Kimberly Jones, YES' lead pregame and postgame reporter for the past seven years, will not return to the network for the 2012 season.

"It was a terrific seven years, especially when I didn't know if I'd make it through the first one, and neither did anyone else,'' she said, laughing. "It was filled with highlights and moments that only the Yankees can provide. I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity at YES."

YES had offered Jones a new contract, and the parting was amicable. "We would love to have her on the YES team this season, but certainly understand her decision," YES spokesman Eric Handler said. "She was a valued member of our Yankees broadcast team, and we wish her nothing but the best."

Handler said YES is "looking at a number of options" to fill Jones' role. One logical candidate would be Jack Curry, primarily a studio analyst at the network.

There is indeed only one logical candidate and it's not Jack Curry. It's NESN's Heidi Watney.

This would be the best acquisition of the offseason.

From Matt S:

File this under "We can't believe someone actually made this."

From Teddy Ruxpin:

Theo Epstein ambushed by some guy named Ronnie Woo Woo. Just listen.

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When you lose a homegrown player, especially one of Montero's potential, it feels like you got sentimentally kicked in the private parts. So with this, we say goodbye and good luck to Jesus.

On a less sentimental note, his departure to Seattle makes us wonder how much the organization values catcher defense. After all, Jorge Posada reportedly is retiring and he certainly had a reputation of being a poor defender. However, that's not stopping the Hall of Fame discussion.

So either Montero is exponentially worse than Posada behind the plate or the organization has changed their view of a catcher's defensive influence on winning games.

Add on a quarter of a run for the move to the AL East (just a guess there) and knock off another little bit for getting a year older, and he's still a top-50 pitcher. In other words, the Yankees got a solid 2-3 starter yesterday -- for a very fair price and only committed to one season. Fantastic signing.

From Alfredo Griffin:

Possibly the greatest thing we've ever seen.

From Tight Sweatpants:

Back when they both played shortstop and actually liked each other.

From Brent:

How could we forget The Anthem!



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However, what we didn't know until now, is that Alex partied hard in the Deutschland after the medical procedure.

Using this offseason to-date as evidence, we were right and Cameron was wrong. And while we don't want to kick a sabermetric pioneer when he's down, we felt the need to highlight this:

Buster Olney, Jan 2:

NYY like Edwin Jackson, but signing of Rafael Soriano last winter has taken up 8-figure part of their budget. Unless budget grows, no room.

From Chris T.


From Taiwanese Man:

* Pay attention to what happens at the 1:35 mark *


From Sully:


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