“You know, I’d really like to hire you, but I’m not going to be able to. And it’s because of your gender.” An unnamed strength and conditioning coordinator of a MLB organization to Rachel Balkovec - the reigning S&C coach of the Appalachian League at the time - nine years ago. This past Sunday it … Continue reading My two cents on Rachel Balkovec

I’m sure you’re familiar with the expression “When someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them.” Put a pin in that, we’ll come back to it in a moment. As I’m sure you also know, MLB owners locked MLB players out of all things MLB earlier this week. Players can’t be in … Continue reading The lockout is just more owners’ misdirection

The New York Mets have announced that they’ve hired former Yankees Assistant General Manager and former Angels, GM Billy Eppler, to be their new GM. (…pauses…) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! OK, Let’s back up a little bit. Several front office personnel that have worked with Billy Beane, Theo Epstein, and Andrew Friedman have gone on to become very … Continue reading Never stop being the Mets, Mets…

There’s been much speculation since the season ended about what Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman is going to do to fill the holes, both large and medium-sized, on the Yankees’ roster. With the assumption that Principal Owner Hal Steinbrenner may be willing to relax the purse strings somewhat, many fans are hoping to see a big-time … Continue reading Don’t be surprised Yankee fans…

Let me be clear: This is in no way a knock on the baseball team that plays in Cobb County, GA. They overcame injuries (one to one of the best players in baseball), the manager and GM both had very good seasons, and they went 11-5 against three very good teams in the postseason. Congratulations … Continue reading Let’s keep it real, Cobb County…

We’re going to do something a little differently today here at the My Baseball Page blog. I normally don’t reference drivel that I read and/or share it, but today I’m going to have to because Bob Klapisch of NJ.com wrote and published an article on Sunday that’s been making the rounds online and it’s so … Continue reading Can we be less dumb please?

When DJ LeMahieu was signed prior to the 2019 season, he didn’t have a position. As a second baseman, the Yankees certainly weren’t going to displace their current 22 year old All-Star second baseman in order to get DJ reps there, so the plan was more or less “we’ll figure it out”. Let’s be clear … Continue reading A Yankees roster issue not talked about enough:

I have a policy of not sharing baseball drivel I see online, so there’s no need to get into the source of today’s topic. I’ll say that a writer of a prominent publication queried the other day whether or not the Yankees were better off now than they were four years ago. This, in reference … Continue reading The Yankees’ Managerial situation: My two cents.

Needless to say I have many thoughts about how the Yankees’ season ended Tuesday, some of which I’ll expand upon soon. But for the sake of brevity today, let’s just stick with the general (harsh) reaction many Yankees’ fans, and some local media had toward Gerrit Cole after his not so good performance Tuesday night. … Continue reading Your new opinion about Gerrit Cole:

Last night, once again, I watched in astonishment at what Giancarlo Stanton can do to a baseball. Also, once again, I wondered aloud how Yankee fans could ever boo this player. Stanton came to the team as a reigning MVP, accepted a position change, kept suffering injuries (not his fault) and yet still produced whenever … Continue reading Stanton was something, but don’t overlook this: