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Moneyball: The New York Yankees version

slick — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:03:03 +0000

I went and saw Moneyball this past weekend. The flick stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the rogue Oakland A's General Manager who bucked the system by signing players based on an algorithm that includes On Base Pct and pant size. I think. Jonah Hill plays the smart guy who does the math stuff. It's based on the best selling book of the same name and is not a bad movie at all...you could probably wait for it to be on PPV/Blu-Ray/Netflix/whatever you kids use to get your movies nowadays.

Fan who caught the Jeter ball now has the attention of the IRS

slick — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:12:05 +0000

When Christian Lopez caught the home run that was Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit last week, he gave the historic ball to the Yankee’s shortstop without asking for any money, even though it may have fetched over $100,000 on the open market. The taxman isn’t being so generous with Lopez. To reward Lopez for returning the [...]

News Flash – Yankees Players Are Overrated

Bobby G. — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:38:38 +0000

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez both have multi-million dollar contracts and actress girlfriends.

The two Yankees also have something else in common: They are among the overrated baseball players in the game, according to a survey of 185 major league ballplayers by Sports Illustrated.