Congrats to the SF Giants

The San Francisco Giants beat the Rangers tonight, 3-1, for their first World Series Championship since 1954. Congrats to them, as Tim Lincecum was just too much for Texas and their ace left-hander, Cliff Lee. Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

Nady gets his ring

Via Sports Illustrated: Talk about an unexpected guest — and what a treat, too!Cubs outfielder Xavier Nady received his 2009 World Series ring on Wednesday when New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman delivered the prize to Citi Field before Chicago faced the New York Mets. Nady says he had no idea when he was [...]

Morning Bits: Recap, Rings, Gardner

Here are a few quick items on the morning: Javier Vazquez finally earned a win last night as the Yanks beat the A’s, 7-3. Prior to that win, the Yanks provided WS rings to Chad Gaudin and Edwar Ramirez. If you didn’t notice, Brett Gardner started against the lefty, Gio Gonzalez, last night. Garnder ultimately [...]

Championship rings for all

Via Tyler Kepner of the NY Times: With the Yankees headed to Oakland this week, Manager Joe Girardi is bringing a ring for Chad Gaudin and Edwar Ramirez, the former Yankees right-handers who now pitch for the Athletics. General Manager Brian Cashman has also sent rings to Brian Bruney and Chien-Ming Wang of the Nationals [...]

What the Yankees’ recent ring ceremony was really missing…

Via Bill Ladson of MLB.com: With a day off Tuesday, Nationals reliever Brian Bruney decided not to go to the World Series championship ring ceremony held at Yankee Stadium.Bruney helped the Yankees win their 27th championship last year by going 5-0 with a 3.92 ERA in 44 games. Bruney said he preferred to stay with [...]

Morning Bits: Vazquez, Teixeira, Hairston Jr.

Here are a few quick items on the morning: Bill Madden of the Daily News thinks Javier Vazquez can’t handle the pinstripes (really, after 2 starts?). Mark Teixeira is hitting .097 on the season but isn’t making excuses (I guess he can’t handle pinstripes either). The San Diego Union-Tribune has a nice read out on [...]

Quick Bits: Injuries, Damon, Matsui

Here are a few quick items on the day: Joe at River Ave Blues acknowledges that the Yankees have some injury concerns this year. After 4 years, former Yankee, Johnny Damon, is finally able to wear his Boston World Series ring. Speaking of former Yankees, Hideki Matsui played the outfield yesterday and is okay today. [...]

Aaron F’n Boone retires

From ESPN: For Aaron Boone, Tuesday signaled the formal end to his playing career and, at the same time, the launch of his role as an analyst of the game he played for 12 major league seasons. Boone announced his retirement from Major League Baseball and will debut as part of ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” panel [...]

Quick Bits: Granderson, Starters, Halladay, Chapman

Here are a few quick items to start the day: Brian Cashman first inquired about Curtis Granderson before the World Series began. Tyler Kepner reports that the Yankees want to add another starter via trade or free agency. Sam Borden notes that the spring training deadline to trade Roy Halladay isn’t a “hard” one. Also, [...]

Closing Bits: FAs, Schedules, Trades, Salaries, Defectors, Shares

Here are some noteworthy items on the day: In Jon Heyman’s (SI) latest, he says the Yankees will be “players” for both Halladay and Lackey. The Yankees have released their 2010 Spring Training schedule. Grapefruit action begins March 3. Chad Jennings reflects on the Yankees’ ’09 trades. Brian Cashman deserves a scratch-n-sniff sticker. In 2009, [...]

Law on Matsui

From Keith Law’s (ESPN) top 50 FA list, we have the following profile on Hideki Matsui: Matsui stayed healthy for a full season by avoiding the field, so while I’d expect his agents to market him as a corner outfielder, he should be valued as a DH. His bat has slowed noticeably — to hit [...]

Cashman discusses spending, bullpen, rotation, outfield

Last night, Dan Martin (NY Post) caught up with Brian Cashman at the Ziegfeld Theatre in midtown, as Cashman was in attendance for the premiere of the Yankees’ Official 2009 World Series film. Cashman, of course, did not disappoint, providing Martin with some newsworthy comments and interesting remarks about the Yankees’ plans this winter. Here [...]

Law’s profile on Aroldis Chapman

From Keith Law’s FA rankings, we find Aroldis Chapman, who was number 5 on Law’s list. Chapman is the wild card of the free-agent market, as his track record is largely unknown, he has barely thrown for clubs since defecting and he is represented by agents who haven’t handled a free agent of this magnitude [...]

Stark, your bias bothers me

From Jayson Stark (ESPN): So $1.76 billion dollars could buy you 434.5 million Big Macs. Or 110 million large pepperoni pizzas at Domino’s. Or, in the case of the New York Yankees, two parades through the Canyon of Heroes. We’ve done the hard arithmetic on a Best of the ’00s list you haven’t seen anywhere [...]

Thank you, Scott Boras

From Nick Cafardo (Boston Globe): There will always be teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, and Mets, who will go after a player they desperately need and won’t be afraid to offer a big salary. Even teams like Seattle, Milwaukee, and San Francisco will be aggressive to make sure they don’t miss out on the [...]

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