Time running out to cast your vote

What will the 2007 Yankees be known as?

Poll on left.

The Team that Made Susyn cry? Or Kenny Lofton's 25 bitches?

Escape from New York

It's too depressing, seeing Joe go.

It's Friday: We need something UPLIFTING!

Check this nugget from Sean Hannity's Oct. 4 interview with Fred Thompson and his superhot newest wife, Jeri...

HANNITY: How did you meet?

JERI: We met at the Kroger, which is the grocery store chain.

HANNITY: You were out shopping, Senator, at the Kroger?
FRED: I was on my way to my mother's house, actually, and Jeri claims to remember what I had in my basket. I'm not sure I do. But...

JERI: Beanie-Weenies, and a half of a pre-made sandwich.

HANNITY: Have either one of you...

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

He Looks Pissed

"I want to thank Brian Cashman for the support he gave me LAST YEAR."

Insulted by the incentives and the club's refusal to negotiate, but not surprised. He probably didn't do himself any favors by winning so many World Series so early on. Wouldn't go back if they changed their offer because they clearly don't trust him. Someone asked about Randy Levine, but he didn't recognize the name. Actually, he said, "I reported to Brian Cashman," implying that Cash should have protected him from Randy. Boy is he pissed at Cash. Asked about regrets, he wishes he'd lifted an f'ing finger to get the game stopped when the bugs were eating Joba. If they invite him to throw out the first pitch... well, he said he doesn't want to talk about it, which I heard as, "They can kiss my dignified, classy, thick-skinned ass." He won't even go back to pack up his office.

Yankeeoetry Corner

Some shall wonder why he’s gone,
Some shall cry out, "What went wrong?"
Some will blame that insect throng,
But I'll remember Chien-Ming Wang.

For sure, his ending was foregone
That night we watched our lead withdrawn.
And now, it hurts to say, “So long.”
And then remember Chien-Ming Wang.

Next summer, birds shall sing their song,
While happy children play along.

But we'll remember why he's gone,
Whenever we see Chien-Ming Wang.

New Radiohead Lyric Predicted Torre's End

I do not
Understand
What it is
I've done wrong
Full of holes
Check the pulse
Blink your eyes
One for yes
Two for no

I have no idea what I am talking about
I'm trapped in this body and can't get out
Ooooohhhh

Make a sound
Move back home
Get an invitation
With the edges
Sawn off

I have no idea what you are talking about
I'm trapped in this body and can't get out
Ooooohhhh

Has the light gone out for you?
Cause the light's gone for me
It is the 21st century
It is the 21st century
You can fight it like a dog
And they brought me to my knees
They got scared and they put me in
They got scared and they put me in
All the lies run around my face
All the lies run around my face
And for anyone else to see
And for anyone else to see

I'm alive

I've seen it coming
I've seen it coming
I've seen it coming
I've seen it comingSong: Bodysnatchers
Album: In Rainbows
Lyric via Green Plastic

Tribute

NoMaas.org observes Joe's departure.

Torre out: World reacts

He is high, he is far, he is.... GONE

Joe pulls out.

And in the end, the love you take... is equal to the love... you make.

In last day of Hank nickname voting, Kronk takes lead

Is he Kronk or is he Stubby?

Time to vote (on left.) This isn't Cleveland. No standing in line.

Bush batting .240 in postseason approval poll

Even lower than Giambi.

Yankee/White House Postseason batting

Cano ................ .333

Damon ............ .278

Abreu............... .267

Rodriguez........ .267

Giambi ............ .250

BUSH............... .240

Cabrera .......... .188

Matsui............. .182

Jeter................. .176

Posada............. .133

New Springsteen Lyric Predicts Yankee Housecleaning

From his new album, Magic, Bruce clearly was foreshadowing the Yankee off-season:

LAST TO DIE

"Who'll be the last to die for a mistake,
"The last to die for a mistake,
"Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break,
"Who'll be the last to die for a mistake.

New Radiohead Lyric Predicted Knuckleballer's Game Four Loss

One two three four
Wakey Wakey
rise and shine
it's on again, off again, on again
watch me fall
like dominos
in pretty patterns
Fingers in the blackbird pie
I'm tingling tingling tingling
it's what you feel now
what you ought to, what you ought to
reasonable and sensible
dead from the neck up
because im stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
we thought you had it in you
but no, no, no
[...]
you got melted to butter

Song: Faust ARP
Album: In Rainbows
Full lyric

Cheney and Obama sprang from same exploding loin

So claims Lynn Cheney.

Who else is Cheney's cousin? Isn't it obvious?

And what woman could unite them?

An Anger Out There

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Sunday's Las Vegas Review-Journal

I am in no way a New York Yankees fan; in fact, I have rooted against them for years But one fact remains: The Yankees have represented class.

When they win, they do so gracefully; when they lose, they give credit to the team that beat them.
That sort of thing starts at the top, and I don't mean with owner George Steinbrenner. Rather, manager Joe Torre has represented everything over the past 35 years that those of us who love baseball embrace.

Torre manages with a great respect for the game. His players don't preen or posture; they act as though they've won before.

Sadly, it appears that now that the Yankees have lost to the Indians, "King George" will make good on his promise to fire Torre. I only hope that a few of Torre's players will have the guts to opt for free agency, ask for trades or retire as a gesture of solidarity.

BOB ASHMAN

Something in the Wind

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Yesterday's Durham (NC) Herald-Sun

Let me first say that I am not a Yankees fan, but it would be an awful decision if Joe Torre gets fired as the Yankees manager.

He has been the Yankees manager for 12 years and they have made the playoffs all 12 years. He has also led the Yankees to four World Series titles.

With the amount of money that George Steinbrenner has put into his players and his team, there is no reason why they shouldn't win the World Series every year. However, I fail to see how this is Joe Torre's fault. It's not like he benched their star players or anything. He put all of their guys out there and they just couldn't win the game. Is it Joe Torre's fault that the team couldn't hit the ball well or that captain Derek Jeter hit into three double plays in their Game 4 loss?

There is only so much a manager can do for his team. He cannot go out there and hit a home run for his team, all he can do is put a line up out there to give his team the best chance to win. Joe Torre is a future first-ballot Hall of Famer and with all the changes the Yankees need to make he should be the last one to go.

Jared Rist
Durham

If Torre Should Leave Us...

...Why not turn to a champion?


EXPERIENCE: Luis Sojo managed the 2002 Norwich Navigators to the Eastern League Championship.

YANKEETUDE: Luis Sojo drove in the run that won the Yankees their most recent World Championship.

PRIDE: According to Luis Sojo's Wikipedia entry:

When registering for hotel stays, Sojo used the alias Harry Pelotas to avoid unwanted fan attention. "Pelotas" is Spanish for "balls."

Why not Luis Sojo?

Answer me that.

Fortress: Tampa

Still no word.

Excerpts from George W. Bush's conversations with the Dalai Lama.

Heck, back when you won the Nobel Prize, the darn thing meant something. These days, it's garbage, a beauty contest, and everybody knows it.

By a friend of ours, at Slate.

Palestinians, Jews, Rice, Join Torre Summit

TAMPA _ Yankee brass meeting today to discuss the fate of Joe Torre will have company.

U.S. State Department officials announced Monday that Condoleezza Rice has requested that the talks be widened to include Palestinian and Israeli representatives, as well as contingents from China, North Korea and -- at the request of newly emerging Yankee powerbroker Hank "Stubby" Steinbrenner -- the surviving members of the 1980s Latino boy band, Menudo. (pictured)