I’ll Show You the Bronx Banter Breakdown II
The second installment of the series shot Monday with Bronx Banter’s Alex Belth, Cliff Corcoran and myself is now up at the SNY.tv video channel. This one previews the Red Sox-Angels series, and finds...
View ArticleEverything’s Coming Up Milhouse
Everything’s coming up Milhouse thus far in the playoffs, at least from my standpoint. The Dodgers swept the Cardinals, the Yankees swept the Twins, and the Angels swept the Red Sox, with each of the...
View ArticleClearing the Bases—Post-Turkey Lurkey Edition
Still buried in winter work, and will be for the next few weeks, limiting much of my current writing to 140-character missives via Twitter. Rounding up some of my stray BP links in case you haven’t...
View ArticleThank You, Nomar
… For one of the most memorable moments I’ve experienced in over 30 years as a Dodger fan. I speak, of course, of Garciparra’s 10th-inning walk-off homer off the Padres’ Rudy Seanez on September 18,...
View ArticleToday’s Batch
At Baseball Prospectus, I’ve got a lengthy take on Nomar Garciaparra’s retirement, placing him in the context of the “Holy Trinity” of shortstops: Back in the mid-1990s, a trio of young shortstops...
View ArticleFriday’s Child – Front Row Edition
So this past Sunday I got up to Yankee Stadium for my first game of the season, where my friend Julie and I watched Dandy Andy Pettitte and the Yankees subdue the Rangers, 5-2. Given last year’s ugly...
View ArticleNot-Quite-Lost Weekend
Back after a few days on the disabled list for… well, you don’t want to know, trust me. Missed the chance to post links to last week’s Hit Lists, so here they are, the National and American League...
View ArticleHow the Mighty Ortiz has Fallen
Having watched Monday night’s wacky back-and-forth Yanks-Red Sox game, I couldn’t help but notice not only the fact that David Ortiz homered, but that he did so with nobody on base and the score 6-1....
View ArticleFriday’s Child: Headshots and Coups de Grâce
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve once again been invited to appear on the Fox 5 Sports Extra with Duke Castiglione. It’s the second time this season I’ve done so; I joined him back in March, where I...
View ArticleReal Quick Like
It’s been a busy week so far, and it’s only getting busier. Here’s what I’m selling: • A quick follow-up to my recent Phil Hughes take, re-examining some of my earlier assumptions in the wake of more...
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