The Cash-man does not cometh to DC. He’s staying with the Yankees for at least three more years, saying that he still has a “job to finish here.“
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Sep 30
Hat tip to the Big G
LoHud’s excellent Yankees blog has this great little vignette about Jason Giambi. He’s a mixed bag, but stories like this make you love him.
Sep 28
Week Five College Football Roundup
What a bloodbath!
Just when you thought 2007 was an aberration, we have a week like this. Four of the top ten lost this weekend, and nine total ranked teams went down, including five to unranked teams. Once again, the Trojans crapped the bed against a vastly inferior team. Meanwhile, the SEC has been turned on its head with Bama rolling [...]
Sep 28
International sign for choking
I can’t take credit for this, because someone had it in the stands at a game, but its still funny:
International sign for choking:
I’m definitely being a bitter Nats fan, as there is some pleasure in watching our NL East foes once again spend October in the same place as the Nats. Its sadly even more [...]
Sep 28
What Killed the Yankees
Today’s New York Times post-mortem of the Yankees season and immediate future has a couple of good nuggets that explain where the organization finds itself. The keys here are health and youth.
Sep 28
The Steinbrenner Brothers — and Cashman’s Yankees Choice
Brian Cashman has reportedly told the Yankees that he wants to return (or not). They have affirmatively indicated an interest in having him return.
Cashman’s decision is likely to come down to this: With which face of his boss, Janus Steinbrenner, will he have to work? Happily for Yankees fans, there are growing indications that while [...]
Sep 28
Willie Harris eligible for arbitration?
Maybe someone can help me with this, because I’m apparently missing something. Articles on mlb.com keep stating that Willie Harris is eligible for arbitration after this season. By my understanding, he’d be at least a year into free agency.
This was Harris’ eighth season with playing time in the Majors, though 2001 was abbreviated and I [...]
Sep 27
31-3?? DOUBLE WOW!
I was right - there certainly was a blowout in Durham on Saturday, but it wasn’t the home team getting dominated. It was the visiting Cavaliers, a 7-point underdog after a blowout loss to SoCal and the blowout of their dismissed starting QB. Is this a sign of how far things have fallen at UVA, [...]
Sep 27
A half game out of last?
Pego, Christine and I sat in the rain until the Nats final home game was canceled because of rain. There will be no make up date for the game. This lead me to an interesting question - what happens if the Nats end up a half game out of last place in the majors? Would [...]