Classless Yankees

There is a certain myth perpetrated about how “classy” the Yankee organization is. Derek Jeter is the poster child for this.Of course, the organization tends to behave in the...

Slow poll day?

Boy, this is some cutting-edge sports research they’re doing at ESPN.com: “What is Alex Rodriguez’s overall effect on a clubhouse?”Really? You’re asking us,...

Hitting the cycle

I always love it when two of my passions collide, like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.But instead of peanut butter and chocolate, it’s baseball and bicycles. “Biker chic: O’s...

More Red Sox propaganda

Let me give you another example of the Red Sox propaganda machine hard at work. Peter Gammons (I know, big surprise) posted an ESPN Insider article on Friday in which he discusses the Pedro Alvarez...

Who wrote Bill Shaikin’s column?

The “still can’t let go” brigade has landed in the LA Times somehow with Bill Shaikin writing a story that wouldn’t have seemed out of place, like, a month ago. “The two...