PHONE-TAPPING CLASSES NEXT UP FOR BUSTER OLNEY?: Neil Best of NEWSDAY reports today “the Yankees have barred ESPN from news media conference calls with their managerial candidates this week.”

“The move was in retaliation for the network violating rules covering last week’s call on which it was announced Joe Torre had turned down a contract offer.”

Good for the Yankees! It’s about time someone stood up to ESPN and Disney. Hey, it isn’t like the network can make or break a team, or a league, for that matter.UPDATE: It appears that the move didn’t exactly slow down ESPN’s GPS tracking of Joe Girardi: