AJ Burnett was bad in June. Usually his bad months consist of two horror shows, with some okay starts and gems mixed in but not this time. I am working on something separately, but for the time being here is a graph I made. A challenge was handed out on a sports message board that [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2010
When Pointing Fingers, Make Sure Your Aim Is True
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Queens), who released a report a day after the Daily News’ broke the story, blasted Major League Baseball for its exorbitant tack-on fees at a news conference Saturday. “There’s not a lot of rationality with these fees,” Weiner said. “Major League Baseball is nickel-and-diming the public, and it adds up to big [...]
Opening Day In Brooklyn, 2010 Edition
In the sequel to Friday’s opener in Staten Island, on Saturday the boyfriend and I took a trek to Coney Island for the Brooklyn Cyclones’ home opener. Getting to MCU Park is a straight-forward but rather long trip from where we live so we only make it out there a few times a year and [...]
Staten Island Yankees Opening Day, 2010 Edition
Friday was Opening Day for the Staten Island Yankees, and so I trekked out to Richmond County Bank Ballpark for the first time in 2010. While I am in no way a fan of Staten Island the borough (who is?), I am a huge fan of minor league baseball. I try to make opening day [...]
Yankees Pitching Review – May 2010
The monthly graphs are a few days late, which I apologize for, but they are still here and as exciting as ever. I hope no dishes were broken in frustration during the wait. First off, here’s the usual ERA/FIP/xFIP comparisons: In a nutshell: May not as good as April. If you’ve been watching the games, [...]
Watching Baseball With My Cat
This week marked a new and rather sad chapter in my life. After twenty years, I had to say goodbye to my cat Francis who I had the pleasure of owning since he was born in my parents’ apartment. When I say owned, I mean that I took care of him and fed him and [...]
