I must begin with the obvious: “Value” is a very subjective term.  As a result, any discussion about who is more valuable than whom is going to be at the mercy of our individual subjectivities.  Truth be told though, it’s fun to debate our subjectivities, prejudices and opinions when it comes to the matter of … Continue reading MLB MVPs Part I:

I know the post season doesn't start for another week, but what I need to say isn’t too dependent on team vs. team matchups, so here we go with your need to know about the 2017 MLB post season: I started this blog earlier this season and I’ve learned a lot on the fly.  One … Continue reading Post Season Preview

Here’s what you need to know about the surprising Twin Cities team: Currently the Twins are 78-71, which puts them two games ahead of the LA Trouts for the 2nd Wild Card spot.  They were four games under .500 on August 5th but have gone a red hot 26-15 since.  Baseball Reference, according to their … Continue reading Yankees – Twins Preview

Didn’t get a chance to watch baseball yesterday?  It’s cool – I watched nine hours of it – I got you covered. Going in a slightly different direction for the blog today:  I wrote this yesterday as I watched 2 games and parts of two others.  I did my best to write in real time, … Continue reading Nine hours of baseball in one post:

Every now and then, there are topics that don’t need 1,000 words of analysis, but should be addressed.  Here’s this week’s version of “out of left field”: Letting Sonny Go I was OK with Joe Girardi leaving Sonny Gray in the game in the bottom of the 8th of a tie game last night. Normally, … Continue reading Out of left field

It seems as often as it’s been noted that sacrifice bunting is detrimental to run scoring, a more pertinent question is overlooked just as often. Imagine for a second there is a better question than “Why would you do something that reduces your team’s chances of scoring?”  I know, that’s a tough one for those … Continue reading The (not so) hidden small ball problem:

This may sound familiar. The Rangers are an interesting team.  Not very good, but just good enough to be a smidge over .500, which puts them in the mix along with…everybody…for a wild card spot.  All together now, thank you Hall of Famer Bud Selig for bringing the gift of mediocrity to our national pastime. … Continue reading Yanks – Rangers preview

Today is one of those blogs in which the topics may seem unrelated, and may not be worthy of 1,000 words of analyzation each (yet), but they’re still noteworthy.  I now come to you, out of left field… Dellin As you know I’ve been all over Joe “Joey Bullpen” Girardi about his bullpen (mis) management … Continue reading Out of left field

The narrative you’re going to hear from Simpleton Summer Camp (the YES Network) today is that Baltimore got it together, got their offense going, they can score runs, they’re only two games out of a wild card spot, yada-yada. Yes.  They’ve played 10 games over .500 since July 16th.  Yes, they’re 2nd in the American … Continue reading Yanks – O’s preview