Earlier today I was informed that yours truly was a brief topic of conversation on WFAN’s Boomer & Carton show. I wish I was listening live, but was unavailable during the segment. I have enclosed the audio from WFAN’s website. I want to thank the guys for coming to the site. To hear Boomer Esiason [...]

The Yankees family continues to lose long time members as Gil McDougald passed away. McDougald played infield for the team in the fifties. He won Rookie of the Year in 1951, and also led all American League infielders in double plays at three positions (third, second, and short). Two freak incidents marred McDougald’s career. First [...]

Mets fans should get use to discussing the upside of various “scrapheap” players this winter. Regardless of what you think about Sandy Alderson he’s been honest about what direction the team will take this winter. The rumored signing of Chris Young comes with some interesting upside. The 6’10” righty doesn’t throw hard (fastball tops out [...]

I spoke to my main Yankee source in Tampa that let me know there is interest in Rays free agent reliever Grant Balfour. The one setback with Balfour is he is a Type A free agent and would cost the Yankees a draft pick. Of course, if the Yanks sign Cliff Lee they will lose [...]

Jon Lewin at Subway Squawkers asks this question over the weekend. Yes, as Lewin points out, Minaya’s first big move as Mets General Manager was signing Pedro Martinez to a 4 year/$52 million dollar contract. The Mets overpaid for a pitcher that was still an ace, but an injury waiting to happen. They would only [...]

Back in August of 2008 I visited Bernie Robbins Stadium in Atlantic City to interview Cecil Fielder. Fielder, at the time, was manager of the Surf, and just a year removed from the South Coast League. Yes, the same South Coast League that Wally Backman was a manager. It was an experience I wouldn’t forget [...]

We have tons to talk about tonight starting at 8pm. We will discuss the Derek Jeter contract fiasco, some of the scrap heap moves by Brian Cashman, Terry Collins press conference, and Jose Reyes trade rumors. Joining me will be Jim Baumbach of Newsday, Howard Megdal of SNY, and NYBD contributor Joseph Delgrippo. DOWNLOAD THE [...]

This is about a week late, but some interesting news from the Atlantic League via Atlantic League Notebook: First, the Newark Bears will join the Canadian – American Association in 2011 meaning the Atlantic League will have to create a travel team until 2012 when a new team will begin play in Loudoun County, VA. [...]

Lisa Swan at the Faster Times discusses something that I have talked about before: What if A-Rod didn’t opt out? I suspect that Derek Jeter might already have signed a contract. The reality is such that Rodriguez would currently be a free agent, and I have my doubts he would be treated any differently than [...]

With all the talk of Cliff Lee, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and whether Andy Pettitte will retire, the Yanks have made a few interesting under the radar type moves. Yesterday they signed Brian Anderson and Andy Sisco just a week after they inked Neal Cotts. None of these pitchers are going to excite Yankees fans, [...]

J.P. Ricciardi told Mike Francesa when he was hired that one of the first orders of business was to secure some pitching depth. There have been reports of the Mets pursuing a starter from the scrap heap like Aaron Harang, Erik Bedard, or Chris Young. Joe Janish of Mets Today does a pretty comprehensive look [...]

One part of the Yankees contract squabble with Derek Jeter is the fallout in the case he signs with another ballclub. Take this quote from Rich Sandomir of the New York Times. For the Yankees, the ability to keep a player forever is especially important, particularly in an era in which they continually recruit high-priced [...]

There was some reminiscing going on at River Avenue Blues this holiday weekend as they remembered how close Bernie Williams was to becoming a member of the Boston Red Sox after the 1998 season. Of course, we all know the Yankees won 114 games that year and the World Series. It was Williams best year [...]

The holidays usually mean tons of hot stove talk for the baseball community, but it also is time for a bunch of College Football games. In just a few weeks one of your favorite teams (hopefully) will be competing in a Bowl Game. It made me think of a time when there was the trend [...]

Everyone keeps pointing out how the Yankees overpaid to keep Alex Rodriguez after the ’07 season as reasons why Derek Jeter should be angry. Taking a cue from Chris Russo, he made an excellent point this week on Mad Dog Radio regarding the Posada contract. Russo, just like his former partner Mike Francesa, has been [...]