Will the Real Tom Terrific Please Sign In?
A thought occurred to me last week during the ridiculous skirmish between Tom Brady and supporters of Tom Seaver (who participated in absentia in this disagreement since he had been diagnosed with dementia in March of this year). Which Tom …
Is It Time for the Mets to Start Trading?
I’ve been a New York Mets fan since the very first pitch thrown by Roger Craig against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on April 11, 1962. Predictably, the game was an 11-4 loss – the first of 120 …
Bryce Harper: Hero to Antihero?
Usually a player who has put up great (and that could be Hall of Fame-like) numbers is recognized as his team’s most dangerous offensive weapon. A star. Players like Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and Giancarlo Stanton. Yet the fans’ adulation …
YouTube Video Uploaded by the Baseball Gods
A gift-wrapped present from the baseball gods. The chance to see eight future Hall of Famers in one baseball game, plus a few others who came close to being Hall of Famers. All in an action-packed game seven of the …
Ryan Pressly: From Mr. Average to Mr. Unhittable
The relief pitcher as a weapon. Mr. Unhittable has been a force who changes the outcomes of baseball games for the last about 50 years. Some of these weapons have been named Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Sparky Lyle, Mariano Rivera, Bruce Sutter and Billy Wagner. And for …
How Baseball Lost Itself: A Tragedy
Between the time Keith Hernandez broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974 and his last year in baseball in 1990 with the Cleveland Indians baseball lost itself. The average baseball salary was $44,000 in 1975. Nolan Ryan hit …
Rain Delays and the Love of Baseball
In a revealing article entitled, Rob Manfred goes to bat against fans in latest rain-delay rip-offs, the New York Post’s sports media critic, Phil Mushnick, argues that in rainout upon rainout, MLB has clearly opted for callous indifference to the …
Bring Back the Old Doubleheader
The old days of baseball. The scheduled Sunday afternoon doubleheader. Or the midweek twi-night doubleheader that usually started around 4 pm. The timeless pleasure of seemingly endless baseball, or the doubleheader. The Beauty of Traditional Doubleheaders The late afternoon twi-nighter …
Remember Harmon Killebrew? Twins on the Rise
The Minnesota Twins (remember Harmon Killebrew?) have played their 42nd game, 25 percent of a baseball season, and have the second-best record in the American League behind Houston. Pretty good for a team that plays in the same division as …
Help Wanted: Pitchers, and Lots of Them
Another dubious baseball record is about to be created. In 35-year-old Edwin Jackson’s next appearance on the mound, this time for his new team, the Toronto Blue Jays, he will throw a fastball for his 14th major league team (2003-2019). …
