Friday'sTop Headlines

• Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger wrote this article about Yankees catching prospect Jesus Montero, and how, despite his size, is trying to be the best catcher he can be.
  
• Kat O'Brien has this story about four Yankees pitchers and their love for tattoos. The four pitchers are A.J. Burnett, Brian Bruney, Joba Chamberlain, and CC Sabathia. "We've got more tattoos than the California Penal League," said Bruney.
• There is about 300 obstructed seats in the bleachers at the New Yankee Stadium. Anthony Rieber points out that this isn't anything new, and most of the new and future ballparks in baseball have obstructed seats.
• Scott Ham over at The Bronx View, takes a look at Dewan's article and posted his own article that lightly looks at combining a players runs above average on offense and defense. Check it out.
• Over in the WBC, Team USA manager Davey Johnson will miss Saturday's second round matchup with Puerto Rico. Johnson will be attending his stepson's wedding, and Barry Larkin will take over the managerial duties.
• Mike Lupica wonders if the Yankees have already seen the best that they will get from A-Rod.
• Apparantly Bernie Williams has hit a woman according to NorthJersey.com I hope this isn't true.

Here's an update from Bernie's manager Steve Fortunato:

Yesterday evening we learned of the filing of a complaint against Mr. Bernie Williams. The news has taken us all by surprise. On the night in question, Mr. Williams had gone out after accepting an invitation to be a guest performer with a local music act. Mr. Williams denies any wrongdoing and we feel that some published media reports today are inaccurate. At this time, Mr. Williams has been advised by his legal counsel, José M. Marxuach, to not make any further comments, inasmuch as we do not want to interfere with the ongoing investigation. We want to assure everyone that Mr. Williams will fully cooperate with the local authorities to have this matter clarified as soon as possible.

• There is a story about Brian Cashman and Jason Giambi in a soon to be released book about Roger Clemens. The book is called, “The Rocket That Fell to Earth,” and it's written by Jeff Pearlman. The New York Times has more on the story.