The only baseball I ever retrieved at a ballgame was at a Walla Walla Padres game in 1980; my grandparents lived in that sleepy little Washington town, and as my grandfather took us to many games in the early ’80s I saw future stars like Tony Gwynn and John Kruk play many times. Other future …
The picture above is a rather typical shot of my home office these days, with books, magazines, papers, gadgets and discs strewn everywhere. I’m nearing the end of my second set of player comments for Baseball Prospectus 2007, and since I’m about to head out of town for a long Thanksgiving break, I thought I’d …
How apathetic am I about the outcome of the 2006 World Series? Well, it’s Wednesday, and the Series ended last Friday, with the Cardinals defeating the Tigers, four games to one. World Champeens, and I’m only just now getting around to blogging it. I guess I missed the parade. This was kind of like 2004, …
A Baseball Prospectus reader brought to my attention a rather unfortunate error in my World Series Game Two diary. Namely that the list of scoreless inning streaks we discussed and passed along is for a single postseason, not overall consecutive scoreless postseason innings. Reviewing the TiVo, the Fox graphic was titled “Longest Scoreless Inning Streak: …
As most of you reading this are aware, I’m a TiVo evangelist, and never moreso than when it comes to the postseason on Fox. Nonetheless, last night I watched Game Two of the World Series — the I [Heart] NY matchup between faield Yankees Jeff Weaver and Kenny Rogers — more or less in real …
On the eve — or rather afternoon — of the World Series opener, I’ll apologize in advance to the Detroit Tigers and their fans. I’ve got a lousy track record of rooting in this postseason, whether out of genuine affinity (the Dodgers and Yankees, who both lost in the first round), geography (the Mets, who …
Though I spent a good amount of the weeknd watching the NLCS, I haven’t had much chance to write about it since covering the lefty matchup angle in Game One here and at BP. I did, however, have time to tape an appearance on Baseball Prospectus Radio earlier today. It’s about eight minutes long and …
Futility Infielder research assistant Peter Quadrino was at Shea Stadium on Friday night for Game Two of the NLCS. Here’s his report of the game… • • • When I made it to the train platform at Grand Central it was 5 o’clock and the place was filled with Mets fans. As the Number 7 …
One facet that I highlighted in my NLCS preview at Baseball Prospectus was the vulnerability of the Mets’ two big sluggers, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, to lefthanded pitching. Last night, with Jeff Weaver beginning to falter in the sixth inning, I figured Tony La Russa would call the number of either Tyler Johnson or …
Ask any Red Sox fan who their least favorite Yankee middle infielder from the 1978 season is, and as you’ve ducked the first projectile, you’re sure to hear the name Bucky %$@#*! Dent; as every baseball fan knows, his unlikely home run off of Mike Torrez in the one-game playoff to decide the American League …