It’s tempting to write the Yankees off after a pair of 2-1 losses to the Astros, putting them down 0-2 in the ALCS. We can cite odds forever on how many 0-2 teams have come back to win a series, but these stats are meaningless. The bottom line is that both teams...
While most of New York focuses on the amazing Yankees climb to the ALCS, I’m thinking a bit about what happens after the Bombers’ run is over, whether it be in the Houston Series or all the way to the World Series. Yanks-Dodgers? That would be cool. But...
Regardless of what happens tonight, the 2017 Yankee season has to be categorized as a rousing success. 91 regular season wins, game 5 in the ALDS against last year’s AL champs when no one expected more than 86 wins, if they were lucky. Of course, one can make...
With the NY Giants at 0-5 and missing their best player for the rest of the season, is it time for Big Blue to quit? Of course, players play to win and will continue to do so. But will the organization start making moves for the future, conceding the present? Going...
We are writing about death far too often. The senseless carnage in Vegas yesterday, now the news of the passing of rock and roll great Tom Petty. There’s no need to list all of his wonderful songs. From the moment I first heard the jangling chords emerging from...
