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Ever since George Steinbrenner rode off into the sunset and left the prestigious New York Yankees in the hands of his sons and mastermind Brian Cashman, the franchise hasn’t fared too well. As the Yankees stand on the crossroads of 2008, riddled by injuries and personal moves that just haven’t panned out, one could think old George would come back and try and right the ship. One could think a conversation between him and Cashman would sound something like this… Read More »
This Saturday marks the highly comical return of Carl Pavano to the decimated Yankee rotation. With the Yanks sitting six games out of the Wild Card spot and just over a month to play, will he provide enough of a boost for the Bronx Bombers to reach the playoffs for the thirteenth consecutive year? Or will he only provide enough to boost his own personal checking account this off-season?
The timing for Pavano’s latest comeback attempt is convenient enough to weasel yet another lucrative contract offer out of another team looking for starting pitching depth - something that all 30 teams are interested in. If he comes on strong in the final five weeks of the season and shows flashes of returning to his 2004 form, will another team pay a hefty salary in hopes that he can anchor the number two or three spot in their rotation? Read More »
Like we predicted in our June 16th post Projected Winners of the 2008 MLB AL All-Star Fan Vote, it was confirmed yesterday that New York Yankees’ captain Derek Jeter was named to his ninth MLB All-Star team. Recently, many rumors have been swirling about “Mr. November.”
Did he wear Jason Giambi’s golden thong?
Did he hook up with 7 girls on Maxim’s Hot 100 list?
These are all questions Jimmy Traina of SI’s Extra Mustard had answered when he met up with Jeter for a little Q&A, and a lot more!
Coaches, GMs, owners, players and fans are calling for monumental changes to America’s game.
Most likely will be the addition of instant replay so we don’t have any Jeffrey Maier situations, and the regulation of maple bats as they have been shattering at a record pace and it is only a matter of time before someone get seriously injured.
Less likely (but still on the plate) are new draft regulations that will put a cap on how much power top prospects like Seton Hall’s Rick Porcello and their agents Scott Boras has over teams vying for talent.
Oh sh*t, I forgot about Hank Steinbrenner who has a strong opinion of the NL after the Yankees’ star pitcher Wang was injured running the bases saying, “My only message is simple: The National League needs to grow up and join the 21st century. I’ve got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt. He’s going to be out. I don’t like that, and it’s about time they address it. That was a rule from the 1800s.”
But what about banning over sized body armor or pointing to the sky after crossing home plate? Or the $2 hot dog rule and outlawing sushi from concession stands?
These are the New Rules Of Baseball that have been submitted by fans across America and outlined by CBS Sportsline. Although ridiculous, some of these rules make a lot of sense–and should be tested in the minor leagues.
If I had my way, I’d implement a Boni Jovi rule that would call the music legend to perform during the 7th inning stretch of every game Yankee game until the end of the season. That’s a little unrealistic and being from New Jersey, I’m biased. So for now, we’ll just have to settle for a free Bon Jovi All-Star game concert at Central Park.
All-Star rocker Bon Jovi will be performing a free concert at New York’s Central Park on July 12th at 8PM to kick off Major League Baseball’s 2008 All-Star game celebrations taking place at Yankee Stadium on July 15th.
“All-Star Summer is set to hit New York City in a few weeks, and the lineup of festivities just added another future Hall-of-Famer in Bon Jovi,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“The free concert in Central Park is going to help make this year’s All-Star Summer a celebration to remember. The 2008 All-Star Game will pay tribute to the storied history of Yankee Stadium, and Bon Jovi will help us ensure it goes out in a blaze of glory — hopefully a blaze in late October.”
Tickets for this free event become available on Wednesday July 2nd at MLB.com.
Over the last year, people have grown more and more in love with animals. They can’t stand seeing anything happen to one of the world’s lovely little creatures - that is until now.
We all saw the pictures (and I got to see the video!) of Pedro Martinez releasing a chicken (rooster…whatever) into a cockfight in the Dominican Republic. For a couple of hours, it was everywhere. The result? Even the most inside net hounds can’t track down the video, and everyone seems to be defending the Dominican right and legality to strap razor blades to the feet of 2 pissed off chickens and let them go at it.
WOW! Oh how times have changed. No PETA rally, no Chicken Lovers’ Coalition, no Al Sharpton, no calls for lethal injection - nada, nothing, zip.
…Huh…it makes me wonder, what if Pedro were a Yankee…
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The Journal News is reporting that Joe Torre has signed on to manage the LA Dodgers 10 days after he turned down a one-year offer from the NY Yankees.
Although a formal announcement is not expected until Tuesday morning two sources are reporting that Torre will bring Don Mattingly along as bench coach and will hire Kevin Long as the hitting coach.
The 2007 Dodgers were 82-80 under current manager Grady Little who was bought out of his current contract to make way for Torre.
Notes: Mattingly’s son, Preston Mattingly, was chosen in the first round (31st overall) of the June 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Notre Dame Exhumes the Gipper…for the Gipper? <ESPN>
Professional quarterback/head-banger Trent Green to retire. <The Star>
Reggie Bush received 280K from USC. <LA Times>
Top lesbo tennis coach caught scissoring with a 13 year old. <Daily Mail>
If Mariano Rivera loves Joe Torre so much why doesn’t he marry him?! <ESPN>
Travis Pastrana jumps from plane without parachute. <ESPN>
After a topsy-turvy season, the New York Yankees have been eliminated from the playoffs by the Cleveland Indians. Historically, outside of baseball, Yanks losing to Indians is irony at its best.
The Indians will move forward to face the red-hot Boston Red Sox for the ALCS.
The question on everybody’s mind: what is the future of Joe Torre and the Yankees?
The answer: if George Steinbrenner isn’t happy, nobody’s happy.
Steinbrenner has mentioned on many occasions that Torre would be replaced if the Yankees were eliminated in the early stages of the playoffs; that day has come.
The top prospects to replace Torre would be Florida Marlins’ magicmaker Joe Girardi - he took his team from rock bottom to a respectable middleground with rookies and a low payroll - or Larry Bowa, the Yankees current third-base coach.
No matter what happens to Torre, nothing can tarnish his 12-year legacy: 4 World Series titles in his first 5 years of coaching the Yanks, 2-time AL Manager of the Year, etc.
With that said, go Red Sox!
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