Anytime the Yankees play Boston, especially this late in the season, there aren’t too many secrets.  But if you do enough digging (I did) you’ll always find some interesting things on which you can cogitate this weekend while watching the games.  Or alternatively, you can listen to Simpleton Summer Camp’s Al Leiter say things like … Continue reading Yanks – Sawx preview

If you’re a Yankee fan who grew tired of watching Jacoby Ellsbury take at bats away from superior players for so long and are now suffering through the Todd Frazier era, I am here to spread some sunshine: Our glass is half full today because it could certainly be worse.  We could be paying customers … Continue reading Tired of T. Frazier? Imagine this:

A lot of crazy things happened yesterday in the Yankees – Tigers game.  Irrational, heat of the moment passion overtook sound judgment.  Long term benefits were ignored while short term personal issues were resolved.  Mistakes from the past weren’t forgotten, causing tempers to flare and more mistakes made. Oh, and there was a brawl. In … Continue reading A baseball game sandwiched a brawl

A long time ago I learned not to trust my eyes.  I think one of our biggest weaknesses as humans is our tendency to believe our eyes, feelings, impressions, instincts, etc. even when there is evidence that proves that our opinions are inaccurate.  Frankly, I think it’s what separates good MLB General Managers from poor … Continue reading The Yankee with the rabbit foot

Back in June, Joe Sheehan - one of my favorite baseball writers - listed all the managers in baseball 1-30 based on their ability to manage a game (i.e., the ability to manage men over 162 games was not considered).  The idea being, if you could pick any Major League manager to manage your team … Continue reading The Game Girardi is Really Managing

I rarely check mainstream media baseball coverage anymore, but I think it’s a safe prediction that with the Yankees having an upcoming series with Detroit there will be multiple stories about Miguel Cabrera.  You know, “he used to be great, now he isn’t” - real in depth stuff that anyone with eyes can see.  In … Continue reading Turn down $88 million?

If you’re a Yankee fan, the most underrated player in baseball is on your team, and I’d bet a pretty good sum of money you don’t know who it is. Only part of that statement is hyperbole – you decide which.  But it must be noted with full disclosure, I have to be clear about … Continue reading The most underrated player in baseball:

So many things about baseball are simply not rocket science.  Baseball is very easy to quantify compared to other sports.  The pitcher vs. batter, sequential movement patterns (bases) and 3 outs per inning make it easier to see correlations and draw conclusions from the action. (As opposed to other sports with many players all doing … Continue reading Why I’ll never use this term:

If you ever wondered why I started my own blog, the article that is referenced herein and linked below should provide some clues. Kevin Kernan authored (a term I use loosely) the article.  Frankly, drivel like that from people who are paid to provide us better is unacceptable to me.  So I took it upon … Continue reading Say it ain’t so, Derek…

The big weekend series with the Sawx is now in the books.  Friday night’s game summary was great relief pitching from Adam Warren, and the return of Aaron Hicks - Yankees win (thuhh...Yankees win!).  Saturday the Yankees gave up 10 runs in 5 innings, so not too much to talk about there. Then Sunday night … Continue reading Weekend recap, Yanks/Sawx: