When I was in the Navy, I loved me some TOP GUN, even though (or perhaps because) that movie was gay as all get-up. I even had me a call sign: At first, as the soberest guy in the unit, the one who always walked or drove the drunken shipmates back in time for taps, [...]

For more on this, we turn to cold-as-ice Yankee GM Brian Cashman, who puts things in perspective: After Game 6, a reporter mentioned the team’s unabashed spending to Cashman and said, “There are fans of other teams who go, ‘Well, they’re the only team that can do that,of course they won.’ How do you respond [...]

Mark Schmitt, reflecting on how Title IX affects his daughter, writes: When it’s her long-awaited turn to play an inning behind the plate, I rush over to my daughter and help her strap on her leg guards, chest protector, and mask and then watch as she does her best imitation of Jorge Posada, crouched unsmiling [...]

That gritty determination, combined with an endless supply of money poured down the sinkhole, can yield results in just nine years! KIDDING. As you may have imagined, I have spent the last several days in a variety of email-borne feuds with the legions of Yankee haters I call friends and colleagues. Some of them — [...]

Good morning sunshine! Much as the universe’s restored balance can be merely sensed this morning, it occurred to me that some unfortunate ones out there may have missed last night’s World Series clincher, and so I endeavored to find a certain image that crystallized everything — one that someone tweeted at me last night. Luckily, [...]

Thank you Joe. Thank you Captain. Thank you Godzilla. Thank you Centaur. Thank you Mo. Thank you CC. Thank you Andy. Thank you AJ. Thank you Johnny. Thank you Jorgie. Thank you Tex. Thank you Robi. Thank you Melkman. Thank you Swish. Thank you Marte. Thank you Hairston & Gardner. Thank you Phil. Thank you [...]

Once again: 27 outs for 27 rings. It’s Mariano Duncan time. We play today; we win today; dass it. (Trivia: did you, like me, forget that Duncan was on the 1993 Phillies? If not, you’re probably a Phanatic. Anyway.) Andy, by his own admission, couldn’t put the ball where he wanted it on Saturday. Then [...]

Yes yes yes. The Yankees are the Evil Empire. I embrace it so wholeheartedly you don’t even know. Our evil is strong. And your hatred makes us all the more powerful. I feed off your hatred like Alpha-Bits cereal and use your hot molten bile to forge our 27th championship ring. But at least the [...]

Whatever happens next — tonight, Wednesday, Thursday — we are 27 outs away from our 27th ring. Both sides of that equation must be respected. The Dodgers can tell you what happens if you expect the game to end after 26 outs and Jimmie Rollins comes to the plate. But we are very close here [...]

I am not watching this game. I am not watching C.C. not face Cliff Lee. I am not watching what the man does against Joe Blanton. I am not seeing a revitalized Yankee offense press Philadelphia, force its hand, and fill its head with thoughts of losing its World Champion crown at home. I am [...]