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Major League Baseball to Play the West End (Figuratively Speaking)
The Boston Herald reports the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees plan to resume their classic rivalry via a series in London—in 2018.* This follows the recent agreement reached by MLB, and is a further example of professional … Continue reading
Tyger! Tyger!
I (Evander) continue this amorphous series of postseason blogs where I left off the other day: Expect the unexpected. As James Joyce might have said, yes, rain is general all over the Midwest. The Detroit Tigers, who lead the New … Continue reading
NYC Subway Series Round 2
The suddenly hot Mets, as hot as the weather this first day of summer (which is when I, Evander, always feel the season truly starts—in fact, the season doesn’t really take shape till mid-August), and the suddenly not-so-hot Yankees (unlike … Continue reading
Sigh Young
Highly recommended is Hardball Times. It lists almost every stat one could imagine; though missing is the ultra-confusing/sophisticated stat, SIERA. Regardless, it’s time to start putting money down (oops, Judge Landis, don’t look) on our choices for American League 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Justin Verlander
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Joe Girardi’s Knucklehead Move
The season’s underway and I already get to vent because the Yankees lost their first game that they should have won, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory as it were. Sure, we’re only five games into the campaign. If … Continue reading
The Cleveland Kafkaesque Indians
Franz Kafka‘s poor, more-acted-upon-than-acting, Gregor Samsa woke up one morning after a night of bad dreams to find he had been been turned into a giant crawling insect. I know how he feels. I woke up this morning to find … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Belle, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Santana, CC Sabathia, Chris Perez, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Grady Sizemore, Herb Score, Jim Thome, Justin Masterson, Luis Valbuena, Manny Acta, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Omar Vizquel, Philadelphia Phillies, Roberto Alomar, Rocky Colavito, Satchel Paige, World Series, Writers
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