Dead Man Talking

So, the Boss hasn't kicked the bucket after all. Kudos to Bergen Record for the massive scoop -- every paper in town has been looking to talk to Big Stein all season long, and he's shut them all down. Leading to, in at least one case, positively painful amounts of whining from entitled columnists. Chass, you suck.

(No surprise that the Post didn't land the story. Howard Bryant's ESPN feature on A-Rod revealed that Post beat writer George King has been stonewalled by Rodriguez all year for ... well, it doesn't really specify, but it really could have been any number of things.)

Considering the bluster, one has to be a) displeased with the Boss' seeming desire to re-sign A-Rod b) emboldened by his senseless threats to Torre (if he's good enough to keep his job a week ago, losing a playoff series and c) even more thrilled than before about the good bugs of the Greater Lake Erie region.

In the wake of that Game 2 defeat, Steinbrenner said the Yankees had complained to baseball commissioner Bud Selig about the decision to play on. "[Selig] just said, 'That's in the umpires' hands,' " Steinbrenner said. "But Jesus Christ, it was terrible. It messed up the whole team, Jeter, all of them."

Boo fucking hoo. Even from the owner, the Jeter cocksucking! One would have thought the insects would be unable to bite Saint Derek, or would have been turned to holy water or some such.

The sweep begins at 6 p.m. If Clemens lasts 4 innings, I'll be stunned.