The Merc’s Andrew Baggarly is reporting — well, he’s not really reporting as much as passing along the rumor — that CC Sabathia has turned down the Yankees’ offer and that the Giants are slowly entering the picture: It’s been confirmed to me that the Giants had discussions with CC Sabathia’s camp last night, and […]

You’re not going to believe this, but the Yankees and Mets need — and are going to get — more money from the taxpayers of New York: With opening day for the city’s two newest baseball stadiums only four months away, the price tag for taxpayers continues to rise. The Bloomberg administration has issued fresh […]

My general approach during the Winter Meetings is to not opine on every rumor or random story out there because, let’s face it, most of what you read about isn’t really going to happen. Still, I have to smile at stuff like this: Shortly after Theo Epstein met with reporters tonight, an agent walking the […]

Jason at IIATMS lists a number of reasons why anxious Yankee watchers should just calm the heck down about the lack of progress on the Sabathia-to-New York front. Perhaps the best one: The Yanks are not the destination they were in 2000, 2001, 2002, when they were making regular World Series appearances. The team is […]

On Dec. 1, 1954, the Yankees and Orioles completed a trade that had begun on Nov. 14. Don Larsen, Bob Turley and Gene Woodling were just a sixth of the players involved in this 18-player deal, still the largest in major league history.

Rob Neyer throws cold water all over the notion of Derek Jeter one day moving to second base, and I’m right behind him in the fire brigade. Jeter has a good arm and no range. That’s exactly the opposite of your typical second baseman profile, isn’t it? But what do you do with the Captain? […]

Yankees fans get a bad rap. Yeah, there are some crazy ones that get a lot of attention, and the New York media doesn’t help matters, but generally speaking, if you know a Yankees fan, you know someone who is very knowledgeable and passionate about baseball. More importantly, you know someone who, no matter how […]

Rice may be a good side dish but Rock candy is a sweeter choice for Cooperstown.

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Holden Caulfield –er, I mean Joel Sherman of the New York Post has some sharp words for Andy Pettitte: If Pettitte signs elsewhere, regardless of the dollar figure, he should be viewed as a world-class phony forever around here. There should be no more pardons. He should receive no invites to future Old-Timers Games, hear […]