Jan 24 – Glove Fit: Yanks Sign Andruw Jones to a 1-Year Deal as 4th Outfielder

Brings 10 Gold Gloves to the Bronx, and Hopes of Past Glory (New York, NY) – The Yanks bolstered their outfield this past week with a 1-year deal with former center-field gold-glover Andruw Jones. The cost is $2M but also eliminated the option of bringing back Johnny Damon who eventually joined Manny Ramirez and went [...]

Jan 16 – Talk of the Town: Jets Back It Up with 28-21 Win Over New England

Sanchez Tosses 3 TDs and the Defense Throttles Brady (Foxboro, MA) – After a week of jabs via the media, and 6 weeks after an embarrasing 45-3 loss the Jets returned to Foxboro and won the one that counted as they upset the #1 see Patriots with a 28-21 win.  Rex Ryan called it the [...]

Jan 14 – Bolstering the Bullpen: Yanks Ink Rafael Soriano to a 3-year Deal

The Bridge to Mo is Set, At Least for 2011 (New York, NY) – The Bombers have beefed up the bullpen by adding Rafael Soriano.  He was a 45-save closer for Tampa last year and brings a 1.73 ERA and should be a very strong bridge to Mariano this year. At $35 Million we hope [...]

Jan 8 – Boss Remembered: Yankees put Steinbrenner statue at spring complex

Re-Post Courtesy of Yahoo Sports TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—The New York Yankees have put a statue of former owner George Steinbrenner at the team’s spring training complex. The 600-pound, life-size bronze statue was put on a marble stand Friday at the entrance of the ballpark named for Steinbrenner, who died at 80 in July. The 6-foot statue, [...]

Jan 2 – Hall of Fame Ballot 2011

(New York, NY) – Here are a few of the notables on this year’s ballot.  Vote for as many as you wish in your view that should enter the Hall.  Comments welcome as well.

2010 in review – Our FNY Blog

(Suffern, NY) – The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 8,500 times in 2010. That’s about 20 [...]