Launchpad Explosions and Other Rocket Rides

So as I was saying before, I trekked out to East Brunswick, New Jersey to watch the All-Star Game at Steve Goldman’s pad, joining Will Carroll and Cliff Corcoran as well as Steve’s lovely wife Stephanie and adorable four-year-old daughter Sarah (apologies on the spellings of those fine ladies’ names, o pinstriped host). We had …

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One Man’s All-Star Teams, 2004 Edition

Just back from a Midtown lunch with Will Carroll (in town for an appearance this morning on ESPN’s Cold Pizza) and my NY crew — Alex Belth, Alex Ciepley, Cliff Corcoran and Steven Goldman, a heady ninety minutes of baseball chatter that I wish I could do every day. The biggest topic of conversation was …

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These Guys Go To Eleven

In Sunday’s New York Times, William Rhoden notes the rumors swirling along the Northeast Corridor regarding the possibility of two sure-thing Hall of Fame aces, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson, being injected into baseball’s hottest rivarly. While the Yankees and the Red Sox represent two of the AL’s strongest teams, neither has a bulletproof rotation, …

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Tales from the Replacement Level: Yankees at Second Base

When the Yankees went into the season, the one position their mighty lineup lacked an All-Star-caliber player was second base. Aaron Boone’s basketball misadventures provoked the Soriano-for-Rodriguez trade, shifting the most glaring Yankee offensive weakness to the middle of the diamond. But despite expectations that George Steinbrenner would throw more cash at the problem to …

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Hip to B Squared (and A Squared, Too)

No sooner had I dragged out the Yankees’ and Red Sox’s run differentials and expected (Pythagorean) winning percentages than the Yanks took a stumble back towards reality, being swept by the Mets in their three-game series at Shea Stadium. What little I saw of the series — about half of the second and third games …

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