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Mike Lupica

Mike Lupica believes that Joe Girardi has done a great job this season even they don’t make the playoffs. The best move Cashman has made has been the hiring of Girardi.

That is why when you add it all up, the Yankees being where they are with Chien-Ming Wang out of action and Hideki Matsui out of action and Jorge Posada gone for the season and without a single victory from the two kids (Phil Hughes, the immortal Ian Kennedy) who were supposed to be the back-end of the rotation, with Joba Chamberlain on the disabled list, the best move Brian Cashman made this season might have been hiring Girardi. – Mike Lupica

• Joe Girardi is Yankees’ light in the darkness for Bombers - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Are the Yankees hiding something?

We don’t know if Joba Chamberlain did serious damage to his shoulder the other night, don’t know if he is lost for the season. But if the Yanks were bowled over by their great and good fortune Tuesday, they sure weren’t acting that way. – Mike Lupica NY Daily News

If Chamberlain’s injury report was negative, the Yankees would of been in a hurry to report the news but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.

• With Joba Chamberlain’s injury, Yankees use silent treatment - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Disappointments

Mike Lupica of the NY Daily News believes that Derek Jeter is under performing and is hitting 33 points below his lifetime average. Robinson Cano is hitting 46 points lower than his batting average from last year. Alex Rodriguez has his numbers but he’s not carrying the Yanks like he is paid to do. No one cares about numbers once you make the post season however.

• Carlos Beltran is New York baseball’s biggest offensive disappointment - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Manny did great for the Red Sox

Mike Lupica of the NY Daily News believes that Manny was the most significant free-agent signing ever. He came through for the Red Sox time and time again and formed a formidable duo with David Ortiz in the middle of the lineup. He delivered time after time with the money on the table.

• Sizable day for Joe Torre, Dodgers, but bigger for Yankees - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Mike Lupica

Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News believes the Boston Red Sox are in for a “pitched” battle. The Red Sox have lost too many late inning leads this season and have been a bad road team. The Red Sox lineup has looked as helpless as the Yankees’ lineup has this season and Lupica believes that Joe Girardi has done a better job with the Yankees’ bull pen this year than Joe Torre. Says Lupica.. Joe Girardi, at least so far, has done something Joe Torre hadn’t done for a long time, which means assemble a bullpen that is more than Mo Rivera.

• Starters to pen, Red Sox are in for pitched battle against Yankees - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Bobby Murcer dies

It’s a sad day for his family and friends. He seemed like such a fun guy to be around.

• Bobby Murcer was prince of our city - Mike Lupica – NY Daily News
• Until the very end, Bobby Murcer showed ‘heart of a champion’ - NY Daily News
• Boss calls Murcer ‘a born Yankee’ - NY Daily News
• Against all odds, Bobby Murcer taught us to keep believing - Bob Raissman – NY Daily News
• Politi: Bobby Murcer was “the best teammate” – Steve Politi – Star – Ledger
• Baseball world saddened by Murcer passing - Peter Abraham – Journal News
• MLB.com Tribute to Bobby Murcer(video) - Yankees Official

• Bobby Murcer Book signing(video) - YesNetwork
• Post Game Plus Bobby Murcer(video) - YesNetwork
• Derek Jeter on Bobby Murcer(video) - Yesnetwork
• A-Rod on Bobby Murcer(video) – YesNetwork
• Andy Pettitte on Bobby Murcer(video) - YesNetwork
• Mariano Rivera on Bobby Murcer(video) - YesNetwork
• Jorge Posada on Bobby Murcer(video) - YesNetwork

• Murcer’s heroic game(video) - YesNetwork
• Mike and the Mad Dog talk to Murcer(video) - YesNetwork

Mike Lupica writes about the Yankees’ past and how George Steinbrenner was a part of it and how he’s still, “the man.”

• As clouds go by, George Steinbrenner takes walk & memories reign – Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Alex Rodriguez is now the face of the Yankees. He has a big contract and a big swing but he fails in the post season. This era and time was supposed to belong to the New York Yankees, not the Boston Red Sox and their fans. The question Mike Lupica asks is..

Will Alex Rodriguez break the all-time home run record before he wins a World Series wearing a Yankee uniform?

A-Rod is not the only reason why the Yankees have failed miserably in the post season as of late but it would of helped if he would have made a big swing in crucial situations the kind that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz make.

• Yankees: In A-Rod we trust – Mike Lupica – NY Daily News

Mike Lupica believes that the current Yankees are now Joe Girardi’s team and that Girardi’s Yankees have more of an “attitude” than Joe Torre’s Yankees. He believes that Joe Girardi doesn’t care if any one in baseball likes him and feels that the Yankees needed a change.

• These are now Joe Girardi’s Yankees – Mike Lupica – NY Daily News
• REGGIE LOSES HIS PINSTRIPES – GEORGE A. KING III – NY Post
• A LITTLE FIGHT IS ALL RIGHT – Larry Brooks – NY Post
  

GOOD LUCK TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND TO ALL OF THEIR FANS

• Nothing like underdogs for the ages – Steve Politi – Star Ledger
• Joke’s on you – MIKE GARAFOLO – Star Ledger
• GIANTS GAMEDAY – MIKE GARAFOLO – Star Ledger
• PATRIOTS GAMEDAY – BRENDAN PRUNTY – Star Ledger
• No need to change – Colin Stephenson – Star Ledger
• Super Bowl XLII won’t be forgotten – Mike Lupica – NY Daily News
• Giants ready for shot at history – RALPH VACCHIANO – NY Daily News
• DESTINY DATE FOR BIG BLUE – PAUL SCHWARTZ – New York Post
• XLII REASONS WHY PATS’ NUMBER IS UP – Mike Vaccaro – New York Post
• BIG BLUE’S RUN AT HISTORY – New York Post
• Giants might follow proven plan – Tim Cowlishaw – Dallas Morning News
• Giants seek black mark on Pats’ record – Jarrett Bell – USA TODAY
• Manning is key to Giants’ hopes – Lonnie White – Los Angeles Times
• Giants’ Veterans Want To Forget Tampa Blowout – ANWAR S. RICHARDSON – The Tampa Tribune
• This one will be won in the trenches – Ed Willes – The Province
• Patriots Super Bowl Betting Line Moves Back Down to -11 1/2 – Don Shapiro – Gambling911
• Bar changes name from Brady’s to Manning’s – Newsday
• Forget odds, it’s going to be Patriots’ funeral – Daniel Brown – Inside Bay Area