Grabbed from my Hall of Fame voting archives: I voted for Tim Raines his first year of eligibility. But when he failed to get 25 percent of the vote, he was moved to the back burner. Sorry, that’s just the way it has to be. Maybe more eligible ballwriters should have measured the Rock’s career [...]
Archive of posts filed under the off the field category.
This Year's Ticket Whines
It’s that time of year, when the Yankees are finishing up their season ticket upgrades and additions a mere two months or so after just about every other MLB team. So with my tickets finalized a few days ago I sat down to figure out what days I needed to take off work. Looking at [...]
But What About My Attendance?
I am currently reading a Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball. The title pretty clearly explains what it’s about. In one of the early chapters I came across a little tidbit of information that I found to be rather amusing: When a Western Union operator tried to enter the grounds, [Charles] Comiskey refused [...]
Maybe Curtis Granderson Traded For Actual Curtis Granderson
I had a dream where the Yankees traded their potential sort-of Curtis Granderson for the real thing, except that it really happened. There’s a whole lot of analysis better than anything I could provide you with about this trade (click on those Yankees links on the side for some of them), but I like talking [...]
In Rememberance of Tommy Henrich
Tommy Henrich played on four Yankees Championship teams and was known for being a clutch hitter. Whether that’s true or not (it’s probably not, that title is just the kind of thing that winds up sticking around forever once you do it a few times) there are other, more important and frankly more interesting things [...]
Hot Stove Authority Abuse
This article has no by-line but according to the Daily News, here are “Five Free Agents the Yankees are Eyeing”: 1. RHP John Lackey (11-8, 3.83 ERA): The Yankees will be hesitant to pay him what he wants, but if Andy Pettitte retires, they may have to. 2. INF/OF Mark DeRosa (.250, 23 HR, 78 [...]
Following Up on Pre-Season Predictions
Since at the beginning of the year, I decided to compile pre-season predictions that I found I figure that it makes sense to review them now that the year is over. Here are the original posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Worst Predictions Sports Illustrated picked the Mets to win it all, reaching the [...]
Offseason Reading List
There’s no more MLB baseball for me to watch in 2009 and while some games from the Dominican, Venezuelan and Puerto Rican Winter Leagues will be made available it isn’t the constant stream you get during the regular season. So I’ve assembled an offseason reading list to keep me from missing watching a game pretty [...]
The Saddest of Possible Words
It feels so weird not having anything lined up to watch on any given evening.
The Yankees Have A Rare Moment of Not-Greed
It seems that CNBC has gotten their hands on the Yankees postseason ticket prices. You should head over there to read the full thing but here’s the news I was excited about: Those season ticket holders sitting in non-premium seats will pay the same per-game price as they are paying for the regular season for [...]
