As Yankee Stadium saw its last professional baseball game played in it on Sunday, ESPN provided in-depth coverage of the game with the Orioles and their tribute to Yankees legends of the past and present. For sports fans, there is no more historic venue than the 85 year old monument to baseball. Therefore, many people at home who could not make it out to the final game saluted the stadium by flipping over to the ceremonies during a commercial break in the Packers-Cowboys Sunday Night Football game.

"When I was watching their video showcasing the many hall of famers who had graced that field, I couldn't help but get goosebumps," said Marty Klein, a sports fan from Buffalo. "But then I realized my two and a half minutes were up, so I had to change the channel back to the awesome early season football contest taking place. I've got the Green Bay running back on my fantasy team! I can't miss this thing!"

"I actually planned ahead, because I'm such a big Yankees fan in addition to my love of the Cowboys," said another fan, Dan Green. "So I Tivo'd the baseball game to watch after football. But then my Tivo alerted me that there was a brand new Desperate Housewives that overlapped the first hour, so I picked that instead. Then after that there was a great 30 minute infomercial on a potato peeling device called the Rotato. Then after that the game was half over, so I really wanted to record the rest, but I decided to tape just whatever was on The Weather Channel instead for 3 hours. Just in case some really cool weather came on out of nowhere, I couldn't risk it. But man, I love Yankee Stadium."

Some other fans planned to turn to the game during a commercial break, or even for the 15 minutes at halftime, but got distracted on the way up the channels from NBC to ESPN by the Emmys and a rerun of Frasier. One fan who suffered such a channel changing fate opined, "I will always have a special place in my heart for the original Yankee Stadium, and also that episode where Frasier and his father get trapped in an elevator together."

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The New York Yankees continued their interleague dominance yesterday with a resounding 23-0 win over the visiting Chicago Bears. The Bears looked confused at times during the contest, with Rex Grossman giving up 8 runs in the first inning and was pulled after the second. "Well, I'm still confident that I'll eventually find some type of ball I can throw well, but it obviously isn't a baseball or football," said Grossman after the contest. "I can really gun a soccer ball well, but apparently that isn't even allowed in that sport. It's a shame."

328-pound Bears shortstop/guard Terrence Metcalf made 4 errors in the game and showed very limited range when pivoting to turn the double play. There was talk after the game of sending him back down to the minors to trim off a few hundred pounds. "Look, I'm not even sure of the rules of this damn game," said Metcalf. "These little guys get to run around in front of me, and they yelled at me the one time I tried to tackle one of them who was rounding second. We also have got to wear these #### long pants with stripes. I hate this sport."

Bears GM Jerry Angelo took time after the game to criticize interleague play, and told MLB to move into the 21st century. The 8th inning was especially lengthy after Brian Urlacher caught a hard hit ball to first, yelled out "Interception!", and then ran around the field with it trying to find the Yankees endzone. Umpires and Yankee players chased him around for 20 minutes trying to explain the situation.

New York has been on a big rebound from their early season struggles since interleague play began, having swept the Red Wings and Grizzlies as well. The Grizzlies series was especially surprising, as it was played at Memphis' home court and home sport. But, it looks like anyone can beat the Grizzlies at this point.

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Alex Rodriguez is expected to return to the New York Yankees on Tuesday after missing much of the early part of the season with a quad injury. Doctors have advised him that returning so soon could put him at risk to re-aggravate the injury, but A-Rod is anxious to get back and help the team. "Well, I've been a part of so many disappointing teams here in the past, but this one looks like it may just be the most disappointing," Rodriguez said. "I'm excited to get out there again and help crush the dreams of the overbearing New York fans. What better way to do that than for the highest paid player in baseball to be a part of the last place team? For too long I've been alone out there playing way below expectations, especially in the clutch. But now everyone is doing their part, it's very exciting."

It's believed Yankee fans have long expected too much of their team, and this season filled with young pitching should have been looked at as a rebuilding effort. "I don't know about that, I don't think we're a particularly overly demanding bunch," said Pat Holm, a long-time fan of the Bronx Bombers. "They be going through a rough patch right now that none of us expected, sure. But with A-Rod coming back tomorrow, I don't see any reason that they can't win out the rest of the season and finish with 130 or so wins. That seems entirely reasonable, and I'm going to freak out on message boards and sports talk radio if it doesn't happen."

Many sports pundits are not putting much faith in the ability of the team to reach the 130 win plateau that most of the fans are looking for. But they are certain that if it doesn't happen, there will be a lot of angry grumbling from Hank Steinbrenner.

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Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, topping Boston's Josh Beckett and two other worthy contenders by a comfortable margin to become the first Cleveland Indians pitcher in 35 years to earn the honor.

Sabathia received 19 of 28 first-place votes and finished with 119 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Beckett, who outpitched Sabathia twice in the playoffs, was second with eight first-place votes and 86 points.

Also winning awards on Tuesday:

• Jason Giambi, receiving the Money Down The Toilet for his $24 million salary and his .236 average and 83 games played.
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia was given an award by the MLB tailor's association for having the toughest name to fit on a jersey, and then changing teams midseason forcing them to do it again.
• The Colorado Rockies were given the Special Thanks award by Fox Broadcasting for their great showing in the World Series, making sure there was a close series to keep the viewers tuning in.
• The Tampa Bay Rays for removing the one good thing about their team, the name Devil Rays.
• The Florida Marlins for the Best Fire outside of California, for their massive firesale that is about to being again as they trade away their good players who want to be paid a real salary.

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