Reality Potion.

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the machinations of the Yankees’ negotiations with Derek Jeter: NEW YORK — Negotiations between the Yankees and Derek Jeter are at a standstill until Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, “drink the reality potion,” according to a source close to the negotiations. According to the source, a baseball [...]

Number Two.

Boy, if it doesn’t seem that the Yankees are about to give old Number 2 a “number two” of their own, doesn’t it? For the uninitiated, here’s a good summary to bring you up to speed. “Derek Jeter is a great Yankee and he’s a great player. With that said and done, now is a [...]

A break in the action.

As we all wait with baited breath for the next big thing to come out of Washington, I thought it might be nice to mix it up a bit and offer a little baseball-related post for those of you tired of talking about Health Care reform. I promise not to take up too much of [...]

That’s it.

The final piece of Shea came down today. Check out the video here.

In the belly of the beast.

Gotta love YouTube and the moronic things that it inspires. Check out these 2 clowns as they trespass into the rubble of what once was Shea Stadium to get an insider’s view. Not complaining, mind you. The world needs people like this, I guess. Just befuddled by the stark craziness of so some people. They’re [...]

Brace yourselves.

Peggy Noonan yesterday: Tuesday I talked to people who support a Catholic college. I said a great stress is here and coming, and people are going to be reminded of what’s important, and the greatest of these will be our faith, it’s what is going to hold us together as a country. As for each [...]

Mets from above!

Brother man flew his remote controlled airplane over Shea during the demolition process THREE TIMES! Can’t imagine there not being some sort of prohibition on this, but he went boldly forth. Oh yeah, and he attached a camera and took great video . . . which makes this relevant to our purposes here. Check out [...]

New sidebar link.

If you’re like me, you’re on pins and needles waiting for fantasy baseball season to arrive. I’ve added a new link to the “baseball” category in the right sidebar that allows you to check out the DL history of any MLB player. Just for fun, check out Moises Alou.

Shea it ain’t so.

One of these days, I’m going to run out of Shea puns, but  today’s not that day. Click below for some very depressing video of them tearing down a section of the old Blue Lady. Shea goes boom.

Shea no more.

I know it’ll be nice to have a new stadium and everything, but I’m gonna miss Shea Stadium, and shots like these make me sad. Glad I got the chance to take the boy a few times before they tore it down. He can show his own son the pictures one day and they’ll both [...]

Former Giants’ pitcher Frank Williams dies

Former Giants’ pitcher Frank Williams dies. Former Giants pitcher Frank Williams died Friday, according to the Times Colonist of Victoria, British Columbia. He was 50. Mr. Williams, a Seattle native, was drafted by the Giants in 1979 and came up to San Francisco in 1984, when he went 9-4 as a reliever. After three seasons [...]

Corky Simpson Update–D’OH!

Home Run Derby » Corky Simpson would like his Rickey Henderson vote back – I want his BBWAA card. It was all a mistake, apparently. Climb down from the barricades.

Goody.

Ken Burns adding a 10th inning to `Baseball’. LOS ANGELES (AP) – Filmmaker Ken Burns is adding a tenth inning to his nine-part “Baseball” documentary series that aired in the ’90s on public television. PBS said Wednesday that the new film, titled “The Tenth Inning,” will air in spring 2010, along with a rebroadcast of [...]

In which I sort of give away that I can’t wait for pitchers and catchers.

Home Run Derby » Corky Simpson: The writer who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson. I know, I know, but how many more posts can I write about freaking Hamas? <”none!” cries the crowd!> Here’s the meat: Simpson voted for Tim Raines (who belongs in the Hall, too). And his reasons which should have guaranteed a [...]

“A Nice Place to Visit”

Ok, baseball post coming up, so hide your eyes if you’re frightened by such things. So I’m sitting at home and the baby’s napping and I’m of course hooked into the Twilight Zone marathon on SciFi and up comes this episode called “A Nice Place to Visit”. It’s the tale of this small time street [...]

Sad.

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In which I rail against free markets . . .

The New York Yankees yesterday signed somebody named Mark Teixeira (pronounced ‘Ta-share-a’ for those not familiar with notions such as these to an 8 year contract worth $180million. That’s a lot of money. You don’t have to follow baseball to realize that. You make XX dollars a year at your job, and Mark will make [...]