Two of baseball’s most well-known franchises have been giants in the league for a long time, but recently it seems they are both struggling.
When the New York Yankees shipped A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh last week they actually paid the Pirates $18 million of the $31 million left on his contract so they would agree to take the underachieving pitcher off of their hands.
If that wasn’t insult enough, the Yanks took a final jab at Burnett in this hysterically awkward press release announcing the trade:
Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees
Before I start this story I will hit you with a quote from Scott Van Pelt "This is why Sports is bigger then the world". With that saying we will dive right into what happened on this Fall September 28th night. four baseball games with four teams going for only two play-off spots left.
Today Derek Jeter became the first Yankee to get 3,000 hits, and the 28th Major League player to reach that milestone. Jeter made his Major League debut in 1995, and since then has won five World Series, 12 All Star selection, five time Gold Gloves; and a four time Silver Slugger...
In 1961 the price of gas was $.31-a-gallon, and the cost of a house was $17,200. A lot has changed in 50 years, we have seen gas become nearly $4-a-gallon, and many houses going for over $200,000, also we have seen the landing on the moon, birth of the Internet, cell phones, and not to mention steroids. Steroids has cast a dark shadow on baseball, we truly do not even know who deserves the credit