The Yankees put on quite a show in the Bronx last night for the final game ever at Yankee Stadium. I wasn’t in attendance, alas, unlike some of my NYC-area cohorts like Alex Belth, Cliff Corcoran, Joe Sheehan and Derek Jacques, and without the anticipation of attending the game, I had a tough time summoning …
Well, my trip to the ballparks last weekend didn’t work out quite as planned, with rain washing away the Brewers-Phillies game and depriving me of my first opportunity to see Citizens Bank Ballpark. Given the way the rest of the weekend unfolded for the flat Brew Crew — including the shocking firing of manager Ned …
Back from my late winter summer trip to Salt Lake City and Wyoming, where I nearly froze my ass off while backpacking in the Wind Rivers range once again. After three days of chilly weather and occasional odd snow flurries that melted the moment they hit the ground, I awoke to a snow-covered forest floor …
One of the saving graces of writing about baseball from an analytical perspective is that something that might rip your heart out as a fan — say, the brazen stupidity of Dodger GM Ned Colletti or the failure of Alex Rodriguez in the clutch, with the Yankees’ season more or less on the line — …
As the “God Bless America” imbroglio reaches the mainstream media, footage of another ugly police incident at Yankee Stadium has emerged. Via the blog Walkoff Walk, here’s a YouTube clip showing two cops using force to subdue a fan they were in the process of ejecting, and while we don’t know the context of what …
I’ve complained before about the forced patriotism which compels the Yankees to play Kate Smith’s deathless rendition of “God Bless America” during every seventh-inning stretch since the dark day of September 11, 2001. And I’ve complained about the increasingly heavy hand exerted by Yankee Stadium security forces in that time frame. Those two forces, combined …
Sorry, it’s been slow around here given that my iMac G5 20″ has been in its death throes for the past week, leaving me to write on my laptop and sweat bullets over the fate of my data, 99% of which was successfully retrieved (not to be confused with a hard drive of mine that …
Today’s Prospectus Hit and Run is on Park-Adjusted Team Defense, a topic I’ve broached before: For those in need of a refresher course, PADE is Baseball Prospectus alum James Click’s method for bringing park effects to bear upon Bill James’ Defensive Efficiency (DE) rate, which tells us how often a team turns a batted ball …
Hello, friends. I know it’s been ages since I weighed in here, possibly the longest between-postings hiatus in the history of this site. In the hours following the trading deadline, my kidneys shut down while struggling to process the Manny Ramirez-to-L.A. deal deal. It had already been a rough year for this bicoastal fan, what …
Back from my west coast swing (no to be confused with my western swing). I had a great time visiting friends in Seattle, catching up with family and watching killer whales on San Juan Island, and packing my stay in Los Angeles with trips to museums — the Getty, MOCA, LACMA, the Norton Simon. Our …
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