Last summer, when Josh Hamilton wowed the world with a crazy display of fireworks at the home run derby, he became the feel-good story of the year. From the promise of greatness, he sunk to the depths of despair, and then eventually arose from the ashes to achieve the success that had always been expected [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you insight from the newest member of the Struck Out Looking guest blogging team — Chris Mirabella. (Not to be confused with Chris Yamaoka, despite the fact that they’re both Chris, both work at fancy law firms, and both have foreign last names.)  Enjoy his piece, the first of many, [...]

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Last night, in the first home game at the Stadium since the death of Thurman Munson, Jorge Posada paid tribute to the old Bombers’ captain.  How? He fixed a small number 15 to his catcher’s mask in honor of Munson. According to Jorge, “I just wanted to give a little tribute.  Thurman is special to [...]

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Winning against the Chowdas matters. No, as Derek Jeter will be quick to point out, it doesn’t count more if we win these games than it does if we win against, say, the Royals.  Moreover, while they may pose our greatest threat for the division, we [...]

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With every new stadium, you’re always going to have your share of unforeseen complications. Like, with Yankee Stadium, there’s that whole “wind” issue.  The one that ended up being more about measurements than wind. In the case of Citi Field, there’s the rotunda – a place where the spacetime continuum does not exist and which [...]

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There’s a universal truth that applies to just about all large sporting arenas, which is that anything a woman carries that isn’t a backpack is generally acknowledged to be a purse. I’m pretty sure the rule is that if you’re a woman and it goes over your shoulder, it’s a purse. In fact, it has [...]

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I recently received an e-mail from a friend with the subject heading, “tennis and swearing (not McEnroe by a long shot).”  It read: Played tennis yesterday with family.  One guy on the next court shouted “Pujols!” every time he made a mistake Coincidence, you say? I think not.  Well, possibly, but what are the odds [...]

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Since 2007, waiting for Sergio Mitre to make a major league appearance as a starter has been a little bit like waiting for Godot. First there was the injury, then the 50 game suspension.  When last night’s start was delayed for half an hour by the rain, one started to wonder if Mitre would ever [...]

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If there’s something we ought to know about Hideki Matsui by now, it’s that he’s not one for breaking the rules. So when he hit his ninth inning walk-off home run off of Jim Johnson in last night’s 2-1 victory against the Orioles, he made sure to throw his helmet in the air. Apparently, it’s [...]

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For a variety of reasons, it can be easy to think of baseball players as something other than people.  We see them on the cover of Us Weekly, read about them in Page Six of the Post, know the details of their salary negotiations.  It can be easy let their celebrity eclipse their humanity.  Of [...]

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