Posada asking out of lineup?

I just finished reading Bill Madden's book on the late George Steinbrenner and Buster Olney's book about the Yankees title failures after the 2001 season so my views may be a little influenced by those books. But I can't believe that ANY hitter would ask out of a game against an arch-rival. Seems to me that the most-likely explanation is that one of the Steinbrenner's made the change for the manager and directed that the story be that Posada asked out of the lineup. Interestingly, Posada, Girardi, and Cashman all have different stories on this on GAME NIGHT. (Not much difference than Carney, Obama, and Biden on the Bin Laden strike by the way) Serves the Yankees right that they lost 6-0.

Sacramento Kings to Anaheim

I don't see how the Maloof's will succeed with their plan to move to Anaheim. The Sports equivalent would be for the Tennessee Titans to try to move to Fort Worth and butt in on the Cowboys. The Lakers are the signature franchise of the modern NBA, they surely will be able to to convince the league not to allow the Kings to move to Anaheim.

Coach Tressel

I guess he had a point trying for a 2-game suspension while his players' suspensions were being appealed. As the leader of the program he should set the example. For not doing the right thing as the person in charge - he should sit at least an extra game, interestingly enough, Nebraska is game #6.