The Mets got off to a hot start this year, and statistics would seem to suggest that they did it without the help of their star outfielder, Yoenis Cespedes. A deeper look at the numbers[…]
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Yankees Biggest Flaws Getting Exposed Early
With the Yankees coming within a game of the World Series last year, and the team adding Giancarlo Stanton to an already potent lineup, there was justifiable excitement about the 2018 Yankees season. That enthusiasm[…]
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Monday Mets: Trying To Avoid The Injury Monster
The phrase “as long as they stay healthy” has become so closely tied to the Mets, so clearly identified as a main goal for the year, that it’s reasonable to believe that the front office[…]
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Process (Mostly) Sound; Results To Follow
There are a million and one excuses for the Yankees’ sluggish start. It doesn’t help that Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, and, up until today, Aaron Hicks have been on the disabled[…]
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Tyler Austin, Joe Kelly and the Myth of the Reborn Yanks-Sox Rivalry
“This certainly looks more like old-fashioned Sox, Yankees at Fenway Park!” NESN announcer Dave O’Brien bellowed during a third-inning bench clearing that could be best described as an on-field coffee klatch between the two storied[…]
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Nimmo Demoted Despite Proving He Belongs
Lost in the hysteria of the Mets 9-1 start was how by and large Sandy Alderson poorly constructed this Mets roster, and how it is going to unfairly punish players. With Michael Conforto‘s shoulder and[…]
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The Real Battle Of The Bronx
On April 9, Rob Walsh — writing for The Irish Echo, shared a story of when he went up to Fordham University’s beautiful Rose Hill campus on Easter Weekend to watch one of the longest[…]
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Monday Mets: The Weird World Of Winning
The Mets have won seven of their first eight games this season despite being at the bottom of the league in some basic statistical categories. Has it been luck? Smoke and mirrors? Or, is there[…]
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In New York, We Play 162 Seasons
“During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. ‘It’s when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning,’ Ruppert said, ‘and then slowly pull away.’”[…]
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Booing Giancarlo Stanton Was Absurd
One of the age old debates we have is whether it is appropriate for the home team crowd to boo one of their players. The Pollyanna side believe you are just there to “root, root,[…]
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