My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 27 days ago — Things I wrote while realizing that no matter who wins this series, one of the managers is going to get more guff than he probably deserves: Are McCarver and Buck rooting for anyone? Is this a ripoff of Jay's previous post on the subject or just an homage? Do you get more angry comments and ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 10/27/2009 — Don't read anything I wrote this morning. Spend any free Internet time you have today here . You won't be sorry. But when you get done with that: In 1950 a new house cost $8,450.00, the average income per year was $3,210.00, and the Phillies lost the World Series. Between the recession and ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 18 days ago — When you have Wednesday off work, Thursday is Monday. Considering that Monday sucks and that I never really got the hang of Thursdays, I'm just really off my game today. Maybe I'd feel better if opposing counsel in one of my cases were to call me and say he was going to "take a meat axe" to me. ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 24 days ago — For reasons that aren't important, I took out a supplemental disability insurance policy a few years ago. I can't remember the terms and don't have the policy handy, so I got on the phone with my broker this morning and asked him if the fact that I'm not going to be a lawyer anymore makes a ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 20 days ago — Before we get to the posts, take a look at some amazing pictures of that Utah salt flat NASA tried to sucker us into believing was the moon forty years ago . " If you look beyond the Yankees" there is no competitive balance problem in baseball . And if you leave out the killings, Washington ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 19 days ago — Sorry for the late Exile post, but I had the great fortune of taking a cat to be euthanized! Second one this year! On the bright side: the lone remaining cat has been on his absolute best behavior for the past two hours. Anyway: I like Whitey Herzog, Billy Martin and Marvin Miller for the ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 10/9/2009 — Things I wrote while wondering why Greg Maddux never won a Nobel Peace Prize: Leave Matt Holliday alone, will ya ? Admission: that post is basically a rehash of this morning's ATH, so if you read it already you can probably move along. Don't look at me. Even great programs like "The ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 10/29/2009 — Columbus, Ohio has the highly annoying habit of scheduling trick-or-treating on nights other than Halloween. They call it "beggar's night" and after 18 years in this town, I've still never heard an adequate explanation for why kids can't go door-to-door on the 31st. Some have suggested ...

My Anticipatory Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 10/14/2009 — As I mentioned yesterday, I have to be in court this morning, so I won't have anything here until this afternoon. I did write six posts for NBC, however, that will be going live as the morning progresses. Among the topics: Ron Darling's tax trouble, the Dodgers' playoff rotation, the ...

My Morning in Exile
hardballtimes.com 21 days ago — Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall fell. I'm obviously not equipped to do the event historical justice in this space, so I'll share my own shallow personal remembrance: I was in the 11th grade, taking an advanced placement government and politics class. The teacher was way more interested in ...

Rodriguez, Yankees beat Phils for 3-1 Series edge — Examiner Sports 28 days ago
Alex Rodriguez waited all game long for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole life. Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his career, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny ...

Damon helps Yanks 'steal' Game 4 in 9th (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 28 days ago
Johnny Damon slid into second base, saw third was uncovered and swiped that, too. All on a single pitch. The Philadelphia Phillies never recovered. Damon's daring dash at Citizens Bank Park will be remembered for a long time. He scored the tiebreaking ...

A-Rod's clutch hit in 9th puts Yanks on brink of Series title — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 28 days ago
Alex Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his life, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon's alert dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 ...

Damon Enters the Other Side Of Yankees Folklore — Bleacher Report - MLB 28 days ago
Every Yankees championship season in recent memory has had a signature moment that defined that particular postseason run. Let's take a look back, shall we? 1996: The One With Jim Leyritz (World Series, Game Four) The Yanks were down ...

Stolen Squiggles — Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs 28 days ago
Johnny Damon’s grand slam in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS has been the signature moment of his career, but the Red Sox were already up by two runs when he hit it off Javier Vazquez, and the game wound up being a 10-3 rout. You could make a case, ...