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Yankees Trip To White House: Obama Loses Touch With »
President Barack Obama honored the Yankees this afternoon for their achievement last year. The Yankees won the World Series by making the Twins, Angels, and the Phillies look out of their league. In other words, it was a mismatch. These three teams were powerless to stop the Yankees. It's hard to believe this year will be any different. Obama [...]
New York Celebrates While Other Baseball Towns Die »
The Yankees celebrated their 27th World Championship this afternoon in their home opener. As usual, the team overdid it in an arrogant fashion when it came to the pomp and circumstances of this achievement. Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford handed out rings to the players. The team raised the World Championship flag. Michael Kay went overboard with the [...]
2010 Yankees Preview: Winning Championships Should Be »
When the Yankees scored the go-ahead run in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, John Sterling boasted the team was on its way to win their fourth straight championship. This scene took place in the eighth inning. It's hard to blame him. With Mariano Rivera pitching against the feeble part of the Diamondbacks order, Sterling would be a fool not [...]
Let’s Call It Like It Is With Joba »
When Joba Chamberlain took the mound in his first major league appearance, he piqued everyone's interest. The Yankees hyped him up as a special pitcher. Chamberlain backed it up by pitching well in relief for the first few weeks of his callup in 2007. For good measure, he earned a standing ovation from the fans and respect from his teammates for [...]
A Plea for Bud Selig To Do Something »
The Yankees and the Pirates played their first exhibition games of the season this afternoon at Legends Field. It looked like a mismatch on paper even for a spring training game. Not only are the Yankees stacked right now, but their minor league system looks much better than the Pirates. That's what happens when a team has many resources to work [...]
Billy Martin Should Be Scorned Not Beloved »
With exhibition games starting in March, MSG aired ESPN's hit miniseries "The Bronx Is Burning" this week as an appetizer for the fans. This eight-series drama centered around Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Gabe Paul, Thurman Munson, Mickey Rivers and Fran Healy. Martin stood out more than the rest with his crazy [...]
New York Yankees Look at Luxury Tax as Chump Change »
Major League Baseball expects everyone to get worked up about the Yankees paying $25.69 million for the luxury tax by making this a news story. They are the only team that will be paying it this year. Hate to break it to Bud Selig, but no one cares. Yankees fans are savoring this while other baseball fans moan knowing that the luxury tax is [...]
NY Sports Radio Lacks Intelligence »
Daily News media critic Bob Raissman loves to call New York Sports Radio as the Valley of the Stupid. He use that moniker on them for the way the hosts and callers act stupid on the radio. It's been years since this New Yorker listened to sports radio. He stopped listening in 2000 after he got tired of hearing ignorance from the fans and the [...]
Yankees Make Mockery of Baseball »
This observer witnessed something in New York City the last couple of days. On Tuesday night, New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg bought himself another term by defeating New York City comptroller William Thompson in an mayoral election that the Democratic candidate had no chance of winning. Last night, the Yankees bought themselves their 27th [...]
Yankees Make Postseason Unwatchable »
Wednesday night provides this viewer some options to watch. He can either watch the first game of the World Series or take in couple of pro basketball games by couple of sorry basketball teams that play in New York and New Jersey. Watching the Knicks and the Nets is a better option that watching an American League team buying its way to the World [...]