2 things:
1. Buck Showalter who hates the Yankees was hired as the Orioles manager. I love that he’s in their division and that he’s on a terrible team that will get hammered by them this year. He’s a good manager but has a bit of a grudge for how things ended in NY.
2. The Yanks/Rays series that starts tonight will be really interesting. 2.5 games back the Rays have been tearing the cover off of the ball and their pitching has been fantastic. This series will go a long way towards setting the tone for the rest of the season. Get your popcorn ‘cuz you know there’s going to be a show. 
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Have you heard? Roy Oswalt went to the Phillies! My oh my! Roy oh Boy. I had two thoughts about this.
My first thought was, “Well, I wonder if the Philly fans will start crying about “buying” a championship now. Of course, they won’t. They won’t stop and cry for the Pirates or the Astros.
This is a series of posts written as open letters to Bud Selig. The point is to throw out some proactive ideas on how to “fix” major league baseball.
Dear Mr. Selig,
I don’t really feel comfortable calling you Bud yet, but that might change. This letter is the first in a series of letters in an attempt to open a dialogue about how we can fix MLB. Let me be honest, I make a huge distinction between baseball and MLB.
Baseball as a game is just fine. It’s a beautiful game that moves like a wonderful sensual dance.
This is a preview of
Dear Bud. An open letter to address the issues of change for MLB. Alternately titled: If I were commissioner
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So, I found this article on Bleacher Report today and figured I’d throw my own answers out here.
1. Who has been the best player in the AL East?
-This has to be Cano. The man has been spreading the ball around the field like a farmer fertilizing his fields.
2. And the most disappointing?
-I think this is Joba. The man is more inconsistent than a politician looking for re-election.
3. Who will win the division? And the Wild Card?
I’ve been traveling a lot on a mini vacay with my wife this weekend. We did the Brickyard so my posting will suffer until Tuesday but I am excited to start a new series called If I were commissioner. I’m going to throw some wild ideas to you on how the game of MLB can be improved.
Mark Teixeira smashed two home runs today. OK, I didn’t see either one but I heard them on the radio and anytime someone hits two in one game they earn the right to be given some superlatives. (I just went to yankees.com and watched them both–he hit them both pretty hard).
What this loss does though is show that Sergio Mitre is probably not our guy. It’s hard for me to fathom that the Yankees don’t have anyone in the Minor Leagues that they can bring up. I know that Andy says he feels good after a game of catch and all that but still it just seems odd to me.
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CBSsports.com is reporting that the Yankees are close to acquiring Dan Haren. The report is pretty bare of any details. I wonder if Haren can pitch in NY. Of course, I wonder if any pitcher can pitch in NY before he actually does. I also hope that they don’t give up too much to get him only to have him become another Pavano. I mean the past deals with Arizona haven’t actually been smashing. Any remember a tall lefthander?
Last night A-Rod hit his 599th home run. It was a crushing shot that leapt off of his bat. It actually showed off his strength. Just the pitch before he looked completely overmatched.
On the homerun pitch he almost looked as if he lunged at it. The sound of the crack gave it away though. It sounded like a fifty cal rifle going off. It was an immediate attention grabber, like the pretty girl walking down the street who knows she pretty. In the room I was in, heads snapped around.
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