Tag: Bryce Harper
Big Ben Whitney: The Yankees Sweep, Poor Situational Hitting, Odell in Hell
SWEEPSVILLE, NYC: The Browns vs Niners game was brutal, so I stuck with baseball. I thought you said these weren’t the same old Twins? Seven runs in three games – I think they’re quite similar. The New York Yankees just finished off the sweep. I’m going to start typing and see what happens. Let’s make […]
Big Ben Tuesday: DJ LaMahieu is the MVP and Bryce Harper is a Bust. Right?
Bronx, NY: DJ LeMahieu was an under-the-radar signing by the Yankees, expected to be a utility man and depth player. Bryce Harper was the off-season’s prized free agent, signing a $330 million dollar deal with the Phillies. LeMahieu had an MVP caliber season, while Harper was booed by the home crowd on opening day and […]
Bugging Eli, MLB Season Ends, Couple of Joes, a Buck or Mickey Met? Bryce Harper Phlop
NEW YORK, NY – Attending the final day of the #MLB season is always interesting. The vibe is usually good, as the agony of a losing season and early hope of a new day simultaneously meet. This doesn’t apply to Yankees fans, of course, who are simply wondering which overpaid pitcher Manager Brian Cashman will […]
The Hunt for Mets October: 5 Ways Fans Can Hurt The Opposition
NEW YORK, NY – Desperate times call for desperate measures… Necessity is the mother of all invention… All options are on the table… Any and all of these cliches apply to The Hunt for Mets October (TM), and us fans need not feel completely helpless. We can do something more than simply watch Todd Frazier […]
MLB Sovereignty and Soccer Cups
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS – The end of the week makes it tough to figure out topics. Most are already written and so you have to scrap a bit for a topic. I could talk about the Knicks drafting RJ Barrett but really we all saw that coming and it should be no surprise. So […]
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 on paper, too. Do we suddenly have Major League Baseball’s best division in the National League East?! Are we looking at the NL Beast, what with Bryce Harper & his […]
Angry Ward: Baseball’s Newest Mind-Numbing Metrics
BRONX, NY – Guess what, everybody? Baseball season started this morning! Yep, as stupid as this always sounds, America’s Pastime started today, a full week ahead of everyone else, with the Oakland A’s taking on the Seattle Mariners in Japan. “Buy me some sushi and green tea ice cream, I don’t care if I’m watching […]
Designated Hitter in the National League? Buddy Diaz Reports
SPANISH HARLEM – Newsflash: I watched my first baseball game of the season this weekend. It was, of course, a Spring Training battle but it was great to see some of my favorite players back in uniform. The records don’t matter and it’s more than likely that you will see a player that you didn’t […]
WTF Sports Items: Bryce Harper, Jason Witten, Boston Bruins
MARLBORO, NY – Truth be told, I’m not the rabid sports junkie that I once was. I’m all about the games and less about pregame shows, scouting combines, trade rumors, et. al. Sometimes the more I think I know about sports the less I actually understand, too. Two items that happened this past week just […]
Cancer(s) In The Clubhouse? Carmelo Anthony, Bryce Harper, Odell Beckham, Jr
NEW YORK, NY – When you are bald, fair-skinned and didn’t realize that getting that first bad sunburn out of the way was the way to deal with the sunny/warm-weather months, you end up in trouble with the Skin Police. Indeed, you may have to wrestle with skin cancer. Yours truly is guilty of all […]
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