On Tuesday, the Yankees announced that they’d be retiring number 21 in honor of Paul O’Neill. This didn’t come as surprise to any Yankee fan, but I’m sure I’m in the majority of folks that said “COME…ON…” either before or after an eye roll. Although I shouldn’t have to say this, I will anyway: Paul … Continue reading Number 21 is getting retired…COME…ON…

I’m sure you’ve been in this situation: There is a topic under discussion about a field in which you’re knowledgeable and someone makes a statement that tells you that person is not knowledgeable – candidly, they have no clue what they’re talking about, but they keep talking anyway. It may be a common straw man … Continue reading Say these four things, and I know you

If you’ve read my stuff before you know I like to bring receipts for the claims I make. I don’t have many strengths but one of them is I generally don’t accept things at face value – I don’t mind doing a little homework to see if a theory has merit before commenting on it. … Continue reading Let’s talk about ground balls…