Except for Kirby Yates. And Masahiro Tanaka. The Yankee starters are sporting horrible ERA’s this year; the relievers are spotless. The pitching chart jumps out at you. The stats so far: The Yankees have lost […]
ARod hit 3 (three) homeruns last night to rescue the Yankees from a 5-1 deficit, and carry them to an 8-5 win, his third homer tieing the game in the ninth inning in Minnesota before […]
Someone asked me last night “Isn’t Didi Gregorius‘s last name an actual word?” The word is gregarious. Have never spoken to Gregorius to know if he is gregarious (although he sure has a great smile […]
Willie Randolph was my favorite player growing up. I became a Yankee fan at age 11 in 1973 and by 1975 had already suffered through Horace Clarke and then Sandy Alomar — who wasn’t bad […]
And ps: where is Graig Nettles? Not at this year’s Old Timers Game. That’s GRAIG Nettles. Not Craig Nettles. All-time Greatest Yankee 3rd Baseman. Last we heard he lived in New Jersey. All-time leader in […]
by PaperbackLou Graig Nettles, one of the greatest 3rd Basemen in baseball history and should be in the Hall of Fame, still holds the American League record for homeruns by a 3rd baseman — despite playing […]
Much is made of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft every June — but fact of the matter is that to be drafted, a player must be a resident of the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, […]
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 […]
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