Author’s note: The last three times I tried to write a day game preview, the Yankees made last minute lineup changes.  But I’m going to keep trying this anyway… Because I spend so much time criticizing Joe “Joey Bullpen” Girardi’s bullpen mis-usage, his ineptitude with lineup setting flies under the radar. Today’s lineup, in order … Continue reading Thoughts on today’s lineup (8/12):

I was going to wait until the off season to raise this discussion, but with the recent Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies, and the chatter about who’s now on the ballot for the Hall in 2018, there’s definitely going to be vitriolic banter about performance enhancing drugs – there always is in baseball circles.  There … Continue reading PEDs: I don’t care (neither should you)

Over the weekend Todd Frazier had a great at bat and made a great base running play that helped the Yankees win and certainly merits further discussion.  Then quite unfortunately, news that Phillies great Darren Daulton passed away and then with barely any time to reflect, news of Don Baylor’s passing broke.  My original intention … Continue reading Thank you, Don Baylor

As happens sometimes, nothing arises during the course of a few days that I find to be worth 1,000 words of analysis and discussion, and I promised myself I when I started this blog that I would never fall into the trap of saying something just for the sake of saying something – i.e., pulling … Continue reading Time to catch up

Since the trade in which the Yankees acquired Sonny Gray, the majority of what I read and heard in the media, in personal interactions on social media and personal conversations, it seems the consensus was this: The Yankees improved their chances of winning the World Series this season.  Simpleton Summer Camp’s Jack Curry went so … Continue reading Sonny Gray: Opinions vs. Facts