Suddenly...

...New Yorkers like the Mets. It may have something to do with them being a very hot team, having just won their eighth game in a row.

Are fans fickle? Maybe. But remember that this is the city that lost the Dodgers to L.A. and the Giants to San Francisco. So, baseball has been a little fickle toward New York, too. (Although, the statute of limitations for resentment should be surpassed by now.) How long can a city hold a grudge?

Joe Morgan, my all time favorite Red

Today in Reds history, 1978: Joe Morgan smacks his 200th home run and becomes the first player in history to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases.
Posted by Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, August 27, 2015

Giancarlo Stanton Drives a Homer Out of Dodger Stadium

During yesterday's game between his Marlins and the Dodgers at LA. The ball was hit, we're told, 475 feet at a rate of 114 mph. Yowza!

The Anniversary of Babe's First Home Run

Today, May 6, marks the one-hundredth anniversary of Babe Ruth's first home run. He would go on to hit more than 700 in his career, a mark that was later supplanted by the great Hank Aaron.

When Ruth socked his first homer, he was a tremendous pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He hit the home run against the team for which he would play, mostly in the outfield, for fifteen years, the New York Yankees.

If Ruth were alive and in playing form today, he would undoubtedly be the game's best. He hit for power and for average and was, according to many, a sleek cat in his early years. And the only PEDs the Babe ever used were hot dogs.

Many feel, and I agree, that Ruth was the greatest player ever. Following him in second, I think, is Willy Mays, whose 84th. birthday happens to fall on May 6.

"Thunderstruck"

You're out! (I would be too.)