NY Yankees

There is plenty to choose from this weekend.  This is one of the best and busiest times on the sports calendar.  And you generally get that way when seasons change.  So, here you have it.  

Choice one:  Duh

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For many pitchers, being tasked with preventing an opening series sweep would be a high pressure situation. For Andy Pettitte it was just another day at the park.

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Brian Kenny of MLB Network recently suggested that Robinson Cano should get $252 million after this year because he is worth seven wins per season in the stupid category of "Wins Above Replacement."  This category is almost as stupid as giving Carl Pavano $40 million over four years.  Why?  Seven wins in the regular season means nothing in the postseason if you don't hit and lead, which Cano has yet to do either.

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The Yanks, injured, old and battered are 0-2.  The Blue Jays, who went wild in the off-season picking-up names like Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes and R.A. Dickey, are also 0-2.  What record looks worse during this early Major League Baseball season?

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Derek Jeter said he would be ready for Opening Day.  But with his right ankle pretty much shattering during last year's playoffs, that was a long shot, even for DJ.  But what is the realistic timetable now?  

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Things have gone from bad to worse for the New York Yankees. In their ugly 7-4 loss to the Red Sox, Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda was forced to leave in the second with an injured hand.

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The dog days of Spring?  Maybe.  The Yanks are 0-1.  Uh oh.  They play 162 games, sure, but the flaws are there.  There is also not reason to panic.  And so away we go with the things the Yanks must do to stay in it until June 1 when they get officially or unofficially healthy for the stretch run.

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Yankees, Red Sox, and Mets fans in the Albany area all know that this part of the country is one of the most interesting in terms of baseball fanhood. Being close to both Boston and New York City, it is common to find fans of all three teams everywhere you look. Unfortunately, that also means putting up with the fans of the two teams that you don't root for and, man, can these three fan bases be insufferable.

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The walking wounded continue to pile up for Joe Girardi and his Yankees. So much so the team may be forced to make a deal in the coming days, ahead of the April 1st opener against the Boston Red Sox

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The Yankees are the same, yet so different from last year. No Nick Swisher. No Raul Ibanez. No Russell Martin. Enter Kevin Youkilis and some baseball nomads.

Other than that, they look the same. The difference? They aren’t healthy, not by a long shot

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This shouldn't come as any shock as we have heard this was going to indeed happen. In fact had Mariano Rivera not gotten hurt last season the word was that was to be his final season.

However he did get hurt and not wanting to exit from his hall of fame career crumpled up on the warning track in Kansas City, Rivera decided to come back for 2013

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