The All-Star game represents the symbolic half-way point in the MLB season. The half-time break is always a good time to evaluate your baseball team’s future. In a previous posting I declared there would be no baseball in October in New York. Nothing has changed my mind. But, what I would like to talk about …
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 …
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 …
New York witnessed the rare event of the Mets and Yankees opening the baseball season both at home at the same time on the same day. As you know I am a diehard Yankee fan. Being a true Yankee fan I also root against the team that shares New York with them. However, I will …
Here we are with our friends, John-Norman and Marcia Tuck at the Charlotte Sports Park.. Of course, it was the only chilly, rainy day all week. Read my preceeding blog for game details.
On New Year’s Day, my wife Tara and I traveled to Sarasota, Florida, to see our good friends, a retired professor and his wife. Vinny had been a colleague of mine at Quinnipiac University for 35 years. My friend greeted me and said we were all invited to a renowned artist’s house. The artist’s name …