Yankees 11, Tigers 0: The motto of the Yankees’ bullpen after seeing the Tigers’ bullpen in action: “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” Speaking of bullpens, Phil Hughes started and threw six shutout innings which, if I understand New York thinking, means that we should […]

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Darren Rovell is not impressed with last week’s strories about attendance being down 7%: Last week, when the Associated Press wrote that Major League Baseball’s average attendance for the first two weeks was off 6.9 percent from last year, many news outlets just reported the number. Well, I just did the math and it’s not […]

From yesterday’s New York Times, a walk around Busch III, which greatly impressed George Vecsey. This had me nodding in approval: The playing field has avoided the intentionally quirky corners and gimmicks of many newer ballparks. “Our No. 1 criteria was that we wanted it to play like the other Busch,” said Tony La Russa, […]

In December, the Red Sox agreed to a 30-year deal with Lee County to keep their spring training facility in Fort Myers. As part of the deal, the county agreed to build a new spring training complex. Now, it seems, that the FBI is interested in, well, something relating to that process: Florida’s Lee County […]

Things to consider when straying from group-think, or the wisdom of the crowds.

Eric Wedge is looking for leadership among his players: Manager Eric Wedge is looking for leaders. He says they have to come from the Indians’ position players and they better not take too long to get here . . . . . . “There are certain things that are happening that shouldn’t be happening,” Wedge […]