"Behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land."
The wise king Solomon, the poet/lover once uttered these words - giving voice to the warm fuzzies that overtake us all with the advent of spring.
It's not Solomon's fault that baseball wasn't invented yet. Actually, that probably gave him more time to concentrate on his romantic ventures.
Here's my rephrasing of his beautiful words, and I hope I ...
Today over at ESPN.com, sports fans from around the globe were shaken to the core by the headline "Jeter Wants To Remain Yankee."
This is the equivalent of going over to CNN.com and seeing "Obama Wants To Remain President," or calling up TMZ.com to find "Madonna Wants To Keep Creeping You Out With Her Scary Arms."
So yeah, this is about as non-story as a story can be. But we're in the early portion of spring training, and writers stationed across Florida and Arizona have little choice but to stalk clubhouses like ...
Earlier this week, the Double G Sports "experts" panel released their top 10 rankings of pitchers in New York . C.C. Sabathia got the No. 1 nod, just ahead of Johan Santana in a tight race.
But who is the best position player currently on a New York baseball team's roster? Find out below. The six "experts" each provided a top-10 list, and through those choices an overall ranking was formed.
Was Alex Rodriguez voted the top position player in New York? Or was it teammate Mark Teixeira? Or maybe his counterpart ...
Spring Training games are a week away.
I, like I'm sure most of you, have baseball fever, right? If you can not get down to Florida to see any of the games in person, don't worry. The Mets and Yankees have once again released a schedule consisting of 16 Spring Training games that will be televised.
The first Mets televised spring game is March 2nd against the Atlanta Braves at 1:10 PM on SNY. The Yankees first televised game will be March 3rd on YES Network against the Pittsburgh Pirates at ...
Brett Gardner wandered out onto the main field at the New York Yankees training facility in Tampa.
He looked around and paused to take in all the sounds and sights of this Florida day.
The sky was the most incredible cerulean blue with not a hint of a cloud anywhere.
The grass was a green that could only be described by a native of Ireland. And it stood in stark contrast to the reddish brown brick dust of the infield.
Gardner paused to take in the smell of the ball park and could ...
In a great baseball movie that had to warm the hearts of all Boston Red Sox fans, Jimmy Fallon played the role of an insane Boston Red Sox fan whose life revolved around the season tickets he had inherited from his uncle.
Fallon’s character was a math teacher who fell in love with Drew Barrymore, a yuppie executive climbing the ladder in her company who was barely conversant about baseball.
The movie ended with Barrymore realizing that Fallon was selling his season tickets in order to prove his love for her.
But, of ...
Yankees position players are officially due in camp today, but they won’t start playing games until March 3. They take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1:05 p.m. game that will be televised on the YES Network.
Join us as we’ll be hosting a live chat during the game. Watch the game with some of the Bronx Baseball Daily writers, ask us questions about the upcoming season, or just bitch about bad camera angles.
We’ve never done this before, but you might be familiar with the live chats that sites like River Ave Blues, the ...
There has been a lot of talk about Johnny Damon this offseason.
Nothing seems able to stop it: Not the Yankees replacing him in the lineup with Nick Johnson and signing Randy Winn, leaving no room in the outfield, or even Damon signing a contract with a different team could stop it.
When Damon says stuff like this, he becomes hard to ignore:
“This is where I wanted to be from day one,” Damon said talking about Detroit. “This is where we wanted to be. It is where my family wanted to be. Contrary to what has ...
One of the first things I said when the Yankees signed Chan Ho Park the other night was that his deal would make more sense if the Yankees moved Chad Gaudin.
Part of my reasoning was that for the past few weeks, the Yankees have been talking budget. It didn’t make sense to spend $1.2 million, even if it was a good deal, on your sixth reliever if you are being budget-conscious.
Well, it turns out that Gaudin’s contract, and Sergio Mitre’s for that matter, will only be a problem if the ...
Christian Garcia is a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher with a mid-90s fastball, one of the best curveball’s in the Yankees system, and a strong changeup. He’s just about proven everything in the minor leagues except the ability to stay healthy.
He was expected to start last season with the Trenton Thunder with a good chance that he would have the opportunity to advance to the Scranton Yankees and even make it to the Bronx if he did well enough. Instead, he dealt with a sore shoulder from the start and only managed to ...