The dumbest thing anyone has ever said. Ever.

Congratulations, Wallace Matthews.

There's only one thing keeping the 2008 Mets from being the biggest embarrassment in the long and proud history of New York City baseball.

The 2008 Yankees.

Of the 100+ plus years of professional baseball in New York, the 2008 Yankees are the biggest embarrassment. The. Biggest. Embarrassment. In. Over. 100+. Years.

The 2008 Yankees, who won 89 games in a division where FOUR OUT OF FIVE TEAMS won at least 86 games, are the biggest embarrassment in the long history of New York City baseball? REALLY? NOT the Mets? Choking away their postseason dreams on the last day of the season against a playing-for-nothing Marlins team two years in a row is NOT at least as embarrassing? Nor the 1962 Mets? You know, the team that lost more games in a single season than any other team has done before or since.

Wallace Matthews is the biggest embarrassment in the long and sorry history of New York City baseball coverage.

Brian Cashman signs with Yankees for 3 more years

Yankees GM Brian Cashman is returning to the Yanks after signing a 3 year deal.

While Cashman has soured in the past year, he still is one of the better GM's in baseball (I mean, your GM could be Bill Smith or Omar Manaya). Unless the Yankees were to sign Kim Ng or magically lure Mark DePodesta to the job, then bringing back Cashman is smart. His vision for the farm system has been showing signs of success and should continue to grow under his power.

Ken Davidoff: Genius

Ken Davidoff should offer to GM the Yankees if Brian Cashman declines. His vision for 2009 is outstanding.

-Shake up the coaching staff. They can't get Larry Bowa back, but they need a third-base/infield coach who a) coaches third base well, and b) connects with Robinson Cano. How about elevating Class-A Tampa manager Luis Sojo to first-base/infield coach, moving first-base coach Tony Pena over to third and letting Bobby Meacham go?

Yeah, getting a coach for one specific player is the key to 2009. Not only that, but the Yankees should bring back Luis Sojo. Lets forget the fact he was arguably worse as the third base coach than Meacham. Sojo can cure Cano.

DON'T

-Sign CC Sabathia or AJ Burnett . It would be an upset if Sabathia didn't experience arm problems sometime over the next five years, and the same goes for Burnett, except his timetable is the next five weeks.

Genius. Lets not sign the best available pitcher this off season in Sabathia. That is the direction to take to get back on top. Never mind the fact that Josh Kalk of the Hardball Times concluded CC Sabathia's arm is fine.

Try to sign Casey Blake, not Mark Teixeira, to play first base.

Casey Blake>Mark Teixeira. Who cares if Casey Blake will be turning 35 and his .274/.345/.463/.808/109+ is inferior to the 28 year old Mark Teixeira's line of .308/.410/.552/.962/153+? Who cares if Teixeira is a Gold Glove 1b? Casey Blake is scrappy. Casey Blake is a winner.

So there you have it. The Yanks will be 2009 champs if they:

1. Find Cano a coach he clicks with
2. Don't sign CC Sabathia
3. Sign Casey Blake- NOT Mark Teixeira.

Common sense at its best.

Joe Morgan Makes Sense

Only to show his love for K-Zone and defending home plate umps later.

Early in the game when discussing the Joba starter/reliever issue, Joe stated, "A great 8th inning guy is a luxury; starting pitching is a necessity."

There is no way Joe Morgan was smart enough to say that. No way.

Unfortunately he later defended Laz Diaz because of K-Zone confirmed some calls, even though it was one the worst called games this season.

Tim McCarver

During Fox's Saturday baseball game, Yanks v. Mets, McCarver left us with this gem, "Whether Delgado faces Rivera or Farnsworth depends on whether Beltran gets on."

This is what FOX is paying him for.

In other news, the Yanks received a miracle outing Friday night from Ponson who tossed a shutout in five inning, and then Pettitte out dueled Johan Santana, as the Yanks won 3-2. Yanks look to take the season series split with a win today.

Joba Chronicles Continued

6.2 innings tonight of shutout ball from Joba. 7 K's, 1 walk, and 6 hits. Velocity reached 97 as late as the 6th. Too bad he pitched 7 innings and can't pitch the all so important 8th inning.

Curt Schilling IS a Hall of Famer

Curt Schilling retired recently and the big debate is whether or not he is a Hall of Famer. The biggest argument being used against him by voters is wins. You heard that right. Wins.

Curt Schilling is a Hall of Famer because:

3.46 ERA, 127 ERA+, 1.14 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 1.96 BB/9, 4.38 K/BB, .246 BAA, 114 WARP3

Those are not necessarily "no doubt" Hall of Fame numbers, but they are good enough to get him in on his first few years of eligibility.

Oh, and in the post season he was even better. 2.23 ERA in 133 innings.