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So, Steve & Jennifer Swindal are divorcing.
One day you’re married for 23 years with a couple of children and poised to succeed George Steinbrenner in running the New York Yankees. And the next day your out.
The Yankees have announced that Steve will no longer succeed George. But it won’t be easy to fully [...]

Russ.  Seriously, take some breaths.  The way the final starts are setting up, Mussina is scheduled to pitch on the 29th and if Pettitte starts his last spring training game on either the 30th or 31st that still lines up Pavano, Mussina and Pettitte as the 1, 2, 3 starters to start the season.  Meaning [...]

Assuming Pettitte pitches Friday against Baltimore…. and Mussina absolutely has to stay on 5 days rest.  
We need a 5th starter to pitch Sat. 4/7 that’s no problem, April 21 or April 20 in Boston and possibly April 23 in Tampa and April 28 vs. Boston at the Stadium.  The problem is alleviated if Wang [...]

Look at the Schedule.  Assuming you stay on rotation here are the first 5 teams each starter will face:

No. 1 – TB, BAL, @ OAK, @ BOS, TOR
No. 2 – TB, @ MIN, @OAK, @ BOS, TOR
No. 3 - TB, @MIN, CLE, @BOS, BOS
No. 4 - BAL, @MIN, CLE, @TB, BOS
No. 5 – BAL, @OAK, CLE, @TB, BOS 

Clearly, if everyone stays on rotation the [...]

Agree. Nice job John B. You have set the mood for Monday. I can’t wait.

John B. gets an “A” plus-plus in alliteration for his Cup of Joe. Get a copyright on “plentitude of peanuts” and license the usage rights to Planters !

What I don’t understand is why Mussina is not the opening day starter. I don’t buy that “he’s not on schedule” B.S. Pitch him only 2-3 innings in his next start – like he’s throwing on an off day and put him on the mound for opening day. Pavano should not be [...]

So we all have accepted the truth.  Carl Pavano is the Opening Day starter.  While some may think that I’ve taken the news badly – it’s not true.  Although I definitely want to go on record that it’s Torre’s fault.  Anyway, I could wax poetic about how the beauty of baseball is how is tracks [...]

If I had my own recurring post, I’d probably title it “On the John.”
The start of the season is less than a week away. The Yankee staff are packing up gloves, bats, helmets, balls, and protective equipment. The players are getting their personal effects in order for shipping to their homes or The Bronx. [...]

Tim Kijuikian (or however you spell it) wrote an article on ESPN about baseball numbers and how we all remember them more than numbers in other sports.  He ended the article mentioning a trivia question someone asked him and then didn’t bother giving the answer.  It forced me to try my own luck and research [...]