By all accounts, aging sucks. At its core it’s a process by which you systematically lose all that’s dear to you over a relatively lengthy period of time. First you lose your innocence, which is a bummer. Then your hair goes. Next comes a time when you’re losing your keys on a daily basis, and eventually […]
Author: Nick Ashbourne
The Yankees have opened up a Francisco Liriano-sized hole
Over the past few days the New York Yankees have seen a lot of pitching walk out the door. To be fair to the team, they have received players in return, it wasn’t simply a matter of a couple of pitchers making a run for it. Although that story would be significantly more interesting, it […]
Thought Experiment: A-Rod vs. Papi as defensive first basemen
At this particular juncture baseball is absolutely overflowing with young talent. Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are outrageously good and guys like Manny Machado, Kris Bryant and Jason Heyward are somehow underrated by the shadow those two cast. Frankly, there are too many quality young arms to mention and the entire New York Mets rotation […]
Yankees fans have a character-building offseason ahead
When it came to the offseason, being a New York Yankees fan used to be easy. There was a four step process that got fans of the Bronx Bombers through the lean months between the end of the World Series and the beginning of the next season. It went something like this. 1) Close your eyes […]
Should the Yankees look to Starlin Castro at second base?
The MLB offseason has yet to kick into full gear, but you wouldn’t know it from the way rumors are swirling around the New York Yankees. Most recently the Bronx Bombers have been linked to Starlin Castro in a trade that could involve Brett Gardner according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News. […]
The Case for Trading Andrew Miller
The MLB hot stove hasn’t quite kicked into full gear, but as we await the fall of the large dominoes, the New York Yankees are making headlines. Although the Jose Pirela and JR Murphy trades are not earth-shattering, they are getting the ball rolling. More interesting are the rumors in circulation about Brett Gardner and Andrew Miller. […]
Yankees fail to record a shutout in 2015, but was it close?
Baseball, much like most things in life, is always changing. It’s possible that’s one of your favorite things about baseball, it’s possible that you are praying the game will crystallize right now because it’s making your head spin. It saddens me to be the one to break this news to you, but as it happens your […]
Dellin Betances and the disadvantage of being Godzilla
For those of us that have never played major league baseball, there are some experiences within the game that are difficult to imagine. In most people’s lives their biggest professional moments aren’t so easy to pinpoint nor do they come in front of thousands of people with millions more watching at home. It’s very unlikely that […]
Alex Rodriguez feasts on a steady diet of four-seamers
Alex Rodriguez is and will likely always be a fascinating writing subject. The 40-year-old is one of the greatest baseball talents to walk this earth, and a rather perplexing human being to boot. This year A-Rod showed Father Time that he’s got a couple of more rounds left in him with an improbable comeback that […]
Didi Gregorius is not a fan of the backwards K
Didi Gregorius loves to swing the bat. It’s easy to make this kind of statement with confidence because he’s a professional baseball player who takes hundreds of at-bats per year. If he didn’t enjoy swinging a bat he probably would have sought out a different vocation. However, the shortstop’s actions on the field demonstrate he gets […]