Hi all. The baseball world lost a very special man today, at age 92. Brooklyn Dodger star Don Newcombe, "Big Newk" to his teammates and fans has passed away. In two ways he was a pioneer. He was the first black pitcher to start a World Series game. He ...
R I P Mr. Robinson
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, February 7. After a winter of annoying illness punctuated by a stretch on the DL, I had hoped to return to write a happy piece about one of baseball's talented unemployed finding a new home. But it wasn't to be. ...
Wanted–one Black Border; Yankees’ star and Coach Stottlemyre dead at 77
Hi all. Posts in the offseason are few and most of them are a painful effort to write. God knows this one counts in that category. News of the death of former Yankee star and later pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre was a rare cause to stop the press around here. ...
Ford Frick Award Goes to Al Helfer;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, December 14. For the second year in a row, the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball will be given posthumously. Meantime, the Yankees brain trust have lost both outfielder Andrew McCutchen and Lance Lynn, a pitcher who would have done ...
New Hall of Fame Inductees-One makes Sense, the Other Raises Eyebrows
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, December 11. Two days ago, when word of the newest Hall of Fame inductees came out, for personal reasons I felt unable to write what I was thinking. I hope to do so now. One inductee, Lee Smith ...
A Big Maple Grows in the Bronx; Mets May have Made Sideways Move while Seattle Tanks;
Hi all. I've taken some time since the recent moves the Yankees and Mets made so I might measure my response to a greater extent than usual. To start with, the Yankees made a move they should have made as early as November 2016 and acquired a solid lefty starting pitcher, James ...
Something We’ve Lost in Sports Today
Hi all. This isn't really a vision of baseball today. It's more of a commentary about something that has been lost in all the major sports which I think should make a comeback. Over the past couple of weeks I have listened to a number of ...
Hall of Famer, Mighty Hitter McCovey Dead at age 80
Well, that was a short offseason. The World Series wrapped on Sunday night, and yesterday the word came from San Francisco which called for a special edition of this and every other blog, column or sportscast that involves baseball. Willie McCovey had passed away at age 80, according to a press release ...
After All, Who Wants to Go to Boston? Dodgers Mail in Game 5 Knowing Resistance is Useless
Hi all. In a far less exciting World Series than we saw a year ago, the Dodgers didn't put forth an effort in game 5. Who can blame them, considering their blundering manager did all he could do to help the Red Sox in games 1, 2 and 4, not ...
Roberts’ Blunder and 5 in the 9th Bury Red Sox in 3 games to 1 Hole
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Sunday, Oct. 28. There was no reason to pull Rich Hill off the hill when his manager did it. Seeing Hill gone, the Red Sox pounded the exhausted Dodgers' bull pen and got 5 runs in the 9th for a 9--6 ...