We all knew.
Now we know.
For those of you not on planet Earth yesterday, David Ortiz was named as one of the 104 major leaguers who tested positive in Major League Baseball’s 2003 “anonymous” steroid investigation.  Yipee ki yay, motherf*&%er.
As a Yankees fan, I’m ecstatic.  As a baseball fan, I’m ecstatic.  That’s right, I said it.  [...]

Brett Gardner broke his thumb sliding into second base yesterday.  The badass stayed in the game, but he had x-rays afterwards that revealed the fracture.  He’ll be in a cast for two weeks and then probably go through some rehab before returning.  The Yankees called up Albaladejo to replace Gardner on the 25 man roster.
It’s [...]

I just came from a community theater production of Damn Yankees, and during the third bland dance number (or fourth, or fifth, they blended together), I couldn’t help but smile.  The Yankees were so dominant for so long that some poor schmuck felt the need to write a musical about how badly he wanted the [...]

The Yankees lost their last three games prior to the All-Star break and dropped three games behind the Al East leading Red Sox.  Those games seem like a season ago.   Since then Prince Fielder won the Home Run Derby, Walter Cronkite became the 37th celebrity to pass away this month, and the Yankees completed two [...]

Big thanks to the folks over at Wondershot Promotions who are letting us post this video here for our readers. They do amazing stuff and are just getting started. Check them out, bookmark them, visit them often. Now, check out this hilarious American Psycho spoof starring Alex Rodriguez and your New York Yankees (or their [...]

The game of baseball is reactionary.  Baseball analysis is not.
Most baseball plays last less than a second.  The pitcher throws the ball towards home plate and the batter decides whether or not to swing.  It’s quick, simple, instinctual, and doesn’t require much thought or reflection.
Baseball analysis is the opposite.  In every game both teams combine [...]

1. George W. Bush has a better fastball than Barack Obama.  Hopefully a president’s ability to throw a ceremonial first pitch is inversely proportional to his ability to run a country.  (Still, watch Bush’s pitch after 9/11 and try not to get chills.  The president had something like a 90% approval rating then.  Based on [...]