Archive for February 17th, 2009

A-rod

I only heard his opening statement.  I don’t know what more we want.  We’ll never know the full story.  It seemed like there was more details in his statement than he provided Gammons.  It seemed like he got emotional and broke down when he was talking about his teammates.  I didn’t see it, so I [...]

The Questions

Why does A-Rod need to explain every detail? Why do we need to know EVERYTHING. He admitted it. He’s been unfairly singled-out.  
1. You said last week that you used “banned substances.” What, precisely, did you mean by that? What substances did you use and when? How often did you take them? Did you cycle? Did you [...]

Jeter and the Questions.

Fantastic blog entry by Buster Olney today detailing only some of the questions that need to be asked of Mr. Rodriguez today.  Here are just a couple of them:
1. You said last week that you used “banned substances.” What, precisely, did you mean by that? What substances did you use and when? How often did [...]

The Teixeira Effect

In Mark Teixeira, the Yankees have a stellar defensive first baseman. A player that can hit for power and average. A run producer. A switch hitter.
But, above all of those qualities, Teixeira’s leadership ability, attitude, and comfort with simply being himself are what will benefit these Yankees the most.
Jeter is a leader. A reluctant leader with a [...]

Hope springs eternal

I didn’t mean to suggest from my prior post a doomsday scenario – although plausible, I’m not sure if it is likely.  I think the team is going to do better than that – the pitching is much better.  And, even though I wasn’t on board with the Girardi hiring in the beginning, I want [...]