Andruw Jones

The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to trade or release embattled OF Andruw Jones. He has agreed to defer much of his 22million dollars left on his contract. The question I have is, if the Yankees can get him to sign a minor league deal, would it be worth taking a flier on him? I dont know if i would do it, but it could be interesting. If he comes to camp to compete with Gardner and Melky, maybe that would give them a kick in the butt and Jones cant really be as bad as he has been right? He would be motivated by a new team and he is only 32. I am just throwing this out there, what do you guys think? Peter Abraham has also posted this on his yankees.lhblogs.com blog, check it out. I would personally just let Melky and Gardner battle it out, but its worth thinking about.

Slow Baseball Month

The Florida Marlins announced today that they have signed former Yankee Scott Proctor. He was signed for 750,000 with a 250,000 incentives clause. I wish him all the luck, i am sure he will do well finally being away from Joe Torre. I expect to see him pitch less then he has in years thanks to having a manager other then Torre. A construction worker fell 12 feet today at the new stadium and got injured. It looks like he will be fine, i hope he can get some tickets for all his hard work and the trauma this caused. I dont know if anyone really payed attention and it isn't about baseball but its related. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 in the winter classic at Wrigley Field. I do think this is a really cool idea and enjoy seeing the outdoor games. I would think at some point they will probably use Citifield or Yankee Stadium but we shall see. I will remind everyone when it gets closer but I will be guest blogging on Peter Abrahams yankees.lhblogs.com blog on January 21. It is a slow month for baseball and I recommend that everyone check out the guest blogs on his site that started yesterday and run through the first week of February. Make sure you comment on the posts and dont forget about me.

Brett and the Jets

Brett Favre had his MRI and it looks like he has an excuse for his poor play at the end of the year. He had a torn biceps tendon and calcification in the area causing the pain in his shoulder. I hope Brett just bows out quickly here and doesn't play games with the Jets and their fans. They need to move on now with a new coach and get a QB for the future. It will be interesting to see who the quarterback will be if not Favre though, will they go back to Clemons or could the get Matt Cassell or draft someone? The Jets need to handle these two situations well and get that franchise going somewhere otherwise they will be the same old Jets.

Manny being Manny

Reports out of San Francisco are stating that the Giants have offered Manny a 4 year contract. There are no financial details yet, i will be sure to get them to you when I have more information. I find this interesting since the Giants do need a bat and they are used to controversial sluggers. I would think Manny would take the best deal he can get and other then the 2yrs 45million the Dodgers offered there is nothing else until now. I wonder if Manny would be as nice and fuzzy to the press out there as Barroid was.

Eric Mangini

Im a little slow getting around to this, but the Jets went ahead and fired Eric Mangini after a colossal slide to end the season. I do think he probably was deserving of a firing for not getting them into the playoffs after being 8-3 and having a very easy shedule. The question is who replaces him, Bill Cowher took himself out of the running already. They will be interviewing Steve Spagnaulo the Giants Defensive Coordinator, Rex Ryan the Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator amongst others. Mike Shanahan has also been rumored since he got canned by the Denver Broncos. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. I wonder also if Brett Favre will have anything to do with any of the candidates decisions. I think its time for Favre to hang it up, and he should just decide quickly, not turn this into another fiasco like he did with Green Bay. The Jets im sure will find a way to screw this up, since well thats what they do.