This week’s Hit List is up at Baseball Prospectus, with the Marlins retaking the top spot, followed by the surprising Orioles and then the Dodgers, who spent two weeks at number one. The Yankees, who continue to struggle, are down at number 23 after finishing with their first losing April record since 1991, back when …
I’ve made the case a couple of times in the past that Yankee pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre has reached his sell-by date in the Bronx. It’s become a topic of frequent conversation among my Yankee-fan friends and fellow writers, and the idea is gaining some momentum in the mainstream. The other day Alex Belth pointed …
I’ve seen a lot in the ten years I’ve been going to ballgames in the Bronx. Everything from the historic (the 1999 World Series clincher, and a few other Fall Classics) to the spectacular (another Derek Jeter throw from deep in the hole, an improbable late-inning rally) to the heartwarming (the ovation Luis Sojo received …
• This week’s Prospectus Hit List has the Dodgers holding onto the top spot, with the Marlins a close second and the White Sox, who ran the table at 7-0 last week, in a surprising third place. I have to admit that I’m really enjoying the process of compiling these, though they are a lot …
In a very favorable review of The Juice in the Denver Post, Will Carroll dropped my name in an interview with columnist Mike Klis, showering me with hyperbole: Although Carroll’s readers will be far more educated on steroids, the book’s sale receipts will probably show America would rather be entertained. While [Jose] Canseco made the …
I’m doing a bit of housekeeping around FI.com, promoting The Juice on the home page (and I’d appreciate it if you use that link to purchase a copy, as I get a small referral fee that helps pay the bills around here), and contemplating even bigger design changes to the site. From the traffic stats, …
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I’ve got two freebies up on Baseball Prospectus today: my latest Triple Play of Dodger, Giant, and Twin nuggets, and this week’s Prospectus Hit List. Oddly enough, according to the Colonel’s Supersecret Ranking Recipe (derived from several measurements in Baseball Prospectus’ Adjusted Standings through the close of play on Sunday), the Dodgers are in the …
This weekend, the New York Daily News broke the story that the Yankees are near an agreement with local officials that would give the Bombers a new home in the Bronx — just north of the current stadium — in time for Opening Day 2009. The new ballpark will hearken back to the original House …
Friday was Jackie Robinson Day, the 58th anniversary of Robinson crossing baseball’s color line, a move which profoundly affected the course of the rest of the century not only with regards to baseball but to civil rights in this country. The Los Angeles Dodgers paid tribute at Friday night’s game, though they made something of …
As might have been predicted back when the American League schedule was first released, the Yankees had a rough four days up in Boston this week. While they tried to roll through it with their dignity intact, in the end, they came up short. The Yanks lost two out of three to the Sox, but …