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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I can hear a lot of sheepish men, particularly in New England telling their outraged wives that very thing, no matter how lame it sounds because the game that began at 8 PM last night only ended at 3:32 AM Eastern, some 45 minutes ago as I begin writing this. After a ...

Hi all. Game 1 of the World Series where the Red Sox beat the Dodgers 8-4 wasn't one to write home about. Former Giants and Yankees' broadcaster Hank Greenwald has died at age 83. Neither starter in game 1 gave a Cy Young award performance in ...

Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday, Oct. 20. The Dodgers' offense continues to struggle and the Brewers have forced a game 7, winner goes to the World Series game. They did it with a 7--2 demolition of the Dodgers who had won games 4 ...

Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, October 19. After winning game 1 of the ALCS and stopping Chris Sale, the Astros should have carried on from there and sent the Red Sox packing. So I thought this past Sunday. Now, after losing 4 in a ...