Just some recent news from the Yankee universe and the MLB:
- Team president, Randy Levine, was subpoenaed today by a state assembly committee investigating the public funding that is being used for the new Yankee Stadium. Levine is supposed to report at the hearing on Wednesday.
- Rickey Henderson got elected into the Hall of Fame in his first appearance on the ballot. Congratulations to him, he really deserves it considering how great a player he was. He ended with over 90% of the vote, but many analysts expected him to get more than he did.
- Former Boston slugger Jim Rice also made the Hall, in his last year of eligibility.
- Mark McGwire, in his third year on the ballot, actually saw a decrease in number of votes. It isn’t looking good for the performance-enhancing drug users- thankfully.
- The final decision on the Cubs sale should be coming later this week.
- The Braves sign Derek Lowe to a $60 million deal
- The Red Sox sign John Smoltz to a $5.5 million deal
- The Yankees will win the World Series in 2009- at least I’m hoping.