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Old Guard, New Test: New York Yankees Rely On Vets »
The 2009 postseason will forever provide fond memories for Yankees fans—a month of baseball that signaled the franchise's return to the apex of the sport. But being a Sports Pessimist (the New York Jets did this to me), I still had a couple of minor gripes. One was Chris Rose, the Best Damn Sports Show hack who was inexplicably given [...]
New York Yankees: Brian Cashman in Complete Control »
I was watching In The Line Of Fire the other night, one of those great early 90s movies that time seems to have completely forgotten. The general plot: A grizzled secret service agent (Clint Eastwood) must take down a sinister would-be presidential assassin (John Malkovich) before it's too late. A lot of Renee Russo pant suits are also [...]
Mark Teixeira Is Not Like Us…And That’s »
Mark Teixeira is not human. You probably think I'm using this statement as a cute jumping-off point to wax poetic on how extraordinarily well Teixeira plays baseball, but you'd be incorrect. What I'm trying to say is, I literally believe that Mark Teixeira is not human. Think about it. Sure, you've watched him win a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger [...]
Time for Johnny Damon, New York Yankees to Get On Same »
In the '80s, it was all about "Who Shot J.R.?" In the '90s, we had O.J. and A.C. cruising down the 405 in the white Bronco. In the aughts 2000s '00s, Snookie's sucker-punch on Jersey Shore appeared to be the clear frontrunner for this decade's defining TV moment. But that was before Johnny Damon appeared as guest host of WWE's Monday Night [...]
New York Yankees: Unafraid To Mess With a Good Thing »
I must admit, I didn't foresee the Yankees being so busy this offseason. They are the World Series champions, after all. Unless you're the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, this means you already are an excellent team. You've proven this, because, um, you won the World Series. The logical line of thought is to attempt to bring back the team in its [...]
Yanks Take Care of Business at Winter Meetings »
This year's winter meetings seemed to be a lot more active than last year's, didn't they? This may have had a lot to do with its location. In 2008, the event was held in Vegas. This surely presently all sorts of obstacles in terms of getting actual work done. I'm not sure Scott Boras ever ducked out of Spearmint Rhino long enough to hold his [...]
Catching Up with a Gleeful Yankee Universe »
Good news for people who like their Yankees blogs served extra rare. (Of course, I refer to both the content's figurative juiciness and the blog's relative uniqueness.) Two meanings...rare...it's a homonym. Forget it. What I'm trying to say is that the offices of River & Sunset are back in business after a month-long hiatus. We apologize for [...]
Your Official New York Yankees Parade Recap »
The last Yankee ticker-tape parade I went to was in 1996. I was 16 years old and cannot recall a single thing about that day. Not a moment. I have clearer memories of stuff that happened when I was five than what occurred on that afternoon in October. Go figure. Instead of braving the elements for an event I'd ultimately forget about, I opted to [...]
NY Yankees Regain Their Championship Mojo »
So many times this decade, the Yankees seemed to have a championship screenplay written only to go off-script at the exact wrong time. There was Rivera's stunning failure in 2001, Josh Beckett's coming out party in 2003, the Series That Shall Not Be Named in 2004, the fishy resurgence of Kenny Rogers in 2006, and Joba & The Midges in 2007. In [...]
World Series, Game 6: In Andy We Trust »
The great thing about the postseason, and the World Series in particular, is that redemption is always just around the corner. Alex Rodriguez knows all about that. He entered last month as a playoff pariah—his October failures as big a part of his identity as his three MVP awards. It took just 14 games (and 18 RBI) to change all that. Playoff [...]