Tirico Suave

Fewer things in baseball give me more pleasure than New York Yankee panic moves. Even better is when those panic moves involve signing or trading for the biggest disappointments and/or wastes of space off my favorite team. Well right now, the Fightin’ Hanks are treating me like a Make-A-Wish Kid who has eleven minutes to [...]

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Yardbarker user TDaloisio, who writes for the blog Scattered Brilliance, recorded a podcast with his take on our Josh Hamilton article from yesterday. He makes some fair points and it’s definitely worth a listen. He also puts us in the same sentence with Peter Gammons which is nice, even if it to juxtapose what a [...]

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The 85-year-old Bronx resident finally started to show signs of age on Tuesday evening.
He said the raucous All-Star weekend, which brought in guests from around the globe, took quite the toll on his health.
“I had that weekend off for the last 31 years,” he said. “It was utterly ridiculous to think I could play host [...]

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Josh Hamilton may well be the most talented baseball player on the planet. The man spent 3 years playing no baseball and now has a decent chance at the first Triple Crown since 1967. During this years Home Run Derby, his perfect swing led to 28!!! homers in one round. Josh Hamilton’s story is interesting [...]

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Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips — playing against the Mets this evening — turned one of the most aesthetically pleasing double plays I’ve ever seen.
I don’t know if it was on par with his two-bag thievery last season, but it was certainly close.
You tell me.

Oh, yeah, Chad Johnson’s job security is in danger.

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El Duque’s career has once again lost its footing.
This, of course, prompted thoughts of Daniel Day-Lewis’ role in the Oscar winning film “My Left Foot.”

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NEW YORK — Clay Council’s “country strong” right arm turned into “city cellulite” on Monday evening in the Bronx.
The 71-year-old North Carolina native — who was pitching to Texas’ Josh Hamilton in the 2008 Bloodsucking Insurance Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium — said he felt a twinge in his right elbow midway through the [...]

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A.J. Burnett, starting on three days rest for the first time in his career, dominated the New York Yankees.
His line: 8.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 8 K’s
The outing was summed up in the sixth inning, when A.J. fanned Jorge Posada on a gravity-sucking curve. A.J. then proceeded to ooze machismo, ratcheting back and pumping [...]

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I see that Carlos Marmol is replacing Kerry Wood on the NL All Star roster. Nothing says “I deserve to be an All-Star” like a 9.37 ERA over June and July. Granted, Marmol was downright filthy in the beginning of the year and he has like 34.3 K/9 rate, but he’s been average at best [...]

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Nasty.
This is what the Jays trotted out against the Yanks on Sunday afternoon. It could be worse. Word is that John Gibbons used to get his lineups phoned in by this stoner.
But, hey, as of right now it is 4-0 Toronto Bills.
These guys don’t need a prototype DH at all.
They have Mr. Big.

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