The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Mark Teixeira said today he would not be playing for the United States in the World Baseball Classic. CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett said the same thing when they signed. At the moment, the only Yankees involved for sure are Derek Jeter (United States) and Alex Rodriguez (Dominican Republic). Robinson Cano has said he wants to play [...]
MY BASEBALL BIAS (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Verducci of SI.com serves this up in his column today on the frozen free-agent market for aging players: The Yankees, for all the money they have spent, will try to buck this trend by starting Alex Rodriguez, 33, Derek Jeter, who turns 35 in June, Johnny Damon, 35 and Jorge Posada, 37, with Hideki Matsui, [...]
Fashion by Sarah (Free subscription) | yesterday
Having recently turned 50, she has successfully been able Kabbalahcize 33 year old New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, leading him a ... ime or another turned it into for their own fashion purposes....
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
Josh Beckett has never bloodied a sock, yet has likely muddied his undies. In this case, it was probably neither, but he decided to have his underwear yanked from eBay for other reasons. Yankees star Alex Rodriguez's underwear brought a whopping $420 on eBay, while Red Sox stud Kevin Youkilis ' sold for a mere $305. As we told you earlier this month, Phil Castinetti of SportsWorld in Saugus put game-used...
FIFA - Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/27/2008
Managers throughout the American League got handed a puzzle for Christmas. They now have to figure out how to negotiate the heart of the Yankees’ lineup. The 1-2 punch of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez is so potent, people will lose sleep. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Roto Authority Fantasy Baseball (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Can anyone make a decent argument that any other player(s) should be picked within the first five picks? Jose Reyes Albert Pujols Hanley Ramirez Alex Rodriguez David Wright You can mess with the order, but these five form an elite...
Yankees baseball blog (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Managers throughout the American league got handed a puzzle for Christmas. They now have to figure out how to negotiate the heart of theYankees' lineup. The 1-2 punch of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez is so potent, people are going...
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
Here is a partial list of the money the Yankees, over the last 13 months, have agreed to spend: Jorge Posada: 4/ 52.4 Nov 29, 2007 Alex Rodriguez: 10/275 Dec 13, 2007 Mariano Rivera: 3/ 45 Dec 17, 2007 Robinson Cano: 4/ 30 Feb 2008 Nick Swisher: 5/ 26.75 Nov 18, 2008 CC Sabathia: 7/161 Dec 11, 2008 A.J. Burnett: 5/ 82.5 Dec 12, 2008 Mark Teixeira: 8/180 Dec 23, 2008 That's roughly $850 million in free...
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
With the recent signing of Mark Teixeira for $180M over 8 years, the New York Yankees have spent a total of $423.5M on three free agents this winter. Add in the $248M still owed on Alex Rodriguez’s contract, and the Bronx Bombers have committed over a half-billion dollars ($671.5M to be exact) to three ballplayers over [...]
MY BASEBALL BIAS (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Player Pos DOB Contract Status 2009 Salary Alex Rodriguez 3B 07/27/75 10Y/$275M (2008-17) $32,000,000 CC Sabathia LHP 07/21/80 7Y/$161M (2009-15) $23,000,000 Mark Teixeira 1B 04/11/80 8Y/$180M (2009-16) $22,500,000 Derek Jeter SS 06/26/74 10Y/$189M (2001-10) $20,000,000 The Yankees roster now contains the four highest-paid players in all of Major League Baseball.
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
From Jeff Passan : Just look at the players who already have declared themselves unwilling to join Team USA at the second incarnation of the tournament in March. Josh Hamilton? No. Ryan Howard? Sorry. Alex Rodriguez? Nope, he defected to the Dominican team. CC Sabathia, Brandon Webb, Cole Hamels, Josh Beckett, A.J. Burnett and Brad Lidge? Nein, non, lo, nyet, nei and na. Respectively. And the exodus...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
The Angels have joined the Red Sox in publicly saying they’re out of the Mark Teixeira business. Calling the bluff of Scott Boras is a popular pastime these days. You hear a lot from people in the game that Teixeira is a lot like Alex Rodriguez. Though talented and hard working, he is ultimately concerned more [...]
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
Lone Star Ball points out a reason Mark Teixeira might not want to play for the Yankees: I mean, we heard back in 2004 about how much the other Rangers players (including, presumably, Mark Teixeira) disliked Alex Rodriguez and how...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
The Boston Red Sox are saying they are out of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes. Sure, just like the New York Yankees were finished with Alex Rodriguez last off-season. I know Teixeira is a Scott Boras client, which means you go to the highest bidder no matter who it is, but I just can’t believe Teixeira would [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
Tyler Kepner / New York Times : Sabathia and Burnett to Skip World Baseball Classic — While Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez will play in the World Baseball Classic this spring, the Yankees' new starting pitchers almost certainly will not. C. C. Sabathia participated in 2006 but said he was likely to decline his invitation this time.
The last article published by a user on Alex Rodriguez :
icelebz | 07/10/2008
Alex Rodriguez allegedly confessed his love for Madonna at the beginning of this year. The New York Yankees baseball star - whose close relationship with the singer is a factor in his recent split from wife Cynthia, her lawyers claim - told a pal he was besotted with Madonna as they had dinner at a restaurant in January, during which Alex spent most of the evening texting her. Read Full Story
