Walter Becker leaves us at the age of 67. Co-founder, along with Donald Fagen of the great American band, Steely Dan. Or were they a band? A case could be made that they were a duo who employed the finest sidemen available and demanded the best from them, regardless...
Spontaneity is overrated. Greats like Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan are legendary for eschewing multiple efforts designed to hone the original performance. Orson Welles once responded to a producer, “the proper reading is the one I’m giving you.” There...
Great. The Yanks defended their honor in the brawl with the Tigers yesterday. They also may have royally messed up their season. Regardless of who started it or who ultimately is to blame, for a contending team to get suckered into a brawl with a team that has nothing...
Yesterday, we saw the mental errors. Judge lobbed a ball in from right field, allowing a wily Boston runner to tag up and take third base. Sanchez can’t be trusted to block balls in the dirt. And the Mets’ Rosario has a bad habit of double clutching,...
The Yanks just swept a four game series from the Mets. What did you expect? Maybe the Metsies steal one game, deGrom’s outing or perhaps a Yankee starter blows up? With the Bombers in contention and the Mets hopelessly out of it, no surprises here. But this week...
