January 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Happy New Year my friends. Hopefully spring training isn’t too far away. Some fun stuff this week, but first…

A Correction. Last week highlighted Johnny Mize’s 1947 season (51 HRs and just 42 strikeouts). Mize played that season for the New York Giants (managed by Mel Ott), not the New York Yankees (who Mize joined in 1949).

Febuary 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Spring training fast approaches. Stay safe out there.

March 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

If you asked me a year ago if I would have cared how well Jameson Taillon in a pre-season game I would have guessed no.

April 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Lots of fun tidbits to celebrate opening day. And three wonkish items on spin rate, impact of age on pitchers and “stuff”. Have a great week.

May 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Sorry to be a little late today—a 14 hour drive like yesterday’s will do that to you. (but I did get to listen to a Yankees win on the radio on the drive from NC to Maine).

June 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Lots of fun updates this week and an interesting piece on Baseball and Gambling. Stay safe out there.

July 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Pre-season did any of you think Mets, Giants, Red Sox would all be division leaders on July 25? More fun stuff with your Sunday morning coffee this week.

August 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

Five weeks left in the regular season. For your reading pleasure…

September 2021

Good morning baseball fans from Bandon, Oregon.

It may be the middle of nowhere (5 hour drive south from Portland) but it will be a fun week of golf.
Thank you for the excellent baseball book suggestions. Keep them coming and I will include the list in next week’s newsletter. Some fun stuff this week as we the race to the finish of the regular season.
MISCELLANEOUS

October 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

A long issue this morning to celebrate the World Series. Apologies for the delay–power outage thanks to serious winds here in Maine–whitecaps on the water out my window.

December 2021

Good morning baseball fans,

I hope Santa was good to you.
Don’t miss the link to video of Javier Baez on the bases, one of the highlights of 2021.
In this issue some Hall of Fame and Free Agent stuff, Peter Gammons on Buck Showalter. Enjoy.