Seems like the sports media in general is a just little bit pissed about the Yankees signing every big free agent ever, in the history of baseball. The New York Yankees represent the very worst of America, " says Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe is similarly enraged. We can see why. These jerks have a gaudy, new billion-dollar stadium, built over public playgrounds no less, for which the people of New York City ponied up almost $400 million. Now they are overspending on every player in the market? In regular times, it would just feel like the Yankees were screwing up baseball again. But given that the Federal government recently had to send billions to bailout Wall Street financiers, many of whom make up the Yankees fan base, the team's overspending is particularly galling. Do you suppose any of the bailout money that went to bonuses for undeserving executives will end up paying for season tickets. 'Cause that could make taxpayers (and baseball fan) really, really mad.David Naylor in Toronto's Globe and Mail reports that Canadian Football League star Cameron Wake is sure to play for an NFL team next year. A defensive end for the BC Lions, Wake is the first CFL player ever to be named Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. At 6-3 and 241 lbs., the Penn State product is probably not big enough to be an every down defensive end in the NFL. Wake will most likely return to linebacker, the position he played in college, for whatever team scoops him up. Our prediction is that Cameron will be starting, not playing but starting, for an NFL come September 2009. Naylor has list of other guys who look like they might head south next year.
Late last week, W. Mark Felt, better known as Watergate snitch "Deep Throat," died. In his honor, and "in honor of whistleblowers everywhere," Hugging Harold Reynolds has the sports world's top ten biggest snitches of all time. What? No Victor Conti?
