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  1. yankees
    Mark Teixeira Cuts Ties With Scott BorasThe first baseman has cut ties with his agent.
    By Joe DeLessio
  2. mets
    Bobby Valentine Really Is Part of a Group Trying to Buy a Stake in the Mets, ReportedlyHe’s reportedly part of one of the groups considered strong contenders to buy a piece of the team.
    By Joe DeLessio
  3. mets
    Bobby Valentine Looking Into Buying a Stake in the MetsIt’s a long way from becoming a reality, though.
    By Joe DeLessio
  4. wife-swapping
    Mike Kekich Would Like to Put That Whole Wife-Swapping Business Behind HimThe former Yankee, who swapped wives with teammate Fritz Peterson in the seventies, isn’t cooperating with a film about the arrangement.
    By Joe DeLessio
  5. mets
    Tracing the Lineage of R.A. Dickey’s KnuckleballAmazin’ Avenue traces it back to Emil “Dutch” Leonard, who spent twenty seasons in the majors between 1933 and 1953.
    By Joe DeLessio
  6. yankees rotation derby
    Yankees Rotation Derby: Pre-Pre-Season EditionWho will win the final two spots in the Yankees rotation? A pre-pre-season outlook.
    By Joe DeLessio
  7. stats
    The A.L. East Team That Won the Off-Season May Not Be the One You Think It IsOne analysis finds that it’s not the Red Sox, but the Baltimore Orioles.
    By Joe DeLessio
  8. billboards
    Even Other Baseball Teams Are Using Derek Jeter in Their Ads NowThe Yankees shortstop is featured prominently on a billboard advertising the on-sale date for Cubs tickets.
    By Joe DeLessio
  9. popcorn
    Breaking: A-Rod Displays Sense of Humor“Did anyone watch the Super Bowl?”
    By Joe DeLessio
  10. team bonding
    David Wright Is Also the Mets’ Best BowlerHe rolled a 259 during a team bonding event yesterday.
    By Joe DeLessio
  11. yankees
    Eight Rotation Candidates May Not Be Enough for the YankeesThey’re reportedly interested in signing Kevin Millwood.
    By Joe DeLessio
  12. mets
    Sandy Alderson Gives an Update on When You’ll See Johan Santana Pitch Again“So if you do the math, it gets you to the end of June, the middle part of July.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  13. yankees
    This Is Not a Question a Team Typically Wants Asked During Spring Training’The Wall Street Journal’ addresses the question of whether the Yankees are the fattest baseball team ever.
    By Joe DeLessio
  14. mets
    The Latest Group Expressing Interest in Buying the Mets? Their Fans.Why should the parade of folks claiming they’d like to buy the Mets be limited to the extremely wealthy?
    By Joe DeLessio
  15. yankees
    Joba Chamberlain’s Weight Gain: The First Mini-Controversy of the 2011 Season!“He’s heavier, we’ll just leave it at that,” says Brian Cashman.
    By Joe DeLessio
  16. baseball
    Albert Pujols, and Why the Yankees Are the YankeesFor now.
    By Will Leitch
  17. mets
    It’s Amazing That It Has Taken This Long to Learn Donald Trump’s Thoughts on Buying the MetsAnd unlike Seinfeld and Bloomberg, he’s interested. Sort of.
    By Joe DeLessio
  18. pecota
    Time to Freak Out Everybody: PECOTA Has the Yanks Out of the PlayoffsThird place, Yanks; fourth place, Mets.
    By Will Leitch
  19. mets
    It’s Important to Oliver Perez That You Know He’s Still AliveOliver Perez, still around.
    By Will Leitch
  20. yankees
    CC Sabathia Is Totally Opting Out, YoExpect more CC Sabathia free-agent drama next off-season.
    By Will Leitch
  21. yankees
    Let the Francisco Liriano Speculation Begin!A report says the Twins might be open to trading him.
    By Joe DeLessio
  22. mets
    Mayor Bloomberg Isn’t Buying a Piece of the MetsAnd neither is Jerry Seinfeld.
    By Joe DeLessio
  23. yankees
    Joe Girardi: ‘It’s Possible’ Derek Jeter Could Change Positions … After His Current Contract Is UpOh.
    By Joe DeLessio
  24. baseball
    Rob Neyer Tackles the Question of Cano Versus PedroiaHe’s trying to predict who will be the best second baseman of this decade.
    By Joe DeLessio
  25. mets
    In Today’s Mets News That Doesn’t Really Have Anything to Do With Baseball …Technically, of course, this all has to do with baseball. But much of the news lately has involved not pitchers and catchers, but lawsuits and debt.
    By Joe DeLessio
  26. get your popcorn ready
    Fox Sports: A-Rod Popcorn Shot Was Purely RandomOne report says that Rodriguez “went ballistic” over a shot of Cameron Diaz feeding him popcorn.
    By Joe DeLessio
  27. yankees
    The Yankees’ Rotation Is Thinner Than Last Year, and Apparently So Is CC SabathiaBuster Olney reports that he’s shed 30 pounds.
    By Joe DeLessio
  28. mets
    David Wright, Crossing Imaginary ThresholdsDavid Wright must get tired of being a Met sometimes.
    By Will Leitch
  29. trivia
    Baseball Game in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Positively IdentifiedThe more you know about ‘Ferris Bueller,’ the better.
    By Willa Paskin
  30. baseball
    What Do the Machines Think of the Mets and Yankees?Specifically the machines that calculate Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA rankings.
    By Ben Mathis-Lilley
  31. yankees
    Can We Retire the Phrase ‘Core Four’ Now?It’s always been kind of misleading.
    By Joe DeLessio
  32. mets
    The Lawsuit Against the Mets’ Owners Has Been UnsealedIt seeks the return of some $300 million in what it calls “false profits.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  33. yankees
    Andy Pettitte Makes His Retirement Official, But Explains ‘You Can Never Say Never’“I believe I’m done.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  34. mets
    Settlement Talks Between the Mets’ Owners and the Madoff Trustee Have CollapsedThe Mets’ owners no longer oppose unsealing Irving Picard’s suit against them.
    By Joe DeLessio
  35. yankees
    Reports: Andy Pettitte to Announce His Retirement TomorrowNow even the slightest hope that Pettitte could join the suspect Yankees rotation has evaporated.
    By Joe DeLessio
  36. mets
    The Mets Fire Back at the Madoff Trustee Suing ThemSays a Mets lawyer for the Mets’ owners: “We believe the complaint is baseless, both factually and legally.”
    By Joe DeLessio
  37. mets
    The Angels Weren’t Positive Carlos Beltran Could Play Center Field, EitherThe Mets and Angels had discussions about Beltran.
    By Joe DeLessio
  38. office space
    Hank Steinbrenner Gets His Dad’s Tampa OfficePresumably, the office looks just like the one pictured, except that it’s in Tampa and lacks the calzone-fetching underling.
    By Joe DeLessio
  39. mets
    If the Mets Have to Go Broke, Now’s the Time to Do ItThe Mets are in financial trouble. That’s not good. But it could be worse.
    By Will Leitch
  40. lukewarm stove
    Freddy Garcia Also Now in the Mix for the Yankees RotationHe posted better numbers than Javier Vazquez last year, at least.
    By Joe DeLessio
  41. mets
    Sandy Alderson: Madoff Situation Won’t Impact What I DoIs Alderson being naïve?
    By Joe DeLessio
  42. tom terriffic
    Tom Seaver Makes Autograph Hounds Sing for His Signature“God Bless America,” to be specific.
    By Joe DeLessio
  43. mets
    So, Who’s (Maybe) Thinking About Buying a Piece of the Mets?The first batch of potential “strategic partners” has already stepped forward.
    By Joe DeLessio
  44. mets
    Amid Madoff ‘Uncertainty,’ Mets Look to Sell a Minority Interest in the FranchiseThe Mets are looking to sell a portion of the team.
    By Joe DeLessio
  45. mets
    Fred Wilpon Would Like to Have Omar Minaya Around AgainBut would Minaya accept a reduced role?
    By Joe DeLessio
  46. yankees
    Add Bartending to the List of Things Brian Cashman Has Done This Off-SeasonGranted, that list doesn’t involve “add a reliable starting pitcher to the rotation,” but still.
    By Joe DeLessio
  47. lukewarm stove
    Yankees Sign Bartolo Colon to a Minor-League DealThe 37-year-old hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2009.
    By Joe DeLessio
  48. yankees
    Since When Does Brian Cashman Speak So Candidly?At a WFAN Breakfast With a Champion event this morning, the Yankees GM spoke honestly about Derek Jeter, Joba Chamberlain, and others.
    By Joe DeLessio
  49. extremely hot stove
    Watch Jeff Wilpon Train As a FirefighterJoining him were Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Bobby Parnell, and Dillon Gee.
    By Joe DeLessio
  50. yankees
    Andruw Jones Will Be the Yankees’ Fourth OutfielderThis makes some sense.
    By Joe DeLessio
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