Cashman To Be Elf For A Day

Yankees GM Brian Cashman will be rappeling down 22 stories of a building in Connecticut.

Yes, you read it right. According to a post on the LoHud Yankees Blog, Cashman will dress as an elf and rappel down the the building with Santa Claus this Sunday.

This sounds like a joke. He doesn't strike me as someone who would be interested in something like this.

Oh, well. Safe travels, Cash.

No First Place Votes For Cano? What A Travesty!

I knew Robinson Cano would not win the AL MVP Award. I knew that Josh Hamilton had the better year. So, I wasn't surprised when the announcement came down yesterday that Hamilton was the winner.

What did surprise me was the fact that Cano got no first place votes and that he came in third. That is so bush league. Robinson Cano had a better year than that.

Maybe writers shouldn't vote on these awards anymore. Maybe it's time for the coaches and managers to do it. Well, maybe not. There will always be mistakes when human beings do things, i.e. Derek Jeter's Gold Glove Award.

Speaking of Jeter, I think everyone needs to calm down. Pay no attention to all those quotes in the media! Derek Jeter will be re-signed. I guarantee it.

Well, that's it for me until next week, God willing. I'm off to Georgia today to visit my family for the Thanksgiving holiday. Have a good one, guys.

On Posada As DH And Jeter's GG

Well, that was easy. According to the Daily News, Jorge Posada was told by Yankees GM Brian Cashman that he'll be the DH in 2011.

I was expecting a fight or something.  But, no, it all seems to be settled, as long as Jesus Montero can make the Opening Day roster, I guess.

Montero, whose catching skills have lagged behind his hitting, is now thought of as slightly better behind the plate than Posada. I'm looking forward to seeing this kid and to seeing if he can live up to all the hype.

Speaking of hype, was it hype that won Derek Jeter the Gold Glove yesterday? As much as I love and respect Jeter, I don't think he deserved to win. Elvis Andrus of Texas was much more deserving.

The outrage over Jeter's selection was ridiculous, however. There have been worse picks for Gold Glove, namely Rafael Palmiero a few years back, who'd played only a handful of games in the field. Let's face it, Jeter's selection is being criticized so much for only one reason: He is Derek Jeter of the hated New York Yankees.

Plenty more postseason awards to come, and with them, more criticism, I'm sure!

Posada Should Take A Lesson From Girardi

Jorge Posada plans to be the starting catcher in 2011. There is just one problem with that: He can't do it anymore.

It's time to hand the reins over to someone else. Whether that someone else is Jesus Montero remains to be seen. But he should hand the reins over nonetheless, just like Joe Girardi did years ago when Posada was just starting his career.

Easier said than done, I suppose, but after reading my friend Jane Heller's post about Girardi's good deeds, I'm thinking it was pretty easy for Girardi to do it all those years ago. What a story! Click here to read it.

So, Jorge, you may not want to give up your catching job but you should. Take a lesson from your manager and do it.