Yanksfan vs Soxfan Interview I… and Big News

Back from a successful jaunt to Philadelphia, where Baseball Prospectus 2007‘s promotional appearance season kicked off with an enthusiastic turnout that included Baseball-Reference.com‘s statgod Sean Forman, with whom we had the pleasure of breaking bread afterwards. Other evening entertainment included a very enthusiastic young bartender at the Radisson who had vocal opinions about the career …

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A Recipe for Getting Berned

Told ya I’d be back soon. The other day I broke radio silence with a quick BP Unfiltered post on Bernie Williams, commenting on his sad puppy-dog act as he declined the Yankees’ offer of a minor-league contract: So Bernie Williams has undertaken his version of Operation Shutdown, refusing the Yankees‘ admittedly half-assed offer of …

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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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