CC Sabathia finally pitched like the ace the Yankees were expecting to get when they signed him to a seven-year deal worth $161 million in December. 

--LHP Phil Hughes joined the Yankees on Monday and is expected to be activated Tuesday, when he will start against the Tigers in Detroit. 

A flurry of injuries and an embarrassing three-game sweep at the hands of the rival Red Sox derailed the club just when it thought it was starting to straighten itself out. 

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When he arrived in the dugout early Saturday night after having struck out the Yankees' Derek Jeter with runners on second and third and one out, RedSox reliever Manny Delcarmen was greeted by David Ortiz. 

REDSOX 4, Yankees 1 

At this point, they're not so much games as they are endurance tests - four hours (or more) of grueling competition that leave players both physically and mentally drained. 

For those of you who have not seen Jacoby Ellsbury's electrifying steal of home plate from last night's RedSox-Yankees game, we are reminded of an old line from The Three Stooges: ``Just turn on anything, you'll get it. 

A flurry of injuries and an embarrassing three-game sweep at the hands of the rival Red Sox derailed the club just when it thought it was starting to straighten itself out. 

--3B Alex Rodriguez continued to progress in his rehab from hip surgery and, after undergoing physical therapy on April 26, the Yankees were hopeful he could get in a minor-league game by the end of the week. 

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Hunter Jones, 25, and Michael Bowden, 22, have played together for three years now, riding buses and pitching in places such as Altoona and Reading and Rochester as their careers progressed in the RedSox minor league system. 

Jacoby Ellsbury felt like he was running in slow motion when he stole home.