Hi all. Here's how I see baseball 3 days before the season opener. One Old Timers' Day in the 1970's, Mets' broadcaster Lindsey Nelson said the Old Timers Game would be stopped due to advancing years. Now, for the second time in the last few weeks advancing years have claimed a member of both the baseball ...
The Best Way to Send Off Dallas Green
Hi all. There's nothing I can say about the passing of Dallas Green yesterday that hasn't been said with more cleverness than I have. Mike Lupica wrote an awesome piece about the tragic death of Green's granddaughter 6 years ago in a hail of bullets that killed 6 and injured many more including an Arizona ...
Jones, Hosmer Late Bombs lead USA to Victory
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, March 16. Adam Jones and Eric Hosmer launched two bombs, and I mean bombs to lead the USA to a 4-2 win over Venezuela last night in the ongoing World Baseball Classic. Jones' shot tied the game at 2 in the last of the 8th and ...
Mexico Madness Ends, Survivor Venezuela off to San Diego
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, March 14. Yes, I can think about baseball when we have snow up to our strike zones. Our 3 dogs find the snow far above their strike zones on the rare occasions they venture outside. But in much more friendly conditions Venezuela punched its ticket to ...
Japan and Netherlands Win Early WBC games; 3 Famous Baseball Birthdays today
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball through heavy-lidded eyes (sort of) on this Wednesday, March 8. The proverbial heavy-lidded eyes are because I was up early watching Japan beat Australia 4-1 in their World Baseball Classic tilt. The game was a 1-1 tie until Sho Nakata for the home team led off the last ...
Without Chapman, Cuban Pitching Defective against Japan; The Land where Baseball was Born Sneers at Classic–Why?
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, March 7. If you didn't get up early and watch the Cuba-Japan matchup in the World Baseball Classic, the sizzle was better than the steak. The enormous crowd was uproarious even when nothing was happening and when Nobuhiro Matsuda crushed a 3-run home run in his team's ...
Pray for Kranepool; Ya Gotta Believe! Miracle Met Needs Own Miracle
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, March 3. Rather than talking about the present exhibition season just now, I'll take a moment for the man who was the face of the Mets' franchise from their inception through the Miracle Mets year of 1969 and the near-miss just 4 years later. Ed Kranepool was ...