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By Bill Campione
Last week, the YES Network premiered the latest in their series of Yankeeographies, this one starring Yankee great, Alex Rodriguez. Some have bristled at the notion that A-Rod is worthy of such a distinction, as he has only been a Yankee for five seasons, has yet to win a World Series, and performs poorly [...]

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By Bill Campione
The original intent of Channeling Harry Doyle was a satire of sports media because of their poor handling of the issues of the day and their ineptitude in covering the most basic of events. Sports is not the most important thing in the world, but it is the most important distraction from the [...]

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By Bill Campione
Sideline reporters have long taken the brunt of the criticism of sports telecasts. Football seems to be the sport that most needs someone on the sidelines because of injuries and ever changing strategies and adjustments. Of course the networks often try to spruce up the job with attractive females (Guerrero, Lisa and Andrews, [...]

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By Bill Campione
Michael Kay, frequent target of my verbal jabs and favorite of Owner and CEO of FullCountPitch Gary Armida, took a step up in my book this week, but, in true Kaysian form, took two steps back almost immediately. Kay was on vacation for the Yankees’ last two series against Toronto and Oakland, forcing [...]

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I bashed Major League Baseball last week for allowing the All Star Game to become a boring shell of its former self. The game proved to be fairly interesting, even if I was proven right with Terry Francona almost running out of players and the game ending at almost 2 AM Eastern. For those mistakes [...]

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This week begins the All Star festivities in New York City. The Fan Fest runs from July 11 to July 15, with the Home Run Derby on Monday July 14 and the actual game the next night. I haven’t watched the All-Star Game in years, mostly because it is a boring affair that has lost its [...]

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By Bill Campione
I have been a Yankee fan for my entire life. I chanted “REG-GIE” during the 1978 World Series when I wasn’t yet two years old. I was there for Dave Righetti’s no hitter on July 4, 1983. I was there for the first playoff game at the Stadium in fourteen years in 1995. [...]

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By Bill Campione
This past weekend, Newsday’s Neil Best reported that the groundbreaking sportstalk radio duo of Mike and the Mad Dog (Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, or Fatso and Fruit Loops, as they were dubbed by Don Imus) could be ending their 19 year on air relationship as soon as Labor Day. Channeling Harry Doyle [...]

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