Last night, I was making my way north to Connecticut on I-95, and in an effort to stay awake, I was listening to talk radio. (I own that it was, perhaps, a misguided effort.)  I was zoning out a bit, but the show’s host caught my attention when he started in on a rant about [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

Johnny Damon has a number of skills.  For one, he is exceptionally adept when it comes to hitting dingers to the short porch in right field at the new Stadium.  He is really good at making seamless transitions in disparate hairstyles. But, perhaps, above all else. Damon is a man who knows how to state [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

At the moment, there are a lot of things going on that I could talk about. A.J. Burnett returning to his old hometown, where he was met by both a crushing defeat and a chorus of boos.  Upper-deki leaving the game after just one at-bat with a strained hamstring. Derek Jeter sitting out last night’s [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

Well, the stadium is open.  And there’s one thing on which everyone can agree.  It’s big, and it’s crazy fancy. For some, this is a plus. Take, for example, the Yankees.  They like having a bigger dressing room, lockers with touchscreen computers, a chef. Sound decadent?  Well, Brian Bruney said it best when he said, [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

Things are getting all kinds of experimental down in Tampa; Girardi has been toying with the idea of swapping Jeter and Damon’s spots in the lineup. And it’s a move that I fully support. It started as a happy accident.  Damon got moved back to two to give Posada more at-bats while he was getting [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

As you have probably heard by now, Frost Tip has a hip injury that is threatening to keep him from the Classic.  I’m no doctor, but if I had to guess, I’d say that the injury was probably the result of overuse-if there’s one thing that’s sure to cause a strain on the hip, it’s [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

As quickly as spring training begins, so, too does it end. Well, not really of course. But as the WBC kicks off and many of the most talented players in the sport begin to disseminate, spring training definitely starts to feel like the secondary story. However, before the real games begin and WBC teams can [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter

At a certain point, there’s just no denying the obvious: Derek Jeter doesn’t like Alex Rodriguez. He doesn’t like his attitude on the field, he doesn’t like the way he conducts himself off the field and, at the moment, he definitely doesn’t like that A-Roid has forced him to spend the first week of spring training [...]

Click here to read more from Derek Jeter