Let’s talk about last night’s game. One wouldn’t think we would need to have a sit down after four games, but there were a few common themes (common, meaning “old and tired”) that came up last night that requires us to be very clear about a few matters before embarking on the 158 game journey … Continue reading About Last Night

After what seemed like an interminable offseason, we now have one weekend of baseball in the books on the 2022 season. As I’m normally the one preaching to fans to not overreact or take too much (if anything) from small sample sizes, I don’t need to be reminded that it’s only three games thank you … Continue reading Yankees Weekend Review (and assessment)

As I’ve written before, in my experience, baseball fans have very short memories. As a result, even though the MLB lockout is over and we’re about to start having fun again with baseball, let’s never forget exactly who MLB owners are. (Also as I’ve written before, MLB owners showed us who they were right around … Continue reading Greedy players, huh?

For the first time in a long time, it seems all is right with baseball. Every day seems to bring a flurry of transactions with some of the game’s best players, leading to spirited discussions among fans debating if their favorite team made the right moves or not, and how all teams' chances have been … Continue reading Remember These Days During the Next Lockout

As I’ve written previously, I like the acquisition of Isiah Kiner-Falefa. He can field the shortstop position and he’s a very good baserunner, and in case you weren’t paying attention last season, shortstop defense and team baserunning were serious issues for the Yankees. The question that’s been raised often, legitimately so, is about Kiner-Falefa’s bat. … Continue reading Is Kiner-Falefa due for a breakout?

Lots to cover today and we’re finally in a dynamic environment in MLB so let’s get right to it: The Yankees are better today than they were yesterday. Josh Donaldson has been a very good and remarkably consistent player for a long time. Between 2013 and 2021, he’s posted between a 119 and 153 OPS+ … Continue reading Josh Donaldson and IKF are Yankees – my thoughts:

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…

This past Tuesday David Ortiz was the only player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. The announcement left me in that odd position of being shocked yet not surprised at the same time. Shocked that Ortiz is a member of the Cooperstown elite (and that far, far, superior players did not … Continue reading David Ortiz, HOF, LOL