Add another to the list of A-Rod faults: He is a bad tipper. This courtesy of TMZ. Since when is 15% stingy? It was nice while the peace and quiet lasted. Now we go back to hearing the Page Six details of A-Rod’s life. It sounds like most of the meat was released in the [...]

We look at the state of both local teams on tonight’s edition of NYBD Radio. First, Ted Berg of SNY talks about the curious case of the New York Mets. I will get his take on the team and their fears and anxieties. We will discuss David Wright, Oliver Perez, and Jerry Manuel’s performance to [...]

In honor of President Obama’s speech last night commemorating his first 100 days in office, I thought I’d take a look into my crystal ball and see what the Major League Baseball landscape might look like 100 days from now, Saturday, August 8th, 2009. – The Yankees, on national television, will beat the Red Sox [...]

Make no mistake, the Mets made a tremendous strategic upgrade when they changed managers from Willie Randolph to Jerry Manuel in June 2008. The former struggled with the elementary questions of bullpen management and player and media communication; the latter excels at all three. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE

On Tuesday Ken Matinale of Radical Baseball joined me on the radio. He wrote a paper in 2006 with his thoughts on how to improve the game. I thought it would be fun to hear some of them. In case you missed it, here is a quick outline of Ken’s top “radical” changes. 1. Start [...]

- Funny how competition might have helped motivate a couple of local players. First, Ramon Castro’s bat comes alive (2-4, RBI) his first start since Omir Santos hit his grand slam.  Joba Chamberlain has his best start of the season just a day after Phil Hughes shuts down these very same Tigers. – Another day, [...]

Last September Mike Piazza commented on how you need to “channel fear of failure” to succeed in New York. It’s clear that, since October of 2006, this group of Mets has fallen victim to this very fear. Twenty one games is not nearly enough time to panic, but the same issue that has followed this [...]

Last night Maury Brown, President of the Business of Sports Network, discussed various baseball economic and business issues on NYBD radio. We talked about the Forbes report, blackout policy, and seat pricing. The Yankees centered on the discussion since they grew in overall value to 1.5 billion dollars. For all the complaints about the Yankees [...]

7:35 PM Update: Chad Jennings has all the details about Kennedy’s finger vasospasm We haven’t talked about this yet, but Ian Kennedy left his start on Monday with numbness in his hand. Yesterday, Chad Jennings reports that there is no news on what is wrong with him. You always think back to David Cone in [...]

- Phil Hughes played the stopper last night. This could be his best pro performance outside of the near no-hitter in Texas when he blew out his hamstring. Hughes fastball was consistently in the 93 mph area throughout the night. He was still throwing gas in the sixth inning. He has been the symbol of [...]

“Tonight, Phil Hughes is getting his first major league start. Thus far this season, he has made three starts in Triple A Scranton and has posted a 3-0 record with a 1.86 ERA. His full history and 2009 stats are here. Last season was a debacle right from the outset. Instead of kick starting his [...]

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Not sure how many of the”common fans” this will impact, but Pete Abe has it all outlined at his blog. I will be discussing this, as well as other business of baseball topics, with Maury Brown, president of the Business of Sports Network, tonight. I would like to hear comments from Yankees fans about their [...]

I explore the just released Forbes report on tonight’s show with headline guest Maury Brown of The Business of Sports Network. We will also discuss the empty seats at the local stadium’s, the early economic impact on baseball, and Maury’s MLB blackout policy experience. During the second half of the show we are going to [...]

Lost in the Yanks’ lackluster effort against Detroit last night was another milestone for Derek Jeter. The captain is now the all-time leader in At Bats for the Yankees. That’s quite an accomplishment, and there are many more at bats to come. The Yankee top 10 lifetime at bats: 1    Derek Jeter                8106 2    Mickey [...]