NEW YORK -- One year ago, right around this time, the Yankees officially shed more than $80 million in payroll, losing the expired contracts of Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano and Kyle Farnsworth to free agency. Full Article at MLB.com

Ian Kennedy did not walk a batter in his final AFL outing. (Bill Mitchell/Four Seam Images) Ian Kennedy can relate to a lot of Yankees fans. Full Article at Minor League Baseball News

This is Jones' first GG, and the first for an Oriole since Mike Mussina won in 1999. The Orioles haven't had a GG in the outfield since Paul Blair in 1975. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Congratulations to Adam Jones. Full Article at Camden Chat :: A Baltimore Orioles Blog

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones became the first Oriole to win a Rawlings Gold Glove in 10 years when he was named today as one of three American League outfielders to be awarded the annual prize for outstanding defense. Full Article at Baltimore Sun

This is Jones' first GG, and the first for an Oriole since Mike Mussina won in 1999. The Orioles haven't had a GG in the outfield since Paul Blair in 1975. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Congratulations to Adam Jones. Full Article at Sports Blogs

The 2009 season didn't bring the Orioles the award they've been looking for since they last stood atop the baseball world in 1983. Full Article at MLB.com

The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards probably will be announced early next week, and there are rumblings that Adam Jones is about to become the first Orioles outfielder to win a Gold Glove since Paul Blair back in 1975. Full Article at Baltimore Sun

As you probably know if you're familiar with my other blog, Baseball & The Boogie Down, I'm a huge Yankees fan. I was really excited back in 2001 when the Yankees signed Mike Mussina. It is definitely one of Brian Cashman's best free agent signings. Full Article at Sports Blogs

CONGRATULATIONS, Yankee fans. After nine long seasons since your team's last championship, you're back on top. Finally. And you've earned it. Full Article at Philadelphia Daily News

The Yankees' 27th World Series title is a testament to what money can buy. Full Article at Bleacher Report

After a long 2009 season that resulted in our crosstown rivals taking the World Series from our division rivals, the hot stove season has officially begun. Full Article at Sports Blogs

Think of the procession and the price. Think of all the stars brought in for nearly a decade at a staggering cost to try to recreate the dynasty years. It has been quite a parade, and yet no parade. Full Article at New York Post

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Yankees waited six long years for this. They had not won a World Series game since that rainy night in Miami when Mike Mussina beat Florida's Josh Beckett for a 2-1 lead in 2003. Full Article at Buffalo News

The Yankees spent money. It's what they do. And other than the exorbitant numbers involved — $161 million over seven years for CC Sabathia and another $82.5 million over five years for A.J. Burnett — it's hard to argue with their strategy. Full Article at NBC Sports

It felt like a birthright early in their careers. They were young and Yankees, and that meant a lifetime in the World Series. Maybe there would be a one-year hiatus from the Fall Classic or two years between trips up the Canyon of Heroes. Full Article at New York Post

To play in the NFL, you have to make a show of going to college. To play in the NBA, you have to get through high school. Full Article at Slate

Dave Eiland spent his last three big-league seasons with his hometown Devil Rays, going 6-12 from 1998 to 2000. He needed two Tommy John surgeries within a year before retiring in 2002. Full Article at TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

1. In the 22nd round of the 1990 draft, the Yankees selected an overweight starting pitcher out of Deer Park High in Texas, who did not like the Yanks’ initial contract offers and went to San Jacinto Junior College. Full Article at New York Post

It’s one of those lose, lose situation, because when you you’re a baseball writer, you automatically have 20/20 hindsight vision. I like the way Girardi has done it. 8th and 9th, if he sees a high leverage situation, he brings in Mo. Full Article at Sports Blogs