The untold stories of Doc Gooden’s 1985 Mets brilliance Willie McGee reveled in the opportunity to share a story, one burning a hole in his pocketful of memories for 35 years now. “One day, we were in New York playing, and Doc’s pitching, and you know how the crowd is there,” McGee recalled in a…
DetailsMiguel Andujar Feeling “100 Percent” After Shoulder Rehab After a small tear in his right labrum limited Miguel Andujar to just 12 games last season, the Yankees slugger declared himself healthy and ready to hit the field whenever (or if) the 2020 season gets underway. In an e-mail to George A. King III of the…
DetailsThe biggest Yankees losers with MLB on hold Had it all gone as planned, Gerrit Cole would be through his season-opening start, his Yankee Stadium debut and, this weekend, the righty would have been involved for the first time in The Rivalry. Oh yeah, he also would already have banked about $9 million of his…
DetailsRevisiting (And Re-Ordering) The 2010 Draft The 2010 amateur draft officially launched the pro careers of several of the modern game’s biggest stars, and since we’re almost a decade removed from that draft class, it seems like a natural time to look back at what ended up being a particularly fascinating draft in hindsight. Of…
DetailsNL East Notes: Phillies, Bonds, Braves Some items from around the NL East… The Phillies have promised their full-time employees that “there will be no furloughs or layoffs due to the coronavirus crisis through the end of our fiscal year (October 31, 2020),” managing partner John Middleton wrote in a letter to staff. (NBC Sports…
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Watch Taiwanese Baseball through Twitter As the Taiwanese CPBL has been active for about three weeks, you could find several posts with links to the games in the past weeks. I bumped into a Facebook post where it was mentioned that at least three CPBL teams are broadcasting games through their Twitter account. Here are…
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Watch Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers here vs Today the Kia Tigers take on the Samsung Lions in the KBO. Here is a link to the game with English commentary. http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy. Source: https://dutchbaseballhangout.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/watch-samsung-lions-vs-kia-tigers-here/
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Corona: Different Situations in Europe’s main Baseball Competitions As the coronavirus seems to be on its return, the baseball situation in the main European baseball countries is very different per country. In this blog post, I try to sum up the situation per country. Belgium: The VBSL (Flemish Baseball and Softball League) has announced that…
DetailsSeth Lugo’s wish to join Mets rotation could be granted Part 13 in a series about the New York Mets Seth Lugo’s place as the Mets’ most valuable reliever over the past two seasons is evident in the numbers. The big question is whether the right-hander should remain in the bullpen. With Jacob deGrom and…
DetailsYankees’ Jonathan Holder seeks to rebound from tough 2019 Part 13 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees When assessing Jonathan Holder’s level of importance to the Yankees’ bullpen, there are two themes to the process. With Aroldis Chapman, Zack Britton, Adam Ottavino, Chad Green and Tommy Kahnle, the pen is deep enough and…
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