unlocked the Bambino badge   March 30

commented on CharlesAshbacher's QuickTip of Expanded Wild Card Format, "It is just one more expansion of the playoff structure in order to generate more revenue. When the d ...".   December 09, 2012

unlocked the Wild Card badge   October 31, 2012

posted "The Final Third No Longer Counts" about Expanded Wild Card Format.   October 31, 2012

The Final Third No Longer Counts
When this was first announced, I had trouble making up my mind about it. Now that one actually exists, I can't say I'm a fan.       …

unlocked the Jints badge   October 25, 2012

commented on Bill_Slocum's review of Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year, "Breslin's Bullying Wears Thin".   July 21, 2012

posted "A Team for the Common Man" about Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year.   July 21, 2012

A Team for the Common Man
Like every other baseball team, the New York Mets have fielded their fair share of squads revered by their fans, teams which struck a note with follow …

posted a comment on MichaelN's list, "Most Exciting Baseball World Series".   July 19, 2012

unlocked the Sawx badge   May 29, 2012

posted the Quick Tip, "How can you possibly hate a catcher who said things like "When you come to a fork in the road, take ...", on the topic Yogi Berra.   May 28, 2012

posted a comment about the question 'We all know baseball games are getting stretched into interminable lengths. Most of them seem to sur...'.   May 24, 2012

unlocked the Mr. Met badge   May 04, 2012

unlocked the Flash Gordon badge   March 24, 2012

unlocked the Shoeless Joe badge   March 24, 2012

unlocked the No Crying In Baseball badge   March 24, 2012

unlocked the Billy Beane Supersaver badge   March 06, 2012

answered the question 'What is your opinion on the move to add an additional wild card team and to have a one game winner ' about Expanded Wild Card Format   March 06, 2012

commented on MichaelN's review of Best Mets: Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team, "Some Good Lists But Not a Great Book".   January 12, 2012

answered the question 'Who are your picks for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame this week?'   January 12, 2012

answered the question 'What was the most exciting World Series ever played?'   January 11, 2012

posted "Feels Like a Fever" about Fever Pitch (2005).   December 03, 2011

Feels Like a Fever
The only material the Farrelly brothers culled from Nick Hornby's classic book was the title. I suspect the inspiration process didn't go anywhere bey …

answered the question 'Have the early playoff exits of the Yankees and Rays surprised you?'   October 23, 2011

posted "All the Good in Baseball" about St. Louis Cardinals.   October 23, 2011

All the Good in Baseball
So you're in the market for a baseball team, and you have a certain set of qualifications that never, ever waver: You want to have a team that wins a …

posted "Money Talks" about Moneyball.   September 25, 2011

Money Talks
Billy Beane won, you know. He would hate to hear anyone say that since he never picked up a Pennant, but he won. He changed the way baseball is played …

posted "A Better Name Would be "Screw You"" about Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball.   September 15, 2011

A Better Name Would be "Screw You"
I missed almost the entire Jose Canseco era, so I'm not sure exactly what everyone seems to hate about the guy. What I know is that the hatred and dis …

posted "It's Okay to Mess with Texas" about Texas Rangers (baseball).   September 03, 2011

It's Okay to Mess with Texas
The Texas Rangers are, if anything, a team with some very unique distinctions. Their all-time roster reads like a list of baseball legends, especially …

posted "Definitely Minor League" about Major League: Back To The Minors.   September 01, 2011

Definitely Minor League
Major League: Back to the Minors contains a very telling lyric in its closing song:  "Our ball club may be minor league  But at le …

posted "Why I Hate the Chicago Cubs, Reason 103" about Rookie of the Year.   July 20, 2011

Why I Hate the Chicago Cubs, Reason 103
There was once a brilliant spoof of this trope on Futurama: The New New York Mets (and for those not familiar with the show, "New New York" is not a t …

posted "Laughing with Sinners" about Seasons in Hell.   July 08, 2011

Laughing with Sinners
When the worst baseball teams in history are discussed, somehow the Texas Rangers get left out fairly frequently. Maybe they don't have the extended h …

posted the Quick Tip, "It's true that loaded teams can buy great players, but not true that smaller teams can't compete. In ...", on the topic Minor League Baseball.   June 16, 2011