Last night’s game – the whole series, in fact – is really easy to talk about.  There have been crazy momentum swings, big home runs (in both the distance and the clutch sense) and some great pitching performances. But I want to follow along with a theme in baseball over the past few weeks and … Continue reading Dave Roberts: Full circle (?)

Apparently, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman recommended to Yankee ownership that Joe Girardi not be retained as manager.  There are many threads to this to consider, all of which require more than 140 characters or 10 second sound bites worth of consideration.  Here is what you need to ponder before calling up sports radio, ranting … Continue reading Losing Joe a good move? I have a better question…

Here's something you hear before every World Series game played in a National League Park where the American League team can’t use its Designated Hitter: Insert announcer voice: “The (insert team) are losing a big weapon with (insert name of regular DH) being on the bench in the National League park tonight.” That statement and … Continue reading Leaving bullets in the chamber

Andrew Friedman is the President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Friedman played one year of college ball at Tulane, went on to graduate with a BS in management with a finance concentration.  He worked as an analyst with Bear Stearns before moving on to a private equity firm. Other than his year … Continue reading I guarantee Smoltz won’t say this:

Admittedly, this is a subjective, very non-scientific observation on my part, but it seems that many are surprised by the Yankees post season success thus far.  So much credit and attention was given to the 100 plus win Indians and the 100 plus win Astros (rightfully so), that the team that won 91 games and … Continue reading If you didn’t see this coming, you weren’t watching:

Out of left field is a semi-regular offering about topics that I’d like to address, but may not need 1,000 plus words of analyzation.  In no particular order of importance: Joe Maddon, meet Buck Showalter. Sunday night with the game tied at 1 entering the bottom of the 9th, Cubs manager Joe Maddon went with … Continue reading Out of left field, 10/17 edition

If you’re getting ready for the American League Championship Series, here are some things you need to know: The Houston Astros having a great offense isn’t a secret.  They lead all of baseball in both runs scored and in On Base Percentage, which of course always go hand in hand.  But unlike the recently dispatched … Continue reading ALCS Preview:

Out of left field is my semi-regular posting about matters that may not require 1,000 words of analysis, but are definitely worth noting with a snarky comment or three.  In no particular order of importance: Dusty Baker…wow. Last night in a win or go home Game 5, trailing by one run entering the bottom of … Continue reading Out of left field

All due respect to Luis Severino, Justin Verlander, Carlos Carrasco and Marcus Stroman, the AL CY Young is either Chris Sale or Corey Kluber.  (Keep in mind, the voting was done prior to Sale’s awful game 1 start in the ALDS.  Hopefully, Kluber will have a similar start against the Yankees today…) Before getting to … Continue reading 2017 AL Cy Young

Yankee manager Joe Girardi decided that Sonny Gray should get the game 1 start in the ALDS tonight. This is classic Joe: Pick the wrong pitcher for the wrong situation.  It’s not a coincidence that the Yankees had the 2nd best run differential in baseball in 2017 but the 8th best record.  It’s not a … Continue reading Say it ain’t so Joe. No way Sonny Gray.