Last night, I was making my way north to Connecticut on I-95, and in an effort to stay awake, I was listening to talk radio. (I own that it was, perhaps, a misguided effort.)  I was zoning out a bit, but the show’s host caught my attention when he started in on a rant about [...]

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Last year, when the Cincinnati Reds came to New York for a visit for the first time in thirty years, Ken Griffey Jr. was decidedly unenthusiastic, commenting to the press, “My favorite Yankee Stadium memory?  It’s leaving Yankee Stadium.” He was subsequently dubbed, “Grumpy Griffey” by the New York Post. (They’re very clever over there.) [...]

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It was May 11th at Citi Field, and Johan Santana had the Braves on the Tomahawk chopping block.  The score was tied at 1, and the earned run count for Santana was 0. So it was to everyone’s confusion that Jerry Manuel trotted out to the mound with one on and one out in the [...]

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