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Category Archives: Baseball Musings

Philosophizing on the game, as player, spectator, writer, historian, and more.

2011 ALDS Game 2, Second game in three trips.

Monday, October 3, 2011

ALDS Game 2: Tigers at Yankees: October 2, 2011 In the ninth inning, when it got dark and started to rain around the time the Yankees brought the tying run to the plate for the first time, I started writing metaphorical ledes for this story. Like “It was sunny all day for the Detroit Tigers… […]

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What? End of the season already?

Friday, September 30, 2011

I’m actually still breathless and full of adrenaline from the whizbang finale of this season’s last day. I would have blogged about it but really what more could I say than “wow” multiple times? Wow. I’m writing this post from the Bronx, where I am awaiting the opening of the ALDS in a few hours. […]

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Brent Mayne in the news again!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

I hear that Phillies infielder Wilson Valdez just became the first position player to win (as pitcher) a major league game since Brent Mayne did it back in 2000. This means Brent Mayne’s name is suddenly in the news again. Mayne was the backup catcher for the Colorado Rockies when he performed the feat. I […]

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Articles on the SABR Era of baseball wanted (1971-present)

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

So, some of you may have seen via the SABR newsletters and my other social media things, that I’m editing the Fall 2011 issue of the Baseball Research Journal, aka BRJ. BRJ is SABR’s main research publication, and has become one of the premiere places to publish ground-breaking research into both baseball history and statistical […]

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Cold. But they won.

Monday, April 11, 2011

So I went to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium this year, on March 31st. While I understand and appreciate that MLB wanted to start the year four or five days earlier, so that there would be no chance of having a World Series game on November 4th (grrrrrr…. the reason I wasn’t there to enjoy […]

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Today is BBA Day!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Yes, today is BBA Day, the day to celebrate the existence of the Baseball Bloggers Association. This coalition of baseball writers and enthusiasts includes everything from individual fan sites for teams to group blogs of analysis and specialized topics. I joined the group when it was first forming and have had a terrific time networking […]

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Pressing Measures

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

I read the news recently that Jim Leyritz’s trial for D.U.I. manslaughter is over (New York Times). If you’re in suspense, he was acquitted of the manslaughter charge but the jury did slap him with a misdemeanor, which could carry a few month’s jail time, but nothing as bad as the several years that the […]

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Tis The Season

Friday, November 19, 2010

Just got my annual letter from the New York Yankees with my invoice for 2011’s season tickets. The good news is that my seats are staying the same price, as they have for the past 5 years, going all the way back to the Old Stadium. The bad news is that in 2010, with the […]

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ALCS Game Three Recap

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

It was a sad night at the Stadium tonight, and not just because of Cliff Lee and Josh Hamilton. Prior to the game the Yankees announced on the scoreboard that Freddy Schuman, aka Freddy the Fan or Freddy “Sez,” passed away yesterday at the age of 85. It’s amazing to think Freddy outlasted Eddie Layton, […]

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Zombies are hip

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Zombies are in these days. There are zombies in Jane Austen novels, in movie after movie, and even in romance novels now. Zombies are hip. That’s what I think every time I look back and see the Red Sox are still clinging on without completely fading this season. This is remarkable given the sheer number […]

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