Using a new social media tool called Storify, I’ve been able to aggregate your comments on Twitter easily and present them to the rest of my followers easily and elegantly.
I can also include Facebook comments, YouTube videos and much more. Pretty cool, I think.
Based on my several responses from Yankees fans, it seems Pettitte certainly is a borderline Hall of Famer. I think the key to his case …

The majority of my readers agree with me! I’m surprised only 25 percent stuck up for Derek Jeter to hit leadoff, but I’m glad to see people supporting Brett Gardner.
A family friend reiterated an important point in the comments of a post about this poll: Gardner led the Yankees in on-base percentage last season. That has to be a key statistic Joe Girardi uses in …

This video of Cameron Diaz feeding Alex Rodriguez popcorn at the Super Bowl is excellent. Of course, it happened when I went outside to pick up the wings my friends and I ordered.
H/T Jason@IIATMS

The most overblown annual sporting event is tonight, and I can guarantee you it wouldn’t be nearly as hyped up if the NFL champion was decided in seven games like baseball’s World Series. 
The idea of adding a second wild card to both the American and National Leagues would create an opportunity for a one-game playoff. The two wild cards from both leagues would square off in one game (ideally …

On the same day Andy Pettitte announced his retirement, the Yankees picked up a player who could help the team this season.
Ronnie Belliard and the Yankees agreed to a minor-league deal, according to Enrique Rojas, in which he can earn up to $825,000 plus incentives if he makes the Yankees.
Belliard will challenge Ramiro Pena and Eduardo Nunez in spring training …

The most important statement from today’s Andy Pettitte’s presser came about a quarter of the way through when he said very clearly, “I will not pitch this season.”
Here are some other noteworthy comments from the conference.

According to his wife, Laura, Pettitte said after losing to Texas in the playoffs he felt that was it.
2011 would have been Pettitte’s last year “for sure,” Laura …

After last season ended, many fans expected the Yankees to come back in 2011 with the best rotation in the majors, one that would feature CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Andy Pettitte, A.J. Burnett and Phil Hughes.
Now that the Phillies signed Lee and with Pettitte expected to announce his retirement tomorrow, Yankees fans are cringing at the sound of the team’s rotation.
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When I woke up this morning I was surprised by my blog’s poll results, which pointed to Brett Gardner hitting leadoff in 2011 instead of Derek Jeter. So I decided to sample my Twitter followers on the same question, and the result was no different.
I side with the majority: here’s the link to my latest lineup projection.
What do you think, is …

Here’s an in-depth video of how a baseball is made: all the way from the cork, to the layers of yarn, and finally to the leather.
In the factory featured in this video, there are 350 sewers who help produce 8,000-10,000 balls per day.

The Yankees drafted Brien Taylor with the first overall pick in the 1991 draft. But after defending his brother in a first fight, he suffered a dislocated shoulder on his pitching arm and never reached the majors.
Only one other first overall pick has never reached the majors: Steve Chilcott in 1966 (thanks, Wikipedia).
If Taylor hadn’t injured his arm during that fight, …

The Yankees added another rotation possibility to the mix last night, signing Freddy Garcia to a minor-league contract.
Garcia will make $1.5 million if he makes the team and could make an extra $3.6 million in performance bonuses.
The 35-year-old pitched 157 innings for the White Sox last season to the tune of a 4.64 ERA and 1.38 WHIP. …

Derek Jeter and A.J. Burnett will do their best to put 2010 behind them. Both probably had the worst season of their careers. My latest poll results show fans had more confidence in Jeter having a comeback season than Burnett.
It’s worth noting last Tuesday Brian Cashman showed a lack of confidence in Jeter to play all four years of his new contract at shortstop. …

The Yankees have one of baseball’s top prospects in Jesus Montero, and this season is a pivotal part of his development. It’s the season that he’s expected to get major league playing time, but nobody knows how much he’ll get or whether he’ll start the year in Scranton or New York.
The plan for Montero will be made sometime toward the end of spring training, but …

Part of Brian Cashman’s phone interview with Ken Rosenthal:
“Tell me where we are screwing up on the baseball operations side. I need a starting pitcher, but is the future strong because we have a farm system acknowledged in the industry to be one of the best? Check. Am I getting our payroll down, as charged by ownership? Check. Do we have success on the field? Check. …

ESPN’s Keith Law released his Top 100 prospects and Team-by-Team Top 10 Prospects today. Jesus Montero ranked as the fourth best prospect in all of baseball (first catcher), and Manny Banuelos ranked 12th (fourth pitcher).
Here are his top 10 Yankees prospects (h/t Jason@IIATMS)
1. Jesus Montero, C (4) 2. Manny Banuelos, LHP (12) 3. Gary Sanchez, …

In MLB.com’s Top 50 Prospects list for 2011, Jesus Montero ranked ninth, Gary Sanchez 32nd and Manny Banuelos 35th.
Montero is the top-ranked catcher on the list. Before the Yankees acquired Russell Martin, Montero was expected to assume the starting job in place of Jorge Posada. Now, he’ll likely have to work his way to the majors during the season.
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Well, our dreams nightmares came true. FoxSports.com’s Jon Morosi says the Yankees have signed Bartolo Colon to a minor-league contract.
NY Post’s Joel Sherman adds the Yankees have invited him to spring training and he’ll earn $900,000 if he makes the team.
Colon was playing for Yankees bench coach Tony Pena in the Dominican Republic and  I take it he like what …

Brian Cashman had a lot to say at WFAN’s annual “Breakfast with a Champion” this morning, most notably he said he didn’t expect Derek Jeter to last as a shortstop for all four years of his new contract. He’d be a center fielder, he said.
Jeter is 36 years old and coming off the worst season of his career. At this point, it’s hard to disagree with …

Fans voted Ivan Nova as more trustworthy than Sergio Mitre by a landslide margin. Unfortunately, these results really don’t matter unless the Yankees add a starter between now and Opening Day because both are slotted in the rotation now.
I took a closer look at Nova vs. Mitre in a post earlier last week and discussed this comparison on my Facebook page as well. …

Jonathan Mayo gave a glowing scouting report for Manny Banuelos yesterday, listing him as the 10th best left-handed pitching prospect in baseball (my emphasis).
When Banuelos was forced out of action with appendicitis, he took the time and opportunity to focus on conditioning. The effects were noticeable when he returned, with more ticks on the fastball, for one thing. He commands it well, even though he’s throwing it harder than he …