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The Problem of Memory 31 Jul 2013 | 11:02 am
I was there. I saw it, that home run, and all that followed. I heard the roar of the crowd—behind home plate I couldn’t see where that home run landed—and I felt the Stadium shake. That emotion, raw, ...
That Voodoo the Yankees Do 18 May 2013 | 07:33 am
As of May 17, 2013, the Yankees have $97 million in payroll on the disabled list. The players include three starting pitchers (Andy Pettitte, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda), their starting catcher (Franci...
Jorge Posada to come out of retirement to catch for the Yankees 1 Apr 2013 | 09:01 am
Much of the talk this offseason has been about the Yankees’ lack of depth at the catching position, having let Russell Martin walk, and not signing anyone else to replace him. Fortunately, perhaps, fo...
Smile because it happened 8 Mar 2013 | 12:05 am
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Opera Muliebria 21 Feb 2013 | 01:21 am
The thing that you’re never taught is that the galling part isn’t the harassment itself; it’s that when it happens you’re not surprised by it. This, you tell yourself, is the price you have to pay to ...
Why I don’t really care about Alex Rodriguez and PEDs 30 Jan 2013 | 09:53 am
(Brent Nycz helped with the research for this post; you can view his tumblr on the subject here). If you’re reading this you’re probably a baseball fan, and if you’re a baseball fan you’re probably aw...
Hall of Fame blahs 10 Jan 2013 | 04:28 am
If the members of the BBWAA voting for members of the Hall of Fame wanted to maintain credit, if they wanted to get away with the type of moralizing that many baseball fans do not care about, they sho...
Evensong 16 Dec 2012 | 05:50 am
In the United States of 2012, it is easier to buy a gun than it is to get comprehensive mental healthcare. This is where we are; this is what we’ve become, where the right to own a gun has become more...
And Sometimes It Rains 31 Oct 2012 | 08:00 pm
This isn’t supposed to happen. It’s just weather, and you, jaded New Yorker, think of weather as an opportunity for picture taking, and not much else. You laugh at Mayor Bloomberg’s attempts to speak...
Homecoming 13 Oct 2012 | 08:51 am
The last time I had gone to a New York Yankees game was in June, 2011. The commute from north-central Connecticut made going to a game a significant production that involved at least three hours of tr...
