There are 39 days to go until the NL Wild Card Game begins, which signals the conclusion of the regular season and the beginning of the grueling peregrination to the Fall Classic. This is the home stretch of the season for sure, and now the debate over which players deserve …
It’s been a week in Major League baseball that has featured acrimonious relations between players and umpires, from Zobrist’s comments to Justin Turner’s gripes. But even the turmoil between players and umpires cannot match the ever-intensifying playoff race, especially in the AL. It’s hardly been in copacetic order. After a walk-off win and a …
No, I am not saying this as a disgruntled Yankees fan. This is merely an objective perspective. Is it fair that the Yankees, a team on pace to win 102 games, is virtually guaranteed to be in the do-or-die wild card game while the Indians (on pace for 91 wins) …
As I mentioned in a previous article, any chances the Yankees had to intensify the race for AL East supremacy dwindled to infinitesimal levels. They are 8.5 games behind and appear positioned for another Wild Card game showdown. Yet, the baseball gods could be rewarding us in another way. If the …
Regardless of how fervently and ardently one follows a team, it is important to remain realistic and objective. That certainly stands true for the 2018 Yankees season. Listen, this is not 1949, when the Yankees defeated the Red Sox on the last day of the season to win the pennant. …
While many fans (myself included) are currently preoccupied by the onslaught of the weekend series between the Yankees and Red Sox, today is a very somber day in Yankees history. Just 32 years old, the pilose MVP catcher and Yankees captain lost his life in a plane crash. Munson broke …
Anything said about the history of the Yankees and Red Sox rivalry can probably be considered a bromide at this juncture. But what cannot yet be said is the outcome of this upcoming series. As of the time of this post, the Red Sox own a 5.5 game lead over …
As of this moment, the Yankees are on pace to win 104 games, which would represent their highest win total since winning 103 in 2009, their last World Series championship. Yet, they find themselves 5.5 games behind Boston, which would mean that they would yet again be situated in the …
A bashful little boy let out impish, primal screams of victory upon seeing Yankees third baseman Scott Brosius successfully convert a 5-3 ground out for the final out in the decisive Game Four of the 1998 World Series, all occurring on the night of October 21st, 1998. Though only two …
Throughout this week I kept thinking of great topics to dive into for my weekly edition of this article. It could’ve been about deGrom’s injury, should A-Gon be A-Gone, the Mets are really struggling, or a litany of other things that have happened to the Mets this past week and a …
What a week for Mets pitchers. First it was Matt Harvey (allegedly) ripping it up in LA the night before a rocky outing. I don’t hate this at all. I’ve often said the way Harvey gets back to 2015 Harvey is simply by throwing a massive hog in his cheek. …
61 plate appearances into his 2018 campaign, Yankees first baseman Tyler Austin already has more wins above replacement this season than he did for the first two seasons of his career. With Greg Bird still not expected to return until at least mid-May and the uncharacteristically substandard performance of Neil …
