In case you did not watch the AFC Wild Card Game when the Baltimore Ravens hosted the Indianapolis Colts, you missed out and I am not talking about the game itself. I am referring witnessing one of the most motivating displays of pure enthusiasm and passion by an athlete in all of sports for the very [...]
Archive of posts tagged Yankee Universe
Yankees Hot Stove: Youks got to be kidding me
The New York Yankeesoff-season remains at a standstill, which isn’t so surprising when you have an ownership that refuses to offer anything more than a one-year contract. Why? – See good players, like solid bench guys can usually get two-year deals. – The young and most talented will easily get multi-year offers from many ball [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: My Hal Steinbrenner conspiracy theory
The latest rumor swirling around Yankee Universe is not a potential signing of a big name free agent to fill one of the team’s numerous holes. It has been reported by the New York Times that media giant News Corp is close to a deal to own a minority share of the YES Network. The [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Hunter was not too expensive for Tigers
The New York Yankeeshot stove is about as ice-cold as it has been in years. But please don’t hang your hat on the theory that no news is good news here as there have been plenty of headlines about players hitting the free agent market and rejecting qualifying offers. All fans can do is hope [...]
Pretend you are Yankees GM Brian Cashman who would you keep
Can you pretend you are Yankees GM Brian Cashmanfor a second? Ok not literally, but say you had his job and you were just named the new GM for the New York Yankees. And your first order of business is deciding is deciding who gets to live another day in pinstripes, and who will get [...]
Yankees: Alex Rodriguez deserves an apology
This is not a post about how the New York Yankees got swept in the ALCS by the Tigers, as after the way Detroit played they deserved it. This is about Alex Rodriguez. As unless you have lived in a cabin out in the woods over the last week, sports fans around the world have [...]
ALCS Game 4: Mother Nature wants Yankees to rethink starting Arod
Last night’s postponement due to rain in Detroit makes ALCS Game 4 a day later. And thanks to Mother Nature, it also means the New York Yankees cannot pitch their ace CC Sabathia if needed in ALCS Game 7, which reaching is a pipe dream anyway. But the weather does give the Yankees time to [...]
