Who is firing up the hot stove?
Just a day after the Yankees won their 27th World Series Championship, some interesting story lines are cropping up around Major League Baseball.For the Bombers themselves, the story surrounds their pending free agents and the overall age of the team. World Series MVP Hideki Matsui and World Series catalyst Johnny Damon are both now free agents and their are major questions on whom New York should bring back. Can you let a World Series MVP walk? Does Damon's speed and fractional ability in the outfield make him a better fit?The Red Sox

Baseball Fundamentals
It was the top of the ninth inning and Johnny Damon had just had a great at bat against Brad Lidge. He had fought off fastballs on the outside corner, seemingly reacting a split second before the pitch would cross the plate. He got a pitch out over the plate and seemingly placed it into left field.This game was a strange one. New York seemed to be losing the momentum as the game wore on. Joba Chamberlain had served up a mammoth homerun to Pedro Feliz in the bottom of the eighth to even the score at 4-4 and Citizens Bank Park was absolutely electric. Brad Lidge looked great through two batters. He had Damon in a hole and the Phillies were ready to charge into the

That will be second guessed...
Joe Girardi brought in Alfredo Aceves to replace David Robertson with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the 11th when Robertson seemed to be throwing well. Aceves then proceeded to give up a single to Howie Kendrick and a game winning RBI double to Jeff Mathis.Why in the world did Girardi take out Robertson?

Is he a "true" Yankee now?
Alex Rodriguez has been absolutely haunted by his shortcomings in the post-season in New York. He has been raked over the coals on both sports talk stations in NYC (1050 ESPN Radio and 660 WFAN) for his lack of "clutch" play. And he never quite helped himself, always pushing to hard and saying what just seemed like the wrong thing.Then, as all of you know, this season put everything on its ear. A-Rod was outed for having done steroids. Whether you take him at his word that he only did them in Texas or not, he no longer had to carry that secret with him. He was a cheater, right up there with Barry and Manny. Then came the hip injury that might sideline him the entire season

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