Leadership

Todd Frazier may not be the greatest third baseman in baseball. He strikes out a lot, hits for a low batting average. Walks frequently, (at least last season) and is good defensively. We heard about his clubhouse presence and some pooh poohed it, suggesting the...

Cagey Giants

The Giants are playing it really smart with Odell Beckham, Jr. By allowing it to leak that the price for the talented wideout in a trade would be two first rounders, they are telling Beckham’s people that they’re willing to move him, but only for a...

The Glider, RIP

The Mets had just won the 1969 World Series. All of New York was enraptured by this rags to riches story and every player who contributed was accorded legend status. So imagine my thrill when, in our maiden season of WLIR as the first suburban FM progressive station,...

A radical way to clean up NCAA

Last weekend, I floated the idea of the NFL and NBA creating strong developmental leagues. High school players who really have no interest in class could be signed to play in these leagues and paid accordingly, then drafted after a year in hoops and two or three in...

Radical Musician Idea

Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of calls on WFAN about who the greatest rock guitarist is or was. The usual suspects get named —Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, Peter Townshend, etc. What about a competition? Obviously, the...