I’m not doing a good job with the idea of posting timely updates here, that’s for sure. It’s Thursday, five days after a doubleheader I undertook involving four teams in three leagues in two ballparks in two boroughs in the…
I have always abhored the alternate jersey phenomenon that has overrun Major League Baseball in the past six or seven years. While I’ve acquiesed and come to understand that it is, above all, a business, and alternate jerseys — particularly…
I sat here on the couch last night watching the Astros-Pirates game on my MLB Extra Innings package when the play-by-play man made the announcement: “The Astros have acquired Carlos Beltran in a two-team deal with the Kansas City Royals.”…
The Late Show‘s Top Ten Cool Things About Pitching A Perfect Game As read by Randy Johnson on May 19, 2004: 10. “After this, I can go 0-15 for the year and honestly not give a crap.”9. “My pre-game dinner…
Why does everything have to be a conspiracy for the Yankees? Derek Jeter has his shoulder separated in an accident in Toronto last year, and players — even their upstanding manager Joe Torre — question whether the Blue Jays catcher…
I’ve always loved this piece, so here it is now on my site. The Green Fields of the Mind It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins…
As I said yesterday, I figured there’d be more … Three additional points: You say that my final point (that the Braves are the ones manipulating history) is off-target because the media and MLB, and not the Braves, are the…
This is why people hate the Yankees. It’s not just that they appear smug and elitist, they are in the ways they skew and manipulate data to make themselves look better. Kind of like the Bush Administration. The following appeared…
For five years now, I’ve been giddy with anticipation for the first or second week of April. For me, the start of the baseball season does not just mean the return of my favorite sport. It also signifies warmer weather,…