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UPDATE (July 9, 2010, 4:10 PM) : It appears via several sources that the Lee to the Yankees deal is OFF. The reason has been given that the Mariners did not feel comfortable with the ankle injury of second base prospect David Adams. While I view that excuse as a made up one, it seems to me that the Mariners were using the Yankees as leverage to maybe get a better deal from another ...

This is the latest installment of the 2010 New York Yankee progress, honoring the epic Clint Eastwood movie of the same name. According to the astute readers of imdb.com, the Baseball-Reference of the movie and T.V. industry, "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo " is ranked as the No. 4 movie of all time . What is more important is that the Yankees have vaulted themselves into the No. 1 record ...

The NCAA is powerless to stop the complete destruction of the Big 12. Nebraska has already joined the Big Ten (now the new Big 12 - or maybe Big 16 soon), and teams such as Texas, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and others could soon follow. Other teams are being courted by the Pac 10.   These big conferences are doing it for money, to create new rivalries, and gain leverage over other conferences with regards ...

Alex Rodriguez came out of Thursday night's game with a sore groin. He is not in Friday's lineup either. He was to meet with New York Yankee doctor Dr. Christopher Ahmad Friday, and will like to see his hip specialist, Dr. Marc Philippon. First, I do not believe that Alex' groin is going to be a big issue. He said there was discomfort, but no pain. But, what if Alex' tight groin is ...

He has been hyped since he was a top draft pick for the National League East team that selected him. Sound familiar? After dominating the Minor Leagues, he made his major League debut on June 8, 2010. Sound familiar? He performed very well in his first game. Sound familiar? However, his game was not shown on the MLB Network, but I still switched back and forth between four games last night. Being in the ...

There have many reports which have Kansas City Royals outfielder David DeJesus being available in trade. And why not? The Royals stink and they can do just as badly without DeJesus as they can with him*. *That reminds me of a story in which Ralph Kiner, then a power hitting right-handed hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, going into Branch Rickey's (then GM of the Pirates) office before the 1953 season to ...

With the major league baseball draft about two weeks away, there are many teams still scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. High School versus College? Power bat versus Pitcher? Immediate help or projection player? High school or prep telent is looked upon as what is their ceiling. There is a lot or projectibility here, whereas college talent usually has almost all their tools in order. They basically ...

When one looks at the line of Phil Hughes' start Monday night against the Boston Red Sox, they see five innings pitched, six hits, five earned runs, one walk, and three strikeouts. The big stat, however, was the two home runs, a solo job to David Ortiz and a three-run jack to the newly-rejuvenated J.D. Drew. Ortiz was almost on the unemployment line in early May until he started to get ...

Since the Curtis Granderson injury, Brett Gardner has stopped being platooned with Marcus Thames in left field. Gardner is now the starting center fielder and is making the most out of his opportunity. Not that the opportunity wasn't warranted in the first place. I have repeatedly said that Gardner should have been the starting center fielder, even last season when he struggled early on. I wrote this piece last season on ...