I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

In an effort to hype a match that doesn’t need anything from the voices calling the game. As someone noted in the intro to the Phillies-Mets game, the cities are only separated by 115 miles and have played in the NL East since 1969, little else needs to be said about the series. Given the…

Even in cities where ML baseball teams and NFL teams are close neighbors, there’s nothing like playoff baseball-especially an afternoon game, to energize a city. Even as a guy with relatively no social life on the weekends, I’d rather spend a Saturday afternoon at any baseball game with the evening free for a good meal,…

When the Royals won the World Series in 2015, the back end of their bullpen was a strength and were well established stars. I’m not going to compare this year’s bullpen or team with them yet, but I’m going to celebrate Lucas Erceg’s success. Back in 2017 when I took these pictures, Lucas was trying…

I’ll be switching over to K.C-Baltimore before the Brewers-Mets game this late afternoon. I had read incorrectly that they were teeing off at 4:38. Incidentally, I love that the underrated offensive threat, Vinnie Pasquantino has been cleared to play for the Royals.

Because of MLB’s greed and hubris, they have to cram a bunch of WC games into single days and are forced to televise a couple afternoon games immediately. I won’t pretend to applaud their choices for broadcast teams because I dislike too many guys and pairings. After a half day of work/training at my new…

Initially, I thought I’d be attending game 162 as well, but circumstances including a new venture ended my regular season yesterday afternoon at Wrigley Field. For the most part, the weather was perfect for a ball game-unless you were a hitter hoping to pad your stats. I don’t remember attending a game with perpetually grey…

A local sports columnist suggested that he would be fine with the Dodgers and Yankees facing off in the World Series would be fine with him-especially if we could play the Series starting on Tuesday. That most fans would probably like to see Ohtani & Co. do battle with Judge Inc. isn’t too far off…

Sometimes when a notable character passes away you have to dig pretty deeply to find useful tributes. Thankfully, arizonasports came through in a pinch. I was introduced to Al on one of my first trips to the Valley in 2005 or 06 and continued to listen to him as I covered the AFL and attended…

It’s neither the time nor the place to start skewering the experts for their preseason picks. That can wait, but I will discuss the folly of early season overreactions, both good and bad. Can you imagine a baseball player starting the year 3-18 and hearing murmurs about skills eroding? That same guy, Luis Arraez, now…

It seems like a thousand years ago when Larry Dierker left the Astros television booth for the Houston dugout, but it was only 1997. Dierker spent the majority of his playing career with the Astros and like former players in the booth, had a pretty good understanding of the game and the team. The Cubs…