My latest blog was written by Karli Regalbuto, a student in my Baseball andStatistics class at Quinnipiac University. Please enjoy reading how a young girl grew up with a love for the Yankees and how her love for the Yankees created a beautiful bond with her dad. It was ninety-five degrees and humid outside. Stadium …
This blog was written by Laura Grosso, a student in my Baseball and Statistics class at Quinnipiac University. Many baseball players have earned themselves nicknames from famous plays or characteristics. When I was younger I was never able to have a nickname, a name like Laura is not open for much variation. However, in my …
On May 1, 2015 Alex Rodriguez sent a laser shot over the Green Monster at Fenway Park, the home of the Yankees arch rival the Red Sox. As everyone knows this was a milestone home run since it was Alex’s 660th which tied him for fourth place with Willie Mays for career home runs. A contract …
Game 1 It was a frigid Friday night when the ceremonial first pitch of the game was delivered by Bernie Williams. It is official Bernie has signed his retirement papers. Look for his number 51 to grace Monument Park in the near future. As it turned out the combo of Michael Pineda and Mark Teixeira …
It has been many years since there is so much anticipation between Mets fans and Yankee fans for the 2015 edition of the Subway Series beginning on Friday, April 24 at Yankee Stadium. The Mets enter the series with (can you believe it) the best record in baseball at 13-3. The Yankees, after a slow …
After completing a sweep of Miami, the Mets now have a 10-3 record. They won their first seven home games for the first time and completed their first four-game sweep since July 2011 in Cincinnati. The winning streak is New York’s longest since an eight-game streak in June 2010. The Mets also began their 1986 …
The month of April gives sports fans two great events to usher in the warm weather. They are opening day in baseball and the Masters Tournament in golf. Not being a fan of golf (having never played) why do I put these two different sports in the same sentence. Yes, they both occur in April …
The big news going into the Final Four of March Madness is will Kentucky extend its winning streak from 38 to 40 games and win the National Championship. The last time a college basketball team achieved this was when Indiana in 1976 went undefeated and won 30 games to win the National Championship. What is …
Big time college football and basketball is clearly a big time business. Billions of dollars a year are generated from TV contracts, marketing contracts, ticket sales, and merchandise sales. For example, TV advertisers are expected to spend over 1.1 billion dollars on TV commercials during March Madness – second only to NFL Football playoffs in …
Alex Everett is a junior math major at Quinnipiac University and doubles as my full-time research assistant. He also works as my teaching fellow tutoring my students in the evening. Yes, Alex wears several hats. Alex is also a diehard New York Mets fan. In the blog that follows Alex talks about his week this …