First and foremost, I want to wish all my readers a Happy and healthy Thanksgiving. Please join me in not trying to eat all the food on the entire planet. Until a couple of years ago this was not a concern. But having lost 50 pounds this year, it would be helpful for me not to ...
I Can’t Have the Steak? Then Give Me 3 Bowls of Soup
It seems to me, the Braves got an absurdly small return when they traded Andrelton Simmons to the Angels last night. In negotiations with the Mets back in July, the Braves wanted Steven Matz and Michael Conforto, which might have been acceptable. Yesterday the Braves demanded either Matt Harvey or Jacob DeGrom. That was a move ...
A Prayer for Tommy Hanson
Through the years, since celebrities began earning serious money, entirely too many have been lost to hideous accidents like the overdose that claimed Tommy Hanson's life Monday night. Some have been car crashes-James Dean and Johnny Horton to name a couple. Patsy Cline and 3 others were lost in a private plane crash. Jim Reeves, Thurman Munson, Ricky Nelson , ...
Numerous Baseball Birthdays Today
We have a larger than usual number of baseball birthdays today. GianCarlo Stanton is 26. After a lost season due to injury last year, we need to see how good he can be going forward. The Marlins are praying, since they have him under contract for the next 12 years. yes, 12 years. A lot of ...
Two More Years. Two More Years for Collins
When I found out about Terry Collins' two-year extension with the Mets, it brought to mind how delegates at political conventions used to yell "Four more years, four more years," during the nomination of a sitting president. Collins signed an extension through 2017 which was announced during a press conference right about the time I was working ...
Special Edition: Hail to the Chief. Johnnie B Good in DC
Well it didn't take long to need a special edition of the column. A day after Don Mattingly officially became Marlins manager, a move you read about here last week, A new manager has been found for the dysfunctional mess that is the Washington Nationals, and it's Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker. He hasn't managed since the 2013 ...
Mets: Thanks for the Memories and Congrats to the Royals
In a sentence, the Royals beat the Mets 7-2 in 12 innings to win the World Series 4 games to 1. I won't spend any more time than is absolutely required on a postmortem of last night's game. You've read that a thousand times over by this point. Now that the dust has settled and the ...
Mets Fall Back a Few Hours Early
Most of America fell back an hour at 2 A.M. this morning. The Mets, in a position to tie the World Series at 2 games apiece fell back around 11 PM instead and lost 5-3, putting them in a 3 games to 1 spot with game 5 tonight at Citi Field. Suitably enough the game was ...