The grass is greener….

The MLB trade deadline is approaching and so far, we’ve seen a lot of speculation, but not much action. Verlander, Gray, Darvish. These big names have been floated but so far, nothing. It’s hard for most of us to imagine. Every day, you worry that your job...

The more things change…

The more they stay the same. Remember all that talk a few months ago about the Mets taking over the town? SNY ratings were ahead of YES, the 2017 squad was World Series bound, the Yanks were rebuilding. Not so fast. With the Bombers trading prospects for Todd Frazier,...

Marathon Man

The Yankees and Red Sox played a 16 inning game yesterday. Scoring runs was like pulling teeth. So by midnight tonight, they will have played at least 34 innings in the last thirty two hours. Then the Bombers hop a flight for Minnesota for a three game set with the...

Judging All-Stars

If you’re like me, you probably didn’t watch the whole All Star game. Cano’s tenth inning dinger won it for the AL, but the game itself wasn’t particularly compelling. Fox tried to jazz it up. I thought that A-Rod walking around the infield and...

Free Fallin’

Apologies to Tom Petty, but that’s the state of New York baseball. Regardless of what happens tonight, the Mets are toast. Time to plan for 2018. Start with a serious reevaluation of the training staff. TJ Rivera with a leg problem. Dehydration? Pro athletes...

Won’t Get Fooled Again

Count me in as a sucker. I thought that the Mets, loaded with impressive young arms, would be serious contenders to dethrone the Cubs . Home run power, veteran leadership, what could go wrong? As it turns out, plenty. Other than deGrom, no Met pitcher has been...