Very rarely does a baseball team come up with 3 great starting pitchers via their farm system during any one short period of time. The home-grown pitching staffs of the Baltimore Orioles of the 70’s, […]
Nothing like receiving an unexpected Christmas gift in the mail from a longtime friend. A signed 1970 Topps Lindy McDaniel baseball card. From John Letizia, who really got me into baseball back in 1970 when […]
Phil Hughes had it coming. A “thank you”. He finally got it. The Minnesota Twins have reportedly ripped up the final 2 years of Phil Hughes’ current contract and given him a 3-year, $42 million […]
Here’s the Yankee lineup for 2015 at current writing: Starting Pitching: 1. Masahiro Tanaka (RH) 2. Michael Pineda (RH) 3. CC Sabathia (LH) 4. Nathan Eovaldi (RH) 5. Chris Capuano (LH) 6. Bryan Mitchell (RH) 7. Ivan Nova (RH) — due back in July Relievers: RP: Dellin Betances (RH) RP: Andrew Miller (LH) […]
Just after Christmas 1974 George Steinbrenner gave all NY Yankee fans a Christmas present — signing superstar pitcher Catfish Hunter to the first ever free-agent contract — a 5-year deal. The Yanks had just finished […]
I read “Ball Four” before I read “Joe You Coulda Made Us Proud”, and good too because it was obvious the former paved the way for the later. Jim Bouton opened up the baseball world […]
Avant-garde is from the French — meaning Advance Guard. The Miami Marlins hat looks like something Jim Bouton would be embarrassed to wear in Ball Four. Poor David Phelps all he did was his job […]
Yankees signed Chase Headley today to a 4-year contract for a reported $50 million or so. A good move. You win with Defense. And Chase Headley is the best defensive 3rd baseman Yanks have had […]
Some Major League Baseball teams close their eyes and sign players who have a steroid past. The Yankees do not. A somewhat hidden backstory to Yankee management is their trading of players who have been […]
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