World Series Playoffs

So, here we are in the midst of the Championship Series for the American League and the National League–the ALCS and NLCS. In the ALCS, Yankees won two games, and the LA Angels won their first game last night. In the National, Phillies won three and Dodgers one–leaving the Phillies, last year’s champs, just one [...]

Boys of October

Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.–Vince Lombardi

‘Tis October, a month that in years past filled me with panic and dread, as it signals the opening shot of “The Holidays.” Since I became a baseball fan, however, [...]

IMHO: Baseball Recap 2008

I was too busy during the last half of baseball season to post much about it. Now that it’s ended with the Philadelphia Phillies as the 2008 champions (big boring thud) it’s time for a summation, from my own unique, limited, and peculiar point of view—which, of course, is focused primarily on the New [...]

Trading Baseball Players

Final: Pudge is a Bronx Bomber, Manny’s a Dodger, and Posada’s Down for the Count
The hottest news in baseball a few days ago was of catcher Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez leaving the Detroit Tigers to become a New York Yankee while Jorge Posada went DL to undergo surgery. But then, Red Sox manager Terry Francona went [...]

California Torre

California Torre
(Sung to the tune of California Dreamin’)
All the Dodgers like him
and the boss ain’t crazy.
He lies out in the hot sun
gettin’ tan and lazy.
If Steinbrenner had kept him
he’d still be back East.
California Torre—
Livin’ Easy Street.
LA’s at the top now
where Yankees used to be.
Back there in the Bronx now
they’re stuck with Girardi
Bet they wish they’d [...]

Baseball Update

Now that we’re a third of the way through baseball season, it seems a good time to make some tentative assessments. I am not, as you can tell, from that school of baseball pundits/bloggers/writers who lay down season forecasts before Spring Training even ends. I’ve been especially reluctant to pass judgment on the Yankee situation, [...]