Archive for November, 2010
New York Yankees: The Danger of Re-Signing Derek Jeter »
Pretend for a moment that you are the general manager of a Major League Baseball team. You have a bunch of money coming off the books this offseason, and your job is simple: Get your team to the World Series. As you enter the offseason, you have your priorities. In your particular situation, you need a shortstop. Your organization has some young [...]
Texas Rangers Owner Speaks Out of Turn, Sees Dreams »
When news broke that Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg had delivered a verbal smackdown on Yankees fans on Monday, two things immediately came to mind.1) Wait ... doesn't Nolan Ryan own the Rangers?2) Chuck Greenberg must, at all costs, be destroyed.In case you missed it, Greenberg had this to say when asked about the fervor of Rangers fans during the [...]
New York Yankees Should Look Into Getting Leo Mazzone »
Right after the Yankees season ended in the ALCS, the Yankees started making a couple of changes to their roster and staff. The first casualty was the official firing of pitching coach Dave Eiland. Eiland took a leave of absence during the middle of the season and eventually came back, but the rumors had it that the relationship between Eiland and [...]
San Francisco Giants May Have Title, but 2011 Yankees »
Congratulations to the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants, who beat the Texas Rangers four games to one to win the title. Any World Series Championship team has to consist of talent players who like to play the game of baseball together, and this Giants team was exactly that. The Giants played with a lot of heart. The Giants won on [...]
World Series 2010: San Francisco Giants and Texas »
Game 4 of the 2001 World Series was historic in many ways. The Arizona Diamondbacks won the first two games at then-Bank One Ballpark. The next three games moved to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. In Game 3 the Yankees sent Roger Clemens to the mound to face Brian Anderson and the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a classic pitcher’s duel. [...]
Texas Rangers: Hey, Yankees Fans, the Rangers’ »
By Tommy Willet From the mouth of Texas Rangers CEO Chuck Greenberg: “I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I’ve seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment.” We’ll pretend for a [...]