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The Yankees will be without Alex Rodriguez for the entire 2014 baseball season. According to the USA Today, an arbitrator has upheld most of Major League Baseball's 211 game suspension.  Click for Rodriguez's reaction.

Whether you're a Yankee fan or not, you have to admire the all-time greatest closer in Major League Baseball, number 42, Mariano Rivera. "The Sand Man" announced that he's retiring at the end of the season, and last night was his last appearance at Yankee Stadium.

The New York Yankee-Boston Red Sox rivalry is, without question, the greatest in all of sports. The history between these two teams goes back a century and while it has occasionally become heated there are the lighter moments too. Such was the case last night when the Yankees offered up a birthday cake for Red Sox co-owner Larry Lucchino.

Alex Rodriguez had a much publicized fling with Madonna a few years ago and, apparently, he was greatly influenced by her hit song "Vogue". After hitting a double and doing a face-plant during last nights game with Boston A-Rod "vogued" and struck a pose. Check it out.

There's no bigger stage than Yankee Stadium in New York and there is no one on the team better equipt to grab the spotlight than Derek Jeter. Out since July 11th with a strained quad muscle Jeter hit the first pitch he saw from Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore for an opposite field home run. Check out the crowds wild reaction.

Major League Baseball has thrown the first dagger in the Biogenesis case. Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun has been suspended by MLB without pay for the remainder of the 2013 season. This from MLB:  Braun will not contest the suspension which was meted out for "violations of the Basic Agreement and its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...

New York Yankee fans showed their support for Boston and honored the victims of the marathon bombings.  The crowd sang along with 'Sweet Caroline' as a tribute to the those killed in the blasts.  The Neil Diamond classic is a regular part of the Boston Red Sox's home games...

The Yankees appear to be picking up steam as they won their 3rd consecutive game hammering the Indians 14-1 Tuesday.

The New York Yankees picked up their first win of the 2013 season last night as they beat Boston 4-2. Andy Pettitte carried the load pitching 8 solid innings in the win.

Over the years, I've been to a few Major League Baseball games, from Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium to Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. In my opinion, there's nothing like being there. Baseball on TV can be a slow-moving game, with camera's generally focused on the pitcher/batter, and wherever the ball is hit. But, when you're at the ballpark, you see all that's going on.

Justin Verlander's 8 1/3 inning masterpiece in Game 3 of the ALCS lead Detroit to a 2-1 victory and has the Tigers just one game from the World Series .

At Big Frog 104, we like a good laugh and know that you do too. So, I'm starting a new feature called "Just For Laughs". I called it that...just for laughs. With the baseball playoffs here, I thought a funny video with a baseball theme would be in order. Here's a hilarious interview with Billy Crystal as "Fernando", a character based on the Argentine-born actor Fernando Lamas b