Hanks Needs Superman

Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner has already declared that 2009 will be the year for the Pinstripes.

And even though he made the brilliant stupid prediction, he hasn't written off the Yankees current season.

"I'm not writing off this season," the team's co-chairman said Tuesday. "They're trying hard to win. There's only so much you can do. They're not supermen."

The Yankees are missing starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, who likely will miss the rest of the season because of a foot injury, and Joba Chamberlain, who hopes to return from right rotator cuff tendinitis. Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy have missed most of the season.

"I think it's very simple, we've been devastated by injuries. No team I've ever seen in baseball has been decimated like this. It would kill any team," Steinbrenner said. "Imagine the Red Sox without [Josh] Beckett and [Jon] Lester. Pitching is 70 percent of the game. Wang won 19 games two straight years. Chamberlain became the most dominating pitcher in baseball. You can't lose two guys like that."

Steinbrenner needs to ease up on his mouth movements. Chamberlain, the most dominating pitcher in baseball? He does know that Joba has not done a thing in baseball except prove he has a dead arm?

Brian Cashman is going to kill Hank.

Steinbrenner can find Superman in Beijing. 11 and counting, suck it, bitter Spitz!

Win $100 From Pete Rose

Want to get a $100 bill from Pete Rose? All you have to do is catch him gambling in Las Vegas.

From Las Vegas Review Journal:

He told me that he does not play at all in Vegas casinos and says that if anyone sees him playing, they can tap him on the shoulder and he'll give them a $100 bill.

That is a pretty good deal, yet I doubt I would be able to collect on that because:
a. Rose is probably gambling in the high stakes room, a place you will never find me venturing into (uh, because I choose to, yes that is why).
b. Option a. is only an "if" because Rose still believes there is a chance to get into the Hall of Fame.

Yet, in a sense isn't this "bet" a form of gambling in itself? Just kidding Kid Hustle, because I cannot throw you a $100 bill if you did not gamble, nor would I throw away the chance to use that $100 towards a 1961 Los Angeles Angels bobblehead/nodder.