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Why does he insist on having TWO dumb catch phrases for Granderson?  The “Something sort of Grandish” reference (a 1947 Musical “Finian’s Rainbow”) is bad enough.  But then he must follow that up with singing “the Grandy-man can”.  Its just flat out awful.
The problem is there is no alternative on radio.  If you are fed [...]

On July 21 I wrote down my predictions of what the AL East would look like on September 1. On August 11, I published those predictions here.  Lets see how I did:

Team
Prediction
Actual
Diff

Yankees
83-49
82-50
-1

Rays
79-53
81-51
+2

Sox
76-56
74-58
-2

Pretty much nailed the Yankees performance (the KC series split 2-2 instead of 3-1 is essentially the difference), and slightly underestimated the Rays.  I did [...]

So far… and if anyone groans at the title, it’s better than Sterling’s HR call for Thames.  Happy “Thames” are Here Again!  I thought it was Happy Days are Here Again.  Anyway, where would the Yanks be without this guy?  Hopefully he can keep it up, because he is going to be some weapon off [...]

Now that is an old school term. Now it’s Divison winner, ALCS or NLCS champion, you don’t hear “AL pennant winner” thrown around. Words and terms change, I read that they are thinking of only publishing the bible of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary electronically, with no printed edition.
So it is that I am [...]

Look what the Yankees found.  This guy looks good and doesn’t get rattled.  A.J. – take a good long look at your playoff replacement.  It’s a good thing that the Yankees have some talent at the minor league level… Mosley and Nova have helped while Pettitte is on the shelf and Burnett and Hughes stink [...]

Ok, a little more tuning up for a week.  It’s time to shake the sand out of your shoes and get ready for the stretch run.  Thoughts:
1) Andy Pettitte – I think he’ll be fine.  As long as no “pulling” or “catching” in the groin area (and they’ve been very cautious remember July 18 was [...]

Man in Black: All right. Who do you root for in tonight’s match up between the Red Sox and the Rays? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we find out who is right… and who is out of the playoffs.
Vizzini: But it’s so simple.  All I have to do is [...]

So much for 30 games over .500.  That lasted all of one day, after taking nearly a month to get there.   The Yankees reached 29 games over .500 on July 29 when their record reached 65-36.   Then they lost, and won and lost and won etc.  They are 12-12 since July 29, which is how [...]

While Hideki Matsui is hitting three run bombs in Fenway Park tonight, Nick Johnson is on the DL…as he has been for most of the year.
Now, newly aquired Lance Berkam is on the DL too. Berkam was hitting .179  with 4 RBI in 39 at bats. To be honest, his being on the DL isn’t [...]

Apparently, others are taking notice of Captain Jete’s tremendous ground ball rate and penanct for the DP.  His 2.06 ground ball/fly ball ratio means 2 out of every three balls he puts in play are on the ground and he’s among the AL leaders in GDPs.   This was the stretch where the Yankees needed to [...]