The Super Bowl is America’s most-hyped sports event of the year, so it’s perhaps no surprise that there are plenty of oddities that go with it—such as half time act Madonna getting her very own press conference. Among the questions asked was one about the rumored painting of Rodriguez ...

Alex Rodriguez's injured left thumb is one of the Yankees' bigger questions as the postseason approaches. (AP)Via LoHud’s Chad Jennings, the word on the street is that after sitting for the past five games, Alex Rodriguez will test his sprained left thumb in batting practice before Friday ...

Brandon Laird doesn't measure up to Alex Rodriguez, but neither does anyone else. (AP) It’s not often that a major injury to one of a team’s best players is treated as an afterthought, but given what an otherwise thrilling three days the Yankees had over the weekend, courtesy of Derek ...

For all of his recent woes, Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit was a thrill to behold. (AP) After sitting in the Yankee Stadium press box for Thursday night’s contest, I was supposed to be in the cheap seats for Friday as Derek Jeter continued his pursuit of 3,000 hits. The rain scuttled those plans, ...

Derek Jeter resumed his quest for 3,000 hits on Thursday night. (AP) Still dealing with jet lag but in an appropriately analytical mood, I spent Thursday night’s game in the Yankee Stadium press box watching Derek Jeter inch closer to 3,000 hits and Bartolo Colon show up sans posse or his best ...

For Alex Rodriguez as well as the Yankee lineup as a whole, the hits have been falling in even as the balls have been staying in the yard. It's all good. (AP) The Yankees continued to pound the ol’ pill on Tuesday night, beating up on Zack Greinke and the Brewers 12-2 as the enigmatic ace was ...

There's no need for Alex Rodriguez to wear a scarlet letter U for Unclutch. (AP) Thursday was an off day for the Yankees, but Alex Rodriguez nonetheless found himself in the headlines. Apparently, Yuri Sucart, the cousin whom Rodriguez admitted was his steroid mule back in that loosey-goosey era, ...

I’ve been thinking about the Mets today, which I know I’m not supposed to do, but a piece I wrote for ESPN required it. As you no doubt have heard, Fred Wilpon slagged off his team in the New Yorker this week, denigrating Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Carlos Beltran in particular. It is always fascinating ...

Age ain't nothing but a lot of very unflattering numbers. (AP) The topic of the day over at SI.com’s baseball page is the aging, expensive Yankee roster (blame Jorge Posada). My lead story looks at what the future holds for the six players the Yankees have signed to eight-figure salaries through ...

Jorge Posada had reason to celebrate on Tuesday night. (AP) The Yankees finally got off the schneid on Tuesday night, beating the Rays to snap their six-game losing streak. Alex Rodriguez hit two home runs for the first time in forever (give or take a few months), Jorge Posada collected two base hits ...

AL only, via Baseball-Reference: Carlos Santana: 11% Alex Rodriguez: 10% J.D. Drew: 9% Dustin Pedroia: 9% Vernon Wells: 7% That anyone has a lower LD rate than Jeter shocks me, but that A-Rod is in that group really shocks me.   UPDATE: Here are the NL numbers, also from Baseball-Reference. Some ...

Whether it's a nagging injury or a garden-variety slump, Alex Rodriguez hasn't been handling the bat so well lately. (AP) On April 15, Alex Rodriguez was hitting .412/.512/.882, an impossible clip to maintain for a full season, but the type of hot start which typically augured well for one of ...