Extra Innings Blogging
Don’t know why I started to do this, but I had all these thoughts and observations as I was flipping through some ballgames in the early part of the evening before dinner, and before watching some other TV. So I…
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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Mostly linkage
Did you know that you can just call up Bob Watson, the man in MLB’s offices who hands out the suspensions? Very interesting. Yogi Berra is 80 years old today. I got to meet him, briefly, yesterday. It was nearly…
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The Mets are in this thing
So three weeks ago, I said the Mets had an important stretch coming up. My hope for them was to go 15-7 over the 22 games, all but two were against NL East opponents. They missed my target by two…
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Orioles and Nationals at the gate, April review
Peter Angelos is going to make out like a bandit. That’s going to be my prediction, now that we’re one month into the season. The slimy lawyer bitched and moaned (and probably cried) that his franchise, the Baltimore Orioles, would…
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Three duels, one night
The last time two 300-game winners took the mound to start in the same game was June 28, 1986, when Phil Niekro and Cleveland visited the Angels and Don Sutton. Neither starter got the decision in the 9-3 California (as…
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As seen on the radio
I don’t often read in bed anymore, another lost pastime swallowed up into the sensory overload brought on by digital cable and sleep timers on the TV. But tonight, as I spread out in the center of our queen-size bed,…
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Orioles-Nationals gate comparison No. 3
Yesterday in New Jersey, there was a promotion at the ballpark. It was August in April day at Lakewood’s FirstEnergy Park. I went to the 11 a.m. game against the Hagerstown Suns (how appropriate) in near-90-degree weather and was glad…
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Orioles-Nationals gate comparison No. 2
Frank Robinson should just worry about getting his team ready to play, not about what highlights ESPN is showing after the game. Tonight they’ll show a second straight loss for the Nationals, and also a second straight outdrawing of the…
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Baseball in The District
Washington will be a great big-league city, and it won’t be long. It’s just not quite there yet. At roughly 7:06 p.m. on April 14, 2005, the first pitch in the first official Major League Baseball game in 34 years…