As a life-time Yankee fan I was very concerned about the weather for Jeter’s last home game at Yankee Stadium which was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25. Wednesday night’s weather forecast for Thursday called for afternoon and evening heavy rain. Would Jeter’s final home-game be cancelled? If cancelled would it be made up? It is …
Bill James, the Father of Sabermetrics, introduced his ”Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball”. His theorem provides a formula to predict a team’s winning percentage (W%) using the runs scored (RS) and runs allowed (RA) by the team for a season. Sabermetrics uses mathematics (especially Statistics) to make objective baseball decisions. The Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball states: …
Since the 1970s, Ferguson, Mo. has gone from being 85 percent white to about 70 percent black and is a suburb which is considered inner-city today. Following the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, we witnessed an uprising of racial tension leading to violence between the whites and blacks. During …
Of all my blogs the last one on Mo’ne Davis has been the most popular. This got me to ask the following question: Where did the legend of Mo’ne begin? According to Steve Bandura, the coach of the Anderson Monarchs youth baseball traveling team, he was working on the baseball field when he spotted a …
Little League baseball was a big part of my early years. Before dying of Cancer, my father Paul Rothman got great enjoyment in seeing me play. When he was well enough, he came to my games held in Hackensack, New Jersey. I made the Hackensack All-Star team as a shortstop. But, unlike the Little League …
You probably have never heard of a young woman named Mo’Ne Davis. If you tune into the Little League World Series beginning Thursday, August 14, she will be a central figure. Mo’Ne is a 13-year-old from Philadelphia who pitches for the Taney Dragons of Philadelphia. Mo’Ne pitched a three-hitter on Sunday, August 10, to lead …
As a diehard Yankee fan, the beginning of the Yankees new home-stand seemed like a nightmare. Their first four-game series, August 4-7, would be against the first-place Detroit Tigers. Max Scherzer, the newly acquired David Price, and Justin Verlander were scheduled to pitch the first three games. These three pitchers just happened to be the …
I begin with the Yankees little brother in New York the Mets. In a previous blog I thought the Mets should either trade Colon or Matsuzaka for prospects or do nothing before the trade deadline. It turns out they did nothing. I am glad the rumored trade that the Mets would part with their second …
The Oakland Athletics have pulled their usual second half of the season trick of getting just the right player, from a team out of contention, for their stretch drive to the playoffs. What is unusual this year the team out of contention is the Boston Red Sox. In the blockbuster trade just completed the Red …
For this multiple part blog I would like to give my opinion on the some of the winners and losers in the just concluded trades. Part 1 will focus on the last trade made just before the 4 p.m. deadline on Thursday, July 31. This trade saw LHP David Price dealt from the Tampa Bay …