Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, August 11. With the major league season droning on toward the playoffs the best action last night was just a heartbeat away at AAA. Any of these guys know that if an injury or a trade happens up top, as those things so often do they might ...
Bruce Trade Leaves Mets’ Fans Puzzled; Whata AA Game at Whataburger Park
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, August 10. I can't be the only one scratching his head this morning having heard of the news from Flushing. The Mets sent Jay Bruce to the Indians for somebody named Ryder Ryan, who was 3-4 with an ERA approaching 5 in Low A ball for the ...
The King is Gone, Long Live the Mariners; 8 Isn’t Enough for Minor League Orioles
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Wednesday, August 9. There are different ways of continuing to play baseball when a major piece of your team is snapped away from you by injury. When the Mets' ace Noah Syndergaard got hurt in May, his teammates folded, quitting on their manager, their fans and worst ...
One Proud Papa–AA Son goes 5 for 5 to help Team Win;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, August 8. It sounds like a baseball script no Hollywood writer would take. It's every father's dream and for a father who is a friend of mine the dream came true for a night at least. In a AA game in Mobile, Alabama the visiting Montgomery Biscuits (Rays) ...
In Memoriam: Darren “Dutch” Dalton, Don Baylor
Good day. This article would have a black border if the site made a provision for such. a thing. Baseball lost Lee May last week and that was bad enough. Starting last night, in a period of some 12 hours baseball lost two more good men and lost them too early. During Sunday night baseball the word ...
Red Sox Do what the Yankees Can’t
Hi all. here's how I see baseball on this Wednesday, August 2. There's a good reason to say the Red Sox have a better shot at the 2017 World Series than the Yankees do. In spite of all the July 31 machinations pulled off by Brian Cashman, when the Yankees' purported ace put them in a ...
Darvish, Gray Highlight Wild Trading Day; Oh and there were some Games Played Too
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, August 1. I don't know if I can describe in words how yesterday afternoon played out. I wrote the column and had it published at about 8 A.M. knowing I had an unbreakable commitment at 11:30 and and had to travel some miles from here. I knew I'd be ...