NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 13 — The anguish was palpable Thursday night around midnight in the Bronx. “How can you take that pitch?” from one. “That’s what I mean, this guy just doesn’t have the makeup!” from another. Jorge, it was clear, was going for the three-run punch-out in Game Two’s ninth inning, and he took us all down with him when he was frozen by that curve. But on a night when nobody could touch Barry Zito, who took him downtown? Continue reading →

NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 12 — Sue and I have always found music to be a fine recreational and aesthetic choice between home stands during the season, and certainly during the cold, cold months leading up to the rebirth of baseball in March. What follows is a trio of musical selections, all of which we’ve heard in the Cathedral, and all lyrically tailored a wee bit, to fit the occasion so to speak: Continue reading →

Bronx, N.Y., Oct. 11 — Well, it’s back to a place we’ve been before, we Yankee fans and, more specifically, fans of this team, the one that has crafted this great run. And truth be told, although it takes milling through quite a few great memories to get back there, it’s really a pretty happy place. Continue reading →

NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 11 — This Court of Inquiry in the Home Office in the Bronx, Honorable Ghosts of Yankees past presiding, is in session. Yankee fans, how do you plead? Continue reading →