Thursday night’s 10-2 pounding of the National League East champion New York Mets by the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Citi Field crowd of 43,882 in Game-3 of the 2024 National League Championship Series will best be remembered for the monster 422-foot home run into the second deck by Dodgers international superstar designated hitter Shohei … [Read more...] about Kiké Gonna Kiké
The New ‘Mr. October’
Fans who have followed Major League Baseball for a while most certainly remember Hall of Fame outfielder Reggie Jackson. The oft-controversial Abington, PA native and first round draft pick in 1966 by the (then) Kansas City Athletics out of Arizona State University spent a remarkable 21 seasons in the Bigs – 10 with the A’s, five with the New York Yankees, five with the (then) … [Read more...] about The New ‘Mr. October’
‘Twas Casey at the Bat
International superstar Shohei Ohtani is 2-for-7 (.286) with three walks and two strikeouts in his 10 plate appearances through the first two games of the 2024 National League Championship Series. Although most Major Leaguers would kill for a .286 NLCS batting average, it is rather un-Ohtani-like and brought to mind the timeless classic poem ‘Casey at the Bat‘ written … [Read more...] about ‘Twas Casey at the Bat
The One We’ve Been Waiting For
It was quick and it was subtle. And unless you turned on the Fox pregame show half an hour before Game-2 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on Monday afternoon, you missed it. For those who did miss it, Hall of Famer, 10-time All-Star, and current Fox Sports commentator David Ortiz (aka Big Papi) … [Read more...] about The One We’ve Been Waiting For
Flaherty = Dialed
Twenty-eight-year-old Dodgers right-hander Jack Flaherty (who turns 29 on Tuesday) was nothing short of sensational in Game-1 of the 2024 National League Championship Series in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 53,503 on Sunday evening. All the popular Burbank, CA native and first-round draft pick in 2014 by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Harvard-Westlake High … [Read more...] about Flaherty = Dialed