Going Yard

Washington Post baseball writer Adam Kilgore has a fine profile of Mike Trout today in which he muses on why this superstar isn’t as well known as his counterparts in the NBA or the NFL. Trout is the ideal player to emulate, a complete constellation of skills in an athletic package nearly impossible to duplicate. […]

Since last season, C.C. Sabathia has won a string of a dozen games following a Yankees loss with diminished stuff and a balky right knee that carries his 300-pound frame.  Yet he pitched a masterpiece last night against the hit machine Red Sox.  Here is how Marc Carig of The Athletic leads his story: A […]

Jayson Stark of The Athletic has an excellent analysis piece on whether the pitching staff by committee approach being employed by the Tampa Bay Rays is a harbinger of a future in which there is no ace and no focus on the matchup of the day.  It certainly is cheaper to have a starting rotation […]

New York Times sportswriter Tyler Kepner regularly muses on aspects of baseball beyond the line score.  In today’s column, he talks about what the Mets need–namely a little New York Yankees boldness.  Here is his well-written lead: Part of baseball’s allure is that so little works out as planned. 

After a crushing loss to the Boston Red Sox that revealed major fault lines in the NYY lineup–batters, bullpen and botched balls–it’s hard to be enthusiastic about a team that looks lost.  Marc Carig, who covers the Yankees for The Athletic, captured it well: At various points, the crowd at at a frigid Fenway Park […]

Tyler Kepner of the New York Times has a thoughtful, engaging style in his sportswriting.  In his profile of Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts whose famous running play doomed the New York Yankees’ playoff dreams years ago, he sets the tone with this opening paragraph: He could have lived a legend’s life. Dave Roberts knew this. When […]

After a crushing mistake by NYY manager, Joe Girardi, almost doomed the pinstripes, they rallied and rebounded to take the ALDS from heavily-favored Cleveland.  New York Times sportswriter Tyler Kepner had a nice synopsis of the series today in which he wrote: The Yankees have under-promised and overdelivered. They are a pinstriped underdog in the year […]

A stirring comeback by Mr. Hair Toss (Bryce Harper) and a wall-scraping HR by original Nats member Ryan Zimmerman put the Washington team on the board with a win against the Cubs.  Washington Post baseball writer Thomas Boswell, one of the best at his craft, talked about how the crowd came alive and cheered as […]

The St. Louis Cardinals have mounted a furious challenge in the NL Central, but now have lost both starting pitcher Adam Wainwright and closer Trevor Rosenthal to elbow injuries.  The Redbirds managed to score 11 runs in yesterday’s game against Pittsburgh.  But the Bucs almost came back to win. St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball beat writer […]

Aaron Judge launched a blast into the third deck at Citi Field across from La Guardia Airport which left onlookers in awe.  New York Times sportswriter Tyler Kepner had this lovely lede for his story on the game between the Yankees and the Mets: The perfect connection, the pop of ball striking bat in just […]