The Boston Red Sox made a last ditch effort to land New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera and were prepared to non-tender the contract of Jonathan Papelbon according to a source close to the negotiations. The 2-year, $30 million offer was exactly the same deal Rivera is set to sign with the Yankees tonight, according [...]
Red Sox Made Last Minute Pitch To Mariano Rivera
By: Tony Mangia | Friday December 3rd, 2010
Fat Elvis Has Entered The Stadium
By: Tony Mangia | Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
THE YANKEES GET FATTER If you don’t get it right the first time, just do it again. A maxim the New York Yankees can afford to–and always do–live by. After a trio of off-season acquisitions have seemingly gone bust, the major league leading Yankees have replaced the malfunctioning parts before the July 31st deadline without [...]
Bankruptcy Does Not Affect Rangers
By: Adrian Holman | Thursday July 15th, 2010
You are probably still wondering how the Texas Rangers were able to pull off two trades in the past two weeks when the entire organization is bankrupt. Even with the financial conundrum that Texas is in, the Rangers were able to acquire C Bengie Molina and new ace Cliff Lee. How will the Rangers pay [...]
In The History Books: The House That ______ Built
By: AnnexNate | Tuesday May 4th, 2010
Part Six: We have all heard it. I’ve used it in this very series. It will always be the most notable nickname that old Yankee stadium has/had. It was ‘The House That Ruth Built.’ The dimensions fit him perfectly. If he missed a pitch, maybe got under it a bit too much, it would still [...]
AL East Week 1
By: mikemac4344 | Wednesday April 14th, 2010
Mac Shack–The AL East The 2010 campaign is a week young and it’s useful to kick the tires and see how members of the AL East elite and not-so-elite are doing. Seven or eight games does not a season make but they sure get us talking and, in this, passing out report cards.
