On-Base Perception

It's only right with All-Star Weekend set to kickoff in New York that former Yankee and five-time All-Star Bernie Williams gets in on the action.

Before playing in the Legends and Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday at Citi Field, Williams and his All-Star Band will play a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at John J. Burns Town Park in the Town of Oyster Bay. The show is appropriately titled "From...

David Robertson has only been named to an All-Star Game once in his six years in the big leagues, but the Yankees are hoping to change that.

The Yankees reliever was named one of five candidates for the American League All-Star roster's final vote Saturday, and the Yankees have taken social media by storm to try to get fans to vote Robertson into the 2013 game at Citi Field next Tuesday.

The...

The Yankees have acquired first baseman Travis Ishikawa off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles, the team announced Sunday on Twitter. Kevin Youkilis was transfered to the 60-day disabled list to clear a roster spot.

In just six games with the Orioles this season, Ishikawa went 2-for-17 with one RBI and eight strikeouts. Ishikawa has spent most of the 2013 season with Triple-A Norfolk. In 49...

1. GARY SANCHEZ, C, Tampa Yankees (Class A)

.272 BA, .333 OBP, .478 SLG, 12 HR, 55 RBIs

Four of last 10 hits were for extra bases.

2. J.R. MURPHY, C, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (AAA)

276 BA, .361 OBP, .444 SLG, 9 HR, 36 RBIs

Picked up his game since promotion to Triple-A, batting .299 with .385 OBP and 3 HR.

3. RAFAEL DE PAULA,...

Retired Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui is going back to the minor leagues. To pitch batting practice.

Matsui will toss BP to Yankees minor leaguers playing for the Staten Island Yankees. He's scheduled to throw batting practice Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

Batting practice begins around 4 p.m. on Saturday, but gates are only open to fans at 6 p.m., so...

Mariano Rivera has collected plenty of hardware in his day, but this gift from the Twins will surely hold a special place in his heart.

At the beginning of the season, Rivera announced that this year, his 19th in the league, will be his last. Each MLB team has honored the 43-year-old closer in his last series at their ballpark. His farewell tour continued in Minnesota in the Yankees' current...

1,623 - RBIs for Chipper Jones, the career leader among third basemen who had his number retired Friday by the Braves at Turner Field. Former President Jimmy Carter was even in attendance. As perfect a night it was for Jones, hard to believe the Braves were nice enough to not schedule the Mets for that particular homestand.

$500M - Anticipated cost of Wrigley Field renovation, part of which...

Coming up on the halfway point of the season, statistical surprises are abundant in baseball. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig is hitting above .400 and former MVP Josh Hamilton is barely hitting .200 with the Angels.

But perhaps the most surprising involves a comparison of the Mets' and Yankees' production, especially when the Yankees have 10 more wins than the Mets.

The Mets are averaging...

It wasn't really a war of words over a tweet Alex Rodriguez sent Tuesday saying he had been given the "green light" to play in games -- after all, Brian Cashman was the one using all the fire power. But something the Yankees GM got through to A-Rod, or at least the way he said it.

Rodriguez responded to harsh criticism from Cashman with a statement Wednesday morning.

"I...

The Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers will have to wait another night to renew their storied rivalry as Tuesday's game at Yankee Stadium was postponed because of rain.

The game will be made up as part of a day-night split doubleheader Wednesday with the first game slated for 1:05 p.m. and the second at 7:05 p.m., the Yankees announced on their official Twitter.

Phil Hughes was originally...