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YANKEES 8 MARINERS 5 While the crosstown Mets just can't seem to get out of their own way, the New York Yankees are starting to heat things up. The Bombers blasted the mediocre Seattle Mariners 8-5 at the new Yankee Stadium to extend their winning streak to six games. Offensively, the Bombers did just enough to hold off a Seattle team that pounded Joba Chamberlain through five and a third innings. Chamberlain gave up three runs on nine hits in that span, continuing a long stretch of average starts by the hefty right hander . Luckily for Chamberlain, he had a good team behind him. In the second inning, Hideki Matsui reached on a throwing error by Mariners third baseman Chris Woodward to drive in Robinson Cano and move Jorge Posada to third base. Two batters later, Melky Cabrera drove in Posada with a sac fly to left center to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. But, the Mariners would not go away. Ronnie Cedeno led off the third inning with a solo home run to left to cut the lea...

BREWERS 6 METS 3 Buffoonery is now the Mets new identitiy. For the team that can't shoot straight, things went from sublime to utterly ridiculous on Tuesday as the depleted Mets lost again, this time to a tune of 6-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers. With New York up 2-1, things went from bad to worse. First, Johan Santana walked pitcher Mike Burns with one out. Walking a pitcher is now an art crafted specifically by the Mets, i.e. Mariano Rivera's bases loaded walk by K-Rod on Sunday delivering the closer his first career RBI. Anyway, to get back to the game. With Burns on first, Corey Hart doubled to center to move Burns to third. Next, J.J. Hardy drew a walk to load them up. Then, the newest addition to the bloopers reel happened. Ryan Braun popped the ball up to deep center field. Fernando Martinez tried to his best to get over and catch the ball, but the center fielder slipped and did a swan dive onto his face into the outfield dirt. The ball fell right next to him. I thought som...

YANKEES 5 METS 0 A. J. Burnett must love the Mets . In two starts against the Metropolitans Burnett has pitched his best baseball of the season, proving to the Yankee brass and fans that he was worth the $83 million they paid him in the off-season. Burnett is 2-0 against the Mets logging in 14 innings of shut out baseball. He surrendered only five hits to the Mets in those two starts and struck out 18. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good, if I don't say so myself. Tonight, Burnett held the Mets to just one hit all night, and even carried a no hitter through the games first five innings. The win brings Burnett's totals to 6-4 with a respectable 3.98 ERA. Offensively, the Yankees had no trouble blasting balls out of "pitcher-friendly" Citi Field. Nick Swisher hit an opposite field home run over the 16 foot wall in left to give the Bronx Bombers a 1-0 lead in the third inning. In the sixth, things fell apart for Mets starter Tim Redding , who was...

Thank you once again, Bud Selig. Twelve years ago, you gave baseball fans across the country, and especially in the New York/New Jersey market, something to watch every June and July: inter-league play. For the initial five or six years, the annual right of early summer brought us intriguing matchups that no one would be able to see unless it was late October. Regional rivalries such as Yankees vs. Mets, Indians vs. Reds, Cardinals vs. Royals, Cu bs vs. White Sox, as well as the never before seen match ups: Yankees vs. Phillies, Mets vs. Indians, Barry Bonds at old Yankee Stadium, Ichiro Suzuki in his first at bat ever at Shea Stadium and many more brought fans to the fields of play. Yes, there was a time that as a fan, I used to love inter-league play, especially the Subway Series. Every time the Yankees and Mets would meet, it felt like Armageddon Day; the last thing in the world a fan wanted was to see his team go down to its cross town rival and having to hear about it at school or...

YANKEES 9 METS 1 For some odd reason, the New York Mets forget how to play baseball whenever they see the pin strips of the New York Yankees in the opposing dugout. Like their tussle in the Bronx, the Mets bobbled, balked and stumbled through a 9-1 spanking at the hands of the crosstown Yankees. The Bombers didn't have to blast the ball out of the park to win this one, instead blooping balls all over the Mets outfield, and playing small ball from post to post. The Yankees got the party started in the second, after Melky Cabrera singled off of Mike Pelfrey to start the inning. Cabrera advanced to second thanks in part to David Wright's throwing error to first base which got away from first baseman, Nick Evans. Two batters later, Ramiro Pena, subbing for an ill Derek Jeter, lined a double down the left field line to drive in Melky to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. Pitcher C.C. Sabathia followed that up with a soft single up the middle that got by a diving Alex Cora driving in Pen...

The first time these two teams met each other two week ago, one of the dumbest plays in baseball history occurred when Louis Castillo dropped a sure game-winning pop up by Alex Rodriguez that would have given the Mets an 8-7 victory. Instead, the drop cost the Mets the game, as Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeria scored the tying and winning runs for the Bombers. The rest of the series was a mess. Andy Pettitte was shelled by the beleaguered Mets lineup and Johan Santana was blasted by the powerful Yankee lineup to a tune of 15-0. Now, the drawn out, and now boring series is set to start up again, this time at the Mets new home, Citi Field. The Mets come into the series actually showing some grit. They took three of four from the St. Louis Cardinals, as the likes of Nick Evans, Fernando Martinez, Fernando Nieve , Alex Cora and Tim Redding found ways to beat up the red birds during the week. The Mets are just a game and a half out of first place in the NL East, and if they can ...

There will be something to talk about next fall other than football. Both the Rangers and Devils will have important members of their franchises' successes over the years inducted into the league's Hall of Fame on November 9. Story . Brian Leetch helped lead the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup in 54 years during the 1994 season. He is also a winner of the Norris Trophy as the leagues' top defense man and had his number 9 retired this past season by the Rangers. As for the Devils, the architect of what has become one of the most successful franchises in hockey will finally get honored. Lou Lamoriello, who has been the GM, and sometimes, on occasion, Head Coach of the Devils since 1987, was responsible for building a team that appeared in five Stanley Cup finals, winning three cups in 1995, 2000, and 2003. Brett Hull and Steve Yzerman will also be inducted into the Hall in November.

CARDINALS 3 METS 0 Despite what one might say this outing with regard to the Mets injury situation, Livan Hernandez was brilliant again for the Metropolitans, holding the St. Louis Cardinals to three runs, two earned, over seven innings. He found a way to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning, forcing Rick Ankiel to pop out, after a short rain delay, to end the inning. He even made Albert Pujols look bad on a swinging strikeout from a nasty overhand curve ball. Yet, the Met offense was nonexistent. Joel Pinerio, who has made a career of dominating the Mets, was again in full control, throwing a complete game, two hit, shutout. Pinerio never had to sweat this one since no one in the Mets' depleted lineup posed much of a threat all night long. At the end of the day, Pinerio threw exactly 100 pitches, 62 for strikes on the night, improving his overall record to 6-8 with a dazzling 3.40 ERA. He has been better than his win/lose record indicates. What was most intriguing ...

BRAVES 4 YANKEES 0 Chien-Ming Wang must be the most frustrated man on the planet. In April, Wang was 0-4 with a ERA of 34.00. In May, Wang spent most of his time rehabilitating his game in the minors, was rushed back to the majors, and subsequently was compelled to come out of the bullpen in blowout games. Ever since the Yankees have put Wang back in the rotation, they have shown little confidence in him. Tonight, Wang had one bad inning, a three run third that did him in hot Atlanta, bringing the cold starter and former ace to a lonely 0-6 record. In the third, Wang struck out Tom Hanson and Nate McCloth with both of them looking at called strike three. Then, the bottom fell out. Yunel Escobar singled to left, stole second and advanced to third on a Jorge Posada throwing error. Chipper Jones walked, and Brian McCann doubled to left center to drive home Escobar, making it 1-0 Braves. Garrett Anderson, who made a career of killing Yankee pitching while with the Anaheim Angles, doubled...

Add Carlos Beltran to the Mets MIA list. Beltran's ailing right knee has been giving him trouble all season long, so much so that he missed about a week in mid-May. Beltran's stats have been going down since the knee started giving him trouble, and it appears that the center fielder can no longer stand the pain. The Mets will recall Fernando Martinez to replace Beltran in center field as early as tonight against the surging St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets are also bringing up reliever Pat Misch to replace the horribly inconsistent Ken Takahashi. New York Daily News Blog .

One of the controversial figures in baseball's steroid scandal is about to exit stage right. Donald Fehr who has served as the chief of the MLB Players Union since 1985 will leave the position today. He will be replaced by general counsel Michael Wiener. Fehr has taken a lot of flack over the last decade for turning a blind eye to the steroid scandal that wreaked havoc on baseball through the 1990's when stars such as Mark McGwuire, Roger Clemens, Rafeal Palemario , Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds and more either tested positive for steroids or committed perjury in front of Congress and the world by denying their use of the drugs. ESPN source .

On this day, June 20, 2008 a new sports blog was created with the mission of providing in depth coverage of pro sports in the New York/New Jersey region. We have seen plenty of memorable moments in year one from the Mets second September collapse, the Yankees failure to make it to the postseason for the first time in 13 years, Brett Favre's return to football with the New York Jets, the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIII title this past February, the firing of Eric Mangini and the hiring of Rex Ryan as the new Jets coach to Martin Brodeur's record 500th win as New Jersey Devils goalie. It has been a wild ride. Since June 20, 2008, Cohen's Corner has branched out onto YouTube and Bleacher Report where readers can find either videos or in- depth columns on the hot topics in New York sports. Thank you to all who have continued to be regular readers of this blog, and to those who continue to provide me with great feedback and support. I look forward to a really exciting s...

After Thursday's washout at Bethpage Black on Long Island, things could get a lot worse for some of the nation's best golfers this weekend. Golfers successfully completed the first round and part of the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open on Friday, with the rest of round two set to begin Saturday morning, but wicked weather is back on its way to the course. According to this map: CLICK HERE , a huge storm is making its way through the Mdwest and is on track to hit New York and New Jersey throughout the day tomorrow. Yahoo weather is reporting scattered thunderstorms for tomorrow, rain on Sunday and guess what, more rain on Monday. This is bad news for Bethpage. They are hoping to complete the second round tomorrow, with round three Sunday, and maybe the finale Monday afternoon. So far, Lucas Glover is the leader; he shot a 69 in round one and was -5 under par through 13 holes in the second round, before play was stopped because of twilight. Phil Mickelson, who has been the sto...

YANKEES 5 MARLINS 1 This win won't help Yankee fans forget Jorge Posada's ground out to then Florida Marlins ace Josh Beckett at the end of Game Six of the 2003 World Series, which the Marlins won at the old Yankee Stadium, but this one sure felt good. With the Yankees stumbling and bumbling for more than a week, they got a much needed solid performance from ole' reliable Andy Pettitte. Pettitte made his first start at Dolphins Stadium since that very same World Series, and he was brilliant. Seven innings of three hit ball, walking none and striking out seven. He held the Marlins powerful hitters: Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu to a combined 2 for 14, which equates to a .143 batting average. The Yankees jumped all over Florida starter Sean White. Jorge Posada's single to right in the first inning brought home Derek Jeter to give the Bombers a 1-0 lead. In the second, the Yankees broke it open. Angel Berroa, filling in for the struggling Alex R...

METS 5 RAYS 3 After a dreadful week in which the Mets played listless baseball in Baltimore thanks in part to leaks in the ship that is the so-called revamped bullpen, the Mets found a way to plug some of those leaks against the AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays. For the second straight week, Fernando Nieve surprised the world with another fabulous pitching performance. Nieve went six innings, gave up three hits and a run to earn his second straight victory. Nieve is 2-0 with a 1.84 ERA as a replacement for the injured John Maine. Nieve has shown no fear going up against two of the better lineups in baseball, the Yankees and Rays. If he keeps it up, expect Nieve to take over the spot inhabited by the awful combo of Oliver Perez and Tim Redding. The Mets got on the board early in this one to support the right hander. Brian Schneider, of all people, blasted a three-run home run into the bullpen in right center field to give New York a 3-0 lead in the first inning. In the third inning, the Mets...

The strange case of Plaxico Burress' illegal gun possession charges dating from November continues its twists and turns. First, Burress wouldn't accept several plea deals that could have reduced a possible sentence; now Judge Felicia Menin pushed back the trial to September 23, meaning that Burress could explore the possibility of signing with an NFL franchise. However, there are still other legal obstacles in the way. The NFL is expected to lay down a severe suspension for his conduct that could cost him at least four games at the start of the season. There is precedent for this; the NFL suspended Michael Vick before his trial once word got out about his organizing a dog fighting ring from his home. The New York Jets are one of the few teams that have expressed a great deal of interest in Burress. The club is in dire need of a wide receiver with the ability to stretch the field and make tough catches in the corner of the end zone. Once the trial commences on September 23, it ...

Joe Buck, you now have a hit variety show on HBO. Buck's first guest on the new HBO sports series, was Brett Favre , and the former Jet and Packer did little to dissuade people from believing that he will be making another comeback later this summer. Buck asked the quarterback point blank, "Will you come back to play again?" Favre responded by pausing and saying, "Maybe. If it ever gets to the point it feels like it did before it started hurting, then the biggest question mark is out of the way.” Favre told Buck that he prefers to play with the Vikings since he is very familiar with their style of offense. Vikings head coach Brad Childress once worked for the Packers many years ago before moving on to Philadelphia as an offensive coordinator and then on to Minnesota two years ago to coach the Vikings. More important, Favre got clearance from Dr. James Andrews, who repaired his torn bicep, that it would take just a few weeks before he could start throwing the footba...

Here are three videos where Michael looks back at this past weekend's Subway Series between the New York Mets and New York Yankees. It was a wild weekend from Luis Castillo's drop to Fernando Nieve's suprising start on Saturday to K-Rod vs. Brian Bruney and Johan Santana's poor effort in a 15-0 loss on Sunday. Michael goes over the infamous ninth inning from Friday night in which Luis Castillo dropped an easy pop up. Michael questions the Mets heart, looking back at all of their mental and physical mistakes this seaoson. Michael looks at the bizarre war of words between Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez and Yankees reliever Brian Bruney.

METS 6 YANKEES 2 Today the Mets used both hands to catch fly balls. Less than 24 hours after the infamous Castillo Drop, the Mets rebounded from their worst loss of the year to win a game that no one would have predicted that they would win. On paper, Andy Pettitte vs. Fernando Nieve seemed like such a mismatch that Met fans would have been better off spending their Saturday afternoon at home. Well, that is why they play the game. Nieve shocked the world, pitching six and two-thirds innings, frustrating the Yankee bats for the entire afternoon, surrendering only two runs on four hits. Yesterday, the Yankees blasted out four homers; today, they had only one. Nieve kept the Bombers in the ball park, showing good command on his pitches and throwing as fast as 95 mph; the Yankees never had a clue about what was coming from the former Houston Astro. Nieve's effort might be good enough to earn him another start next week with John Maine on the 15 DL. Offensively, the Mets continued to sm...

YANKEES 9 METS 8 From the Mets standpoint, this is one of the worst losses of the season. For the Yankees, it doesn't matter; it all counts the same in the win column. The Mets had three different comebacks against the Yankees tonight, held an 8-7 lead heading into the ninth inning with closer Francisco Rodriguez on the mound to close it out. Rodriguez got Brett Gardner to foul out to the catcher, gave up a single to Derek Jeter and struck out Johnny Damon. Then it got interesting. After falling behind 3-0 to Mark Teixeria, Jerry Manuel decided to give the slugger the intentional pass in order to get to Alex Rodriguez who was 1 for 14 against K-Rod. K-Rod fell behind 3-0 to A-Rod, got a strike on him, and then served up a easy pop up to second. But it wasn't so easy. Luis Castillo appeared to stumble as he moved backwards into the outfield, lost the ball in the night, and dropped the ball once it landed in his glove. Jeter scored the tying run, and Teixeria scored the game win...

Talk about ugly. The past week for the Yankees and Mets could not have been uglier, creating such a stench that it is now overshadowing the drawn out, seemingly boring Subway Series for this weekend. To say that this series is big for both teams is a bit of an understatement. Both the Yankees and the Mets need to win this series, or panic could begin to set in. After getting swept by the Red Sox, it is clear that Boston is in the Yankees head, or at least in the heads of Yankee fans. The Bombers are now a stunning 0-8 versus Boston this year, and all eight games haven't been close. If the Yankees can take one thing away from the series in Boston it is three things: 1) The Yankee offense is still one of the best in baseball. Mark Teixeria is having an MVP type of year with 19 home runs, 52 RBI and a .289 batting average. Ever since A-Rod returned to lineup in May, Teixeria has been in the middle of every single Yankee rally; without him, the Yankees offense clearly would suffer. Fu...

RED SOX 4 YANKEES 3 There was a line in The Godfather Part III when Al Pacino said, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Well, just when the Yankees thought they were going to leave Boston with one victory in their back pocket, the Red Sox pulled it away from them. Ever since Boston's historic comeback against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees have lost their swagger when playing this team, and this season it is very present, as the Yankees now stand at 0-8 against Boston. And there is still 11 games left to play against the Red Sox in the second half of the year. Even though C.C. Sabathia gave up a David Ortiz home run early in the game, the Yankee ace did enough to win, but didn't receive any run support until the seventh inning. In that inning, Francisco Cervelli doubled to left to drive in Melky Cabrera to tie the game at one. Later, Alex Rodriguez, finally produced a clutch hit against the Red Sox, stroking a double off of the Green Mon...

PHILLIES 6 METS 3 The weather today felt like late September/early October, and the way this series went against the Philadelphia Phillies, it might as well have been late September/early October. Yes, it is only June, there is still 2/3 of the season left to play, but the Mets effort, or lack thereof should make many wonder if this season is beginning to slip away from this team. For the second straight night, the Mets grabbed the early lead and watched the Phillies storm back with clutch hitting, clutch pitching and clutch defense to win 6-3 and take two out of three in this series. Things began to fall apart in the sixth inning, and for the second straight night, Chase Utley was front and center. Utley's double to right off of Tim Redding, brought home Jimmy Rollins to cut the Mets lead to 3-2. Finally in the seventh, Matt Stairs followed two hits by Pedro Feliz and Chris Coste with an RBI ground out to tie the game at three. The Phillies are the definition of clutch. They chip...

Throughout the week, the New York Jets opened their beautiful training camp facility in Flohram Park New Jersey to the public; after spending the past three days there, I can tell you it was a outright success. Monday evening, the club welcomed returning and new members of their Flight Crew Cheerleader squad. The Cheerleaders introduced themselves on a stage set up near Jets Fest in the facility parking lot. Afterwards, they signed autographs for fans. On Tuesday afternoon over 900 people came to watch the Jets afternoon practice. The club lined people down the sideline of their field turf practice field, with nothing but tiny billboards separating the players and fans. Fans were only seven yards away from the players, and they could hear every word players said to each other, as well as commands and instructions coming from the coaches. The event was so fan friendly that kicker Jay Feeley decided to walk through the crowd to get to the other practice field to work out, and tight end c...

RED SOX 6 YANKEES 5 Boston just isn't a good place to be these days for the Yankees. In spite of another horrendous effort by Chien-Ming Wang, the Yankees still had a chance to pull out the upset tonight, but just couldn't do anything with the bats against the Red Sox vaunted bullpen. The Red Sox clobbered Wang for four runs on six hits in just two and two-thirds innings. In the second inning, Wang surrendered a run scoring double to George Kottaras to give Boston a 2-1 lead. Who is George Kottaras? Who knows, but tonight Kottaras made a name for himself against the struggling Yankee starter. Next, a guy you have heard of, Dustin Pedroia, the reigning AL MVP, hit a ground rule double to right to drive in Kottaras to give Boston a 3-1 lead. Finally, in the third, Mike Lowell blasted a solo shot over the Green Monster to extend the Red Sox lead to 4-1. That was it for Wang who was pulled for Phil Hughes. Hughes didn't fare much better, giving up two more runs in relief. Tim...

There will be no rookie holdout this year in the NFL for one of the league's top draft picks. Mark Sanchez has signed a five year deal worth $50 million, with $28 million guaranteed , with the New York Jets. "Obviously, I'm thankful to the Jets and the organization here. ... but this is just the beginning and that comes with a lot of responsibility, just like being the quarterback here. And I'll be working every day on and off the field to justify this contract," said Sanchez of the contract, which was published on NewYorkJets .com . Sanchez will have to battle out Kellen Clemens for the teams starting job. So far, after personally viewing two mini-camps during Jets Week at Florham Park, Sanchez has looked over-matched by the Jets 46 Defense. He is having trouble reading the multiple blitzes that have been coming his way. As for Clemens, he has looked extremely sharp in 11 on 11 drills. More later on the Jets mini camps.

RED SOX 7 YANKEES 0 This is not good news. The Yankees, who came into tonight's crucial series with the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park, are now an unacceptable 0-6 versus the Red Sox this season. In a stretch were the Yankees have won 19 of 25 games before tonight, and clearly the hottest team in baseball, the Yanks suffered one heck of a cool down thanks to David "Big Papi " Ortiz and Josh Beckett. Ortiz who has had a horrific season, batting .197 with two homers and 22 RBI, but he finally showed a pulse this season when he ripped a two run home run to wild corner where the stands meet the Green Monster in center field to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. A.J. Burnett just didn't have it for the Yankees; after the Ortiz homer, he walked Mark Kotsay , and allowed Nick Green to reach on a fielder's choice, thanks to an error by Dr. Choke, A.K.A. Alex Rodriguez. Two batters later, J.D. Drew doubled to left to drive in both Kotsay and Green to give Boston a 4-0 lead...

METS 6 PHILLIES 5 Citi Field is supposed to be a pitcher's park; right? Well, not tonight. The stadium that has drawn a lot of complaints because of the depth of center field, right center and right center, was home to seven home runs on the night between the Mets and Phillies. The home run party started in the second inning when David Wright broke his long string of homerless games by blasting his fourth of the year just over the 16 foot wall in left to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Then, in the third, Carlos Beltran belted a two run shot to infamous right center field fence to give the Metroplitans a 3-0 lead. Usually a 3-0 lead is more than enough for Johan Santana, but not tonight. After serving up three scoreless innings, Santana got bombed by the powerful Phillies lineup. Ryan Howard led off the fourth inning with a solo shot to the bullpens in right center to cut the Mets lead to 3-1. Raul Ibanez followed with solo homer of his own to right, just above the Modell's sign to c...

According to Pat Kerwin of NFL.com and the NFL Network, the Minnesota Vikings have not placed a one week deadline for Brett Favre to make a final determination about whether he will play this year. WATCH VIDEO HERE !! Kerwin suspects that the Vikings will wait until August for Favre to make a decision, since they desperately want to have him on the team. This could be the dumbest move the Vikings have ever made in their history. It was pretty obvious down the stretch that Favre didn't have anything left in the tank, even with the torn bicep. He threw nine interceptions in the final five weeks of the year, and his fastball was greatly diminished. If the Vikings think that by bringing Favre in they are flexing their muscles to the Green Bay Packers, they should think again. I am sure, at this point, the Packers could care less about Brett Favre.

YANKEES 5 RAYS 3 This is starting to shape up into a really special season for the new look New York Yankees. Unlike recent years, where the Yankees counted on their gigantic wallet and talent to beat opponents, only to realize that they lacked the heart to get back to the World Series, this Yankee team has a passion, a drive, and a desire to succeed. Call it a love for the game that no one has seen from the Bombers at least since their World Series days in the late 1990's. In April, people panicked after the Yankees stumbled out of the gate because of A-Rod's off the field distractions, and poor play from expensive new comers in C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeria. But now, that seems like eons ago. The Yankees, 34-23, now own the best record in the American League. They have rolled over the competition in the AL, and right now look like the only legitimate pennant contender in that league. Tonight, the Bronx Bombers found a way to fight off the pesky and injured Tampa Bay Rays t...

Once it was announced that Brett Favre had arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn biceps tendon in his right arm, everyone went crazy, speculating that the former MVP is readying himself for another comeback. ESPN originally reported that the quarterback had the surgery in May to repair the tendons that cost him and the New York Jets any shot of making it to the postseason. Story . The Vikings continue to deny that they have any interest in Favre, stating the party line that they are happy with Sage Rosenfels and Travris Jackson. Still people think that the good ole number four will be in purple and gold in September. I find this hard to believe. At this point in the year, it is late for Favre to have surgery and expect to be ready to go when August rolls around. That means a 40-year-old man would have only two months or less to recover from the surgery completely, before he throws a football. That is not going to happen. If Favre had the surgery in February, than the chance of a comeb...