Baseball Teams that Won the Most Consecutive World Series Championships: Fan’s Look (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

These are the major league baseball teams that have won the most consecutive World Series. Meaning the teams that have won the World Series the most number of years in a row. This is a great list for New York Yankees fans like myself.

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Major League Baseball Managers with the Most World Series Championships: A Fan’s Look (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

These are the MLB managers who have won the World Series the most times. This is a list that I like a lot because I have been a New York Yankees fan since I was a kid, well over 40 years ago. Four of the managers on the list won all of their championships as managers of the New York...

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Yankees GM Brian Cashman lures alleged stalker into police dragnet (Yahoo! Sports)

No other executive in Major League Baseball can match the resources, and few have the acumen, of New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. And almost no one can claim to live as adventurous a personal life. Cashman scales buildings … Continue reading →

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Five Arguments Against an MLB Salary Cap: Fan Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Major League Baseball had the fifth-highest attendance in league history in 2011. With exciting finishes to the season and the best baseball players on the planet, MLB is poised to continue its money-making ways for 2012. A new collective bargaining agreement was signed in November...

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Is Jorge Posada Hall of Fame Worthy?: Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Longtime New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada officially announced his retirement from Major League Baseball earlier today. The announcement marks the end of a distinguished 17 year career for the backstop. With Posada making his retirement official the debate can now begin about...

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Reactions to New York Yankees Great Jorge Posada’s Retirement (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Seventeen-year veteran Jorge Posada formally announced his retirement at Yankee Stadium Tuesday, prompting many congratulatory reactions from within the New York Yankees family and members of the Major League Baseball world.

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Oakland manager Melvin excited about Japan series (AP)

Seattle Mariners Manager Eric Wedge, center, speaks, with Oakland Athletics Manager Bob Melvin, left, and Mariners special consultant Ken Griffey Jr., sitting beside him, at a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. The Mariners and Athletics will open next season in Japan with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29.

Hideki Matsui or no Hideki Matsui, Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin is looking forward to opening the 2012 Major League Baseball season in Japan. The Athletics and Seattle Mariners open the regular season with a two-game series at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Many hoped the series would feature a showdown between Matsui and countryman Ichiro Suzuki but Melvin said the A's likely wont be...


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New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners Talking Montero, Pineda Swap: Fan Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Two of the top prospects in Major League Baseball are rumored to be getting swapped. The New York Yankees have been relatively quiet in this offseason until this news broke. According to a Tweet on the MLB.com Twitter page, "BREAKING: @Yankees and @Mariners finalizing 4-player...

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Happy Birthday to Former Yankees DH Chili Davis: A Fan Remembers (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Charles Theodore Davis, known to Major League Baseball as Chili Davis, was a player known ias a "professional hitter". New York Yankees fans--such as I--remember that Chili Davis ended his long and solid stay in the big leagues with New York, being part of its...

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Five Reasons to Care About MLB’s Spring Training: Fan Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Spring training games don't count in terms of overall record or making the playoffs for Major League Baseball teams. Yet for around six weeks in February and March, all 30 MLB teams play in simulated games in Florida and Arizona.

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