http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3593419

Starts pretty late. The Yanks end the regular season in October...in Tampa.

also for those who don't have yes and were hoping to be able to catch all the pregame festivities on sunday - looks like we will be able to get a lot of ys coverage (the caveat is it is on espn).
http://tinyurl.com/3sy79y

Maybe MLB has caught on. No "snow bowl" for the Indians this year. They're opening in Texas.

Uh oh, the squirrel is back. And are the Yankees facing an URP?

I remember as a kid being absolutely amazed that (earlier in his career) Mantle was actual booed by Yankee fans. Same happened with Williams. I simply could not understand it. And now we have it again with ARod. A historically great player and all the media can do is take him apart.

Am I over snesitive because I am a Yankee fan? It seems to me it's all a bunch of horseshit because taking shots a heros sells. It's really to much for me.

Is ARod really such a bad guy? At what point in the next nine years does the media start to give him a break?

22 Yeah, that's part of being a young pitcher. They'll learn. Not everyone is a Freak.

However, OPS+ is adjuested to the league. The league in Ruth's day had many players (all white) who were drunks and just padding out the league. It wasn't as bad is Williams day, but I still think the overall caliber of play was/is much better in the 90s/00s then back in the 40s/50s.

Williams was the fr better hitter, and probably the clearly better player overall. But in their primes, it's not unreasonable that people might debate who they would rather have. At the time, after all, DiMaggio was the third best hitter in Yankee history (after Ruth and Gehrig), and played CF.

Surprise, surprise...Ben Sheets had to leave his start in the 2nd inning. If Michael Kay's report about the Yankees liking Ben Sheets is true, then get ready for Pavano II.

Dianagrams' friend caught another!

so you don't like the ChiSox chances against the Rays?

But HE DOES.

LOL. And they still finished up in time to gets showered and shaved and catch an 11:00 movie.

The media are just a bunch of vampires, so they can't give him a break, or they'll die. They either feed off the energy of an event or they create a feedback loop which they can feed off of. Something pure source like Arod, no way they'll ever leave him alone!

So... yeah.

While ARod is very talented, he works like a dog and keeps himself in top shape. If Griffey took the game as seriously as ARod, he would breeze past Rutgh/Bonds. Imagine if Cano worked like ARod. There are a lot of players who coast on their talent.

It's why I personally respect ARod a great deal. There are lots of players more talented. ARod is driven. It was the same with Mattingly. Donnie played above his talent with hard work and smarts.

ARod does not have a good eye at the plate. His swing is golden and he is very strong, and that makes up for his eye. But if he could spot sliders/breaking pitches and stop swinging so much at outside/in the dirt pitches, his numbers would be a lot better.

Like Bonds used to do, during BP, ARod just needs to stand at the plate while someone just throws him junk. He should never swing... just watch the pitches. This is where Bonds was the absolute master. Not only did he never swing at balls, but he rarely had a check swing. If ARod could detect breaking pitches and be more selective, he would be a much better ballplayer.