Obviously I have not been writing since November. There's not much I can add to the steriods thing or anyother "news" at this point. I will probably start back up in mid-February when pitchers and catchers return. Read Full Story

I want to go back to this article that I posted in the middle of October: The Great A-Rod DebateThis is sort of my "I told you so!" moment. With A-Rod finally coming back (I won't really believe it until I see "#13" tattooed on his back), it looks like his legacy will include all the perks that great Yankees deserve.It's arguable that no other team would bite at the $300M or $350M asking price for A-Rod. And that crawling back to the Yankees was his only option. Rumor has it that the Angels w... Read Full Story

I guess I was sort of wrong on Andy Pettitte. His opting out of his player option was obviously not a ploy to get more money out of the Yankees. It was simply to give himself time to evaluate his personal life and balance that with his professional life.Let's face it. The Yankees want him back. The fans want him back. Pettitte is still in great shape to pitch. I think he'll come back for at least one more year. In any case, he'll retire as a Yankee.There is an interesting story by Joel... Read Full Story

This is going to be short. Most of the reading I've done at the blogs and news sites show that it's pretty unanimous for the fans that we want Andy Pettitte back. He has said that it's the Yankees or retirement. And he's stated that he's wanted to retire for a few years now. But with him coming off a 15 win season, that could have easily been 19 or 20 wins if not for the teams (read that as shotty relief pitching) poor start. Undoubtedly he still has the stuff for the Bigs.One point that has ... Read Full Story

I was all set to step up and make a post about what I thought Cashman needed to do to make 2008 a success. My thoughts, at the time, were to hire Mattingly as the manager and definitely re-sign the money grubbing, selfish, arrogant, in then end I only care about myself - A-Rod. But that part of my thining is long (about 48 hours old) out the window.So now I feel like I've been tranported into some knind of strange alternate Yankees reality:1) Boston Red Sox win 2nd World Series in 3 years. ... Read Full Story

I've been a bit lax in keeping up with my blog. It was a busy weekend. A lot has already been said about Torre, A-Rod, Posada, Mariano and the manager position.First off, Mr. Torre. The front office screwed him. They are acting like a bunch of politicians that think the fans and the public are not sophisticated enough to know what they did. Their smarter than thou attitude may just cost this team and the fans more than if they lost A-Rod. I say that because we all know how the players feel ab... Read Full Story

I was going to try not to put "headlines" or breaking news in my blog but how could I not follow up on this...>Torre Lands in TampaThanks to the NY Post for this.Could a deal be in the works? Read Full Story

Yesterday, I was thinking about the siutation the Yankees Brass finds themselves in with A-Rod and his opt-out clause. Brian Cashman (GM of the Yankees) has stated repeatedly that the Yanks will not persue A-Rod if he chooses to opt-out. It's obvious that the Yankees don't want to lose the $30M that the Rangers are picking up. It's free money to them and would pay A-Rod's salary for about 1 year assuming the Yankess renegotiate his salary to $30-$32 million dollars. That's like getting A-... Read Full Story

I had a thought earlier today about the Steinbrenner watch. If anyone remembers in 2005 after Pope John Paul II past away, everyone was on the Papal watch. I kind of feel like this situation with Torre has the same sort air about it. Are we going to see black smoke or gray smoke? Do we have a new manager or not?Aparently the news for the night is that we don't have a manager. I have a feeling this might take a few days...if just for the drama of it. Read Full Story

As far back as I can remember, I'm not that old but I can remember Billy Martin as manager, there has always been a love/hate relationship between the Boss and the manager. It seems to be part of the Yankee lore and something that we live with as fans.I'm a supporter of Joe Torre. There, I said it. I want Joe back for at least one more year. The reason I want him back is very simple. I think he's the best one for the job. I don't have any emotional attachment or sentimental reason. I just thi... Read Full Story