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Random Thoughts from River Avenue: Nick »
I'm traditionally very cautious when it comes to joining social networking sites. I was once, and possibly still am, a member of Friendster, which was basically modern social networking's caveman to Facebook's fully-evolved human. I like to think being on the ground floor for this stuff makes me a groundbreaking Jackie Robinson-type (minus the [...]
All Worn Out by Jobamania in the Bronx »
I don't want to talk about him anymore. I just don't. I've already done it here, and here, and here, and here. It's all too much at this point. But I don't have a choice. I write a Yankees Web log and Joba Chamberlain is the biggest story about the Yankees as the postseason approaches. I am tied to him, and he is tied to me. I kind of feel like [...]
102 and Rising: Yanks Reunite with Krazy Kyle »
As the great PeteAbe leaves Yankee Universe for browner pastures in Boston, it was nice to have the not-so-great Kyle Farnsworth remind us that some things never change. It's all about the simple pleasures as the Yankees play out the string in advance of next Wednesday's ALDS opener. Farnsworth, whose incompetence yielded the creation of the Kyle [...]
Media Still Trying to Figure Out How to Jinx Yankees »
With pennant races ending in a whimper in every division but AL Central Casting, baseball writers across the country are apparently starved for interesting storylines these days. How else to explain the dizzying takes of late on the Yankees' playoff aspirations? Last week, a stumble against the Mariners and a series-opening loss to the Angels in [...]
Yankees Finally Gain Peace of Mind Against Angels »
There are times when you're watching the Yankees play at Angel Stadium and all you want to do is change the damn channel. And so you do. You surf around in anger, until you realize that it's past midnight and Dharma and Greg reruns or Late Night with Carson Daly aren't better options, only an alternate form of torture. You keep surfing, wondering [...]
New York Yankees Still Wait to Learn Burnett’s »
As a baseball season reaches its final month of regular season games, you should be able to tell what you have in a first-year player. You usually know well before that. We figured out by the All-Star break that Mark Teixeira was well worth the investment. Same goes for CC Sabathia. Nick Swisher was a bit more tricky, but as the summer wore on it [...]