It comes as no surprise that the Yankees got smoked in game 1 of the World Series. Why? The day before the Series began, Jeter appeared on a show titled…wait for it…

Hooray! We won the World Series! Feel the joy, love, camaraderie…and a bottle to the head. It’s such a solid hit that it is clearly audible.

“Un parto muy sensitivo.” That was the call from the play-by-play announcer on the SAP channel of the World Series broadcast when Pudge Rodriguez took a ball to the crotchal region. Do you know how I know that? Because that’s the call I was listening to last night. It’s a win all the way around. [...]

Last year in July, there was a rumor that Kenny Rogers might be coming to the White Sox for the pennant push. I spent some time dissecting why that would be a terrible idea. I also spent some time laughing at the Tigers for inking Rogers to a 2-year-$16 million contract when they were so [...]

Great discussion the other day regarding teams ‘buying’ championships. My point is it just doesn’t work. Go through the decades. Cubs recently. Yankees recently. Dodgers probably started the whole trend. Don’t get me wrong, having a hefty payroll helps. But teams that fail to develop players from their own farm systems are doomed. It’s the best [...]

The quickie version… In the AL: A’s over Twins Yanks over Tigers Yanks over A’s In the NL: Padres over Cards Dodgers over Mets Dodgers over Padres World Series: We go old school to 1978, Yanks vs. Dodgers. I really want to pick the Dodgers. But the Yanks get their first trophy since 2000. Technorati [...]