What if the beaning death of Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays in 1920 was part of an occult plan to make the Yankees the dominant franchise in the major leagues? That is the subject of this clever Sean McCoy film from...
Yuck the Fankees
I don't care how good a deal it is, or that Ichiro is barely a replacement level outfielder. It breaks my heart. The Yankees have acquired Ichiro Suzuki for RHPs.
...for someone. Hopefully the home team. If I wanted to be optimistic, I could point out that while the Yankee starter in Game 4 was a better bet than the.
Take lessons from Farley, because he's doing it right. It's especially appropriate that this arrived in time for what might be the greatest day of the year, Yankee Elimination Day! Although the pictured quantity is not nearly sufficient for any game involving Jose Mesa Valverde...
There has been an interesting discussion in the comments about the value of Mariano Rivera to the Yankees. On one level, I don't disagree with the arguments of the skeptics. .
Apparently, the team that signs Joba Chamberlain's paychecks is upset that a player of actual accomplishment is too demonstrative.
A correspondent writes: I have been wondering whether the Indians are going to vote Bill Bavasi a playoff share if they make the playoffs. He deserves one. I dunno, Eduardo Perez could still surprise you! In a vaguely related note, I'm very happy to today...
Ha-ha. Granted, this conflicts with my non-resentment-based rooting interest -- if the Mets showed any sign of being competitive in the near future, this would bother be. But as it.
That's pretty much right. And yet, given that it's not actually going to prevent the Yankees from signing anyone they really want, and that there aren't exactly a lot of.
Shorter Brian Cashman: "Dear Derek: if you don't like being only significantly overpaid rather than grossly overpaid, feel free to go out and see if Michael Kay has been made the general manager of another wealthy major league team and I haven't noticed." My question:...
Derek Jeter, after one atypically mediocre defensive season, this year was back to being the 32nd best defensive shortstop in the majors according to the +/- rankings, with similar evaluations.
In an homage to the completely impartial commitment to the principle that no pundit can ever be fired for expressing views their employers find objectionable recently displayed by conservatives, I.