With the struggling New York Yankees preparing to take the field at home against the last place Boston Red Sox for the second game of the three game series, Yankees designated hitter and long time catcher Jorge Posada removed himself from the line-up where he was batting ninth. Posada said he would address the media [...]

A “stupid play” is putting last year’s American League MVP Josh Hamilton on the disabled list with an upper arm fracture. The slugger is said to be out for six to eight weeks, and is regretting ever listening to his third base coach. “I definitely shouldn’t have done it. That’s a little too aggressive,” said [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Pick from Last Night – Al Harrington – 17 P1P The 17 P1P may not be too sexy to the eye, but it is just above Al Harrington’s season average. There’s no complaining from me. Harrington put up 15 points and grabbed two boards in the 14 point [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Pick from Last Night – C.J. Miles – 23 P1P Thanks to the extra overtime period in the Jazz/Wizards match-up, I am very satisfied with the production of Miles. His 23 P1P his about six higher than his per game average. Because many people had Gordon Hayward (40 [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Picks from the Weekend – Friday – Ekpe Udoh – 36 P1P Saturday – Chris Kaman – 32 P1P Sunday – Gary Neal – 28 P1P It was a decent weekend in Pick One, nothing spectacular. Ekpe Udoh started the weekend off pretty well, drawing in 38 P1P, [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Pick from Last Night – Nikola Pekovic – 8 P1P If you’re keep score at home, that’s back-t0-back nights where I was spurned by my pick and punished by the guy I passed on. First Chuck Hayes goes and drops a triple-double, and now, last night, Anthony Randolph, [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Pick from Last Night – Pat Patterson – 38 P1P You remember yesterday when I said something like, “why take Chuck Hayes when you can take Pat Patterson,”? Yeah, well, Chuck Hayes must have heard me. He had a triple-double for the Rockets, securing 38 P1Ps and an [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s Pick One League HERE! My Pick from Last Night – Ron Artest – 25 P1P One of those unpredictable factors really affected the outcome my Pick One player’s production. Usually, judging my the way the early part of the season went for me, that “factor” is something like a Carmelo Anthony stomach virus, [...]