I’ve got nothing to complain about here on the baseball front. Forgive me, but for the moment I feel as though I’m leading a charmed life. On Wednesday I left work just a little bit early and got up to Yankee Stadium in time to catch the tail end of the first game of a …
I’m still suffering the aftereffects of a weekend surrendered to what I’m now calling Bicoastal Disorder — an attempt to root two teams on opposite coasts through their blood rivalries in series with postseason implications. I watched all three Yankees-Red Sox games on TV and either watched or listened to parts of all three Dodgers-Giants …
My cup runneth over. Even as the Yankees’ magic number to clinch the AL East has dwindled to six and the Bombers prepare for their series in Fenway, my baseball attention has turned to a race on the other coast. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who have been in first place for months and who held …
I had a fun night at the ballpark on Tuesday, even if the Yankees’ series with the Toronto Blue Jays has felt like pure anticlimax after the weekend’s bouts with the Red Sox. Gorgeous, warm weather, especially for mid-September, made for a real treat, especially when considering the source of my tickets — trade-ins from …
What a difference a weekend makes. On Friday night, the Red Sox shocked the Yankees by scoring two runs in the ninth inning off of Mariano Rivera, closing to within 2.5 games of the AL East lead. With the hard-charging Sox, who’d come into the Bronx all cowboy’d up, beating on Rivera for the second …
(Continued from Part I and Part II)… Like the silencing of a car alarm, the Dodgers’ trade of Gary Sheffield to the Atlanta Braves on January 15, 2002 came as a relief to all parties involved. Sheffield’s final year in LA had been a noisy and turbulent one, his outstanding numbers (.311/.417/.583 with 36 homers …
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The Yankees spent mightily this past offseason to revamp their bullpen, and despite a pair of left-handed bumps in the road, the first half of the season appeared to vindicate their decisions. Mariano Rivera was his usual stellar self, and newcomers Tom Gordon and Paul Quantrill gave the Yankees the reliable pair of setup man …
Sometimes I’ll slap my forehead when I read about a ballgame that I’ve missed and easily could have watched. And then there are times I thank my lucky stars that the game slipped my mind. The numbers say Sunday’s Yankee game was well qualified to fit the latter category, and the numbers don’t lie: ten …
Is it too late to add Javier Vazquez to the pile of Yankee starting pitchers who have gone sour under Mel Stottlemyre’s not-so-watchful eye? All signs point to “no”. The biggest trade the Yankees made over the winter, one designed to inject some fresh blood into their pitching staff, appears to have flopped. Not that …
Travel, rain, and the initial stages of wedding planning (definitely not my favorite kind of spreadsheet) have made my week nearly a total a loss from the blogging standpoint. Rest assured that I’ll be getting back to the good stuff soon enough. I did get to see the end of Wednesday night’s Dodger game, with …