Buck Showalter Pulls a Rex Ryan in Taking Shots at Derek Jeter and Theo Epstein
It’s on. In an interview for the April issue of Men’s Journal magazine, Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter took shots at not one but two American League East sacred cows – New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, and Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein. It was a move straight…
How Derek Jeter Lost, Both in Money and in Reputation
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees finally agreed on a new contract. But make no mistake. The Yankees, not Jeter, won this contract negotiation nearly as thoroughly as the Texas Rangers beat the Yankees in the playoffs this year, especially when you compare it to how well Jeter frenemy Alex…
Casey Close, Derek Jeter’s Agent, Turns Negotiations Into Parody
Derek Jeter’s agent Casey Close sounded like something out of a sports satire site this week when he compared his client to Babe Ruth and said that the shortstop’s significance to the New York Yankees was beyond mere statistics. It reminded me of a parody D.J. Gallo wrote for Sports Pickle,…
Little Ron Washington: Greatest Halloween Costume Ever
Forget the Texas Rangers having two presidents — George Herbert Walker Bush, and George W. Bush — to throw out the first pitch before Game 4 of the World Series. The biggest excitement at the game was a seven-year-old kid dressed up like Ron Washington, who got to say “Play ball” to start the…
What’s the Deal With Brian Wilson’s Beard? God Only Knows
San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson isn’t just a great reliever. He also has a bizarre beard, a mohawk, a wardrobe of wacky outfits, and a strange friend known only as “The Machine.” The self-proclaimed “certified ninja” led the National League with 48 saves — and in goofiness.
While San…
Should Derek Jeter’s Biographer Be Defending Him in the Press?
ESPN New York’s Ian O’Connor has written a lot about Derek Jeter as of late, which is understandable for an NYC sportswriter who covers the New York Yankees. But what is less understandable is why O’Connor hasn’t disclosed in those columns that he’s writing a biography of the Yankee captain that…
Freak Out: How Joe Girardi Could Learn From Bruce Bochy
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi and San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy appear to have a very different definition of what constitutes “all hands on deck.” And that’s a big reason why the Giants are going to the World Series, while the Yankees aren’t.
The Giants were leading the NLCS…
San Francisco Treat: God Bless America, Hat That I Love
Forget about Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies beating the San Francisco Giants Thursday to stay alive in the National League Championship Series. Forget about members of the Grateful Dead singing the Star-Spangled Banner. The real buzz after the game was about the over-the-top hat that…
Yankee Fans Fleeing for the Exits in ALCS
Many New York Yankees fans aren’t exactly exuding confidence these days when it comes to their team’s fortunes against the Texas Rangers in the American League Championship Series.
It’s not just the panic and the anger that you can read on Twitter and in the comments on Yankee-centric sites…
Shocker! Computer Simulation Predicts Rangers Will Beat Yankees in ALCS
Will the upstart Texas Rangers really beat the mighty New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series? That’s what the sports simulation site WhatIfSports.com is claiming.
The site used its computers to run 1,001 simulated series between the two teams. And surprisingly, the Rangers…
