I had a blast at Yankee Stadium on Saturday in the company of fellow Baseball Prospectus author and Yankee fan Derek Jacques. The two of us were all smiles as we watched the Yanks spank the Cubs 8-1 for their fifth straight win. Facing a free-swinging lineup that featured Neifi Perez and Corey Patterson battting …
Just a quick note to wish all of the dads out there, including my own, a Happy Father’s Day. Like many of us, I came to baseball through my dad, who served up hittable whiffle-ball offerings in our backyard, told us tales of Reggie Jackson, and taught us to root for the Dodgers. Someday I …
In which five topics are combined into one epically cumbersome entry, commemorating one of baseball history’s more ridiculous trades… The past week has seen not one but two announcements of new ballpark’s for New York City’s teams. First NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg drafted a proposed Shea Stadium replacement (ETA: 2009) to pinch-hit for the defeated …
It’s that time of week again; the Prospectus Hit List is signed, sealed, and delivered. There’s a new bird ruling the roost this time around, with the St. Louis Cardinals taking over the top spot from the Baltimore Orioles, who dropped to fourth, and the Twins and White Sox in between those two. This was …
It was a lost night of watching baseball on Tuesday. Saw the last five innings of the Yanks losing to the Milwaukee Brewers for the second straight night. Ben Sheets stymied the Yanks on two hits through seven innings, but the game remained close because Carl Pavano made only one mistake, a pitch Brewers shortstop …
The latest Prospectus Hit List, my first in four weeks, is up today. It’s a meaty one, as I fell prey to the temptation to give season-to-date evaluations at the one-third mark while reacquainting myself with all the teams, giving myself about twice as much work as normal. Only the patient hard work of the …
As much as I was pining for baseball by the end of my honeymoon — having gone the better part of three weeks without catching more than a few innings here and there — I’ve had a tough time sinking my teeth into the action since returning home. That’s as much a product of putting …
Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to the looooong-threatened, new and improved Futility Infielder 2.0. The same great ingredients, now with less scrolling and 22.2 percent extra width (not that I didn’t have plenty of Extra Width before — I’ve bought that album three times over). More pixels for everybody! Or something like that. I …
I’m going to be rolling out a facelifted version of this site over the course of the day, with the blog upgrade trailing on a separate circuit behind the rest of the site (which you’d notice if you came in through the front door). If the going gets weird — graphics looking screwy, links missing, …
The newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Jaffe are back from their spectacular honeymoon in Florence and Venice, Italy. We had a wonderful time; the weather — 70-80 degrees and sunny during the day, with nary a drop of rain to dampen our spirits — was perfect, the food — at least in Florence — was amazing, …