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Let Us Now Harshly Mock the At-Bat Music of the Yankees and Mets

Chris Carter had a short career in the major leagues. He hit below league-average in 113 at bats from 2008-2010. He played in Japan the past two years. His career wasn't that notable except for one thing: In 2010 with the Mets, Carter's at-bat music was Rick Derringer's "Real American." As in Hulk H ... More >>

Yankees 2012: OK But No Cigar...Yet

Is it possible that following one team up close, day by day, for an entire season, can actually give you a distorted rather than accurate perception of how good they are? Like many Yankee fans, I've been ruthlessly criticizing the team's performance, or at least its performance since the All-Star ... More >>

Boston A "Football Town?" Not Even Close

Whenever I read something about football that sounds like it was written in a barroom by someone as sloshed as Rance Preibus at the RNC, it invariable comes from ColdHardFootballFacts.com. The latest beer-soaked rant comes from Kerry J. Byrne on August 26: "There is this mythology in certain circle ... More >>

The End Of Valentine's Days?

Though Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is still insisting that his team can make the postseason - that's what a manager is supposed to say, even when his team is 58-61, as the Red Sox are now, and 12 ½ games behind the first place Yankees - there isn't the usual postseason buzz to a mid-August Yank ... More >>

Baseball that Rolled Through Bill Buckner's Legs in 1986 Fails to Sell on eBay

​Have baseball fans suddenly been struck with an epidemic of good sense? Tuesday night the ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs 25 years ago in Game 6 of the World Series failed to get a single bid (bidding on eBay closed at 11:37 p.m. EST, the exact anniversary of the error). Of cours ... More >>

LET'S GO!

Yankees host Red Sox one more time

C.C. Sabathia: Just How Big a Problem?

Sabathia: Weighty issue.​Everything about C.C. Sabathia is big, so I guess it's natural that his flaws are also big. After Saturday's disastrous outing with a 10-4 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway, Yankees fans must be worrying that C.C.'s big flaw could be fatal. You may have thought that Sunda ... More >>

Q&A: Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey On Shipping Up To Boston For Charity, Getting Advice From Donnie Wahlberg, And The Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry

by Heather Muse ​This weekend, the Yankees and the Red Sox will duke it out in Boston to determine who will top the AL East. As of Thursday afternoon, the Red Sox were a game ahead. Why should a music blog care about such things? We could get into an entire treatise about the relationship bet ... More >>

Tom Brady and Johnny Damon Hate New York City, Apparently

​Today, in sports news, New England tries to fire up their rivalries with our city. Tom Brady's least-favorite HBO show is apparently not Hung and Johnny Damon may end up resuming a legacy as something New York City doesn't have to have nuanced feelings for and yet again allows us to view him ... More >>

What to Talk About at Work Today

​In case you were living under a rock (or outside, with a healthy application of spf, we hope) this weekend, we've consolidated a handy list of what the past two days had to offer. Fear the office water cooler no longer! Read on for what's on the lips of all the popular kids:

Jockbeat: Roy Halladay to Philly, Cliff Lee to Seattle -- Let the Mets/Yankees Carping Begin!

​By now you may have heard about the huge three-team swap involving the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Seattle Mariners. All the details aren't in -- and until they are, the whole thing seems a bit mysterious. The big news is that the Phillies obtained Roy Halladay from the Blue ... More >>

Jockbeat: Some Jocklit to Tide You Over Until Game Six

​The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912 By Mike Vaccaro Doubleday, 290 pages, $26.95 Game Six -- Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime By Mark Frost Hyperion ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: PAP SMEAR

​Karma's a cruel mistress. A bitch, even. There is something to be said for honoring the Code of War. Hnoor among thieves, etc. As much as I wanted to, I refrained from texting asinine comments to my Sox fan buddies. I doubt they would show me the same courtesy. Actually, I know they wouldn' ... More >>

Crazy Yankee Chick: I just like it when the Sox lose, that's all.

​Thanks to our friends over at WeeklyDig for spot-on scouting predictions: I suspect that Lackey will have a decent game tonight notwithstanding, but I also expect to see Torii "Dogface" Hunter come up short when it counts - like he always does. John "Cursing Maniac" Lackey and Jared "Reme ... More >>

Jockbeat: Yanks With Best MLB Record, So They're The Best Team in Baseball, Right?

​After sweeping the big four-game series with the Red Sox, are the Yankees now favorites to win the AL East -- and to go on and win the World Series?  You betcha, but let's not print those World Series tickets yet. Though New York has the best record in the AL -- heck, they've got the be ... More >>

Jockbeat: Lupica's Precious Sox Juicing? He Blames the Union, Naturally

​Since Selena Roberts's February 7 Sports Illustrated story broke the news that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, we've maintained that there's no mystery as to how and why these names are being revealed:  the federal agents who seized the 2003 test samples and the results ... More >>

Interview: MSNBC's Willie Geist on New York Baseball, His Jeter Love, His Desire to Drill Pedroia, and More

​ We're pleased to see that our Morning Joe favorite Willie Geist has finally been given his own TV show. Way Too Early With Willie Geist now leads off MSNBC's morning schedule, airing (if one "airs" on cable) at 5:30 a.m. (That's 2:30 a.m. Pacific time, where the show is no doubt known as Wa ... More >>

Capillary Action Win Best New Band in America, New York Division, from Ambitious, Freedom-Loving Boston Weekly Paper

Argument-baiting alt-weekly the Boston Phoenix celebrates "Independents Day" (heh) for the second year in a row by publishing a "Best Band" omnibus broken down by the 50 states. Last July, the paper was ambitious enough to hand out such geographically divided distinctions as "All Time Best Band," ... More >>

Yankee Stadium Staff Announce Rainout, Refuse Entry When Game Resumes

Yankee fans who decided to cool their heels outside the House that Taxpayer Dollars Built during a long rain delay got an unpleasant surprise when they tried to get back in: the stadium personnel wouldn't let them. The park has a firm no-readmittance policy, but several ticket-holders claim they wer ... More >>

Drinks of Our Lives

Adam Pieniazek @ Flickr The New Yorker features a selection of recession-friendly cocktail recipes that are more allegorical than drinkable. Quench your financial woes with a Broke & Tan, Blackberry Sling or Trickle-down Punch. But The Boston Globe isn't being so coy with its timely tipple story. A ... More >>

Jockbeat: Red Sox Cry Uncle After Yanks Spend Half a Billion

For years, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have been locked in a bidding war for baseball's highest priced free agents. And now it appears that the Red Sox have finally blinked.According to the Associated Press and Business Week, Red Sox owner John Henry called -- for the second time -- for ... More >>

Developer Selling South Street Seaport

Back Page Bingo: "GOOD RIDDANCE" to Manny Ramirez

Is It Time To Bench the A-Rod Saga?

EVIL EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

It’s that baseball time of year again

What the Hex? The Continuing Saga of the "Sox Curse"

The Upside To Rudy's Pro-Sox Flip-Flop

Every Pitcher Tells a Story

Reyes anointed, Schilling bloated, and the Keyser Soze of baseball: Notes from spring training

Martin Scorsese Loves the Dropkick Murphys

Atlas Slugged

Alex Rodriguez is one of the greatest Yankees ever. And the whole world is on his back?

The Payoff Itch

Is the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees turning into a war of attrition?

A League of Their Own

New York baseball clubs' spate of superstar signings is all about the best offer on the table

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Curses!

The Red Sox finally win it. But who's to say another drought isn't just beginning?

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They're Still Your Idols

Zen and the Art of New York Yankee World Championships

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Classic Fall

Careful, Yanks. The Boss Is Watching

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The End of an Ear-a

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Pedro's Masterpiece Burns the Rocket

The Girls of Summer

Home Away From Home

A Yankee Fan's History of Fenway Park

Baseball's New Pitch

The National Pastime Finally Reaches Out To Its International Fan Base