The Yankees dismal road trip came to an end yesterday with a 4-2 loss in Minnesota, leaving them at 3-7 for the ten game swing.  Hank Steinbrenner says injuries are to blame for the Yanks slide from contention, and insists that while he isn’t giving up on this year, his Bombers will be the team to beat in ’09… provided they’re able to re-sign Carl Pavano.

The Mets annihilated the Nationals last night 12-0, once again bringing them to a tie for the lead in the NL East.  John Maine had a solid performance in his first start off the DL, and thanks to the fact that there was no save opportunity, didn’t even have to return from the locker room in the ninth to close the game out.

Jets fans everywhere cringed a bit when Brett Favre’s post practice media session included the admission that his arm felt quite “fatigued.” Sounds a bit Pennington-esque, doesn’t it Gang Green?  You’re screwed.

Embattled cornerback Adam “Don’t call me Pacman anymore… even though the only way anyone will know who you’re talking about is if you say Pacman” Jones will submit a letter requesting full reinstatement to the NFL commissioner on Thursday.  Rumor has it Jones will do so by marching into Roger Goodell’s office with a trash bag full of hundreds of copies of the letter, stand up on a chair, and make the letters rain down all over the commissioner’s desk.