Mets Early Form, Jets New Uniforms And Lord of the Flies
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS: I really need to stop waiting until Saturday morning to write some of these pieces but life is unforgiving like that. […]
Year: 2019
Replacement Matt Friday: What’s Your Walk-Up Song?
SALT MINES, SIBERIA – Much like our esteemed colleague Ben Whitney, my subject this week will be inspired by Elvis Andrus’ curious choice of walk […]
Yankees Strike out to Start the Season. Bronx Panic in NYC
SPANISH HARLEM – If you’re a New York Yankees fan this is not the way you wanted or expected this team to start the season. […]
Angry Ward Wednesday: Yanks Need to Move Back the Fences, and Other Sports No-Brainers
BRONX, NY – As much as I’ve been complaining about sports lately – even more than I usually do – the beginning of baseball season always […]
Big Ben: Elvis Andrus and Baby Shark, Do Do Do Do, Gunnar Solskjaer
ARLINGTON, TX – With the NFL draft approaching, MLB off and running, the NCAA Final Four locked and loaded, and the NHL and NBA coming […]
Sports Rain Man Rants: Jacob deGrom, Bracketology and #Bagelgate
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS: I am back in upstate New York. I survived my trip to the Bronx, if only just barely. It was great […]
NL Beast? Bryce Harper, Beefed-Up Phils, Young Braves, Maybe Mets
WASHINGTON, DC – The irony is that the headline doesn’t represent the team this post originates from, the Washington Nationals… and they are pretty good […]
Different Matt: Opening Day Behind Us But Mets and Yanks on 162 Win Pace
NEW YORK, NY – Thursday was MLB’s Opening Day for most teams and the Yankees and Mets got their seasons off to a winning start. […]
What I Need More Of/Less Of In baseball – The Shift, Openers and Higher Batting Averages
SPANISH HARLEM – How about that? The New York Yankees and Mets win their Opening Day games and all is great with the world. Everyone is […]
Replacement Matt on Opening Day: Greatest Replacements in History
SUBURBIA, NJ – Since the beginning of this site I have somehow been given the designation of Replacement Matt, basically because I shared a (lack […]