The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte

While searching around the internet for votes I missed in my big old round-up I came across Mr Corky Simpson.
Here is his ballot:
* Bert Blyleven
* Andre Dawson
* Tommy John
* Don Mattingly
* Tim Raines
* Jim Rice
* Alan Trammell
I don’t mean to be cruel to an old man (he is 88!) but how can you leave Rickey [...]

Well now that the official ballot is out, people are starting to talk about who they’re voting for and launch the usual pro and con campaigns. Today’s feature is Scott Miller’s pro-Jim Rice argument.

I’ve always voted for Rice because, for me, he passes perhaps the most important criteria for Cooperstown: Did he dominate his era? [...]

I don’t really like calling attention to dumb things that are written by sports writers because there are just so many of them and usually it’s just a mild annoyance. But every once in a while something so stupid is published that my mind is really blown and I can’t let it pass by. I [...]

It’s the offseason and nobody has anything to talk about in the media. Luckily, the General Managers meetings are going on which means it’s time for reporters to float ridiculous ideas around.
From Jon Heyman:
The Yankees are exploring a possible bid for free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson, and are intrigued enough by Hudson’s talent and reputation [...]

Some guy at Newsday wrote an awful article about Joba’s DUI incident that features some of the worst segues found in a sports column ever.
George King (surprise!) says the Yankees want Larry Bows back as third base coach.
The Yankees New York Yankees will have a clearer idea of who their third base coach will [...]

The Daily News and the NY Post have recently decided to get in on the PROSPECT HYPE TRAIN and both have articles a few times a week about Yankees and Mets hype train. Too bad they don’t have copy editors for their headlines:
“Jesus Matero impressing Yankee officials”
They spell his name correctly (if you’re confused, they [...]

Murray Chass, recently fired from the New York Times for being Murray Chass, has started a not blog. Now, when you go there, you may notice it looks like a blog (it even uses WordPress–I looked at the page source because I am nosy like that) but it is most certainly not one. I know [...]

Phew, I had a long week at Yankee Stadium as I often do when the Yankees are playing against non big-ticket teams. I saw some good, some bad, and had some death wishes. Here’s my observations on this week:

Jorge Posada being back in the lineup is great, and really strengthens the bottom of the order. [...]

Rob Neyer is usually a very good writer for ESPN, and puts together more often than not very interesting things to read. Today he covers the best 50 players in the next 5 years. Interesting topic, right? Well, there are some decisions in it that don’t make much sense.
Here are some of the more egregious [...]

If there is one idea circulating this Spring Training that makes me unreasonably angry it’s the large amount of people in the media who think that the Yankees should keep Joba Chamberlain in the bullpen. I know the bullpen is a weakness, but Joba is really a starter and has several excellent pitches and needs [...]