It is 8 AM Sunday night and I am looking forward to Game 4. What an incredible ending to Game 3. As I stated on Facebook, I think it is clear that the home plate umpire made the right call in the ninth inning. Even though the obstruction was not intentional, the third baseman clearly …
I really looked forward to a special weekend which consisted of my 51st high school reunion at Hackensack High School on Saturday, Sept 21, followed on Sunday by Mariano Rivera Day and the New York Football Giant game. The reunion was fabulous as I turned the clock back to 1962. Driving home from the reunion Saturday …
This past Saturday, my Yankee baseball buddy, Art, and I travelled to Yankee Stadium to see the matinee game against the Detroit Tigers. We began our journey on the Metro North train from New Haven at 9:22 am. The train goes directly to Yankee Stadium and arrived at 11:30. We arrived at our seats at 12 …
Please read my accompanying blog which talks about my trip to the game with my Yankee buddy, Art Meole, who took these great pictures for me. me and Art getting ready to leave for the train to Yankee Stadium This is one of my favorite pictures. The ground of this field is the …
One of my all-time favorite quotes comes from the great football coach Bill Parcells. When referring to a team’s performance Parcells said, “You are what your won-loss record says you are.” Well as of June 24, 2013 the Yankees’ record is 41-34 and they are 2.5 games out of first place. According to Coach Parcells’ …
On opening day of the season all the teams are tied for first place in their respective divisions. Sportswriters and ordinary fans digest all of the off-season team personal changes and use this information to make predictions about how the teams will finish in their respective divisions after the 162 games are played. Now that …
This posting was written this year by a student in my Baseball and Statistics class at Quinnipiac University. If you have a story about a special baseball relationship with someone in your family please email the story to me at stan@sandlotstats.com. One of the first things my dad and I bonded over was our love …
We begin with the highlights. Miguel Cabrera accomplished the Triple Crown, the first since 1967. It was exciting because the home run title was in doubt until the last two games of the season. Seven no-hitters (last accomplished in 1991) The nameless Oakland Athletics came from 13 games behind on June 30 to win the …