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Daily Jolt: An Ode to Ancient Arms

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.First Mike Mussina walked away. That was Nov. 21 -- almost four months ago -- and you had to love him going out on top, washing away the biggest knock on his borderline Hall of Fame career in his final season by winning 20 games. A few weeks later The...

Joe Torre's Story Deserves to Be Told

NEW YORK -- Joe Torre's name is on the book, but it's a fair estimate not even one-fourth of the words are actually his. He says he's read it six times, perusing line for line, scanning chapters for quotes or anecdotes that have caused so much fuss. It is clear the New York Yankees, Torre's former employer, aren't pleased...

From the Windup: Have the Yankees Done Enough This Offseason?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.While there is still time left in the Hot Stove season, and there are a few high quality players left on the market -- Ben Sheets, anyone? -- the Yankees have been the team who has made the biggest splash in all of baseball thus far....

From the Windup: Is It Time for a Salary Cap?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Salary Cap. There's not a more controversial phrase in baseball economics. The prospect of one hung over the strike of 1994 and 1995 before the owners and players managed to settle without implementing a true cap. Since then, baseball...

The Dugout: The Last Starpitcher

A few days ago, Mike Mussina told the Yankees about his plans to retire instead of coming back to play next year, and I want to make a couple of things clear about my point of view in relation to this before you scroll to the bottom of this and leave me comments. Yes, Mike Mussina is my least favorite player in baseball,...

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05/29/12 Pettitte off to impressive start (except to Pettitte... Source: The LoHud Yankees Blog Someone "cerebral" wouldn't take until after the game was over to think "gee, my fastball is getting pounded, maybe I should try another strategy.
05/24/12 The Lineup Card: 10 Mr. Almosts by Baseball Prospectus Source: Baseball Prospectus Some players hang on too long; some cases in point are Early Wynn pitching forever until notching his 300 th and final victory and Willie Mays , perhaps the most graceful player in baseball history, stumbling around the bases in the 1973 World Series.