“Ya Gotta Believe” is one of my favorite moments of being a fan, its what baseball is about.  Its when it crosses from just a sport to some sort of religion.  Though I don’t see Tug McGraw, the coiner of that great phrase, as any kind of zealot, I do think he captured what it [...]

A series of coin tosses was conducted on Friday by Major League Baseball to determine the sites for various potential two-team tie-breakers that would impact the 2008 postseason. Teams within 5.5 games of a respective postseason berth were included in the coin flips, while additional coin tosses will be held if they become necessary over [...]

So this is my first September 11th not in NYC since 2001, and I have to admit it feels a little odd.  It’s not that I honored the day in any particular way, but somehow on this day each year since the sky has been the beautiful clear cerulean blue the same as it was [...]

This Stan Grossfeld story about some folks who wanted to spread ashes at Fenway Park.  Though it seems a little unceremonial, and a little too much like throwing out garbage, apparently a ton of people have been dumped over the fence onto the warning track.  Still… its a perspective that I thought was worth sharing.

So I was finally able to watch Game 6 and Game 7 of the 1975 World Series last night after watching Games 1-5 on New Years Day. (A perfect way to spend the day, I might add.)  To be honest, I have never sat and watched any of the old World Series back to back [...]