Author: JonathanF

Wednesday following a win… almost anything could happen…. Though imagine the pressure on me if yesterday had yielded a four game losing streak. The 35th game in 1966 found the Braves at 15-19 and 8 games out of first, ie...

What a great day to be at the ballpark.  Elation, terror, and a win. The top of the order stands for the anthem. The initial MLB pitch of Mike Soroka (a strike) Soroka showed great calm.  He was a lot calmer than I was, I...

A change-up this week. Since I will be in midair internet isolation during tomorrow’s game, I am recapping (and attending) Tuesday’s game at Citi Field. Preliminaries out of the way first: the 1966 Braves used their 28th game to...

Once again, your Wednesday correspondent is called on to squelch a mini-slump, known in Japanese as a cliffSam, this time taking on the KRP which is Cincinnati. They have 5 wins, 40% of which have come against us. Last year’s...

So a night game allows me a doubleheader. This afternoon I ventured down to City Park in New Rochelle, NY for a 3:30 start and watched my alma mater, Yale, defeat the Iona Gaels 9-0. I will not recap the game in any detail, but...