Perspective Over the past two weeks, I’ve been pretty swamped at work and have had correspondingly less energy to devote to my web log. But with the Yankees coasting to their fourth straight AL East title and the Red Sox having been pummeled into humiliation by by injuries and their own bad acting, there seems …
Archive of entries posted by Jay Jaffe
The Lo Duca Experiment Though it looks as if their luck is finally dwindling, the fact that the Dodgers have remained in playoff contention for so long is a tribute to their rookie manager, Jim Tracy. On a team racked with injuries (not to mention the occasional ugly controversy), Tracy has done a hell of …
Coming To Terms Coverage of Tuesday’s disaster continues to dominate the airwaves, but very little of it is breaking news, so I’ve managed to wean myself away for a better portion of the day. I’ve spent some time writing up my personal account of Tuesday’s events, but I find I can do so only a …
New York City: The Short Version I live in the East Village of Manhattan and have borne witness to this tragedy at fairly close range. Fortunately, I am okay and able to account for all of my nearest and dearest friends and family. For that I am deeply thankful. The period of uncertainty and concern …
Pettitte Power I’m no Roger Clemens fan. I hated the trade which exiled David Wells to Toronto, and have booed many a Rocket fizzle at Yankee Stadium. I argued with my friends until I was nearly blue in the face over the Mike Piazza bat incident during last year’s World Series. I’ve come around on …
Dodger Blue’s Checkered Past The Dodgers’ uniform, for my money, is the embodiment of perfection in athletic fashion. The blue script “Dodgers” runs across the front of a pristine white jersey at an upward angle, underlined by a swoosh. The small red uniform number balances the scripted name and stands out against the white jersey …
The Grim Forksman The Great Fork is now stuck in the rump of the Red Sox; they are done. And in a spectacular charred-beyond-recognition fashion that I never, in my pinstriped dreams, could have forseen. Not only have the Sox imploded after a three-game sweep in Fenway at the hands of the Yankees, but they’ve …
The Moose Is Loose On May 17, 1998, I spent the better part of a Saturday afternoon puttering around my apartment, mostly working on my computer, which sits in my bedroom. I’d had the baseball game between the Yankees and the Minnesota Twins on the TV in the other room, but after two or three …
Catching Up As I was in the sticks for most of the week, I wanted to point out several interesting articles that I’ve come across since my return. Sorry if they’re old news to anyone… * Rob Neyer ran a comparison that I’ve been meaning to run for awhile, that between Roger Clemens and Mike …
Return of the Jays After four nights in the woods, I’m back in civilization, or the 3.2 percent version that passes for it in Salt Lake City… anyway, as it’s September 1, Roster Expansion Day, I just wanted to note the return of the best baseball player ever named Jay, the Seattle Mariners’ Jay Buhner. …