AL East, Balance Of Power Restored

The AL east is finally back to normal—for now at least.
Yesterday, the Rays gave up a 10 run lead to the lowly Indians. A-rod went 5-5 at the plate. The Jays lost their 7th straight game.
After all of this the Red Sox and Yankees are one and two in the standings with the falling Blue [...]

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New Yankee Stadium; You Can’t Even Buy Your Way In Now

Maybe the Daily News and the Yankees need to rethink their ad placement.
Last night Yankee fans were allegedly told by Stadium staff that the game was canceled and that they should go home. Around 9 PM the first pitch ended up being thrown as the Yankees did not want to have back to back off [...]

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Jon Miller Calls Ellsbury’s Steal Of Home

Say what you want about Jon Miller’s announcing style. Like him or not, Jon Miller was very excitable as he was witness to one of the rarest plays in all of baseball. This was a nice change of pace after listening to Joe Buck call Saturday afternoons contest.
Buck has long been [...]

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New Yankee Stadium; The House That George Built

The Times has a great feature that shows the inner working of the New Yankee Stadium.  It’s quite spectacular. Now I know what $1.6 billion plus buys you nowadays.
Maybe most impressive is the amazing Mohegan Sun sponsored bar/restaurant that overlooks center field.

Check out the full 3D flash feature for yourself.
Yankee Stadium: A New Monument [NY [...]

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Joe Torre showing some cleave

Torre looked as if he rolled out of bed yesterday morning to have a small press conference. The point of the little media get together was to assure everyone that he wanted Manny to be a Dodger this coming season.
Also high on the list of priorities was showing how ‘lax things are in LA in [...]

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