Below The Beltway

It looks like one of the Yankees’ star pitchers will be out until at least the end of August:
INJURY UPDATE ON RHP CHIEN-MING WANG
RHP Chien-Ming Wang was examined today at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Medical Center by Yankees Team Physician, Dr. Stuart Hershon and Dr. Jason Greisberg, Foot and Ankle Specialist.
Imaging studies revealed a […]

The Yankees beat the Astros 13-0 yesterday, but there was bad news on the injury front:
HOUSTON — The Yankees’ season changed irreversibly on Sunday. Chien-Ming Wang’s season is in jeopardy with a serious injury to his right foot, and C. C. Sabathia instantly became a very important name in the Yankees’ universe.
Wang staggered to the […]

No, it’s not the fact that the Yankees won last night thanks to a good start by Andy Pettitte and a strong relief appearance by Joba Chamberlain.
Although that’s certainly nice.
It’s the fact that the voice of the Yankees is on his way back:
In 2007, Sheppard, who doesn’t publicize his age (although BustedHalo sources report that […]

Alex Rodriguez returned from the DL last night, but the Yankees’ problems continue:
Mike Mussina threw only 41 pitches Tuesday night before Ross Ohlendorf jogged in from the bullpen to take his place. Mussina got only two outs with those 41 pitches, and any game that Ohlendorf enters in the first inning is quickly disintegrating.
Mussina had […]

Last season, when the Yankees went through a terrible April and mediocre May, Joe Torre’s head was on the chopping block and there were many who thought that he would be fired to satisfy George Streinbrenner’s anger over how the season had gone.
Well, here we are in May again and the Yankees are 20-24. Does […]

Hank Steinbrenner is back, and he’s channeling his dad circa 1979:
Right on cue, Hank Steinbrenner bashed the Yankees.
Hours before Joe Girardi insisted his team was playing hard after a 2-1 loss against he Rays, here is what Hank Steinbrenner told Kevin Kernan of the Post:
“We’ve got to forget about all the injuries and start playing […]

Apparently Alex Rodriguez didn’t quite make it through the birth of his first child:
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez passed out during the birth of his first daughter.
“The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. […]

Yankee fan and Red Sox fan go to bar.
Yankee fan and Red Sox fan get drunk.
Yankee fan and Red Sox fan argue about their respective teams.
Yankee fan runs Red Sox fan over:
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — After a Red Sox-Yankees argument spilled outside a bar, a Yankees fan aimed her car at a group of people […]

Things aren’t as bad as they were last April, when it looked very much like Joe Torre would get fired one month into the season, but the Yankees are plagued with injuries right now that are making things worse than they should have been:
The bad news keeps coming for the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez has been […]

Hank Steinbrenner, who has taken over much of the day-to-day operation of the Yankees, is starting to look as bad as his father was back in the 70s and 80s:
With the Yankees off to a 10-10 start, and with two of their young starters struggling, the Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said there was one thing […]