http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/21787 Recent articles about Edwar Ramirez en-us Watching the Yankees game lives in Los Angeles last weekend, I realized that Justin Christian has a familiar face because he looks like a young, muscle-less version of Joe Girardi. Several beers later, I put together the following list of athletes and celebrities who appear to be separated at birth. Coincidentally half of them are from Boston. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:49:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306373 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306373 The New York Yankees have acquired Pudge Rodriguez from the Detroit Tigers this afternoon for Kyle Farnsworth. Straight Up. I couldn't believe it either. This is an excellent deal for the Yanks. They needed an upgrade over Jose "Name that" Molina with Jorge Posada down for the season. Pudge is going to hit arond .290 this season, get on base, and most importantly call a great game behind the plate. Pudge is a veteran presence and will handle the young pitchers on New York's staff well. Joba Chamberlain, Edwar Ramirez, Jose Veras, David Robertson and more will all benefit from this deal. Hopefully this brings consistency to the team and the offense because the Yankees are still looking up at the ass-end of the Rays and Red Sox. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:13:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298262 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/298262 Robinson Cano homered and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees another strong start and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Saturday for its season-best eighth straight win. The Yankees closed within one game of second-place Boston in the AL East and remained unbeaten since the All-Star break. Tampa Bay began the day with a one-game lead over the Red Sox. Newly acquired Xavier Nady started in left field in his first game with New York, and reliever Damaso Marte struck out David Ortiz in a key spot. The Yankees finalized their deal with Pittsburgh on Saturday, acquiring Nady and Marte for four minor leaguers. Alex Rodriguez was drilled on the left arm by Red Sox reliever Craig Hansen in the eighth and fans cheered. Rodriguez stayed in the game before being replaced at third base in the bottom half by Wilson Betemit. In New York's 1-0 win in the opener Friday night, Joba Chamberlain drew the ire of Boston's bench after he threw a high, inside pitch that sent Kevin Youkilis to the ground in the seventh. Cano went 3-for-4 with his ninth homer and a two-run double Saturday, improving to 18-for-35 since the All-Star break. Pettitte (12-7) allowed one earned run and struck out seven over six innings to continue a brilliant run by New York starters. They've allowed three earned runs or less in 15 of their last 16 games. Marte entered with runners at first and second and one out in the seventh and struck out Ortiz on four pitches. Edwar Ramirez then retired Manny Ramirez on a fly to center. Manny Ramirez, who missed the series opener with what he said was a sore right knee, batted fourth and went 0-for-4, ending an 11-game hitting streak. Manager Terry Francona said MRIs on both knees ''came back fine'' but wouldn't say if his slugger was disciplined. Rodriguez's first-inning error led to two unearned runs but Bobby Abreu singled in a run in the third and the Yankees took the lead for good in the fourth on Cano's homer and Johnny Damon's RBI single. New York pushed across four more runs in the sixth, chasing Tim Wakefield (6-8). Johnny Damon drove in Nady with a fielder's choice before rookie reliever Justin Masterson entered. Masterson, who retired all eight batters Wednesday in his only relief appearance after nine starts, allowed RBI hits to all three hitters he faced -- a single by Derek Jeter, a double by Abreu and a single by Rodriguez. Notes: The Red Sox lost two straight at home for just the third time this season. ... Edwar Ramirez retired four batters and walked one and has retired 36 of the last 41 batters he's faced, allowing just one hit. ... With 16 wins against the Red Sox, Pettitte is tied with Randy Johnson for second among active pitchers. Mike Mussina has 20. ... To make room on the 25-man active roster for Nady and Marte, the Yankees optioned OF Brett Gardner to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and designated RHP LaTroy Hawkins for assignment. They also announced that LHP Kei Igawa cleared waivers and was outrighted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia's hitting streak ended at nine games. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:53:58 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/296356 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/296356 A no-hitter! It's a no-hitter for Kyle Farnsworth! Sort of. The New York Yankee reliever pitched a perfect 8th inning last night, and has now retired 27 hitters (9 innings worth, of course), without allowing a hit. Farnsworth, amazingly, doesn't even have the longest hitless streak in the Yankee bullpen. Edwar Ramirez has retired 29 batters without [...] Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:41:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294196 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294196