Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The New York Post is reporting that legendary New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter sends off his one-night stands with an autographed baseball…signed by himself of course.
“Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day. Waiting in his [...]

Major League Baseball is investigating New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for participating in illegal high-stakes poker games in Hollywood, Vegas and other places.
Radar Online first reported A-Rod’s participation in the gambling ring back on July 1st.
“I was surprised to see just how good a poker player Alex is,” Bilzerian, 27, reveals. In one [...]

CNN is reporting that Hideki Irabu, one of the first Japanese pitchers to come over and find success in the Major Leagues, has been found dead.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday at his Los Angeles home, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported.
The newspaper’s website quotes police investigators as saying the 42-year-old’s death [...]

Christian Lopez was the lucky Yankees fan to catch Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium when Jeter homered in the third inning.
Lopez didn’t ask for anything in exchange for returning the historic ball, but the New York Yankees are going out of their way to reward the 23-year old kid from St. [...]

New York Yankees great Derek Jeter became the first Yankee in MLB history to get 3,000 hits on Saturday.
Jeter, in the third inning-his second at bat in the game, hit Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price’s 3-2 curveball over the outfield wall to become the 28th player in MLB history, and first Yankee, to record 3,000 [...]

Spring training is here, baby!  And we’re loading up on news and rumors from around the majors.
The Los Angeles Angels went 80-82 last season and missed the playoffs for the second time in seven seasons.  Not bad.  But how are going to put together a winning season this time around.  Doug Mead asks 10 Questions [...]

It’s not nearly as crazy as it sounds.  Whereas most experts believe Albert Pujols will be running off to the highest bidder in 2012, the All-Star first baseman actually makes a lot more sense playing in a Kansas City Royals uniform.  Don’t believe me?  Check out what Jeff Gordon at StL Today has to say [...]

A lot of people don’t want to hear it.  Most people don’t really want to think about it.  But the truth is that socialism works.  And it works in the most unlikely place – that most American of all sports – professional football.  Bill Maher at the Huffington Post has written a thought-provoking article that [...]

Many baseball pundits thought Cliff Lee, the #1 pitching free agent of the off-season, would sign with either the New York Yankees or resign with the Texas Rangers.
Neither of those scenarios will play out as the Philadelphia Phillies have swooped in at the ninth hour to sign the talented lefty Arkansas native.
Lee reportedly will sign [...]

It appears we no longer have to worry about the financial security of our favorite major leaguers.  The Associated Press reports that the average major league salary has reached $3,014,572.  Not bad for the slowest sport this side of competitive bowling.
It comes as no surprise that the highest average belongs to the New York Yankees [...]