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

As Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against Los Angeles looms, here is a breakdown of hos the Yankees have fared against the Angels in two playoff series this decade: The Yankees got all the runs they needed off Cy Young winner... Full Article at NJ.com

Let’s start it out today with a tremendous quote from Mike Piazza in the new issue of New York Magazine. Piazza is asked whether he misses Shea Stadium. Full Article at New York Post

Since the Yankees and Angels clinched and confirmed their date in the 2009 ALCS all I’ve heard about what a great team the Angels are. 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

NEW YORK — You search for even the faintest hint of anxiety or tension from the pitcher who’s being asked to deliver the Yankees to the World Series. Full Article at NorthJersey.com

We certainly have been fortunate. Who would have thought that we would continue to get such production out of Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Pettitte, and even Bernie (up until a few years ago) for a long period of time. Full Article at Sports Blogs