Monthly Archives: October 2024


Yankees win one.

When Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the top of the first, all the color drained out of every New York Yankees fan. Not again. Already down three games to none in the Series, now they were down 2-0 before the game had really started. But this game felt […]


Yankees down, almost out.

Down three games to none in a World Series is pretty much the death knell for the Yankees. In fact, in World Series history, no team has ever won more than one game when in this position. History says this Series might go five but it won’t go six. Of […]


Yankees in must-win Game 3.

Game 3 is tonight. The Yankees are staring down a 2-0 deficit. Last year, Texas and Arizona split the first two in Arlington before the Rangers went to Phoenix and took three out of three from the Diamondbacks. Why is that relevant? It isn’t. It’s just a nice reminder the […]


Dodgers up 2-0 on Aaron Boone.

Derek Jeter has turned into one of the best baseball commentators. He restores common sense. After the first two Dodgers games in Round 1 against the Padres, Mookie Betts hadn’t done anything offensively and the lesser talking heads were wondering if he was headed for a postseason meltdown. Derek Jeter, […]


The beauty of baseball.

You can romanticize about baseball only so much until people think you are a lunatic. Then, last night happens. And you realize no words can do it justice. And no amount of romanticizing will feel wrong. There have been 119 World Series before this one. Guys named Babe Ruth and […]


Finally.

Finally, after what seems like a month of downtime, Game 1 of the World Series is tonight. This is the twelfth time these two teams have met in the World Series. The first seven matchups were when both teams were in New York, between 1941 and 1956. The Yankees won […]


Let there be offense.

Last year, the Rangers showed that a team could win the World Series with only three hitters. Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, and Marcus Semien carried the team offensively. Seager had an OPS of 1.137, with three home runs and six RBIs. Garcia had a 1.100 OPS with a whopping .500 […]


RIP, Fernando.

In the 1981 season, major league players staged a strike on July 12, right before the All-Star Game, that lasted until the end of July, splitting the season in two halves and generally making a mess of baseball. My beloved Reds were one-half game out of first when the strike […]


MVP vs MVP.

It’s more than likely the MVP winners will be Shohei Ohtani in the National League and Aaron Judge in the American League. Both players have led their team to the World Series. So, when was the last time the two league MVPs matched up in the Fall Classic? 2012, when […]