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Let me add my voice to the millions of baseball fans who appreciated what Derek Jeter has done for baseball these many years.  He played the game with dignity and grace and fire, he brought pride and class to the Yankees uniform he wore, and if in 2020 there’s a writer who dares not vote…

It took four fill-ups at my local Hess gas stations, plus purchasing a 24-pack of Diet Pepsi, but I received my prize. My “prize,” for sending in the receipts from those four fill-ups and for the 24-pack of Diet Pepsi, were two free New York Yankees tickets.  Not bad.  Friday, April 26, Yankees versus Toronto,…

What kind of baseball pitcher do you like? Hard-throwing fastballers? Wicked sharp curveball experts? The occasional knuckleballer? Well, check these out. I’ve got some of the craziest pitchers out there. Rip Sewell was one of the first pitchers to throw this high lob that made batters swing from the backs of their heels. Back then…

This is an open request to all members of the Baseball Writers Association, the organization charged with voting for the 2013 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. You have a very tough choice.  Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens are all eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  Yep.  And…

This week, as the baseball regular season wound down and the playoff hunt wound up, I wanted to watch some baseball games and get excited about the upcoming pennant races.  Heck, there’s at least five National League teams with a clear opportunity to snag that second wild card playoff berth, and there’s a distinct possibility…

Last night, I did an evening round-trip drive to Hartford.  The goal – pick up a pair of Queen Anne windows that will eventually become Dream Window projects.  Normally I would have just paid for shipping and had the seller send them to me.  But I needed to get out of the house, and Hartford’s…

Remember the Albany-Colonie Yankees?  Of course you do.  You remember when Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte pitched here; you remember when Kevin Maas and Pat Kelly and Dave Silvestri slugged home runs here.  And yes, we also had Bernie Williams and Doug Drabek and Deion Sanders playing at Heritage Park as well.…