Archive for February, 2011
Crazy Hot Honey’s Who Promise To Heat Up The »
Is there ever a reason not to conjure one of these eye popping lists with beautiful, scantily clad women?We don't think so, and on the verge of another baseball season filled with all the promise this time of the year will inevitably bring, we figured we'd mix one great attraction with another. So without any further adieu, let's roll!Begin [...]
New York Yankees: Albert Pujols in Pinstripes? »
The noon deadline came and passed without a deal. For now, it seems as though Albert Pujols will become a free agent at the end of the 2011 season. The St. Louis Cardinals exercised their $16 million option on Pujols earlier this offseason. He's entering the final season of the seven-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2004. Pujols is widely [...]
MLB Preview: The 10 Most Underrated Hitters in »
While any Major League Baseball fan knows the likes of the St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols, the Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer or the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton, it is often the unsung bat in the lineup that makes the biggest difference at the biggest moment.When the newly acquired Boston Red Sox Carl Crawford or Adrian Gonzalez are getting [...]
New York Yankees: Earlier ‘Courtship’ of »
One of the telltale signs that your spouse or significant other may be planning to leave you is when that person loses weight. In the case of the New York Yankees, that "spouse" may be CC Sabathia. To carry the "marriage" analogy further, most marriages are made "for life," a construct honored more in the breach than the observance. But some [...]
2011 New York Yankees: Why Is Derek Jeter Leading Off? »
Monday's Spring Training press report didn't have much to say. Joe Girardi said the platitudes, as did Brian Cashman.Not much except for this: “We signed (Derek Jeter) to be our shortstop and we signed him to be our leadoff hitter,” Girardi said. “And he’s got a pretty good track history of what he’s done in the game [...]
Brian Cashman’s Incompetence Leaves New York »
Courtesy of Yankees 'n More As you likely know by now, thanks to reports in Tuesday morning’s New York Daily News and New York Post, CC Sabathia currently holds a GIGANTIC hammer—by way of his end-of-season opt-out clause—over the heads of the entire New York Yankees organization. What’s most interesting about [...]
New York Yankees Rumors: 10 Potential Ace Replacements »
Spring training is here and there's already panic in the Bronx.The New York Yankees' offseason will not go down in the history books among the all-time greats.They missed out on Cliff Lee. Their best acquisition was Rafael Soriano, which isn't to say that he's bad, just that the ridiculous contract they gave him is. They alienated Derek [...]
CC Sabathia Leaving The New York Yankees? 10 Lesser »
Last season, New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia stated to the press that despite having the option to do so, he would not opt out of his contract. Joining the team in 2009, the big lefty's seven-year, $161 million deal has a clause that allows him to opt out after three years, should he want to.Just yesterday, however, Sabathia hinted that he [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Should New York Yankees Get Edwin »
It is no secret that the New York Yankees will be shopping for starting pitching.How desperately has yet to be seen, as spring training just started and all eyes will be on the mound. It is comforting that the Bronx Bombers have the trade-bait to lure teams.Trades with teams who don’t look to be in contention pre-All-Star break are [...]
Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Paul Molitor, and Barry Did It, »
Derek Jeter will be voted into the Hall of Fame five years after he retires. He has had a fabulous career, is one of the greatest of all clutch hitters, and, at the age of 36, has a lot of great games ahead of him.What must be acknowledged is that Jeter was not an ordinary player. He is one of the all-time greats, and to write him off because [...]