On a personal note …
Matt and me and Nolan I first went to Cooperstown in 1988, when my family stopped over for a night in August on our way to Boston and Maine for our regular summer vacation. The second trip came in 1992,…
MLB
-
-
For the love of … the game
Enjoying BP I haven’t felt an urge to write here in a few weeks because football — specifically, college; more specifically, Notre Dame — has begun and I find myself somewhat playing out the string when it comes to baseball….
-
Cost per win through Aug. 2
Not sure why I was inspired to crunch these numbers, but here is how much each team has paid per win so far this season, based on these payroll numbers. Rank = overall payroll rank Rank Team Payroll Wins $…
-
The shadows are creeping in
Some fans and beat writers are looking at this road trip to Atlanta and Philadelphia as a make-or-break stretch of six games in the Mets’ season. But I think it’s already broken. This isn’t just about yesterday’s debacle against the…
-
Linkage: Mets at the Polo Grounds
Didn’t get a chance to post anything today and won’t have a chance tomorrow, because I’ll be with the family at the Acela Club for Mom’s birthday. Here’s hoping for a rubber-game win. But in the meantime, check out this…
-
Bobby Bo’s ’92 pledge
My wife has been on a nostalgia kick lately (not sure if I was any influence there) and has been going through all her old copies of Sassy magazine. I’m willing to bet that few, if any, readers of this…
-
Ike’s rookie power
Ike Davis’ 14th home run last night marked the most by a Mets rookie since David Wright hit 14 during his rookie year in 2004, when he also was an in-season callup. Wright hit his 14 in 69 games (283…
-
Visiting the Hall
It’s Hall of Fame weekend, an event I’ve been to once and hope to get to again soon. The first visit was in 1992, for Tom Seaver’s induction. I’m too young to remember all but a little of Seaver’s career….
-
History | MLB | New Jersey
When the Yankees flirted with New Jersey
In a weird coincidence on Tuesday, I found myself reading early in No Minor Accomplishment, Bob Golon’s account of baseball’s revival in New Jersey beginning in 1994, about the Yankees’ flirtation with moving to the Meadowlands. On the day George…
