Thanks to a short bullpen and a slumping offense, Carl Pavano is coming to a Yankees playoff series near you. (AP) To echo a point that Cliff made over the weekend, it’s amazing that in two consecutive series billed as “playoff previews,” Chad Gaudin and Sergio Mitre played a major role in the ...

Nick Swisher croons Genesis's 1980 hit, "Turn It On Again" in a surprisingly rich baritone. (AP) It better not have been a playoff preview. After the Yankees won eight straight games from August 28 to September 4, giving them a record of 86-50, I started to wonder about A.J. Burnett, who ...

George King reports in today’s New York Post that the Yankees have scouts prowling after Houston’s Lance Berkman in case that club (which is somehow 6-2 in June after a 9-20 May) decides that it’s not going to make up its current 10-game deficit in the standings. Berkman is an excellent hitter, ...