Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Sunday, July 15.  While the Yankees took their second of 3 games from the Indians, they gained no ground thanks to a 10th-inning walk-off grand slam by the Red Sox' Xander Bogaerts. The Red Sox and Bluejays met at Fenway in the early afternoon while the Yankees ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, July 13. On paper, last night's besg matchup looked like maybe a 2-1 or 3-2 game.  The Indians' Corey Kluber was the last Cy Young award winner. The Yankees' Luis Severino was last year's surprise rookie who seems to have come into his own this season.  So what happened in downtown ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Wednesday, July 11. Do you remember the "telephone" game we played when we were kids?  Let's say I would whisper something into the ear of the person sitting next to me, and by the time the message got to the last person in the game it bore ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, July 10. The Tampa Bay Rays came into last night's game with the Tigers hoping for a healthy starter, Chris Archer.  On his game he's about as good as it gets but he's spent a lot of time on the DL of late.  They hoped for ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Monday, July 9. After winning by a score of 20 to 5 over the Padres on Saturday night, the D-Backs could only register 3 runs in a 16-inning, 4-3 losing battle yesterday.  Chances are, their manager Torey Lovullo never thought he would have to send catcher Jeff Mathis to the ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Sunday, July  8. For the second time in 3 games the Marlins' embattled pitching staff has been shredded by the Nationals.  This time it was an 18--4 demolition in which the Fish never had a hope, unlike Thursday night's game where they led 9--0 and lost.  Again, ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday, July 7. Joey Bats, aka Jose Bautista of the Mets was a proud member of the Blue Jays a year ago when Steve Pearce hit not one but two walk-off grand slams in the same week.  Now, when it seemed his career might be done, Bautista ...

Hi all.  Here's  how I see baseball on this Friday, July 6.  While last night's schedule was light there were a couple of beauties, one featuring the defending World Series winners and another featuring a team that has underachieved from day 1. In Washington, this hasn't been the season the Nationals' players or fans had hoped for.  They're not ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, July 5. While major league stadiums are insulated and protected against almost any worst-case scenario, you can't say that of minor league ball parks. In the New York Penn League of class A ball, the TriCity Valleycats (or Cats) play at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on a community college ...