I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

I don’t expect any starting pitcher to pull a Fernando circ 1981 and throw 100+ pitches in a game, but I’d love it if both managers only started traditional, legit starters. I’m done with the opener and bullpen games. In the very short term, they might be sorta effective but are painful to watch. If…

No matter how one slices it, forty-three years is a long time ago. I’ve already noted a half dozen stories written about the last time the Dodgers and Yankees faced off in a World Series. Anyone has the right to write about history, but some of the folks writing about the 1981 World Series lack…

At the time, I didn’t think the Dodgers $700 million investment in Shohei Ohtani would be worth the money and hype because that’s a boatload of money. Whether they beat the Yankees or not, the Dodgers got their money’s worth. Maybe because I’m blinded by the Cubs inept free agent history, I was surprised that…

After hearing the Guardians lose to the Yankees last night in Game 5 of the ALCS, I was hoping for some local perspective. Most of what’s online is written by folks or bots looking for clicks. I won’t claim that all beat reporters are immune to rash judgement or soft-pedaling, but I think they often…

It appears that everyone outside of Cleveland is happy with how the ALCS and NLCS are progressing. I just finished reading a story about how unforgettable last year’s World Series between the Diamondbacks and Rangers was. Fortunately, or unfortunately, MLB judges everything by how many eyes are on the games. I’ve never concerned myself with…

As each of the remaining four teams constructs their Final Four rosters, guys with little or no postseason experience are highlighted. Yet, this youth movement isn’t the biggest story. Everyone knows that Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone are under a certain amount of pressure to win it all or face the wrath of fans and…

Not two seconds after Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio snares a liner off the bat of Jake Rogers, we’re force fed an inane betting ad with Big Poopi. I had no idea what happened and why we had to see some stupid commercial. We got the game back two pitches later and no explanation for this…

Jazz Chisolm is one of the few current Yankees that I like, but his game 2 postgame comment was foolish and misguided. Thankfully for him Aaron Judge and Aaron Boone put the Royas 4-2 win in better perspective. At the very least, the Yankees are the better paid team and may win the series and…

With the exception of my friend Russ, in Baltimore, is there anyone on either coast watching the afternoon game between AL Central foes, Cleveland and Detroit? PBP announcer, Brian Anderson (BA) does as good a job shifting from local coverage to national games as anyone in the business. It’s nice to have a neutral voice…

Forget the manager for five minutes and look at the Cubs roster over the past four seasons and it’s pretty obvious why they haven’t played postseason baseball. When Kyle Schwarber hit a homer to lead off the bottom of the first in this afternoon’s game against the Mets we learned it was his 15th such…