On this day in 1972, Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin decided to fill out his team’s batting lineup by picking names out of a hat. The strategy worked, as the Tigers snapped a four game losing streak and defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. For some reason, Martin abandoned [...]

Pace of Game comes up every time the Yankees play the Red Sox- games that any knowledgeable fan expects to be 4 hours long.  But 4 hours is ridiculous.  No, we have no where else to be, but 4 hours is a long time to be sitting in a seat at Fenway. Its nearly too [...]

The New York Yankees moved into first place last night when they defeated the Boston Red Sox.  It was their first win against the Red Sox of the year, and at this moment any tie-breaking would still put the Red Sox ahead.  But those April games don’t matter at the moment, the Yankees are in [...]

I usually only use space here to acknowledge the great players of baseball, Hall of Famers or those that touched out lives.  Yesterday, though, passed Hideki Irabu, a player who is just a touch younger than me, and whose debut I remember clearly.  I was falling back in love with baseball as he made his [...]

New York Yankee reliever, David Robertson and his wife Erin are hosting a fundraiser at Foley’s NY on Wednesday, July 27th fortheir High Socks For Hope Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting tornado relief efforts in Robertson’s hometown of Tuscaloosa, AL.
David will guest bartend and will also be signing autographs and posing [...]