The Mets Guide to Consistently Lose Ballgames
Some teams manage to fall flat on their keisters just when they think they’re about to turn their season around. Part of it is misplaced hopes. Letting emotion get the better of their choices. And part of it is a …
The Boston Shuffle: A Season to Forget for the Red Sox
As the 2019 season draws to a close, perhaps the greatest surprise of the campaign has been the futility of the 2019 Boston Red Sox. Every time I see Alex Cora on television, cool anger burns in his eyes as …
How Hard Can It Be to Get 27 Outs?
Master of Outs A Master of Outs wanted immediately. Age and race unimportant. Part-time role. Work three hours once every five days. Or we could ask you to work 10 or 15 minutes, two or three times a week. Depends …
Going, Going, Gone! … It’s a Single
I cannot remember as many balls rocketing off outfield fences resulting in long singles as I’ve seen this season. Going, going, gone … it’s a single. Part of the reason is superior outfield defense corralling the ball and firing it …
DJ LeMahieu vs. Bryce Harper: How to Choose a Free Agent
About 120 games into the Yankees season, the biggest question I ask myself almost every game is why the Colorado Rockies allowed DJ LeMahieu to declare free agency. Why didn’t they offer him a contract? Or at least make him …
It’s Wait Till Next Year, Yet Again, for New York Mets
In a New York Post article, the Sports staff opines that the New York Mets were 19-5 over a 24-game run. The stats showcased in the brief article assert it’s largely because of the outstanding performances listed on the page. …
Waiver Wire Waver: MLB’s New Post-Trade Deadline Craze
Thad Levine, GM of the Minnesota Twins, offered an unusual perspective on MLB Network Radio in the last few days. He said, There will be a few players that change hands between now and the end of August that will …
The End of (Trading) Days!
July 31 was the last chance for a Major League Baseball GM to balance the books and add a few critical pieces to recalibrate his team’s chances to make the postseason and, if they’re good enough, win the World Series. …
Tampa Bay Rays to New York City? Is Three Teams One Too Many?
Can New York City support three baseball teams? When last we looked, at the end of the 1957 baseball season, just before the Dodgers and Giants headed west, only a mere 62 years ago, three baseball teams cohabited well with …
Marcus Stroman to Mets: What is Brodie Van Wagenen Doing?
These New York Mets, they’re infuriating. They seem unable to grasp the basic skill of team building. It’s been 40 years since the Mets had a GM who understood the art of completing a jigsaw puzzle. Forty years since they …
