What can I possibly say that hasn’t been said about Aaron Judge? What he’s doing this season is incredible and there are seven games left in the regular season so he has more time to do more incredible things. Yesterday, Judge needed two home runs to pass Mark McGwire’s rookie record of 49 home runs […]
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Monday Sonnet: Sudsy Smiles
In this series, I endeavor to capture the weekend’s action in the form of a sonnet. Shakespeare famously used this poetic form to express passionate feelings, often of love and lust, while I am using it to recap baseball games. Please don’t tell your high school English teacher. On clinching’s cusp in hostile northern […]
About Last Night: Two Judgian blasts
Let’s not talk about the fact that the Yankees lost two out of the three to the lowly Toronto Blue Jays this weekend and all but killed their chances of winning the American League East. Let’s just watch in awe as Aaron Judge stares down Mark McGwire’s rookie record of 49 home runs. https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2017/09/24/1848758783/1506289939934/asset_1800K.mp4 Judge’s […]
Jacoby Ellsbury: Misfit of the Fly Ball Revolution
Since September 1st, Jacoby Ellsbury has the fifth-highest OPS in Major League Baseball. Upon reading this, one could certainly be forgiven for thinking I had stumbled across a page listing statistics from 2011 and am here regurgitating an outdated factoid. However, I have done extensive research (made sure I am referencing a page that says […]
The AL East might go down to the wire
There are less than two weeks of regular season play and as it stands, the Yankees are three games behind Boston for the AL East. If those standings hold, then the Red Sox will visit Houston in a reversal of their final series; while the Yankees will host a one-game playoff against the Minnesota Twins. […]
Monday Sonnet: The Age of Didi
In this series I endeavor to capture the weekend’s action in the form of a sonnet. Shakespeare used this famous poetic form to express passionate feelings, often of love and lust, while I am using it to recap baseball games. Please don’t tell your high school English teacher. The ace of late against […]
This is the Sonny Gray the Yankees traded for
Mid-season trades can be tricky devils. There is limited time for a player to accumulate value for his new team, often leaving the narrative surrounding the trade up to either early performance for the new squad, or, more dangerously, playoff performance. Neither assessment is ideal, since anything can happen in a short amount of time, […]
Are we still missing Jeter?
Last week, Didi Gregorius launched his 20th home run of the season, achieving a feat that former Yankees great Derek Jeter never did: having back-to-back 20 home run seasons by a shortstop. Over his career, Jeter’s peak ISO was .204, which he reached in 1999 after batting .349/.438/.552 with 19 home runs in 739 plate […]
The Monday Sonnet
In this series I endeavor to capture the weekend’s action in the form of a sonnet. Shakespeare famously used this poetic form to express passionate feelings, often of love and lust, while I am using it to recap baseball games. Please don’t tell your high school English teacher. At Friday’s close, an hour later than […]
About Last Night: Closing time, again?
So Aroldis Chapman is looking like the old Aroldis Chapman again. In Saturday’s 3-1 win against Texas, Chapman came in to close out the game and he did so in 13 pitches by getting Elvis Andrus to ground out and striking out both Nomar Mazara and Mike Napoli swinging. According to Brooks Baseball, Chapman threw […]