Whitetail deer are the jewel of a wildlife mosaic at Kirk Gibson's 1,300-acre ranch, a heavenly parcel in Michigan's northeast Lower Peninsula dotted with wetlands, hardwoods, apple trees, and deer-dining crops of corn, soybeans, rye, clover, and... Full Article at Detroit News Online

Evidently former Yankees pitcher and forever loose cannon David Wells has some advice for Andy Pettitte tonight. He borrowed an idea from Raiders' owner Al Davis and said, "Chase Utley must go down and go down hard." Full Article at The Morning Call

The baseball playoffs have been going on for so long now that it is hard to pinpoint the exact moment that the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez took over the world. Full Article at The New York Times

Columnist David Wells: "She is the perfect complement to him. I know her a little bit and have talked to her quite a few times. She's just a really down-to-earth chick. "She'll go to baseball games and have fun. Full Article at Talk Entertainment

Damon doesn't throw well, his swings sometimes look awkward, and fly balls can be a bit of an adventure, but Damon is the kind of player the Yankees have to keep. Full Article at New York Observer

I took some heat for my last post on Tram when I said he should be given one more year. First off, I apologize about the error. They were 26-26 in two runs games, not in games decided by less then two runs. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Geez, I guess they'll let anyone write for the New York Post. David Wells, in a column I would describe as "portly," because, well, for no reason, shares some of his experiences interacting with the wonderful, friendly people from Philadelphia. Full Article at Deadspin

The Infectious Diseases Society is holding a convention in Philly this weekend. That's not a euphemism or a cheap joke about the Yankees (though it could be, so feel free to have at it). Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer

After a couple of days waiting, it’s time to get the World Series underway, and it should be a good one with the defending champions taking on the team that had the best record in the majors this year. Full Article at New York Daily News

EVER WONDER how a pregame show gets put on the air? Full Article at Philadelphia Daily News

When the division series played out, pairing the Angles vs. the Yankees and the Phillies vs. the Dodgers, I thought to myself, "All right. This should be some good baseball to watch." Then the series started, and I have a completely different opinion. Full Article at Bleacher Report

TNT baseball analyst David Wells thought he could get away with ripping a silent-but-deadly during a live broadcast the other night -- until someone on the panel caught wind ... and called him out on national TV!!! Full Article at TMZ

TNT baseball analyst David Wells unleashed a silent-but-deadly fart during a live broadcast over the weekend and the rest of his panel caught wind and called him out for it on national TV!! When you gotta go you gotta go!! Full Article at Is This Happening

NEW YORK — Eleven years ago today, the winningest New York Yankees team of all time was halfway home to the franchise’s 24th world championship, en route to a sweep of the overmatched and overwhelmed San Diego Padres and a record 125-win season. Full Article at New Haven Register

David Waldstein, Jack Curry and Tyler Kepner will be providing updates on Game 2 of the Angels-Yankees American League Championship Series. You can also read the scoreboard. Full Article at The New York Times

Ah, Dick Stockton. A constant in the NFL universe. We may not have Pat Summerall anymore, but it's nice to know that announcers like Dick Stockton are still going strong. Full Article at Deadspin

should be a good series. How come no one has noticed that manny ramirez hasn’t hit a home run in eons? Sounds like my dates. Aroused? Yes, very. Brace yourself for some unconditional fawning at the greatness of Joe Torre.. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Derek Jeter, Joe Torre and rest of Yankees seem stunned as 2002 season comes to end. Bubba Crosby and Gary Sheffield collide, signaling disaster for Yankees in 2005 Game 5. How will the ALCS play out? Full Article at New York Daily News

GORDON Edes, the baseball col umnist from Yahoo, approached me in the Yankees clubhouse yesterday and posed this question: 1998 Yankees vs. 2009 Yankees, who would you take? No hesitation, I took the 1998 Yankees. Full Article at New York Post