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Alex Rodriguez wants to play the hand he's got with the Yankees. Arriving at his charity poker tournament Wednesday night, the much-maligned slugger insisted he wants to stay in New York rather than be traded to a town where the fans might not be so hard on him. In Texas Hold 'em terms _ forget it, he's not folding. ``My choice is to play for the New York Yankees,'' said ...

A private jet, carrying Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and six others, overran a runway at Bob Hope Airport on Friday and was brought to a halt by an arresting system. ``I spoke to Alex. He's fine,'' agent Scott Boras said. None of the seven people aboard were injured, federal officials said. The Gulfstream G-II carried five passengers and two crew members, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement from Washington, D.C. The twin-engine jet was stopped ...

All eyes were on Alex Rodriguez during this post-season. A look at how A-Rod did for the New York Yankees in Saturday's AL playoff game: AT THE PLATE: A disappearing act. Dropped to eighth in the batting order for the first time since 1996, he had two groundouts and a flyout. Finished with a mere single in the Yankees' four-game loss to Detroit, going 1-for-14 (.071). For the second straight post-season, he did not have an RBI. IN ...

Now, he's 8-Rod. Alex Rodriguez, 1-for-11 with no RBIs in the AL playoffs and stuck in a prolonged October slump, was dropped to the eighth spot in New York's batting order on Saturday as the Yankees tried to avoid being eliminated by the Detroit Tigers. It's the lowest A-Rod batted since May 7, 1996, when he was a 20-year-old shortstop for the Seattle Mariners. Jason Giambi _ 1-for-8 in the series _ was dropped from the Yankees' starting ...

Alex Rodriguez didn't do anything once again, and neither did any of his teammates. Now the Yankees are one loss from another early exit from the playoffs. Back in the cleanup spot, A-Rod was 0-for-3 in New York's 6-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 on Friday night. He's 1-for-11 in the first three games of the best-of-five series, hasn't driven in a run in 11 playoff games dating to 2004 and is batting ...

New York Yankees manager Joe Torre juggled baseball's best lineup on Friday night, dropping a disappointed Gary Sheffield and moving slumping Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) back to the cleanup spot. Sheffield, who has a .176 (3-for-17) career average against Detroit starter Kenny Rogers, began Game 3 on the bench as Torre opted to use Bernie Williams as his designated hitter and moved Jason Giambi _ the Yanks' DH in Games 1 and 2 _ to first base for Sheffield. Williams ...

Alex Rodriguez strode to the plate and the Yankee Stadium fans cheered as one, imploring him to deliver that elusive clutch hit. Strike one. Strike two. Strike three. Another missed chance for baseball's US$25 million man. Rodriguez stood at the plate and removed his batting gloves after being frozen on Justin Verlander's curveball Thursday. There were no boos, just groans when the New York Yankees' early threat ended with a ...

For Alex Rodriguez, the dog days came in October. He kept flailing at pitch after pitch as the New York Yankees lost to the Los Angeles Angels in the first round of last year's playoffs, going 2-for-15 with no RBIs in a putrid performance that prompted him to declare: ``I played like a dog.'' When Detroit's Nate Robertson takes the mound at Yankee Stadium for their best-of-five series opener Tuesday ...