The Weekend Yankeeland

Not a lot of baseball news/rumors going on this weekend. The Giants played a putrid 2nd half this afternoon in losing to the Cowboys..at home. There's a clear talent and coaching difference between the 2 teams. Top that off with temps in the 20s, some snow flurries Saturday morning, and Spring Training just can't come fast enough.

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The Yankees face a big deadline tomorrow. The end of the exclusive signing period for free agents. The Journal News' Mike Dougherty ran into Jorge Posada at the Knicks game earlier and asked what's going in the "process" (had to say it).

Posada felt confident a deal could be done with the Yankees and felt the chances were better than 50/50. He clearly wants to stay with the Yankees, but money/length of contract may overrule that (our words not his). Posada expects to hear from the Mets tomorrow. He also re-emphasized that his relationship with Joe Girardi is a good one. Source

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As we're sure you heard by now, Joe Torre had some comments about A-Rod and Andy Pettitte at the Safe at Home Foundation fundraiser the other night. Torre feels that Pettitte will indeed hang it up. Hopefully he's wrong. What is funny though, is how many Yankees fans have expressed outrage at Torre's statement. So now he can't express his opinion? Torre also felt there was a possibility that A-Rod could join him in the Dodgers uni. Lee Mazzilli won't be joining Torre's coaching staff, however, choosing to stay closer to his ailing Mom, who is suffering from Alzheimer's.

A video of Bruce Springsteen, the real Boss, performing at the fundraiser, as well as pics of Bernie Williams jamming with him, can be seen here courtesy of Backstreets.com.

Also attending the gala was Donnie Baseball, with his twin son. No he doesn't have twins, but his son Preston, a member of the Dodgers organization, is a spitting image of the young Donnie B.

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A member of the Twins organization told Newsday that Robinson Cano would be the target in any discussions involving Johann Santana. Even if the Yankees were given a window to negotiate a long term deal, we're totally against giving up a young star talent like Cano. Source

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The NY Post is reporting that Carl Pavano may be released to make room on the 40 man roster. Source