My Pinstripes Alpha: The Daily Yankeeland

There is a good feature by Tyler Kepner in today's NY Times on how Phil Hughes is interacting with fans via his blog. Other players have official websites, but rarely ever update them. Dr. Phil Good on the other hand, usually updates his on a daily basis, holds contests, and takes fans' questions.

So far, so good. That could describe how things have been going for Andy Pettitte since he arrived in Yankees camp.

"Everything has been normal," Pettitte said after throwing his first and final round of batting practice yesterday. "It was nice to come in here and get into a routine. What I needed was a routine. Everybody acted like nothing happened. I came here and wanted to apologize for making them answer questions and [everybody said] I didn't need to apologize. Everybody has made it extremely easy, including the organization."
As for his pitching, Pettitte says he still lags behind but has ample time to recover.
"My legs are getting there and I can tell my arm isn't quite sharp. It got fatigued at the end," Pettitte said. "It felt like my arm was dragging. I have six starts here so I am not concerned."

Now we'll see how he handles that first road trip.

Things are far from over for Roger Clemens. The House Oversight committee, after making a mockery of this whole thing, has now drafted a letter to the Department of Justice to investigate whether Clemens lied before Congress. Ironically, Brian McNamee, who was clearly lying at times before Congress, is not being looked into further by the committee.

On top of that, an unnamed major league ~~snitch~~ player has apparently told Congress that Clemens often joked about his wife and Jose Canseco's ex comparing implants at the infamous party.

One of the best in the business, Mike Vaccaro, has a great piece on our man Melky Cabrera and his destiny as the last regular center fielder in the current Stadium.

Some good anecdotes; stories from the always-entertaining Peter Abraham: