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Why Derek Jeter Is One of the Best Defensive Shortstops of All Time

May 23, 2021 paperbacklou 7

Derek Jeter is one of the best Defensive shortstops that ever played the game — evidenced by the ‘eye test’ of Major League Managers and former players who watched him play on a nightly basis, […]

The Brett Gardner Equation — 2021 Formula

February 7, 2021 paperbacklou 1

Postulate: Brett Gardner is the least liked long-time Yankee in team history. Not that he is disliked — but Yankee fans seem to have a universal “meh” attitude towards him. The Brett Gardner equation: Still […]

Tommy John Is Not Related to Tommy John Underwear

September 2, 2019 paperbacklou 9

Tommy John underwear commercials have been appearing on Yankee games on YES network. A quick lookup finds that Tommy John underwear — tommyjohn.com — has no relation to the famed Yankee pitcher, whose name has […]

The Time I Helped Bobby Murcer Get Back His URL — BobbyMurcer.com

June 8, 2019 paperbacklou 0

Once upon a time (2003 or so) I wrote an article on why Graig Nettles should be in the Hall of Fame — but titled it “Why Bobby Murcer Should Be in the Hall of […]

Yankee Relief Pitcher “Wall of Fame”

April 27, 2019 paperbacklou 0

The Yankees have a dynamite bullpen this year — with Aroldis Chapman the ace, and and many of their setup men capable of being ace relievers — Dellin Betances (who has been out injured so […]

Domingo German Is Possibly a Big Story Developing In Front of Our Eyes

April 20, 2019 paperbacklou 0

Domingo German (3-1 2.37, 19 IP 9 H, 23 K’s, 7 BB) is possibly a BIG story developing in front of our eyes. If Luis Severino was not injured and in the Yankee rotation pitching […]

Why Bobby Murcer Should Be in the Hall of Fame (I Mean Graig Nettles)

March 3, 2019 paperbacklou 5

There are only ten third basemen in the baseball Hall of Fame, by far the least of any position. There are guys in there like Freddie Lindstrom and Pie Traynor and George Kell, and well-known […]

Mel Stottlemyre

January 14, 2019 paperbacklou 0

I was watching the game on TV when Mel Stottlemyre threw that pitch and there was a little bit of a hitch in his arm — it was noticeable. I thought, ‘that looked odd’. I […]

Miguel Andujar & Gleyber Torres Amongst Great Rookie Teamate Duos

October 27, 2018 paperbacklou 0

The Yankees have TWO of the top 3 rookies in the American League this year — Miquel Andujar and Gleyber Torres. Final numbers: AB HR-RBI-AVG OBP OPS SB Pitching Miguel Andujar 573 27-97-.297 .328 .855 2 Shohei […]

The 2nd Best Centerfielder in the American League

September 23, 2018 paperbacklou 0

Having a great centerfielder is the wish of every baseball fan. Especially Yankee fans — who have a tradition of Joe DiMaggio followed by Mickey Mantle to measure centerfielders against. In the 1970’s Bobby Murcer was to […]