Vote Rays in '08
scottproctorsarm.blogspot.com 10/2/2008 — This Yankees fan is rooting for the Rays this October.

Olney's Latest: Yankees, Cashman, Giambi
mlbtraderumors.com 10/2/2008 — A few hot stove notes from ESPN's Buster Olney ... Olney heard the Yankees' 2009 payroll will be in the $180MM range, down $29MM or so from this year. The Yankees didn't need to negotiate dollars with Brian Cashman...it was just a matter of ...

Let's Talk About What's Important, Here
firejoemorgan.com 10/2/2008 — Cubs-Dodgers starts in 10 minutes. Huge series -- probably the most intriguing DS in a pretty overall-intriguing DS year. Cubs trying to overcome 100 years of failure, the result of a curse put on them by a man with a goat. (This, unlike other curses, ...

Olney: Yanks to have lower payroll
scottproctorsarm.blogspot.com 10/2/2008 — Buster Olney (via MLB Trade Rumors ) says that he heard the Yankees' payroll will be around $180 million next season. That would be a decrease of almost $30 million if true. I'm not sure where he got that number from, but let's examine it. Big money ...

Ken Rosensquirrel hell-bent on giving Fox division series presence
thesportshernia.typepad.com 10/2/2008 — Crafty on field reporter Ken Rosensquirrel, apparently jealous of TBS's first round coverage of the playoffs, took it upon himself to force the issue yesterday in Philadelphia, attempting to conduct a live report from the glove of Brewers second ...

Joe Girardi reflects on first season as Yankees manager — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 10/2/2008
NEW YORK - At his opening news conference as Yankees manager last fall, Joe Girardi might as well have put a bull's-eye on his back. The number he chose to wear on...

Who are you rooting for in the playoffs? — Subway Squawkers - NY Daily News Blogs 10/2/2008
Since the Yankees - and Mets - are playing golf in October instead of playing in the postseason, I’m curious as to whether Squawker readers are following the playoffs. And if they are, I’d like to hear who they are rooting for - and ...

Faith in Cash will pay off — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 10/2/2008
If you needed any proof that Hal and Hank Steinbrenner are not going to follow their father’s blueprint on how to run the Yankees, look no further than Brian Cashman’s new contract. In the old days, the Boss would have jettisoned his ...

Sports of The Times: Teams With Deep Pockets Could Be In Too Deep — NYT > Baseball 10/3/2008
There are some signs of a reckoning in sports where teams have grown accustomed to living in a manner that some would call grotesquely and dangerously large. >

Press conference on Level D — The Daily Blahg - NY Daily News Blogs 10/2/2008
I’m guessing that those of you who watched Brian Cashman’s interview on the YES network Wednesday saw only the general manager, the microphones and the Yankees’ corporate logo as background. But for those of us there, it was a ...