“Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.”   The phrase applies to any sport where a player without the ball tries to prevent the player with the ball from scoring.  It’s cliche, boring, overused, and unequivocally true.  An NFL team hasn’t won the Super Bowl without a good defense since the “Greatest Show on Turf” [...]

If I ever write for an editor, one of my contract demands will be to write my own headlines.  I get my love of bad puns from my father, who got his love of bad jokes from his father, who still takes nine minutes to tell a three sentence Reader’s Digest joke.  So I like [...]

Alex Rodriguez came into the game with 10 hits and 7 home runs.  Today he worked on his average.
A-Rod went 5-5 with two doubles and drove in four to lead the Yankees to a 11-1 drubbing of the previously surging Texas Rangers.  We all knew it was a matter of time before A-Rod starting hitting [...]

The Yankees got 8 strong innings from a starter, amassed 13 hits, including another clutch 9th inning RBI single by Melky Cabrera…and lost?
The Yanks dropped the rubber match to the Phillies 4-3 in 11 innings today, thanks largely to Philadelphia catcher Carlos Ruiz.  Ruiz doubled off of Brett Tomko and drove home pinch hitter Chase [...]

Hey Yanks Go Yard faithful,
CC and Hamels take the hill today in a battle of the aces, and That Balls Outta Here, FanSided’s Phillies blog, is hosting a live chat during the game.  If you want to talk some Yankee trash, gloat about yesterday’s walkoff, or just listen to Philly fans complain about their team, [...]

Is there anything better in life than winning?
Life, in the Darwinian sense, is one giant genetic competition, so it should come as no surprise that this fundamental need to win consumes our entire existence.  Most of our lives are spent trying to win at something, although it doesn’t always manifest itself as a sport, or [...]

I wanted to respond to a comment left by jeterian2:
You take the games against the Sox away and this team is actually legit. They are also getting Wang back which sounds like a disaster until you look at what he has been doing on rehab. Absolutely dealing while facing some major league hitters down [...]