I’m not sure what exactly it is with the brains of sports writers that has absoluetly convinced them that Joba Chamberlain needs to be in the bullpen but it won’t die and it bothers me a lot. Here’s today’s take on it, Kevin Kernan of the NY Post: Now that Andy Pettitte is signed, sealed [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2009
Andy's Back (Officially) — Contract Details And More
Hooray, it’s official. I know because the Yankees sent me an email saying so. You can listen to the conference call about the contract deal on Yankees.com. Here are some quotes from the call: There never was a point we got to where we were at the end of the line and I needed to [...]
Are the Steelers the greatest franchise ever? (nope)
Are the Steelers the greatest franchise ever? Apparently according to David Fleming, they are. You might respond with something like “But the Yankees have won 26 Championships!!”. In Flemingworld that doesn’t matter because the Steelers are nice and the Yankees are mean. Civic duty trumps the actual deeds of the teams in this alternate reality. [...]
Andy Close To Re-Signing
Seeing this all over the place now, but here’s this particular quote is from the AP: Andy Pettitte and the Yankees are closing in on a one-year contract that would bring the left-hander back to New York. A person familiar with the negotiations said the agreement could be reached later Monday. The person spoke on condition [...]
Proof that ESPN Hates Baseball Fans
ESPN will announce Wednesday that Steve Phillips will join Jon Miller and Joe Morgan in the “Sunday Night Baseball” booth for 2009, altering for the network’s announcing lineup for its showcase event for the first time in 20 seasons of televising MLB. There were rumors for a while that they’d be breaking up the amazing [...]
CC Says Something Bizarre
Found this quote stashed away in a Sports Illustrated article about CC being ready to pitch in New York (aka off-season fluff): Before Saturday night’s ceremony, he said he’s looking forward to having Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera there to close out games for him, and he’s already talked to Chamberlain about it. Wait, what? [...]
How To Tell Nothing Is Happening
You can tell absolutely nothing is happening when stories like this show up as the lead on Yankees.com The grins had barely faded from Mark Teixeira’s grand introduction when several officials, drawing their paychecks from the busiest club of the winter, cautioned not to expect another major free-agent signing in the Bronx anytime soon. But [...]
Incentives
Chris Ray is alive. He was last seen pitching in relief for the Baltimore Orioles while his arm was falling off in 2007, then got Tommy John and nobody heard from him for a while. Well he got his new contract with Baltimore for 2009 and check out his awesome incentives: Ray’s contract also includes [...]
What To Do With Juan Miranda?
If you follow the Yankees minor leagues at all, you’ve probably come across Juan Miranda’s name. He’s a 1b/DH whose official age is 25 but because he’s from Cuba, he’s probably a year or two older than that. He missed some time in 2008 with injuries but posted a line of .287/.385/.452 in AAA Scranton [...]
