So, the Yankees’ season won’t end tonight.
Thanks to rain in the Detroit area (despite it not actually raining), the Yankees live to play another day. But whenever their season inevitably ends, be it Thursday, Friday, this weekend, or, if a miracle happens, after the World Series, they’re sooner or later going to have to deal with the elephant in the room. The Root of All Evil in Yankees Universe. The reason nobody on the team is hitting. Alex Rodriguez.

It’s All In the Logo so says a Joe Brackets, a friend and contributor for AskHoffa.com.

In the same year the cartoon bird made its return to the Baltimore Orioles’ hats, the Orioles returned to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years. It’s probably mere coincidence, but, through my keen powers of observation, I’ve noticed that the Orioles aren’t the only team that’s changed had a sudden change of fortune on the field in the same season they’ve made a logo change in recent years. A logo change, obviously, isn’t a sure-fire road to success for everybody, just ask the Blue Jays and Marlins, the two teams that went through a complete makeover this year, only to end up in last place. But for the most part, a logo change has been that thing to bring a team that’s on the verge of being good over the top.

2012 NFL Preview, Part II (NFC) by Joe Brackets  The NFL season officially kicks off tomorrow with the Defending Super Bowl Champion New York Football Giants (that’s the full name by which I will refer to them this season) taking …

2012 NFL Preview, Part II (NFC) Read more »

2012 NFL Preview, Part I (AFC) by Joe Brackets  The NFL season is finally here!  I’m not one of those people who gets excited for preseason games simply because it’s football on TV.  The preseason is not the NFL.  It’s somewhat …

2012 NFL Preview, Part I (AFC) Read more »