A great day for three Yankees with bad timing

The Giants and their coaching staff got their World Series rings yesterday. And for three members of the coaching staff it was especially sweet.Dave Righetti, Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens and Roberto Kelly were all supposed to be big parts in a revamped Yankees team in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Unfortunately for them, the Yankees were dreadful when they played for them.Had they played for the

It gets lonelier for Don Mattingly

I started thinking about Don Mattingly at the end of the 2010 World Series.Why?Because, as I wrote in a previous post, the Giants had three former Mattingly era Yankees on their coaching staff.Dave Righetti, who was the Rookie of the Year in the AL for 1981, just before Mattingly arrived.Roberto Kelly, who was supposed to be the next great Yankee superstar and make a 1-2 punch with Mattingly.And

Real Yankee fans should be rooting for the Giants in the NL

It's very easy to be a Yankee fan now.They've won a ton of titles and are almost always playing in October. They are THE marquee franchise and virtually every huge star passes through the Bronx.Celebrities are at the games and the new Stadium is the crown jewel of baseball.20 years ago... that wasn't the case. For some people who are young fans or casual fans, this might be something startling to