John Miller and Joe Morgan Fired!

I'm a little late to the show, but John Miller and Joe Morgan have both been fired! Not sure who will fill in for them, but anyone will be better. Hopefully this will put an end to the Anti-New York bias on Sunday Night Baseball. Perhaps Michael Kay will be the replace meant? He already has an ESPN show. One can only hope.

Hat of the Week:

Sorry this week has been light, I've had a lot going on, just getting around to writing some posts now. Heres this weeks hat of the week:

There it is, your retro Brooklyn Dodgers ballcap. I have one of these (not by NewEra through) and it's a great hat. Only problem with it is the uneducated always think it's a Red Sox hat...

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me...

I've mentioned before that I'm not the biggest fan of Joe Buck, and now I have one more reason - during the world series, this graphic was flashed up on the screen:

seems fine and dandy right? Only one problem:

 Last time I checked, St. Louis was west of the Mississippi.

and, technically, up until the year before, there were actualy two teams in St. Louis, the other being the Browns, who moved to Baltimore after the '53 season:

I guess no one at Fox owned a globe.

By the way, as much as I hate the Cardinals, this is one of the coolest logo's in baseball history.

This would make a great sleeve patch.

Analyzing the 2011 Free Agent Class Part II: The Maybes

This is part two of our four part series. Today we're going to take a look at the players that the Yanks could make a run at this offseason. This is the first of two posts on the maybes.

Adam Dunn:
First things first...I love Adam Dunn. Hes one of my current favorite non-Yankees. I remember watching him in the '09 World Baseball Classic and he was just an exciting player to watch. Yeah, he strikes out a lot (he only bated .260 last year) but man does he hit the hell out of the ball. Since 2004 he has hit at least 38 home runs each year, and only the last two did he hit less than 40, and that was in a weak Washington lineup. Not to mention, Nationals Park is 335 down the line where as Yankee Stadium is only 314. Imagine him in that ballpark, with the kind of protection that the Yankee lineup provides? He'd be a home run machine, easily hitting at least 45, maybe as many as 50, especially if he's in the 5 or 6 hole, hitting behind Alex or Robbie. This could potential be a very good pick up at DH for the Yanks, however I feel that he'll be looking for similar money to the $12 million he got last year, which may prove to be too much once the Yanks sign bigger names (more on that thursday), but I would still love to see this happen.

Victor Martinez:
As much as I would love to have Jesus Montero be the everyday starter next year (and some think he is), it wouldn't make sense to expect him to catch 162 games right out of the gate (and yes I know he'll probably never catch every game, but you get the point). The best option is to platoon him. Assuming we don't sign Adam Dunn, the Yankees will still have a gaping whole at DH. Which is why I propose moving the aging Possada to DH, and platoon Martinez and Montero. Cervelli won't cut it as a backup with a rookie as your full time starter. It makes way too much sense, not to mention while his defense isn't great, Martinez would be an obvious defensive upgrade over Possada, who throws out about as many batters as my 4 year old cousin each year.  Not to mention, signing him would piss off bandwagon nation Red Sox nation, and nothing makes me quite as happy as that. 3 years, $22 million.

Giants Win World Series

Congrats San Fran, you earned it. Now tomorrow you'll make weed legal and the rest of us will never have to hear from you again.

Presidential Hardball

For those of you who watched game 4 of the World Series last night, you saw President (and former Rangers owner) George W. Bush throw out the second World Series first pitch of his career. The first was prior to the start of Game 3 of the 2001 World Series at Yankee Stadium after the September 11th attacks. The last nine years haven't done the President's arm too well however. The 2001 pitch was a strike from the mound while wearing a bulletproof vest, where as the 2010 pitch was about half the distance from the mound and wide right. Check out both video's bellow and compare for yourself:

2001


2010

Yankee Stadium Parking Prices Increase (Again)

Multiple sources are confirming that the third party company which owns the parking around Yankee Stadium intends to increase this year's parking prices from $23 to $35 for standard parking, and from $36 to $45 for valet parking. Bronx Parking Development, the organization in charge of parking, is the same group that jacked prices up to $40 for this years ALDS and ALCS games.

Apparently this is an attempt to avoid defaulting on millions of tax-exempt bonds issued by the city. The company will be unable to to make their next $6.8 million dollar payment due in April. If the city does not wave this payment, the BPD says they will be forced to charge $55 PER CAR next year to avoid default. This is absolutely outrageous, however not surprising. According to The Daily News, even with the Red Sox in town in late August and a capacity crowd on hand, less than 60% of the parking spaces were filled.

So whats the average fan to do?

The B, D, and 4 Trains all run to the ballpark, and only cost $2.50, a fraction of the cost of parking on site. I already take the subway to every game, and it really is the best way to get to the Bronx. I recommend you do yourselves (and your wallets) a favor and try it out.