As we get into these final hours of All-Star voting, I will make one last point, offer one last piece of evidence that David Wright is indeed a deserving All-Star.
He has the mark of greatness:
Does that not make you think of others who were known as great in their time?
I thought that was a clever headline on the New York Post this morning. For once. The other thing I meant to mention in the previous post was that Doug Mientkiewicz makes sense for another very good reason: The Mets’…
Is there anything that can tell more about an American summer than, say, the smell of the wooden bleachers in a small town baseball park, that resinous, sultry and exciting smell of old dry wood? — Thomas Wolfe
Monteleone takes in the game Happy Birthday, Fenway! This photo was taken in 1991 and remains one of my favorite photos I’ve taken, particularly from those early years.
For a delightfully irreverent take on the Mets’ 1969 NL East-clinching victory, check out this newsreel clip from British Movietone: It’s part of a big collection of baseball footage hidden in plain sight among the millions of clips on YouTube….
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…
There are still a few things about Willie Randolph’s managerial style that confuse — and frustrate — me. For one thing, I can’t understand why he’s so stubborn about batting Mike Piazza ahead of David Wright, yet Jose Reyes is…
