Reader Owen G says re my comments on A.J. Burnett’s Game 4 start: This is a bit extreme…he did win, pitching 7 2/3 and giving up two runs, just two weeks ago. By contrast the last time that Porcello had a single game WPA as high was a full month prior. The narrative that AJ starts are nearly ...

I haven’t had a chance to do this in a long, long time. I’m working off the comments in yesterday’s Daily Nunez post: Thirty-seven percent of all articles Steve now writes are about Derek Jeter. Sad. Jeter was once a great short stop, and Steve Goldman once used to write interesting ...

Join us in this space at 1 PM for the first Pinstriped Bible chat of the 2011 season. Pinstriped Bible Chat V with Steve, Jay, and Cliff  Read More →

Mark Twain: you can chat or light out for the territories, but you can't do both. (AP) I can’t help but wonder what Samuel Clemens would have done with the live chat format. Even better, imagine him on Twitter. He probably would have gotten nothing done, endlessly distracted by the ability ...

You know, we always called each other good fellas. Like you said to somebody: You’re gonna like this guy. He’s all right. He’s a good fella. He’s one of us. You understand? We were good fellas. Wiseguys. But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood. It didn’t ...

I love my job, so very little about it frustrates me, but for one little thing: at times like this, I am often criticized for positions I did not take. For example, among the responses to yesterday’s Gold Glove reaction, we find reader Ryan: Do you save time of watching the games and rely just on stats? ...

Derek Jeter: You cannot have respect without honesty. (AP) I have over 50 comments on my reaction to Derek Jeter’s reported contract demands to choose from today, many of them about showing Jeter the proper respect for his many contributions to the Yankees.  I’ve decided to go with this one ...

Reader Joe suggests that I undercounted the number of relievers available to soak up the 500-plus innings the Yankees will need to get out of the bullpen: I think what you’re miscounting here, Steve, is a strategy that’s worked well for the Yankees in the past 2 or 3 years (more so in the years prior ...

Join your Pinstriped Bible hosts for a freewheeling chat on all things baseball and baseball in all things today at 1 PM EST.The window below is your gateway to the pinstriped theater of the mind. Pinstriped Bible Chat IV with Steve, Jay, and Cliff  Read More →

"Where in the Constitution does it say that Derek Jeter deserves a seven-year contract at 37 years old? Bet I can find out at the Pinstriped Bible Chat with Jay, Cliff, and Steve!" (AP) This Friday, October 29, at 1 PM, join Jay, Cliff, and myself for the latest in an ongoing series of highly ...

The Iron Horse is sitting out this series, but the Yankees still look good against the Rangers. (AP) We haven’t tried the ol’ open thread play on this incarnation of the Pinstriped Bible, or any that have gone before, but there’s a first time for everything. What’s your projection ...

Reader TapDancingTeddy says: For all your repeated Stengel wisdom, it seems strange that you think there’s any lefty Curtis Granderson can hit. For at least half the season you campaigned for Granderson to be a platoon only player. You said he couldn’t correct what was wrong at age 29, and you ...