The first Big Bump in the Road

The Yankees return from the West Coast bruised and battered, and not just on the big league level. The crescendo from fans to replace Headly at third with Torres now is silenced since the top level prospect will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of...

It’s just another day…

Walker and Harvey to the DL. Add Lagares to the list. Now the Yanks join the injury parade with Sanchez and Hicks going down and Greg Bird hurting in SWB. What is going on with New York baseball? Could this rash of injuries be partially caused by the length of games,...

It’s now just a dark night….

Matt Harvey’s recovery from TOS has taken a setback. Velocity is way down and he’s going to the doctor. Lucky for the Mets, they now have enough quality starters to weather his absence, but truthfully, he hasn’t been very good anyway. A couple weeks...

Just when I thought I was out….

Okay, I often steal from Steven VanZandt who stole from Al Pacino who probably stole from some ancient Greek, but the Mets have done it again. Mathematically, their chances of winning the division are under two percent, and under ten to make the wildcard according to...

2009 redux in the Bronx?

Headlines trumpet that the YES Network’s ratings for the Yankees are up by 50% over last season. Their numbers surpass the Mets on SNY. On the field, there is no comparison. After last night’s shelling of David Price and the Bosox, the Yanks are 4-1...

Aces low…

Springsteen once sang, “God have mercy on the man who doubts what he’s sure of”. New York baseball fans could once be sure of Tanaka and deGrom. Every time they took the mound, you could count on a quality start, even on rare nights when they...