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Takeaways From Biogenesis Day

Tony Bosch by newz.widmi.com OK Biogenesis Day has come and gone, 12 more players have accepted suspensions and Alex Rodriguez got his fondest wish. He forced his way back on the...
A-Rod Update: Yanks Show Their Colors

Photo by Keith Allison on flickr Hoo-Boy! The Yanks and A-Rod are providing $300M worth of entertainment value, unfortunately off the field rather than on. It’s turning into a farce of...
Whither A-Rod’s Rehab Assignment?

Photo by donthatemiami.com Somebody please bring Cash into the loop! By all accounts we’ve been hearing that the Yankees wish Alex Rodriguez would just go away, that he never wear the...
Any Conclusions from Aaron Hernandez?

Photo by totalprosports.com As with most any big, shocking story the Aaron Hernandez fiasco has become a Rorschach Test…whatever your cause Hernandez becomes the poster child. For the NFL detractors: just...
Mets: Questions Getting Answered

Matt Harvey photo by slgckgc on Flickr Now that we’re weeks away from the All-Star break it’s a fair time to review my preseason Crystal Ball on the Mets and Yankees...
Crystal Ball on the Mets and Yanks

Photo Courtesy of mets360.com Which NY club can claim their ‘Future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades’? (Hint: the choice of Pheatured Photo is not for nothing). Surprise, it’s the Mets...
Money’s the Root of All Evil in Sports, Right?

Photo courtesy of dodgersrumors.com When someone says ‘it’s not about the money’, you know it’s about the money. Tru dat. Kudos to Zack Greinke for refreshing honesty and self-awareness: upon signing...
All-Access Fandom: When Is It Too Interactive?

Photo Courtesy of streakingthelawn.com The Holy Grail in sports fan experience has always been to get the fan ‘in-the-game’…give them a sense of playing, managing or being a team member. As...
Yanks’ Offseason: Less is More?

Photo by Keith Allison Brian Cashman worries so we don’t have to. Last year everyone worried that the Yankees didn’t win games unless they hit home runs. This year we’ll find...
Numbers Don’t Lie, But What Do They Tell Us?

After Jose Canseco became the first member of the 40 HR/40 Steals club in 1988, Mickey Mantle remarked, “Hell, If I’d known 40–40 was going to be a big deal, I’d have done...
To Be Young, Gifted and Unpaid

Jadeveon Clowney, Photo courtesy of bleacherreport.com Restraint of trade vs. freedom to make a living…a debate that comes up from time to time has just re-emerged in recent days with the...
Mets’ Offseason: Shadow Puppets?

The fact that the Mets lost out on signing Michael Bourn is not particularly newsworthy. Bourn is 30, a bit of a journeyman, a career .272 hitter with a .339 OBP, can...
PEDs: Where Are We Going With This?

Photo by cthoyes on flicker Leading off a post on PEDs, who better to usher in the topic but the Bash Brothers led by Jose Canseco, the self-described ‘Godfather of Steroids’?...
Jets New GM: Like We Said, Rex in Charge

Photo courtesy of sportstalkflorida.com Well the Jets introduced new GM John Idzik at today’s press conference, and I think we can confirm we were right…Rex Ryan is firmly in charge of the...
Yankees: $189M or Bust?

Photo by Keith Allison It’s been well-documented that Hal Steinbrenner is bound and determined to get the Yankee payroll to $189 million for the 2014 season. They are currently looking at...
Baseball HOF: Don’t Look to the Writers to Fix It

Photo by Kevin Rushforth No surprise: MLB announced that no players were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2013. Also not a surprise in the outpouring of posturing, mostly...
Jets Press Conference: Empty Talk, and the Jets ARE Rex

Photo by Marianne O’Leary Overall takeaway from today’s Jets’ Press Conference with Woody and Rex: In the absence of any substance or specifics we learned nothing: a lot of empty talk...
Sports World: Gimme Some Truth

Photo by Keith Allison There’s “the whole truth and nothing but…” and then there’s everything else, such as spin, omissions and outright lies. We’re seeing a lot of ‘everything else’ in...
Giants: Big Blue Mystery Crew

Photo by Mike Morbeck The Giants 2012 edition weren’t just an enigma, they were as Churchill put it, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. Although to be fair...
Jets’ Circus, Clown Car and All

Photo by Ed Yourdon The season began with the NY Post declaring the Jets to be a circus. Rex Ryan was miffed and vowed to prove everyone wrong. Of course that...