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 …
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 …
Andrew Stengel is a student in my Baseball and Statistics course at Quinnipiac University. A few weeks ago he wrote a blog on Matt Harvey’s 2013 season which ended with Tommy John Surgery causing him to miss the entire 2014 season. After submitting his blog on Matt Harvey, the Mets announced Zack Wheeler will undergo …
To say I love baseball is an understatement. To my family, baseball is so much more than a game, but our history. My grandfather tried out for the Giants, my Great Uncle Pete Castiglione played for the Cards and Pirates. My dad, his brother, sister, son, and I played. It is a family tradition to …
The expression that good pitching will defeat good hitting has always been true in baseball. Instead of chasing top free agent pitchers Max Scherzer, Jon Lester, and James Shields, the Yankees decided to stand pat with their 2015 starting pitchers. The only guy they brought in was Nathan Eovaldi via trade. Gone from the 2014 …
First, I would like to thank Marty, William, and Jose for commenting on my last Blog in which I criticized the new baseball commissioner’s idea of making the defensive shift illegal. All three agreed with me that this will not solve the problem and can actually hurt the game of baseball. In reading the comments …
As I have said in many of my blog postings baseball follows me wherever I go. It was Dec. 15, 2014, my wife Tara and I were at the Bradley Airport in CT, on line waiting to board our plane. The woman behind us and my wife looked at each other and thought they knew …
As the 2014 draws to a close, I wish to take this opportunity to thank all my readers for supporting my baseball blog. The blog has just passed 500,000 views. Also, I would like to thank all of you who wrote postings for my blog or contributed suggestions for my blog. Congratulations to the 10 …
Jack Dolan was with the ABC-TV Network Sports Dept. (then called Sports Programs, Inc.) in New York City from 1963-65 and had a couple of titles: Production Assistant and Associate Producer. Most of his work assignments were with “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” program, but some were with ABC Sports specials. So you might want to …