Archive for November, 2010
Highway Robbery: Derek Jeter’s Gold Glove Win Is »
On November 9th at 2 P.M., the American League Gold Glove winners were announced. Having written up my own choices, I went and compared both. For the most part, the results were pretty spot on. Franklin Gutierrez and Carl Crawford's first Gold Gloves were long overdue, and I was rooting for Evan Longoria to get another one over some who [...]
Derek Jeter Wins Yet Another Undeserved Gold Glove »
Why is this so difficult? Stop giving awards to players based on erroneous, misguided notions. Is it so hard to be logical? To not look at ESPN's web gems, but rather use your own judgment based on fact? No one cares who you believe to be a "winner" or "leader" or a "grinder" or who ESPN casts as their hero in their sports theater. No one cares [...]
Excuse Me…Did Derek Jeter Receive a Gold Glove »
I am absolutely dumbfounded right now. I just saw that Derek Jeter received a Gold Glove for the 2010 season. Did I miss something? Did I sleep through the entire season? I mean, I'm a Mets fan, so for part of it, yes I did, but only concerning my own team. I did not, however, fail to notice that Derek Jeter is no longer a top-10 shortstop in [...]
Derek Jeter: New York Yankees Prepared To Buy What »
Courtesy of Yankees 'n More I noticed a new Derek Jeter story in the Tuesday New York Times: "Calculating The Value Of Jeter's Legacy." The general premise seems to be that if the New York Yankees can figure out how much Jeter's "legacy" is worth to them, they will then know how much to pay their hit-the-wall 36-year-old shortstop.The Yankees, [...]
New York Yankees Nick Swisher Gives B/R Exclusive: »
The 2010 baseball season may be over, but for major leaguers like New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher, the work never stops.I had a chance to sit down with Nick at the Art of Shaving Shop and Barber Spa in Glendale, California, where he was getting a clean shave to promote Movember, a month-long moustache-growing event to raise awareness and [...]
Derek Jeter Not Immune From the New York Yankee »
For the first time since he was 18 years old, Derek Jeter is not associated with the New York Yankees.When the clock struck midnight on Saturday, New York's exclusive window to negotiate with its shortstop officially closed, making Jeter an unrestricted free agent free to sign with any of Major League Baseball's 30 teams. It may only last a few [...]
Let the Offseason Begin, Part 2: Red Sox After Werth? »
Jayson Werth isn't worth the Red Sox time. “Jayson Werth on Boston Red Sox radar” was the ESPN article’s headline. The same reaction was produced when Boston expressed interested in signing J.D. Drew, their current right fielder and oft-injured underachiever. The Red Sox should have learned two years into the five-year, $70 [...]
MLB Rumors: Yankees Will Go All Out To Obtain Cliff »
At 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, free agency began for Major League Baseball. The Yankees wasted little time in planning out whom they are making their main target for the off-season. Now, most know the Yankees will try and likely get Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera back for 2011. That will be the easy part of their winter. But aside from Jeter and [...]
New York Yankees: Derek Jeter, Cliff Lee and 5 »
The New York Yankees, by their own impossibly high standards, were a failure this season. Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, and the rest of their cohorts failed to bring home the ultimate prize.In the Bronx, that simply will not do.That being said, it's safe to say that there will be changes made in the offseason by Brian Cashman to [...]
MLB Rumors: 10 Players the Yankees Should Target »
The Yankees have many things on the to-do list this offseason, including re-signing a pair of legends in Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.On top of this, the Yankees need to replenish a roster that came up well short of their championship goals. For now let's look at 10 players the Yankees should target this offseason.This list includes players on [...]