Replies

BD- I agree with you on Kim. I think he is going to be fine.

I also agree with you on the goat in 1986.

However, I don't agree with you on Gonzo's hit. That looked up the middle enough to me that even if they are playing back I doubt Soriano can get over and snag it.

But hey, even if Torre did make a mistake there, he has won enough and handled that team well enough that it doesn't do a thing to tarnish his standing in my eyes.

God, I can't wait for opening day. I don't know what it is. I enjoy watching a football game more, but I look forward to baseball season much more and I get into talking about it and remembering and all that much more with the grand old game...

However, I don't agree with you on Gonzo's hit. That looked up the middle enough to me that even if they are playing back I doubt Soriano can get over and snag it.

The ball was hit just enough to Soriano's side of the base that, if the Yankee infield had been playing normal depth, he'd have had the liner. Remember: he leaped to try making a play. At normal depth, he brings it in with a little bit of stretch, but Soriano isn't exactly of the non-stretch variety. The Yankees got burned in the infield the way only too many people normally get burned when they bring the outfield in to choke the potential winning run - that play only works maybe two out of ten times and even that's, er, a stretch.

As for me, when baseball season begins the winter of my malcontent ends. Every proper American knows the final eight words of our National Anthem are "...and the home of the brave play ball." (Thank you, Mr. Will.)