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Bobby Abreu Heading North
As you may have expected, it's the Yankees who have stepped up and acquired Bobby Abreu. ESPN.com is reporting that the Yankees and Phillies have agreed to a deal that puts Bobby Abreu in pinstripes. The Yanks also pick up pitcher Cory Lidle as part of the deal, and going the other way are shortstop...
Keith Van Horn's Contribution To Society Has Been Judged More Valuable Than Yours
We all know and have long ago accepted that professional athletes make too much damn money, but nothing hammers that point home quite like peeking at SI.com's list of the 50 highest-earning American athletes in sports and seeing Chris Webber, Michael Finley, Jason Giambi, and Stephon Marbury all in ...
Let's Talk About Cuban Defectors
You may have heard of Yulieski Gourriel, a Cuban 2nd baseman who, according to Wikipedia, is regarded as the best player in Cuba. Reports surfaced yesterday that Gourriel had defected and was on his way to, where else, the New York Yankees. Here's the free translation.com translation of the "El Naci...
Bedtime Stories With Alex Rodriguez
You might think you know Yankees third baseman/perpetual ESPN target Alex Rodriguez, but you don't know him at all. Only through his illustrated children book can you possibly being to understand him....
Chalk One Up For The Little Guy
And so the debate rages: Does Johnny Damon, or doesn't he, suck? We refuse to take sides, but one thing we can report is that our nation's babies are now involved. A New Bedford housewife, still miffed over Damon's defection to the Yankees, had been trying to sell "Johnny Damon Sucks" baby bibs on...
The Closer: Exploring The Melky Way
Notes from a day in baseball ......
Curt Schilling Can't Live Without His Modem
As anyone who has ever been around Sons Of Sam Horn can attest, Red Sox LEGEND AND HERO Curt Schilling tends to spend a little too much time on the computer. (We can attest to this too; he's even emailed us.)...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Fourth Of July Fiesta!
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of fan mail....
The Mick's Memorabilia Sampling
As a followup to our Mickey Mantle item from Friday, a reader sends us this baseball currently up for sale by the auction site "History For Sale."...
Mickey Mantle, God Among Men
Ah, the Mick. Mickey Mantle stands as a symbol of all that was right in the game in the 1950s, and all that is wrong with the game now. Mickey Mantle was dignity, strength, power ... the All-American boy playing the All-American game. His presence reminds us of a simpler time, back when sports mea...
The Closer: Yankees; Dangerous When Wounded
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Chris Berman Knows Not Of Your Velvet Rope!
Not that it's particularly difficult to piss off a group of beat reporters — typically, a smile or similar expression of anything resembling joy will do it — but it appears our favorite Leather aficionado appears to have pulled it off at the Yankees-Tigers game the other evening....
The Closer: Mr. Met Kicks Some Cross-Town Booty
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Hey, It's Rivalry Week!
Ah, to be a Yankees fan at Shea Stadium. It's a good thing that someone is rudely making rabbit ears behind this kids' head, or else he'd surely be clocked by the other kid with the miniature bat. We're not sure what to think of interleague play. On one hand, a game between the Mets and Yankees th...
The Closer: Fear The Awesome Hitting Might Of Mark Mulder
Notes from a day of baseball. • 1. Mulder Gets A Little Raucous During Housewarming Party. When they said that the new Busch Stadium would be a pitcher's ballpark, we didn't know they meant it this way. Cardinals starter Mark Mulder clubbed his first career home run on Monday, right over the new H...
The Closer: Bronx Cheer
Notes from a day of baseball ... • 1. Well, That's Two. It was a headline in The New York Times that really bothered us: 'Yankees Rough Up Angels' Colon.' But they were refering to Bartolo Colon, of course, who got pounded by A-Rod & Co. 10-1 yesterday, and hey, the Yankees are off! After beating ...
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As always, it's amazing what you can find on YouTube....