Bicoastal Disorder

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 …

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Gary Sheffield, Reconsidered — Part III

(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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