Man, the offseason is so boring.

Phew, for a minute, I thought the Yankees really did lose Alex Graham. Fred Bassett fans the world over would be crushed.

I just don't see a place for Nelson in the bullpen, unless there are some unfortunate injuries. Even then, do the Yankees need an old, complaining veteran presence who has already worn out Torre's patience?

I just don't see a place for Nelson in the bullpen, unless there are some unfortunate injuries.

Is there any other kind? Ha ha ha, I'm hilarious!

Is there any other kind?

Yeah, the kind that happens to Tony Womack.

Nelson is a piece of crap, did you guys know they signed Leiter to a minor league deal?

That is the worst thing I have ever heard

Yeah, the kind that happens to Tony Womack.

Jaret Wright's injury woes last year were down-right opportune.

That is the worst thing I have ever heard

I wouldn't worry too much, he only comes close to making the team--not even necessarily making it--if Villone and/or Myers gets hurt.

Every time I drive by the Stadium, with its "XX days to Pitchers and Catchers" sign, I smile.

I heart the Yankees.

I wouldn't worry too much, he only comes close to making the team--not even necessarily making it--if Villone and/or Myers gets hurt.

Under that scenario, Leiter likely has the edge over Nelson.

Nelson might make a decently effective ROOGY (.218/.304./.299 vs. RHB the last three years) but there's absolutely no room for him on the current Yankees. Sentiments aside, Jeff would be far wiser trying to hook on with Pittsburgh or somethign

Uh oh....

"Sturtze's hurts

Tanyon Sturtze took his late 2005 right shoulder woes seriously enough to spend his offseason in Manhattan so he could make thrice-weekly visits to a Columbia-Presbyterian specialist. Tests showed the Yankees reliever's pitching shoulder to be "worn down and weak," Sturtze said Friday at Mohegan Sun.

He was scheduled to fly to Tampa today so he could attempt to throw off a mound this week at the club's minor-league complex.

The Yankees very much need a healthy Sturtze, given that Kyle Farnsworth is guaranteed to be a colossal flop and Octavio Dotel is no guarantee to get healthy."

Sturtze died last year, and Joe torre killed him.

Yup, Sturtze was Quantrillized.

Davidoff is dead wrong about Farnsworth, but he is the same guy who wanted to trade Soriano for a washed up Chuck Finley several years ago.

I figure most people have seen this, but if you haven't, Melky Cabrera has drawn 15 walks in ~140 playoff+reg.season winter league AB's in the Carribean.

Melky is bribing the pitchers.

By the way, this opinion on a new Yankee should stimulate some discussion.

And NYY fans really loved that column, so they wrote back to say so.

Talk about some angry angry (and I mean ANGRY) Farnsworth fans.

Didn't Melky have absurd other stats in that time? If you're killing the ball, walks become less important.

Does anyone NOT have absurd stats in the Dominican? Just curious...

Thanks, by the way, for posting this, SJ. Even if it's a few days old. I really hate very cold holidays - it feels like baseball is never farther away than it is right now.

Somebody must, else they would not be absurd.

*blows levski's mind*

Well, let me not interrupt the daily Melky fellation session then. Carry on.

Let's see - baseball ends around October 31. So it's been 76 days since last roundball. I'm too lazy to look up the specific day the Yankees were eliminated, but it's probably been closer to ninety since my team's been in action.

There are about 74 days left until the new season begins (spring training isn't quite the same). So it actually is nearly equidistant.

I will be back when I figure out how many pairs of vending machine schoolgirl panties and Hello Kitty backpacks Alex Graman can purchase with 50 million yen.

50,000,000 yen =~ 435,196.41 dollars = 246,237.24 pounds

at kitcsh.co.uk, one can buy a delightful pink Hello Kitty backpack for 15 pounds. Which would allow Graman to buy 16,415 Hello Kitty backpacks. That's enough backpacks to have a different backpack for every day of what will surely be a 45 year career!

Snopes.com: "Used underwear that has supposedly been previously worn by schoolgirls is being offered for sale in vending machines in Japan. Though we don't know the current price for such items, in 1993 they sold for the equivalent of US $50 apiece."

That means that when Graman travels back in time to 1993, with the time machine that he found while stumbling around the back alleys of Columbus, he could buy 8,703 pairs of used schoolgirl panties. Not that he'd want to.

he could buy 8,703 pairs of used schoolgirl panties. Not that he'd want to.


Why wouldn't he? Frankly, who wouldn't want to wallpaper their bedroom with used schoolgirl panties. Chicks dig that.