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…
Angels
Not a good sign from those Mets
Something didn’t sit well with me as we left Shea Stadium on Sunday. That wasn’t a good way to end the homestand, not a good way to head out on a season-high 12-game road trip. The Mets went 6-6 on…
What’s in a name?
At Notre Dame, there’s a women’s dorm called Lyons Hall which chose as its sports mascot the mighty lion. The Lyons Lions. A high school in Los Gatos, California, calls its sports teams the Wildcats. Translating the town’s name into…
Postseason thoughts, Day 4
Yesterday’s games:Red Sox 8, Angels 6, 10 inningsYankees 8, Twins 3 Red Sox win series, 3-0Done and done. Good job. The Sox rolled over the Angels, and it appeared to energize John Kerry, who rolled over George Bush in the…
Postseason thoughts, Day 2
Yesterday’s games:Astros 9, Braves 3Yankees 7, Twins 6, 12 inningsRed Sox 8, Angels 3 Astros lead series 1-0Early in the season, when Roger Clemens was something like 9-0, I didn’t want to think he was still that dominant. I figured…
Postseason thoughts, Day 1
Yesterday’s games:Cardinals 8, Dodgers 3Red Sox 9, Angels 3Twins 2, Yankees 0 Cardinals lead series 1-0Hooray for Larry Walker. Good for him. Sixteen years in the majors, six in Montreal, nine-plus in Colorado, one playoff appearance with the Rockies in…
Season review and postseason picks
I was a few days late on my preseason predictions, so I’m going to make a point of getting my postseason prognostications posted promptly. And with alliteration. But first, let’s look at how things fared compared to how I thought…