Introducing “The Clubhouse Lawyer” The Futility Infielder is no longer just the sound of one man yapping. Today I’d like to introduce you to Nick Stone, who will be contributing his own column to this site on an occasional basis and perhaps collaborating in other areas as well. More than just a great friend who …
Archive of entries posted by Jay Jaffe
All Yankees All the Time? Just Say YES Tuesday marked the debut of the Yankees Entertainment and Sports network, the cash cow that George Steinbrenner plans to milk to cover all the eight-figure annual salaries he’s accumulated. YES isn’t quite all Yankees, all the time. The New Jersey Nets, Columbus Clippers, Staten Island Yankees, and …
Nearly Four Years Later… At long last, my epic piece on attending the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City is complete–three pages and 28 photos worth. I managed to beat my self-imposed deadline–the 2006 Winter Games in Turino–by at least a few days. And with this out of the way, I’ll be able to …
The Artful Martone This is going to sound weird coming from a Yanks fan, but most readers of this space know I’m not exactly a typical Yanks fan (Mattingly sucks! There, THAT got your attention…). But I’m glad to see that the best Red Sox beat writer is apparently back on the job. Art Martone …
A Season in the Homer Bush League I just completed one of my annual rites of spring, the purchase of my ESPN Fantasy Baseball team. My Mendoza Line Drivers will be out to defend their title in the Homer Bush League IV. This is the sixth season I’ve competed, and the seventh team, and my …
We Have Comments! I’m trying out a new comment system, the third one I’ve tried. This one is called YACCS and it looks promising because it allows me some administrative control. Let’s see if it works.
Stay The Hell Away From Our Hitter Sunday’s New York Times Sports section carried a piece on the Yankees prized rookie first baseman/DH Nick Johnson. Johnson is the latest Yankee prospect to have the “can’t miss” label hung around his neck, which, given the organization’s recent track record of home-grown ballplayers, bodes fairly well–Derek Jeter, …
Excuses, Excuses Regular readers will note that my updates of this weblog over the past few weeks have been somewhat sporadic. The lessons about paying at both ends when one goes away on vacation are certainly ringing true right now. Not that I would trade my nine days at the 2002 Winter Olympics for anything …
Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad, the mogul whose miserly way of running a baseball team made it a target for contraction and a symbol of the game’s ass-backward financial situation, announced his intention to sell the team on Thursday. This represents something of a victory for …
Birthdategate The heightened security measures which have made it more difficult for foreigners to attain work visas post-September 11 have shaken several ballplayers’ birth-certificate discrepancies out of the trees. Among those aging before our very eyes: Indians pitcher Bartolo Colon (4 years!), Yanks hurler Orlando Hernandez (3 years, one year less than the Yankees and …