Hi all. First and foremost I hope everybody had a happy and safe holiday weekend. Now, here's how I see baseball as we end May. Coming into yesterday's game, Mets fans had every reason to be concerned about the rest of their season. Lucas Duda, their first baseman is on the DL with a fracture in ...
Urias Bombs; Granderson Bails Out Familia as Mets Top Dodgers;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday. Sometimes a team brings up a teenage prospect and his results are spectacular-Don Gullet, Gary Nolan and Dwight Gooden come to mind. Sometimes they're mediocre-David Clyde on the 1973 Rangers pitched a couple of good games but instead of then being sent to the minors remained ...
At the Quarter Pole; Happy B-Day Gary Nolan, others
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball as we approach Memorial Day Weekend. OK, it's a little more than a quarter of the way through the season because of the insanity of how early the season starts. But with no particularly prepossessing games last night, and given that this column may or may not be written ...
Remembering Field of Dreams, Best Baseball Movie Ever in my Opinion;
When I saw the headline earlier today about the Commissioner of Baseball and Hall of Famer John Smoltz visiting the Field of Dreams site this afternoon, it took me back to the first time I saw that movie, and a tradition my then-wife and I had whenever we went to Iowa. Baseball's top man and ...
Correa wins Houston Marathon; Martin Saves Mariners with Walkoff Dinger in 9th; Darkest Night Yet for Harvey fans;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Wednesday morning. In Houston it took extra innings but Carlos Correa hit a walkoff single in the 13th to give the Astros a 3-2 win over the Orioles. Earlier in the evening in the nation's capital Matt Harvey dropped to 3-7 and his ERA soared to 6.08 ...
Latest Marathon Goes 17 In San Diego; Called Triple Play in Atlantic League Game
In a dozen years broadcasting minor league baseball I was privileged to broadcast two games that went 17 innings or more, and only two triple plays. Yesterday the Dodgers beat the Padres 9-5 in 17, and I attended a minor league game featuring a triple play. Not only that, but in the manner of Babe Ruth ...
Will Late Inning Heroics Keep Mets Fans Quiet? Birthday Presents for teams from Braves’ Williams and O’s Wieters
Yesterday was a birthday for several active players, two being Williams Perez and Matt Wieters. Perez led the Braves to a 2-0 shutout of the Phillies at a sodden Citizens' Bank Ballpark. The loudest noise when the Phillies were up was the rain pounding on the broadcast equipment used by the TV commentators. On the ...
Painful Win for Cubs; Padres Walk Off in Rare Home Run Derby at Petco;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday morning. The headlines come from last night's west coast games. It was all well and good that the Cubs beat the Giants 8-1 last night in San Francisco. Likewise, Jake Arrieta put up his usual dominating performance over 7 innings and is now 8-0. But ...
ChiSox Turn Tripple Play–Again; Cubs’ Winning Pitcher gets Winning RBI in 13th
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday. In 3 years of college baseball and 12 behind the microphone for minor league baseball, I broadcast a total of 3 tripple plays. The White Sox have turned two just this season-and we're only in Mid-May. This one didn't help them win, as the Astros won ...
The Other Kris Davis Slams the Rangers; Astros Win as Gattis Hits Late HR in Chicago
If you hear about Chris Davis, it's usually the man nicknamed "Crush" with the Orioles hitting bombs out of Camden Yards. But there's another Kris Davis out there, and last night was his moment in the sun. He hit 3 home runs in Oakland's 8-5 win over the Rangers. The third one was a grand ...