Cone-tender Once Again David Cone continues his unlikely resurgence in a Red Sox uniform. He won his sixth straight decision for the Sox last night, allowing 3 runs in 6 1/3 innings as they beat Toronto 6-4. Dating back to June 3, the Sox have won Cone’s last ten starts. Cone has been especially effective …
Archive of entries posted by Jay Jaffe
On the Road Again Having worked hard over the past two days to make this site’s transition to a new host as seamless as possible, I’ll now be giving things a rest for a few days as I head to Milwaukee for the weekend. I’ll be paying a visit to the brand-new Miller Park, for …
Helping the Rookie Thanks to the patient instruction of Baseball-reference.com‘s Sean Forman, I’ve added a handy little feature to this web log. Each entry (such as this one) now has its own unique URL (visible by clicking the blue “Link” at the end of each entry), allowing anybody to link directly to that entry, rather …
Don’t Panic! The domain www.futilityinfielder.com has been transferred to its new hosting service. I believe all of the links should be working at the new site; please let me know if you find any which are not. Please note that this web log is now at a new address: http://www.futilityinfielder.com/blog/blog.html. I am very excited to …
McGriff Redux I wanted to revisit the Fred McGriff situation (see below, July 11). But I’ve been too busy, and the fires have died down with the Crime Dog’s refusal to waive his no-trade clause. With enough bytes already spilled (somewhat heatedly) on the Web about this, I decided to put a sock in it. …
The Decline of Derek Only a shrieking teenybopper in a navy blue number 2 T-shirt could be oblivious to the decline in Derek Jeter’s offensive and defensive abilities over the past two seasons. With four World Series rings in five years, and with a nine-year, $189 million contract under his belt, he’s set to be …
Hanging with Score Card Harry I’m on the road this weekend, spending a couple days up in sunny Northampton, Massachusetts, at my friend Nick’s mother and stepfather’s place. Interestingly enough, Nick’s stepfather is the great-grandson of Harry M. Stevens, the famed sports concessionaire. Stevens occupies a prominent place in the creation of the baseball experience. …
Will the Sun Still Shine on the Crime Dog’s Ass? The biggest news over the All-Star break not related to the pageant itself was a rumored deal between the Chicago Cubs and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays which would send first baseman Fred McGriff to Chicago in exchange for prospects. On the surface, this appears …
The Toy I Was Born To Have Here’s something so cool and handy that I just can’t stop playing with it. Sean Forman of Baseball-Reference.com, the amazing online baseball encyclopedia, has written a bookmarklet to use with his site, allowing you to look up any player in the BR database from anywhere on the web. …
Site Admin Notes I’m extremely pleased with the response this site has gotten so far. Between the home page and this web log I’ve gotten well over 500 hits in the past two weeks–not a huge amount, but definitely enough to confirm that my site is quickly finding a nice little niche in the online …