Friday’s Child: A Full Plate

No shortage of what I’m serving today: • Over at the Pinstriped Bible, I’ve got a look at a reliever who could help the Yankees in September, Jonathan Albaladejo, and an update of last month’s silliness regarding the possibility of Joe Girardi bolting the Bronx for the Cubs’ managerial job. The Albaladejo piece was a …

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It’s Pronounced Tar-Jay

Over at Baseball Prospectus, I’ve got a writeup of last week’s trip to Target Field in Minneapolis: For the second consecutive summer, a wedding brought me to Minnesota, affording me the opportunity to check another major-league ballpark off my slowly-growing list.* The contrast between the two Twins venues couldn’t have been more stark, but the …

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Futility in the Outfield, Curse Words from the Bleachers

The following originally appeared at the now-defunct Allbaseball.com. History. I made a bit of my own on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. For the first time since I started attending ballgames at the House That Ruth Built in 1996 (I moved to the city in ‘95), I sat in the infamous bleacher section. What better …

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