Today in The Journal News
It’s only been a few days since the final game of the World Series, and already the Yankees are transitioning to next year. Some of the players have already cleared out their lockers, fans chanted “28″ at the parade and the free agent decision making process will begin shortly. That’s what I wrote about in today’s paper. And [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...

Dunn in Fall League all-star game
After 22 regular season games, the Arizona Fall League has it’s all-star game tonight. One Yankees prospect, left-hander Mike Dunn, is on the West ros ter. He leads Fall League relievers with 15.26 strikeouts per nine innings. My guess is that Ian Kennedy might have made the team — he leads the league in innings and [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...

Sitting, waiting, wishing
I’m posting from the middle if the Yankees clubhouse, where a dozen or so reporters are waiting for news that might or might not come. Some players are supposed to be clearing out their lockers this morning and afternoon, but we have yet to see anyone. The name plates are off the lockers, big boxes are [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...

Changing the sign
Several people have written to suggest that a little housekeeping is in order and I agree: The info in the “About This Blog” box on the right has now officially been changed to reflect that we are writing about the 27-time World Champion Yankees. Thanks to all who noticed and wrote in. With that, I’m taking [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...

The Jay-Z is one busy man
Jay-Z was a part of the Yankees victory parade on Friday. I know this because he walked right past me and I have the blurry cell phone photo to prove it. Turns out, it’s been quite the past few days for the man formerly known as Shawn Carter. On Thursday, Jay-Z performed with U2 in Berlin. For those [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...