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, …
Our wedding at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Sunday, May 15 was a smashing success. As we’re embarking on the honeymoon in about five hours, there’s simply no time to do it justice with words except to say that it was every bit as beautiful and special as we had imagined it. When we weren’t …
As I write this, I’m only a couple of hours away from departing for Milwaukee and the beginning of my wedding festivities, starting with a marriage license appointment this afternoon. Since it will be awhile before I get to post anything else here, I’ve decided to re-run what I wrote upon my engagement to Andra …
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This week’s Prospectus Hit List, now in play at BP, has a new leader atop the rankings. The Chicago White Sox have stormed to the number one spot on the strength of a 24-7 record founded on surprisingly good starting pitching (including a couple of last year’s Yankees) and excellent defense (a majors-leading Defensive Efficiency …
Anyone banking on a quick turnaround by the Yankees after their shakeup got some sobering news on Tuesday, not that they shouldn’t have seen it coming. With the new Bernie Wiliams-free lineup taking the field behind him, Kevin Brown once again soiled his diaper early against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, allowing six runs in …