October is the best. The weather is beautiful. The leaves change colors. And, most importantly, the baseball playoffs happen. The hard part for the casual fan, or the fan whose team didn’t make it, is deciding which team to root for. As someone who watches a lot of baseball, I think I can help. This…
If you follow baseball, you know what happened, but just in case, here’s a quick recap. During Saturday night’s game between the Mets and Dodgers, Chase Utley was the runner at first when there was a ground ball up the middle. If the Mets turned a double play, the Dodgers were out of the inning,…
The 2015 MLB playoffs start today. It’s mostly a good group of teams and looks to be a fun few weeks. Here is each team along with the reasons why you should root for them. Houston Astros 86-76 Second AL Wildcard: Houston is a perpetually snake-bitten franchise and no one expected them to contend this year,…
Here we are at the All Star Break for the 2015 Major League Baseball season. I hate the All Star Break. It basically means three or four days without baseball. Sure there’s the All Star Game itself, but it’s not a real game. I might have wanted to watch this year if eight Royals had…
I got to watch the major league debut of Pat Venditte tonight. He is a 29 year old pitcher for the Oakland A’s. He pitched two innings against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park and pitched well. He retired 6 of the 7 batters he faced with one strikeout and no walks or runs…
A while back, I wrote a post about an incident involving former Major League Baseball player and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville and the West Hartford Police Department. It was kind of the perfect storm to set me off. I liked Glanville as a player and like him as an analyst. I find West Hartford to…
I was watching the Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks game on MLB last night. During the game, there was a score update showing the Angels lost their game when a batted ball hit the runner for the last out of the game. I only see an out caused by the runner being hit by a batted ball…
If you follow baseball, you’ve probably heard about Bryan Price’s obscenity filled rant during his pregame interview yesterday. I wouldn’t normally comment on this, but I’m bothered by the way it’s being covered. It was absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, the press was on the receiving end of the tirade, so they don’t see it the same…
April 15, 1947 was the day Jackie Robinson played his first Major League Baseball game. For the past ten or so years, Major League Baseball has celebrated the date as Jackie Robinson Day. It’s a nice day for baseball. There are ceremonies before all the games. All the players wear Jackie Robinson’s number, 42, as…
Today is opening day of the 2015 Major League Baseball season. I know there was a game last night, but today is the real opening day. It’s one of my favorite days of the year. Baseball is back and that makes everything better. There are so many things to like about opening day, that it’s…
