Gregarious Yankees’ outfielder Nick Swisher put an interesting spin on charity work when he released a rock album earlier this month to generate funds for his charity organization.  On “Believe,” Swisher is joined in the recording studio by an all-star band of musicians including drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Melissa Etheridge), bassist Leland Sklar (James Taylor, [...]

On this day in 1939, the first ever baseball game was televised.  NBC broadcasted a game at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field as the Dodgers played host to the Cincinnati Reds in a day-night doubleheader, with the night game being broadcast.  The teams split the games that day, according to www.nationalpastime.com.
Now moving on to tonight’s matchups.
Yankees @ [...]

Ian Kennedy, Diamonbacks pitcher who made his debut as a Yankee in 2007 and was considered a regular starter in 2008, is having quite a year with Arizona this year.  He is 15-4 with a 3.22 ERA.  Meanwhile, Yankees started AJ Burnett is 9-9 with a 4.61 ERA.  Even if you add 1/2 run to [...]

Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times writes a well reasoned piece about why Ichiro in Seattle is not the same as Derek Jeter in New York.  (The 5 rings are only a small part of the argument.) This is about a franchise player in decline.  See, even though Ichiro’s numbers are way down this year, [...]

On this day in 1972, Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin decided to fill out his team’s batting lineup by picking names out of a hat. The strategy worked, as the Tigers snapped a four game losing streak and defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. For some reason, Martin abandoned [...]