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Spring Training 2010 Day 3

March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · 2004, New York Yankees, Spring Training, Twins

More photos from Day 3 of the trip (click the photo to see the entire set on flickr), this time from the *gack* defending world champion New York Yankees’ trip to Hammond Stadium to play the Twins.  It was a beautiful day, finally seasonably warm after an extended cold snap (for Florida). Hammond stadium also [...]

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What the Angels are Playing for and Why You Should Root for Them

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · 2004, Alex Rodriguez, LA Angels, MLB Playoffs, New York Yankees

Should the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California USA Planet Earth Milky Way Galaxy The Universe and their fans require further motivation to win the World Series, here it is: You not just playing for the opportunity to hoist the Commisioner’s Trophy. Nor are you playing simply for the right to douse one another and [...]

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The New York Yankees Will Soon Announce…

April 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · New York Yankees, Red Sox

…that they have signed Frank Catalanotto to a one year deal. If they’re smart. News out of Surprise Arizona today is that the Rangers have given the legendary Red Sox-killer his unconditional release to make way for the legendary Dodger-bust Andruw Jones. If Brian Cashman has the sense God gave the average rosin bag, he’ll [...]

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“I want to clarify that, and by ‘clarify,’ I mean I want to confuse the issue.”

February 17th, 2009 · No Comments · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees

Here’s some video of the A-Roid presser, covered so well by Derek earlier:

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A-Rod Leaves Credibility In The Rearview Mirror

February 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Yankees

Ground rules of the press conference: no follow-up questions. Translation: A-Rod may deflect your questions with whatever variant of “that’s not relevant”, “I’m not here to talk about the past”, “I don’t remember”, or I haven’t really thought about that.” The last of those was his reply to question #1, namely: “Had you not been [...]

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Gestural slips, unilateral contempt and microfear

February 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Yankees

Why they’re looking at Alex Rodriguez talking with Katie Couric and not the Gammons interview, I don’t know. Nonetheless, the NYT talks with a psychologist who is an expert on lying. Interesting piece. But, the thing is, we already know he’s lying. So, why not take a look at the Gammons interview for us, NYT? [...]

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Thanks, Alex.

February 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Post, New York Yankees, Uncategorized

Give the New York Post credit:  they’ve taken their pot shots at Boston players and teams over the years, but they are just as capable of channeling their invective against a New York player.  And in this case, he richly, epically deserves this treatment.  Their headline writers are geniuses, incidentally.  They have come up with [...]

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