Are the New York Yankees are officially cheapskates? Not quiet, but when Japan’s Mainichi Daily News publicized that pitcher Yu Darvish had the highest bid for a Japanese player under the posting system, a reported $51.7 million and that the team was the Texas Rangers, I was totally relieved. The Yankees do not need another [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2011
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Billy Beane Are You Kidding Me
Rumors about Oakland A’s pitcher Gio Gonzalez being on the market have swirled since the start of the off-season. Moneyball and A’s GM Billy Beane is asking for the riches of Solomon for Gonzalez, which is not surprising coming from Beane but reality is you are banking on potential talent. Gonzalez is 26-years old, and [...]
Baseball Basics: The Posting System
If you are a baseball fan, you must have heard the name Yu Darvish. Darvish is Japan’s newest pitching phenom who is coming to MLB in 2012, but that seems to be the extent of some fans knowledge by choice or not. Well, since I did receive a few emails this week asking me to [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Not Yu Again As Bombers Bid On Darvish
The Yu Darvish auction officially ended at 4pm yesterday, and rumors are swirling that the New York Yankees might have gotten trigger-happy. What exactly are MLB teams bidding for? To win the negotiating rights of Japan’s latest pitching sensation, and MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the winning bid is “sky-high.” ESPN’s Buster Onley tweeted that [...]
New York Yankees: Party On Captain
New York Yankees Captain Derek Jeter is having a good ‘old time this off-season, and why the heck not. As if you didn’t know already, Jeter is single again and slaying chicks all over NYC. And all I can say is party on Captain. The NY Post’s Emily Smith and Tara Palmeri kindly found some [...]
New York Yankees: Meeting CC Sabathia
Yesterday evening, thanks to the gracious PR queen Kathy Jacobson, I had the pleasure of attending a PitCCh In Foundationevent at the MLB Fan Cave, hosted by New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia and his wife Amber. The Sabathia’s’ hosted 52 kids (hence CC dons #52) from the Columbus House clubhouse of the Madison Square [...]
New York Yankees: A Note To Brewers Fans
Dear Milwaukee Brewers Fans, It is saddening when troubling news breaks about a player that you admire, like it did with your perennial Milwaukee favorite Brewer Ryan Braun. I can safely speak for most New York Yankee fans in stating that things changed the day Alex Rodriguez admitted to using PEDs (performance-enhancing-drugs). Even though he [...]
