The wild theatrics of K-Rod’s postgame celebration has long been discussed around here. When I was in Trenton in 2009, Brian Bruney made a point to call out K-Rod (audio enclosed) the day after the “Luis Castillo dropped pop up” game. It was not a secret the Yankees didn’t appreciate his theatrics, all the way back [...]

The Yankees won the World Series last year going away. Since then, they’ve turned over a third of their starting lineup, traded away relievers who threw 100 innings as well as the “center fielder” of the future,” and a former no 1 draft pick and let go of a two-time 19-game winner.  Normally teams that [...]

I know it’s unlikely that Jamie Hoffmann ever dons Yankee pinstripes, but did you think Freddy Guzman would be on the Bombers postseason roster at the beginning of last season? Hoffmann was selected first in the Rule V draft in exchange for Brian Bruney, which appears to be the Yankees way of addition by subtraction. [...]

Great job by CC Sabathia urging Yankees veterans to reward Ramiro Pena and Francisco Cervelli the full playoff share of $365,052.73 if they were added to the postseason roster. They also took care of traveling staff members which is a tradition started by Jason Giambi I have come to learn this is not always the [...]

More nuggets from Chicago: – Many thought that Brian Bruney would be non tendered this offseason, but reports indicate otherwise. Bruney is in line for about a 20% raise from his current 1.25 million dollar salary. You can never have enough power arms, although I was told this summer that many believe Bruney’s elbow is [...]

In my last column, Let’s Get Ready To Rumble,  I outlined the simple plans that the Yankees needed to follow in order to win their series against the hated “Menace.” Well, they did all of that and more. For me, the four game sweep of the hated RSN, (Red Sox Nation for those of you [...]

Earlier today the Cleveland Indians traded Rafeal Betancourt to Colorado for Single A pitcher Connor Graham. We have reported here at NYBD that the Yanks were interested in Betancourt. From what we have been told, Cleveland was asking for quite a bit for the 34 right hander. I am sure the Yankees could have offered [...]

- Do you remember the game Punch Out for Nintendo? There was a character that you warmed up against and his name was Glass Joe. Right now the Mets are pretty much Glass Joe because of their “glass jaw”. Punch them hard once and they are done for the night. Too bad those weren’t the [...]

- The poor umpiring will not be a major topic of conversation because the Yankees had a 5-2 homestand. What if they lose the division by a game? Will you remember today when you play Game 7 in Fenway? What about if you lose the division by a game? What if it costs someone their [...]

- Those guys who were umpiring in the stands at Yankee Stadium couldn’t have done any worse than what we have seen this year. – The Mets/Phils game is one of those games you kick out before 8:30 PM and find something more productive to do. – The Phil’s (Hughes and Coke) have really stabilized [...]

- Good job by the Yankees having Mariano Rivera throw out the ceremonial first pitch last night. It was only fitting that he got the opportunity to pick up save number 501 later in the night. I wonder if this has ever happened before. – The baseball gods have been messing with the Mets since [...]

- Congrats to Mariano Rivera for his 500th save and first ever RBI. I hope Yankees fans don’t take for granted the greatness of Rivera. There aren’t many more ninth innings in his arm and each remaining should be cherished. – The hardest part for a Mets fan should not be getting swept by the [...]

Over the past week, there has been a lot of buzz in the Yankees Universe about going after Huston Street, or Chad Quallis or Jose Valverde—or a reliever of any sort. In the past week, ESPN’s Peter Gammons mentioned that the Yankees should “look into a middle reliever.” On June 12th, the Yankee blog, Sliding [...]

- Winning teams establish a blueprint for success. The Mets, in their compromised state, must do what you saw over the first eight innings. Timely hits, decent starting pitching, a well managed and effective bullpen. The blueprint for success was working and they were well on their way to a rocking chair ninth. That all [...]

Jim Baumbach of Newsday headlined last night’s show on WGBB. He was covering all 3 games for Newsday and we talked about how the Subway Series historically brings out odd off the field news, the impact Brian Bruney could have on the Yankees bullpen, if we think he can stay healthy, his state of the [...]