Over at Sports Media Watchdog, I broke down the news regarding Kim Jones departure from the YES Network. It appears that Newsday’s Neil Best and Bob Raissman of the Daily News have a difference of opinion about how “expendable” Jones was to the network. I have long admiRed Jones‘ work from the sidelines. In a time where […]
Big league manager on two continents, ESPN broadcaster, civil servant in Stamford, CT and now executive producer is a term you can use to describe Bobby Valentine. The man that seems to have his hand in just about everything made an appearance on Saturday at the Hamptons Film Festival. His latest venture is a film […]
Last night the SNY booth was discussing old ballparks and it gave me the idea to reach out to my Twitter and Facebook followers to ask what old ballpark would they have liked to watch a game. Here are the responses I received: Ebbetts Field Polo Grounds Crosley Field Jarry Park Original Yankee Stadium Astrodome […]
The firestorm of Saturday’s Joe Girardi/A.J. Burnett/Jack Curry confrontation has been put on the backburner. It will take a lot more than Burnett cursing at a home plate umpire to derail the Yankees title aspirations in 2011. The frustrating part about the aftermath, even 5 days later, is that Girardi doesn’t understand why the incident […]
Yesterday, I talked about Curtis Granderson being my favorite for the AL MVP. But if you read Jeff Bradley’s column in the Star Ledger it might be Russell Martin that is one of the most valuable Yankees. The Yankees starting rotation is one of the biggest surprises in baseball. Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia are performing as if they are in their pre-injury prime. Ivan Nova is a […]
Phil Hughes was handed a 14-2 lead last night and couldn’t make it out of the fifth. Nothing would frustrate me more as a manager than watching a starter unable to navigate a ballgame that could be done by a pitching machine. His velocity topped out at 90 mph (a couple of miles below last year) […]
It’s always hard to take the temperature of an entire fan base. The internet is a great tool to accomplish this; however it’s hardly scientific. Talk radio? The cream of the crop usually doesn’t wait on hold during working hours. These tools are all I have to go by on a daily basis, so for […]
This city is rotten. At least that is what it appears athletes outside the Big Apple believe. Yesterday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber told the NY Post he doesn’t visit his brother Tiki in New York “because of the way it treats it athletes.” Barber went on to tell Post scribe Justin Terranova that […]
This blurb on Sunday by ESPN’s Buster Olney (subscription required) caught my attention: Before every game, position players on both teams will gather on the foul lines and do their last sprints before the first pitch, and often this leads to greetings in the outfield behind second base — hearty handshakes and hugs. If Joe […]
The perception of Joe Torre by Yankees fans is one of the more interesting dynamics we have seen in this town. You have two camps which I will call the “St. Joe Acolytes” who believe Torre walked on water and was integral to the team’s success. The other side is the “Clueless Joe” crowd who […]
Another hour of great baseball conversation tonight with a host of NYBD contributors. We kick off the first half hour talking Yankees baseball. Yes the Yankees are struggling, but the playoffs are inevitable. What should the playoff rotation be? Does A.J. Burnett get a start? What about Ivan Nova on the roster? My CC Sabathia […]
I find it interesting how negative a reaction you get from Yankees fans when Joe Torre is brought up. Perhaps the younger fans forget the revolving door of managers the Yankees experienced before Torre took over in 1996. Torre’s 12 years on the bench is the longest tenure of any Yankees manager under George Steinbrenner, […]
NYBD contributor Frank Russo threw me an interesting tidbit from a National League executive. The sudden retirement of Joe Torre may not be a complete surprise, after all the McCourt divorce has destroyed the Dodgers from the inside, but it could lead to multiple changes across the landscape that impacts the local teams. There is […]
This one is the final vote (all polls close on Wednesday night at midnight) Select who you want to manage the NYBD Strat-O-Matic All Star Team. Don’t think it matters? The simulation will take that managers tendency into consideration for in game X’s and O’s so choose wisely! Yankees Vote: NYBD Strat-O-Matic Yanks All Star […]
I am not a fan of All Star Game’s so this view is one of bias. Starting with allowing the fans to vote for their favorite, I mean the best, players via a ballot. This has been an age old problem in MLB as commissioner Ford Frick had to strip the fans of their voting […]
