PETTITTE TO DL

ANDY PETTITTE WAS PLACED ON THE DL DUE TO LOWER BACK ISSUES. HE WILL BE ACTIVATED AND PITCH THE FIFTH GAME OF THE SEASON. BETTER LATE THEN NEVER.

MURCER TO MISS OPENER

ON A SAD NOTE, BOBBY MURCER IS STILL TO WEAK AND EXHAUSTED FROM CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS TO ATTEND OPENING DAY. BOBBY YOU WILL BE MISSED. REST UP AND GET BACK SOON. YANKEE FANS LOVE YOU AND WANNA SEE YOU.

WELL DESERVED

ON THURSDAY THE YANKEE'S RENAMED LEGENDS FIELD GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD. THIS MAN DOES A LOT FOR MANY PEOPLE AND CAUSES AND NOT ALL OF IT IS REPORTED, AS HE PERFERS IT THAT WAY. THE ENTIRE YANKEE TEAM AND ALL IN ATTENDANCE GAVE THE BIG BOSS A STANDING OVATION. STILL THE MAN.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

IF THIS IDIOT MANNY RAMIREZ CONTINUES TO STAND AT THE PLATE AND ADMIRE HIS HR'S YANKEES NEW SKIPPER JOE GARARDI WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. THIS YEAR YANKEES ARE NOT GONNA TAKE OUR STARS BEING PLUNKED, SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

GONNA BE SPECIAL

I SAID THIS WAY BACK THAT THIS GUY WILL GET THE BIGGEST CHEER ON OPENING DAY. BOBBY MURCER,IS FEELING WEAK,BUT PLANS ON BEING IN THE BRONX ON MONDAY. THIS STORY HITS HOME AS EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY CANCER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE ROAR FOR THIS GUY.

BEWARE

AROD WAS HITTING BOMBS IN BP YESTERDAY LEAVING FANS AND TEAM-MATES IN AWE. DON'T GET THIS GUY MAD AND LOOKING TO DO DAMAGE, AS HE IS ON A MISSION.THANKS JOSE.

THE SLEEPER

EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT HUGHES AND CHAMBERLAIN BUT I THINK IAN KENNEDY IS GONNA BE A SWEET SUPRISE. THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO PITCH AND WITH THE YANKEE BATS I PREDICT BIG THINGS FROM HIM THIS YEAR. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, HE WINS MORE GAMES THEN HUGHES.

MO TO GO 2 IN ROW

MARIANO RIVERA IS SCHEDULED TO PITH TODAY AND TOMORROW. SEASON GETTING CLOSE AND WE NEED TO SEE HOW ARM RESPONDS AFTER CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF PITCHING. ALL SHOULD BE FINE HE'S LIKE GOOD WINE.

THROW HIM IN JAIL

FROM THE QUOTES I HAVE BEEN READING IT SOUNDS LIKE CANSECO WAS GETTING THE DRUGS (STERIODS) FOR AND ALSO INJECTING PEOPLE WITH THEM. WHY IS THIS GUY NOT BEING INVESTIGATED. HE GOES ON TO BECOME A RAT AND PROFITS FROM IT. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE.LOOKS LIKE HE NEEDS A GOOD BROOKLYN BEATING.

KNOTT'S KNICKS

MY GOOD BUDDY KNOTTS WAS BORN IN 1951 THAT'S THE KNICKS RECORD. NOW THEIR BRINGING IN DONNIE WALSH, WHAT IS HE GONNA DO. ISIAH SUCKS AND EVERY PLAYER ON THE TEAM SUCKS. I'M DONE AS A KNICKS FAN.

BASEBALL'S HOME ADDRESS

TICKETS FOR THE FINAL SEASON AT YANKEE STADIUM ARE GOING LIKE HOTCAKES. 3.8 MILLION TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD WITH A WEEK TO GO TILL OPENING DAY.NO DOUBT TO PASS 4 MILLION FOR A MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR.THE MACHINE ROLLS ON, GET OUT OF THE WAY,WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME.

I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT

WHILE THE YANKEES PAYROLL IS STILL TOPS IN BASEBALL I DON'T WANNA HEAR A PEEP ABOUT MONEY SPENT AS MANY TEAMS ARE SIGNING GUYS TO OUTRAGEOUS CONTRACTS. AROD IS LOOKING LIKE A BARGAIN.

ALI VS WEPNER

33 YEARS AGO TODAY ALI TOOK ON CHUCK WEPNER IN CLEVELAND. FIGHT WENT 15 ROUNDS WITH THE "BAYONNE BLEEDER" TAKING A POUNDING BUT STAYING IN THERE WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME. WEPNER IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS HEART AND COURAGE, AND WAS ALSO THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ROCKY MOVIES WE ALL ENJOYED.

KENNEDY, JOBA ON TARGET

IAN KENNEDY PITCHED INTO THE 5TH INNING YESTERDAY LOOKING VERY GOOD IN DOING SO. CHANGING SPEEDS, SPOTTING THE FASTBALL. JOBA ALSO WAS DOMINANT OUT OF THE PEN NEEDING 11 PITCHES TO GET 3 OUTS. IN 10 DAYS PLAY BALL.

GOOD SHOW

THIS SHOULD BE FUN TO WATCH,"THE LEGACY OF YANKEE STADIUM" SATURDAY NIGHT CH4 AT 7PM. 85 YEARS OF EVENTS HELD AT THE STADIUM. RANGING FROM THE PAPAL MASS TO LOUIS-SCHMELING, WITH MANY YANKEE HIGHLIGHTS SPRINKLED IN. I'M SURE YANKS FANS WILL ENJOY IT. I KNOW I WILL.

AMERICA'S TEAM

TODAY THE YANKEES SHOWED WHY THEY ARE THE BEST ORGANIZATION IN ALL OF SPORTS. TAKING A DAY TO TRAVEL TO BLACKBURG VA. TO HELP HEAL THE WOUNDS OF THAT TERRIBLE CAMPUS SHOOTING THAT KILLED 32 PEOPLE. BEFORE THE GAME THEY VISITED THE MEMORIAL, SPOKE TO VICTIMS FAMILY MEMBERS AND SIGNED THOUSANDS OF AUTOGRAPHS. ON THE FIELD BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME MORE OF THE SAME. THE SCORE DIDN'T MATTER, THE YANKEES BEING THERE DID,RESTORING SOME SORT OF NORMALCY TO VA. TECH. AND I'M SURE THEY EARNED A NEWFOUND RESPECT AND A FEW MORE FANS. CLASSY MOVE BY THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN FRANCHISE IN SPORTS. GO HOKIES.

YANKS VS VA. TECH

ON TUESDAY THE YANKEES WILL SEND THEIR A LINE-UP TO THE VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS TO PLAY THE HOKIES AND SHOW SUPPORT AND RESPECT FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE TRAGIC SHOOTING ON CAMPUS. THE BOSS IS THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THIS, DONATING $1 MILLION TO VIRGINIA TECH AND HAVING THE YANKS PLAY A GAME AT A 1000 SEAT HOKIE STADIUM ON CAMPUS. I REMEMBER THE YANKS BEING THE FIRST TO HELP OUT THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS SENDING $1 MILLION THERE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN NEED BIG GEORGE COMES THROUGH.

JAX BANNED

REGGIE JACKSON WAS BANNED FROM SITTING IN THE DUGOUT FOR THE REMAINING SPRING TRAINING GAMES AND ALL OF THE REGULAR SEASON. THIS IS DUE TO HIS BEING ON FIELD DURING MELEE WITH THE RAYS. MUCH OF NOTHING HERE.

JOBA TO PEN

IT SOUNDS LIKE JOBA WILL BE STARTING THE SEASON IN THE BULLPEN.I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE AS NOW THE STARTING ROTATION WILL BE WANG,PETTITTE,MUSSINA,HUGHES AND KENNEDY. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE HAVING ONLY TWO KIDS INSTEAD OF THREE IN ROTATION. WITH JOBA IN THE BULLEN. AND WE KNOW WHAT HE DID FROM THERE LAST YEAR.

HUGHES ROCKED AROD ROLLS

PHIL HUGHES WAS KNOCKED AROUND PRETTY GOOD BY THE REDS YESTERDAY. HEY, HE DIDN'T GIVE A HIT UP ALL SPRING TO THAT POINT. AROD HIT A 3-RUN HR IN THE 1ST HIS 3RD OF SPRING AND IS LOOKING GOOD. 7 -7 TIE.

ROCKETS 21 KNICKS 19

THE HOUSTON ROCKETS WON THEIR 21ST STRAIGHT GAME LAST NIGHT. THAT'S MORE WINS THEN THE KNICKS HAVE ALL YEAR, AND THE 2ND LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN NBA HISTORY. FIRE ISIAH. FIRE ISIAH.

YANKS FALL MOOSE PERFECT

THE YANKEES LOST TO PIRATES, BILLY CRYSTAL LED OFF AND STRUCK OUT. MIKE MUSSINA WAS PERFECT THROUGH 5 INNINGS. CANO A 2-RUN SHOT.

MAYBE NOT RIGHT BUT ALRIGHT

MAYBE SHELLY DUNCAN WAS WRONG THE WAY HE SLID INTO 2ND, BUT I, LIKE THE YANKEES, HAVE HIS BACK. WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A TEAM IT'S LIKE A FAMILY. MY FRIENDS HAVE DONE SOME BAD THINGS IN PAST BUT I'LL ALWAYS BACK THEM AT TIME OF INCIDENT. AND LATER PULLED THEIR COATS. TOO MANY TEAMS TAKING LIBERTIES ON YANKS IN PAST AND THAT STOPS WITH GIRARDI HERE.

WANG AROD POWER YANKS

CHIEN-MING WANG FACING THE REDS WHO ROCKED HIM LAST WEEK MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND WAS JUST FINE. AROD LAUNCHED A MISSILE OVER RIGHT CENTER AND YANKS BREEZED. FARNSWORTH LOOKED GOOD AGAIN.

KIDS LOOK GOOD MO TOO

ALL WENT WELL YESTERDAY IN A 4-0 YANKEE WIN. CHAMBRELAIN AND KENNEDY BOTH WERE IMPRESSIVE. MO WENT A SCORE -LESS INNING. AROD DOUBLE,SINGLE,RUN SCORED, RBI. MATSUI 2 HITS.

YANKS SIGN BILLY CRYSTAL

COMEDIAN BILLY CRYSTAL SIGNED A ONE DAY CONTRACT WITH THE YANKEES, AND WILL PLAY IN THURSDAY'S EXHIBITION GAME VS THE PIRATES. A LIFE-LONG YANKEE FAN, HIS FIRST GAME WAS WHEN MANTLE ALMOST HIT ONE OUT OF THE STADIUM, AND ONLY THE FACADE STOPPING THE MAMMOTH BLAST.

PUT A CORK IN IT ZIM

I AM BACKING GIRARDI ON THIS ONE, AS IF ANYONE EXPECTED ANYTHING ELSE. YOGI SAID HE WAS NEVER BOWLED OVER IN SPRING TRAINING AND NIETHER WAS GIRARDI. BOTH CATCHERS BY TRADE. ZIMMER LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DEEP DOWN IS A YANKEE HATER. PLAYED FOR BROOKLYN DODGERS AND WE KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YANKS BROKE THEIR HEARTS. WHAT WOULD HE SAY IF JOBA UNCORKS 100 MPH FASTBALL AT THE NEXT RAYS BATTER? IS IT STILL BASEBALL?

THE LAST ONE

JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY IS THE LAST OPENING DAY AT THE CURRENT YANKEE STADIUM. YANKS WILL TAKE ON THE BLUE JAYS LOOKING FOR TITLE NUMBER 27. SURE TO BE A HOT TICKET AND A FESTIVE DAY.

PHIL FIRING BULLETS

YANKEE STARTER PHILLIP HUGHES TOSSED 4 INNINGS OF NO-BALL TODAY, HIS SPRING ERA IS 0.00 NOT TO BAD. MORE AMAZING IS IGAWA WITH 2 MORE PERFECT INNINGS. MOOSE LOOKED GOOD ON SAT. PITCHING A PRIORITY IN BASEBALL.

MO MOWS EM DOWN

MARIANO RIVERA LOOKED IN MID-SEASON FORM YESTERDAY IN HIS FIRST SPRING OUTING. HE THREW 8 PITCHES, 7 FOR STRIKES WITH 2 K'S. AND HE DID NOT THROW THE CUTTER ONCE. WORKING ON A FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL TO KEEP HITTERS WHO CHEAT ON CUTTER HONEST.

LAST CHANCE

KYLE FARNSWORTH IS NOW SAYING IT'S JOE TORRE'S FAULT HE DIDN'T PITCH WELL FOR 2 YEARS. WELL THANK GOD YOU GOT A 3 YEAR DEAL, THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE YOU GET TO SCREW UP ALMOST EVERYTIME YOU COME INTO A GAME.LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

DOUBLE STANDARD

THIS BOTHERS ME. WHY IS IT OK FOR HOCKEY PLAYERS TO SQUARE OFF AND FIGHT? IF NBA PLAYERS FIGHT THEY ARE CALLED ANIMALS AND THUGS. AND DON'T TELL ME IT'S PART OF GAME. CHANGE THE RULE. PROBLEM IS HOCKEY FANS LOVE IT, BUT THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE CALLING NBA PLAYERS ANIMALS. GUESS IT HAS TO DO WITH COLOR OF SKIN.

MO TO GO

ENTER SANDMAN. MARIANO RIVERA WILL PITCH TODAY. AS THE YANKEE CLOSER GETS UP IN YEARS NO SENSE PUSHING HIM FROM DAY ONE. USUALLY BLOWS A SAVE OR TWO, HEY NOBODY'S PERFECT. BUT STILL THE BEST CLOSER IN THE GAME.

CHIEN-MING GONG

YANKEE STARTER WAS ROUGHED UP FOR 6 RUNS IN 2/3 OF AN INNING. HE GETS A PASS WITH MOST WINS IN MAJORS IN LAST 2 YEARS 38. FARNSWORTH PITCHED 1 SCORELESS INNING,NOW THAT'S NEWS.

BACK SEAT DRIVER'S

I'M GETTING TIRED OF SPORTS RADIO HOSTS THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED A SPORT IN THEIR LIVES.YET THEY KNOW HOW TO MANAGE A GAME, BE A GM, KNOW HOW PLAYERS SHOULD BE USED AKA JOBA CHAMBERLAIN. THE YANKEES HAVE WON 26 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITHOUT YOU'RE INPUT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WHEN WE NEED TOILET PAPER YOU GUYS CAN ROLL OUT THEN, CAUSE ALL YOU GUYS DO IS TALK SHIT. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

1 LOSS 1 HUGE WIN

YANKEES LOST 7-5 ON WED,CANO 3FOR 3 BATTING .700 JETER 2FOR 2. WHO CARES ABOUT BASEBALL TODAY. BOBBY MURCER GOT GOOD NEWS AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED TODAY. HE WILL REST AT HIS HOME FOR A FEW WEEKS AND HOPES TO BE AT STADIUM FOR OPENING DAY. I THINK I KNOW WHO IS GONNA GET THE BIGGEST OVATION.

MURCER CANCER FREE

THE REPORTS JUST CAME IN AND OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. YANKEE LEGEND BOBBY MURCER IS CANCER FREE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE SCAR TISSUE FROM PRIOR PROCEDURE. GET BACK SOON BOBBY WE WANNA SEE AND HEAR YOU. THANK YOU GOD.

CAN'T COMPARE ERAS

BRETT FARVE RETIRED FROM THE NFL, AND TODAY MANY SPORTSWRITERS ARE GIVING THEIR LISTS OF TOP QB'S OF ALL-TIME. WHAT I NOTICE IS ON MOST IF NOT ALL LISTS ARE ONLY QB'S WHO PLAYED IN LAST 20 YEARS. YES THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT ONES IN THIS ERA OF PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK,AND THROW THE BALL ON EVERY DOWN. BUT THESE 40 YEAR OLD WRITERS DON'T REMEMBER THE GREATS FROM BEFORE THEIR TIME. UNITAS, DAWSON, BRADSHAW, GRIESE, LOMONICA, PLUNKETT,JERGENSON,STARBACH,NAMATH,BLANDA. NOT THATS A TOP TEN, WHEN MEN WERE MEN, AND QUARTERBACKS WERE RUNNING FOR THERE LIVES AND WERE ROUGHED UP ON EVERY PLAY. NOT LIKE TODAY WERE IF YOU TOUCH THE QB IT'S A PENALTY. I'LL TAKE THE OLD GUYS.

A SPRING PERFECTO

15 MEN UP 15 MEN DOWN. FOUR YANKEE PITCHERS HELD THE BLUE JAYS HIT-LESS IN A RAIN SHORTENED 5 INNING GAME. I'M ALMOST IN SHOCK THAT IGAWA THREW 2 HIT-LESS INNING, 18 PITCHES 13 STRIKES. DUNCAN A DOUBLE AND MELKY RBI SINGLE YANKS WIN AGAIN.

YANKS WIN BUT....

MIKE MUSSINA WAS ROUGHED UP A BIT. JEFF KARSTENS WAS SOLID GOT THE WIN, CANO 3 HITS DUNCAN 2 AND YANKS WIN 7-6

GOOD LUCK BOBBY

TODAY BOBBY MURCER IS UNDERGOING THE BIOPSY TO DETERMINE IF THE TUMOR ON HIS BRAIN RETURNED. I'M PRAYING FOR GOOD NEWS HERE AS HE IS A TRUE YANKEE AND A GREAT GUY. GOD HELP HIM PLEASE.

RAISED RIGHT

JOBA CHAMBERLAIN WHO IS FAST BECOMING A PHENOM IS WELL GROUNDED. THIS KID WHO NEVER HAD ANYTHING IS ALREADY GIVING BACK. HE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD FOR FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE THIS WEEKEND, AND BRINGING ALONG A FAMILY FROM NEBRASKA. HE SAID HIS FAMILY NEVER WENT ON A VACATION SO HE KNOWS WHAT ITS LIKE TO WORK HARD JUST TO GET BUY AND HAVE NO MONEY FOR A FAMILY VACATION.THIS KID IS SPECIAL.

PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

LOVE HIM, HATE HIM, SIMPLY PUT AROD IS THE BEST PLAYER IN BASEBALL. SINCE 1996 HE HAS LED THE MAJORS IN HRS,RBI,RUNS SCORED,TOTAL BASES AND XTRA BASE HITS. AND THROW IN 3 MVP AWARDS. SOME YANKEE FANS DON'T LIKE HIM. IF YOU DON'T LIKE A GUY WITH THESE NUMBERS YOU DON'T KNOW BASEBALL. COME ON, CAN ANYONE TOP THOSE STATS ?

GIAMBI GOES YARD

JASON GIAMBI HIT A 3-RUN HR AND ALSO DOUBLED. PETTITTE WENT 2 SCORELESS INNINGS, AND FARNSWORTH-SHIT GAVE UP A SOLO HR. 7 -7 TIE.

POWER ON

THE YANKS HIT 4 HOME RUNS IN A 9-3 WIN ON SAT. AROD,DUNCAN,BETEMIT AND 18-YEAR-OLD CATCHING PROSPECT JESUS MONTERO ALL WENT DEEP. WANG THREW 2 SCORELESS INNING AND RASNER GOT SOME WORK IN. 20 RUNS IN TWO GAMES NOT BAD.

A TRUE CHAMPION

DUSTIN CARTER A HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLER WHO DUE TO AN ACUTE BACTERIA INFECTION HAD PARTS OF ALL HIS LIMBS AMPUTATED LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS ENDING HIS HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CAREER. HE MAY HAVE LOST THE MATCH , BUT HE WON THE ADMIRATION OF MILLIONS. TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO COMPETE WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST YOU LIKE HE DID, DUSTIN SHOWED THAT HE IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL AND A TRUE CHAMPION.