Bader Nation

Junkie posted my feature on Ryan Bader yesterday. "Darth" is on target for a September return and is confident about his chances if he were to fight Lyoto Machida for the light-heavyweight title in two years. (Thanks to Fanhouse's Mike Chiappetta for the prediction on Twitter.)

The other day, David Cone and I did our second Q&A of the season and have another lined up for Thursday before the Yankees battle the Texas Rangers. The Yankees continue to play fantastic baseball. They're 17-10 this month, have won five out of eight and 14 out of 17, and open their next homestand Tuesday against the Rangers, from whom they took two out of three in the Lone Star State last week. I expect an interesting week of storytelling.