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• Yankees fall to A's in 18 innings

  loaded the bases, Freiman, a rookie, hit a broken-bat single to left to win it.Three innings before the game-winner, Vernon Wells and Chris Stewart teamed up to make the defensive play of the game. Wells threw out Brandon Moss at the plate on Coco Crisps one-out   Read more »

• Sabathia, Gardner lead Yankees in sweep over Indians

  another former Indian, retired the first 14 batters, striking out five, before Mike Aviles singled in front of a hard-charging Vernon Wells in left with two outs in the fifth.Overall, Sabathia (6-4) allowed seven hits and walked one in a bullpen-saving 116-pitch   Read more »

• Buck Showalter could use a lesson from Joe Girardi

  has shifted almost entirely away from Tampa and zeroed in on more immediate concerns, such as why Girardi chose to sit Vernon Wells for Monday's series opener and play Ichiro Suzuki instead. The answer was a basic one, citing the success of lefthanded hitters   Read more »

• Yankees uniform seems to bring best out of newcomers

  might present a certain fantasy camp feel to the Yankees' clubhouse. Except that pinstripes keep coming through in the clutch. Vernon Wells , who has called it an "honor" to don the Yankees' uniform in his 15th season, is hitting 13 points over his career   Read more »

• Yankees know Robinson Cano is money

  stories'' on this Yankees team, from little guys Jayson Nix and Preston Claiborne to reclamation projects Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells .But Hal, like his dad, is no fool when it comes to operating a baseball team in New York, and the Yankees can't function   Read more »

Around the web

• With Teixeira and Youkilis Out Again, Yankees May Need Cashman to Produce

  after a hip operation. The spotlight now could shift to Cashman, whose off-season acquisitions of Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells helped stabilize a short-handed team. Since it has taken longer than expected for the Yankees’ stars to heal, more upgrades may 6/18/13 from The New York Times Read more »

• Yankees lineup vs. Dodgers, Almonte officially called up, Rondon promoted

  Yankees lineup for tonight is out: Jayson Nix is once again batting second tonight and for some reason Vernon Wells is still being inserted into the heart of the lineup. It's approaching Ben Francisco-like territory. Meanwhile Lyle Overbay is hitting eighth, 6/18/13 from SB Nation Read more »

• Dodgers-Yankees series preview: Missing legends

  should have been Overbay / Nunez / Youkilis. What you have is Overbay / Cano / Nix or Brignac / Adams or Nix. Left field: Vernon Wells was a steal in April. By June he is what he has been in recent years: God awful. On April 30, Wells had an OPS of .911 with 6/18/13 from True Blue LA Read more »

• Yankees vs. Dodgers series preview with Eric Stephen of True Blue LA

  building up a $216 million payroll that actually ranked ahead of the Yankees for the highest in baseball until the late-March Vernon Wells deal. (Yippie.) However, there are still several parts of this team that are quite exciting (especially Puigmania), and 6/18/13 from SB Nation Read more »

• Mets Lose in 9th After Long Rain Delay; Yankees Snap Losing Streak

  out and two on base, Travis Hafner blasted a homerun to put the team on the scoreboard, and the Bronx Bombers weren’t done yet. Vernon Wells kept the inning going with a single, and Lyle Overbay drove him home with a double. Overbay rounded third himself on   from LongIsland.com Read more »