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Some Newspaper Blogs No Longer Utterly Useless
Published 3/26/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... I wonder what Ken Tremendous has to say about the final year of a stadium's effect on team win shares. Not all of the comments were like this, more than half (a huge percentage for a newspaper blog) were very reasonable, but Kepner felt he had to categorically defend his picks in yesterday's blog. The column comes off as a strange mix of reasoned explanation and "but don't worry I think the Yankees are going to go 162-0 next year." ...

Thinking About Playoff Caliber Rotations
Published 3/27/2008 by jscape2000 <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley
The NY papers have been unkind to the Yanks in their preseason predictions. Tyler Kepner thinks the Yanks will miss the playoffs. The illustrious George A. King III echoes that sentiment. Joel Sherman sees the Yanks second to the Sox. Bill Madden actually picked the Blue Jays to win the division, and the Yanks to fall to third. The consensus all around is that the Yanks young pitching just won't hold up. Without a Santana, or at least a Joe Blanton, the Yankees have too many "neophytes" to contend. So what kind of players ...

Kepner: Yankees are set up … for next year
Published 3/27/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... Tyler Kepner of the New York Times says the Yankees will be good this year, but not quite good enough to make the playoffs. ...