I put an asterisk after the exclamation point because the game itself has lost its luster for me over the years, but the process of voting I still find…really cool…for lack of a better description than Bill and Ted would use. I used to love the All Star game itself.  The best players in baseball … Continue reading All-Star Ballot Time!*

No need for 1,000 words of analysis today.  Just some quick hitting observations about last night's Yankees vs. Nationals action: In the bottom of the 4th, the Nationals’ Anthony Rendon led off with a double to left field. As always happens with a runner on 2nd and nobody out, the “he’s going to try to … Continue reading Did you see the games* last night?

“Moneyball”, by Michael Lewis was released 15 years ago today.  All baseball fans should take note of this for a few reasons: One:  It’s a great – not good, great - book.  Michael Lewis is a fantastic writer and this is one of his best works.  It’s a great story that’s funny at times, frustrating … Continue reading Moneyball, 15 years later

In an effort to give you some information that may actually be helpful when watching Jonathan Loaisiga make his MLB debut tonight for the Yankees, I’ve put together a little cheat sheet for you about the rookie pitcher. As a personal side note, this is one of the reasons I started this blog:  I’ve been … Continue reading Jonathan Loaisiga cheat sheet

Many Yankee fans are a funny bunch in the unintentional sense, quite often.  As I’ve written here before, their ability to overrate their own players sometimes is either humorous or confusing, depending on my mood. (I will never forget some of the evaluations of Didi Gregorius this past April, for example.)  And yet, they have … Continue reading Stop insulting Brett Gardner

Since there’s no game tonight, here are a few things you may or may not know about the Mets that you can ponder during the Subway Series this weekend. In no particular order: On Friday April 13th the Mets were 11-1.  Since then they’ve been 16-31.  Reminder all baseball fans:  You can’t judge a team … Continue reading Subway Series time:

Yesterday morning I was planning on writing an article about how Yankee fans don’t need to panic about their starting pitching.  The screams for adding a starter had already begun, but the reality is the Yanks are 4th in the American League in run prevention.  Not great, but pretty good. Certainly not panic time. Until … Continue reading Panic time (…?)

We’re going to go in a little different direction today with the blog:  Much less of the usual analysis and opinion and more of the trip down memory lane type of day.  Generally that’ll happen when the Yankees are currently playing a double A team with Manny Machado at shortstop.  Seriously, I heard Rob Manfred … Continue reading 10 years ago today in Yankee history

Yesterday I wrote about Gary Sanchez from the perspective that Yankee fans don’t have anything about which to worry, despite airing their concerns regarding - altogether now – the best catcher in baseball since the summer of 2016.  I’ve come to learn that Yankee fans are 4th degree black belts in the art of getting … Continue reading Gary Sanchez, part 2

Since April of 2017, much has been said about Gary Sanchez. The power at the plate and arm strength were noticed immediately, of course.  Somewhere along the line, however, that started to take a back seat or downright forgotten as other less pleasant concerns and topics of discussion arose. Like the passed balls.  Lots of … Continue reading Worried about Sanchez? Don’t be.