Arod: Captain of ... Industry?

The awesomeness of Arod can only be compared to his preternatural lack of self-awareness. It's part of his charm, such as it is.

He's not just a craven self-promoter, but someone who's had a second coming and seeks to leverage the public's short, addled memory.

And the esteemed multi-Pulitzer Prize awarded Miami Herald is playing a part in the rehabilitation of the tarnished image of the Yankee near-great. He's been selected, with slight notice or fanfare, as a judge in the paper's annual Business Plan Challenge.

Strange days, indeed.

  

Flushing

The Metropolitans are not happy about The Yankees. We signed Giancarlo Stanton and their owner, Fred Wilpon is mighty angry, according to Mike Puma of the Post.

"Fred is pissed every time the Yankees make a move," a source told Puma, adding, "he always seems surprised."