Hard to hide anymore, except for Manny It’s getting awfully hard to hide anymore. Tim McClelland understands that better than most, which is why he had no choice but to admit he blew a pair of calls at third base Tuesday night in the Yankees’ blowout win over the Angels. What else could the veteran umpire do? Replays [...]

Much like the Angels in the ALCS, the Dodgers are down 3-1 in the League Championship Series and have their backs to the wall. I know some fans enjoy seeing Joe Torre and his club thisclose to eliminate for whatever reason, but if the Yanks do move on to the World Series, it would be in their best interests for the Dodgers to mount a comeback and push the Phightin’s to seven tough games. Philly will send last year’s ace and new father Cole Hamels to the mound for the second time in the series

I wrote about the similarities between the ALDS and the ALCS in this afternoon’s game thread , and those similarities continued today. The Yankees won both Game Ones thanks to CC Sabathia ’s dominance, then prevailed in extras in both Game Twos thanks to Alex Rodriguez ’s homerun heroics. Game Three against the Angels played out similar to Game Three against the Twins, in that the Yanks relied on the long ball and the work of their pitching staff to stay in the game. The game started off ab

How good has SI Vault been this week? If not you’re following them on twitter, you’re missing out. Today, they posted this undated photo of Mike Vick and one of his dogs . And is this Billy Bob Thornton from Bad Santa ( 2:00 minute mark - spectacular), or Tommy Lasorda? No clue if that’s Mariano Rivera’s wife planting a kiss on him, or just a randy fan. Where are Artie Lange’s football picks , you ask? Stern fans know he’s been out sick this week, and we haven’t received his picks ye

(I cannot tell a lie — this sign doesn’t appear on the lawn of a Red Sox groundskeeper, nor anywhere in New England) It’s amazing to think the Red Sox won 56 out of 81 games at Fenway Park this season without the lousy working conditions holding them back, but you never know when the reigning AL MVP might have trouble being accountable with a routine play. In the aftermath of Boston being swept by the Angels , the Providence Journal’s Joe McDonald fixates on a play that occured just pr