NLDS Preview
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates (94-68) Overview: After not making the postseason in two decades, the Pirates have had a great season making the postseason and winning the Wild Card game. It is one of the best stories this season. They have done it by having a great mix of veterans and young players. Hitting: R: 634 (20th) AVG: .245 (22nd) OBP: .313 (17th) HR: 161 (14th) The Pirates have a...
NFL Notes: Week 4
It’s week 4 and the season is still in the early stages. Teams at this point start to show their true colors, but some are still sheep in wolves clothing or vice versa. I really think you won’t know a team till the sixth week. Right now there’s at least one undefeated team that won’t live up to their early hype. And looking at the list, the obvious choice is Kansas City. They’ve had 2 games at...
If The Playoffs Were Food and Drink, Autumn Edition
Last spring, in attempts to trump the playoffs predictions of so-called experts by using non-sports-related metrics, I turned to local food and drink in lieu of win-loss records and statistics. My completely subjective signature dish bracket called for the Memphis Grizzlies to stand atop the NBA (they lost in the conference finals), but my math-based, mostly-objective breweries bracket accurately crowned the Chicago Blackhawks...
This is the Greatest and Best Closer in the World…Tribute (Part II: A View From The Top)
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, we learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42. While the characters in the book are perplexed by this abstract response and spend the next several million years searching for the Question, it could be argued, in similarly abstract fashion, that this answer also holds true in the Yankee universe. When the going got tough, the innings drew late, and the...
This is the Greatest and Best Closer in the World…Tribute (Part I: An In Depth View)
As a Yankee fan, Mariano Rivera has been an institution. For the better part of 12 seasons, we knew we had the mother of all closers. He has one of the most unhittable pitches of all-time with his cut fastball, has impeccable control, has the ultimate will to win, is ridiculously athletic and can field his position as well as anyone, and is unmatched in his mental toughness. He has a smooth delivery that he was able to repeat time...
NFL Notes: Week 3
The Dolphins are good… But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The Dolphins maybe came in underrated, but 3 weeks in is not the time to overrate them. Let’s not forget that this time last season the Cardinals were going 4 and 0 with a similar formula. Unsurprisingly good defense and a good running game with matching deep ball threat. I actually think the Dolphins will be way better than last year’s Cardinals,...