Sox it to me
So my postseason predictions were dead on … until the end of each league’s championship series. So much for the Angels and Cardinals. I had picked the Cards in six, but we’re now at seven straight World Series losses by…
Author: Dan
I'm a baseball editor and occasional writer who used to cover the minor leagues -- particularly the Lakewood BlueClaws -- in 2001-02. Unless otherwise credited (as of 2015) or linked off-site, all photos on this site were either taken by me or are part of my personal collection.
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Step right up and get your mud
The pitcher steps off the mound and holds the ball in his pitching hand, lifting it above his head and flicking his wrist toward home plate. He doesn’t toss it, though. Instead, he holds onto it, signaling to his catcher…
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Handing out the hardware
I didn’t make my awards picks until November last year, but my intentions this year were to get them done as early into the postseason, just as the sportswriters who vote on the awards actually do. Granted, the voters have…
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On to the postseason
I guess in my dreams, I’m a real baseball writer. Check that — I am a real baseball writer, in that I write about the sport here; plus I have written about it in a professional outlet regularly before, have…
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When I think baseball, I think Bon Jovi
MLB and its teams never miss a chance to make a buck, do they? In the three or four innings of last night’s Giants game that I watched, I saw an ad at least three times that showed clips of…
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A hypothetical travesty
So Barry Bonds returns tonight. He returns to an aging, veteran Giants team that, this morning sits seven games behind the Padres in the NL West. San Francisco is tied with the Diamondbacks and one game behind the Dodgers. They’re…
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Help for New Orleans
I’m on my way out of town for the weekend, so I won’t make it out to the Lakewood BlueClaws final four home games. The team is accepting donations to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina, so keep that in…
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An All-Star Game (or two) in Yankee Stadium’s future?
Two weeks ago, the New York Post reported that MLB officials and the Yankees have discussed awarding the 2008 All-Star Game to Yankee Stadium. (Rumor is that one will count.) That’s a great idea. Seriously, it’s a fine way to…
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No matter the score, a perfect night in Brooklyn
I haven’t visited every minor-league ballpark in the country. Far from it. I haven’t even thoroughly researched them all, looking for photographs to see which are the most attractive, which fit into their neighborhoods the best. But I can’t imagine…
