"...Own Smarter. I inherited a LOT of money (I mean it's a shit-ton, and that money came from the ship business so I know how much a shit-ton is) and I landed a team worth the Franklin Mint, and I had better decide for myself to earn that money. I've...

Shockingly, the Yanks are struggling against Scott Kazmir. He's pitching a no-hitter through three.It's not like I'm jinxing it or anything. But he is only six innings away from a no-hitter. The Yanks do not have a hit and it's the bottom of the...

Honestly? I can't imagine a world in which the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (yeah, they'll always be the Devil Rays to me) win the AL East, or even come in second. If these things happen, then we have a lot more important things to worry about: the four...

A leadoff single and stolen base by Ellsbury off of Daniel Cabrera was followed by a double from Dustin Pedroia to give the Sox a 1-0 lead. They are now in the bottom of the second, Lester on the mound. Comment away.. Boston J. Ellsbury rf D....

From the Post : "There's no question we need to turn it around and we have the talent to turn it around. We've got the team in place, and now they just have to go out and do it. "This is going to get turned around," Steinbrenner said. "If it's...

Intrepid author Nick-YF is doing some homework, checking out senior circuit prospects as he heads to Shea tonight to ingest the Nats/Mets game. Or maybe he just wants to watch a winning New York baseball team in action. Traitor. In the mean time, the...

A few weeks ago, after a couple rocky starts by Jon Lester, the media howling in Boston was that he was all but losing his job to Bartolo Colon. A couple good starts later, and that talk has vanished. No surprise, then, to see the references...

Rich Gossage says what many outside Yankeeland can't without being pilloried: Joba needs to chill .

Admit it. You're a little relieved. The Red Sox are now just 7-5 in one-run games. They're outperforming their Pythagorean record by just one game. So, despite three one-run losses in their last five contests, the Sox still sit in first place -- in...

The Rays are playing really well right now. They are a good team, darned good, and though the Yankees lead the season series so far, it could be quite the test at the Trop for four games starting tonight. Andy Pettitte vs. Matt Garza. Lineups follow,...

The New York Daily News gives us this blind item : Which formerly awesome Major League pitcher can the blame loss of shoulder strength on years of smoking pot and one drug-addled incident where he had to carry a passed-out date up three flights of...

The Red Sox are a lot more fun when Manny Ramirez is talking to the press : Manny Ramírez, meanwhile, spent a couple of minutes in the clubhouse trying to convince reporters the Sox should trade Tavarez for one of Milwaukee's sausages, the stars of...

The Red Sox activated Alex Cora from the disabled list today, sending Jed Lowrie to the minors. I understand the need for Lowrie to play every day, and that Cora as a defender and fairly competent bat-handler is probably more valuable than not to...

The Yanks snapped their winless streak against Detroit yesterday. Darrell Rasner was competent, reminding the Captain of Jon Leiber. Speaking of Derek Jeter, he finally hit a homer, and has been rewarded today with the clean-up spot in the line-up....

My mom has spent the last thirty three years of her life protecting her three boys from a cruel, uncaring world. During our childhood- when Mike Pagliarulo manned third, Alvaro Espinoza'a hat sat precariously high on his head, Pascual Perez emoted on...