On the eve — or rather afternoon — of the World Series opener, I’ll apologize in advance to the Detroit Tigers and their fans. I’ve got a lousy track record of rooting in this postseason, whether out of genuine affinity (the Dodgers and Yankees, who both lost in the first round), geography (the Mets, who …
Though I spent a good amount of the weeknd watching the NLCS, I haven’t had much chance to write about it since covering the lefty matchup angle in Game One here and at BP. I did, however, have time to tape an appearance on Baseball Prospectus Radio earlier today. It’s about eight minutes long and …
Futility Infielder research assistant Peter Quadrino was at Shea Stadium on Friday night for Game Two of the NLCS. Here’s his report of the game… • • • When I made it to the train platform at Grand Central it was 5 o’clock and the place was filled with Mets fans. As the Number 7 …
One facet that I highlighted in my NLCS preview at Baseball Prospectus was the vulnerability of the Mets’ two big sluggers, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, to lefthanded pitching. Last night, with Jeff Weaver beginning to falter in the sixth inning, I figured Tony La Russa would call the number of either Tyler Johnson or …
Ask any Red Sox fan who their least favorite Yankee middle infielder from the 1978 season is, and as you’ve ducked the first projectile, you’re sure to hear the name Bucky %$@#*! Dent; as every baseball fan knows, his unlikely home run off of Mike Torrez in the one-game playoff to decide the American League …
Early Wednesday afternoon, a small airplane crashed into an apartment building on the Upper East Side of New York City. Initial fears that this was somehow a terrorist-related incident have fortunately proven unfounded, but the latest news reports — now on the local TV stations as well as ESPN — are that the plane belonged …
Item 1: my preview of the National League Championship Series between the Mets and the Cardinals is up at Baseball Prospectus. Playoff preview pieces are plum assignments at BP, so I feel honored to represent; it takes a little of the sting out of the fact that neither of my teams were able to advance …
I’ll be appearing on a radio segment this evening, talking about the Yankees and Mets with Joel Blumberg of WGBB Sports Break, whose show I’ve appeared on before. The spot airs at 6 PM on 1240 AM in the New York area; you can hear it on the dial or via the station’s website, and …
So, which postmortem shall we get to first? You, the angry mob with the pitchforks and the torches and the burning effigies and the bloodlust — what’s your pick? The Yankees? Very well, then. The 2006 version of the New York Yankees, the $200 million modern-day Murderer’s Row, were bounced out of the playoffs by …
That was, without a doubt, the single worst day I have ever had in nearly three decades of life as a sports fan. The Yankees, expected to storm through the American League playoff bracket on their way to yet another World Series, were eliminated in four games by the upstart Detroit Tigers, and nearly no-hit …