Hockey at Citi Field?
I don’t read the New York Post (I wanted to be a journalist, not a muckraker, so “The Post” in my mind was always the Washington Post, mentioned in the same breath as “The Times,” not with “The News.”), so…
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Moneyballing the Mets
In a column in the new issue of ESPN The Magazine, Buster Olney talks about the continuing effect of Moneyball and the statistics-based way of thinking that many Major League clubs follow. High in the column, he cites the Mariners’…
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Hall of Fame | Media | MLB
Baseball history in living color
Love this photo of former teammates Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan at the 1972 All-Star Game in Atlanta. The pic comes from the outstanding Steve’s Baseball Photography Pages, which I’ve casually browsed through before but had not fully investigated. This…
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Banking on the signing of Bay
I like the Mets’ signing of Jason Bay. I really do. I know they need a starting pitcher, because Oliver Perez has a long way to go to prove he’s anything more than a cash suck and Jonathan Niese is…
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Ichiro’s greatest hits
Sports Illustrated‘s review of the decade included the best of the magazine’s Sign of the Apocalypse and They Said It features from the front of the book, and my favorite subset of that segment was a breakout box they did…
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Harwell’s Christmas card
Tiger Stadium is gone and, sadly, Ernie Harwell is going. The legendary Tigers broadcaster was given the front page of today’s Detroit Free Press to write a heartfelt thank you column to fans.
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Ballparks | History | MLB | Photography
Tiger Stadium’s last (grand)stand
I hadn’t seen this photo of Tiger Stadium’s demolition before. It may be the most heartbreaking photo in the sad story of the unfortunate end of the ballpark’s long, rich history. Deadspin doesn’t credit where it stole the pic from,…
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Mets miss out on a Marquis move
I haven’t been as upset as some Mets fans were when John Lackey signed with the Red Sox (I can understand their reluctance at the fifth year) or even when the Phillies got Roy Halladay, mainly because they did have…
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‘Fixing’ the game, and not in the Black Sox sense
Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell has a checklist for Bud Selig’s new 14-man special committee. Boswell’s thoughts, and mine: 1.) Cut 15 to 20 minutes off the average time of a regular season game. Yes, absolutely. While there are days…
