All Star Drama And Second Half Expectations
NEW YORK, NY — Let’s regroup and overcome a Tuesday night in Atlanta that preserved a tradition and continued to keep MLB as the premier All-Star Game among the major sports leagues. In all my years of covering baseball and the All-Star Game, the Midsummer Classic had an unexpected ending this time around. A derby […]
Yankees Need Consistency in Second Half
BRONX, NY — Yankees manager Aaron Boone and a contingent of his coaching staff departed for Atlanta along with pitchers Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the captain Aaron Judge. The Yankees will be well represented Tuesday evening at Truist Park, at least three players selected to 10 of the last 11 All-Star […]
Phillies Take Series Over Padres Behind Dominant Pitching and Timely Power
The Philadelphia Phillies bounced back from recent struggles with a strong showing in a three-game set against the San Diego Padres at Citizens Bank Park, taking two of three games behind dominant pitching performances and clutch home runs. The series opened with Phillies ace Zack Wheeler putting on a clinic. Wheeler was untouchable, striking out […]
A Mets-Dodgers October Prelude Again?
FLUSHING, NY — Pete Alonso ended the longest home run drought of his career with a two-run homer in the first inning at Citi Field Sunday night That proved to be the difference in the Mets 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Michael Conforto returned to Citi Field with his 66 career home runs as a […]
Alonso Error And Yankees Win Subway Series
BRONX, NY — You can be skeptical about the Mets and hope Juan Soto will resemble the generational player who signed that historic 15-year/$765 million contract. Overall, the Mets pitching has led the majors in ERA, they have scored runs in bunches but not as much the past two weeks. And the Yankees have scored […]
Reinstatement of the Rose
NEW YORK, NY — I remember watching Pete Charlie Hustle Rose, had a passion for the game of baseball. The Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine lineup in 1975, a reason I continued to enjoy baseball as a high school senior in the Bronx. There they were with Rose: Johnny Bench, Tony Pérez, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepción, Ken Griffey, César […]
Bohm-ing Out of Philly
In the history of the Philadelphia Phillies they have had very talented third base players. From Mike Schmidt to Scott Rolen, to even the World Series Champion, Pedro Feliz. Alec Bohm was drafted by the Phillies with the hopes of becoming the next great third baseman for the Phillies. The end of last season showed […]
A Walk to the Bullpen
Early on in this baseball season the Philadelphia Phillies have been one of the worst bullpens in the majors. The Phillies lost some key pieces to last season’s bullpen, with the loss of Jeff Hoffman. Hoffman right now is apart of the Toronto Blue Jays, and is one of the best closers in the league […]
Lindor Walks It Off With 250th Career Home Run
Francisco Lindor was named the captain of Team Puerto Rico for the 2026 World Baseball Classic earlier this week – Image Credit: Latino Sports FLUSHING, NY — This has been a slow start for Juan Soto, though the Mets multi-hundred million dollar outfielder snapped an 0-12 skid with a game-tying RBI single in the fifth […]
Royal Sweep: Judge and Yankees Locked In
Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports BRONX, NY — The Yankees are playing good baseball and their 4-3 victory resulting in three-game series sweep over the Royals Wednesday evening in the Bronx was attributed to their captain Aaron Judge. And when Judge hits home runs, the Yankees win (5-0). But it has been more than the […]