo?s 43.1 innings of work, only 22 have gotten hits. He?s struck out 49 to just 11 walks, close to a 5:1 ratio. Righties have hit only .117 against Rivera and lefties fare little better, batting .176 versus the Dom-Mo-nator. New York Yankees Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Yankees Acquire Shawn ChaconThe New York Yankees acquired pitcher Shawn Chacon from the Colorado Rockies for a pair of minor-leaguers on Thursday night, filling the opening in their injury-ravaged rotation. In exchange for Chacon, a 27-year-old right-hander, the Rockies get Ramon Ramirez and Edwardo Sierra. "Saturday we have a starter now. It's as simple as that," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "Our team is working hard on the field. We're working hard in the front office to be in a position to improve the club. It seems like we've been plugging holes on the run the last few weeks at an unusual pace." Chacon was an All-Star for the Rockies in 2003, when he had 11 wins at the All-Star break. But he didn't get another victory and finished 11-8 with a 4.60 ERA. Colorado moved him to the bullpen the following year and while he had 35 saves, he also had nine blown saves to go along with a 1-9 record and a 7.11 ERA. He is 1-7 with a 4.09 ERA this year in 12 starts and one relief appearance. "I pitched one inning in Yankee Stadium last year and it was an unbelievable experience as a visitor," Chacon said at Coors Field in Denver. "I can only imagine what it's like to have that as your home park. The atmosphere there is a little different from here. That brings up everybody's level of play. All that history, the electricity in the crowd, and I think everybody there tries to live up to that. You put on that uniform and it is all about winning." New York Yankees, Colorado Rockies Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Yankees Jul 2005 Archive
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He?s been untouchable all season long, yielding only 4 ERs in 43.1 IP. Two of these runs came on April 5th-6th, the first two appearances for Mo. Each was a blown save and questions arose from those outings: Had the Red Sox figured him out? Was he finally over the hill? Mariano Rivera paid no attention to these critics and hopped right back on the horse.