Tonight, the Yankees will take on the Braves without Derek Jeter, who has been scratched from the lineup due to the flu (which has seemingly been making the rounds in the team’s clubhouse). Joe Girardi said that Jeter would get checked out tomorrow and could return on Saturday for one of the split squad games [...]

Here is an article about a new stadium being constructed for the 2011 independent Can-Am League season: http://www.lohud.com/article/20100305/NEWS03/3050377/-1/newsfront/Ramapo-building-baseball-stadium-for-minor-league-team

It is a gray dreary day down in Tampa, there is rain in the forecast. It looks like they will get this game in though. Derek Jeter was in the original starting lineup but was scratched due to flu like symptoms. The Yankees told him to go home so as that he wouldn't pass it on to anyone else. He wasn't going to make the long roadtrip tomorrow so he will have 2 days off. Joe Girardi said he should have him playing in a game on Saturday. Here is the lineup for tonights game and then a coup...

I'm sure he's not... But Tony Jacks...

Just saw this on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption.  Cuban hitter, Lisban Correa attacks the pitcher Osniel Sosa who had just beaned Correa.   This is just plain wrong.  In no case should a hitter attack a pitcher and go after him with a bat in hand.  Luckily no-one was hurt.  Where were the Sosa’s teammates?  Why didn’t [...]

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It would be much like splitting hairs if we tried to give a definitive answer as to who among the former Independent players hopeful of becoming a first time major leaguer is having the best spring training up to this point.  Jon Weber,  Aaron Crow and Tanner Scheppers certainly have offered up their work.  Pete [...]

This is a preview of the 2010 season. We will look at the different divisions, teams, and players. This is also featured on Phillies Nation, as part of their 2010 preview.Last season, it took 163 games to decide the winner of the American League Central. The Detroit Tigers had a three game lead with four games left, but were unable to hold it as the Minnesota Twins forced a tiebreaker. In a game

[Ed. note: Once or twice throughout the season, the United Cardinal Bloggers undertake a roundtable discussion via e-mail that involves and answers various questions from the bloggers taking part over the course of a few weeks. We've spent most of our writing time answering those questions and taking part in those discussions (gladly, I [...]

Via JSchil’s Blog…

Watch a master at work and stand in awe. Before each start Johan Santana, the Mets' ace, struts past his teammates, smacking and fist-bumping and shimmying, as if performing a dugout Macarena, personalizing shakes for each teammate while throwing fake pitches. The innovation is ongoing (his shakes often change from week to week) and the complexity staggering—Santana is a veritable Baryshnikov of the hands, a choreographer of camaraderie.

Check out the 2010 promotion date schedule for the Yankees (hat-tip to New Stadium Insider): April