10 Baseball Records That Will Never Be Broken

No pitcher will ever equal the 511 wins chalked up by legendary hurler Cy Young.
They say that records are made to be broken. But there are exceptions to every rule.
These 10 baseball records (and some related ones) will never be broken.
1. Most wins, lifetime, Cy Young, 511
Young’s record spanned the 1890s and baseball’s modern era. [...]

A Quick Fix to The Home Run Problem in The Bronx Bandbox

The new Yankee Stadium has opened to a plethora of empty seats, walk-off wins and long home runs.
The new house has become a launching pad, a homer-happy haven for hitters. The Bronx Bandbox has yielded 87 homers in the first 23 games, just off the all-time pace set in the mile-high homer haven at Coors [...]

Sultans of Not Sinking Fast in Fantasy Baseball

Like a 1970 Ford Pinto desperately in need of a tune-up, the Sultans of Swat have stalled out on the fantasy baseball highway. They’ve become the Sultans of Not.
Throughout April, the Sultans, co-owned and operated by Dr. G and yours truly, were the class of the Nightcap League.
But now the Sultans are sinking faster than [...]

Arnie & Jack: Reliving Golf’s Greatest Rivalry

In an era dominated by Tiger Woods and a field of also-rans, it’s nice to recall a time when real, honest-to-goodness rivalries existed in golf.
And none of those rivalries came close to rivaling the one between Arnold Daniel Palmer and Jack William Nicklaus.
Ian O’Connor, columnist with the Bergen Record, chronicles the rivalry that put professional [...]

Catching A Ball at The New Yankee Stadium

I’ve been waiting the past few years to see the new Yankee Stadium. And I’ve been waiting a lot longer — a lifetime — to catch a ball at a game.
Friday night I did both.
First time ever in the new Yankee Stadium, right after touring Monument Park, I ventured into the lower left field seats [...]

Oh Shea Can You See: Citi Field Sure Beats The Old Park

I caught my first game at the new Citi Field the other night. Very nice ballpark. Loved the brickwork and the out-of-town scoreboard that shows baserunners and outs so you can really follow the other games. The Jackie Robinson Rotunda is an amazing tribute to Jackie Robinson. Vast improvement over Shea Stadium.
Of course Shea was [...]

Bronx Blunders: News Is Not Good for Stumbling Yankees

Empty seats are a strange yet familiar sight in the new Yankee Stadium.
First, the good news. They still have 26 World Championships and 39 American League pennants in the bank.
Now, the bad news. The wheels are coming off the Yankees World Series express.
Where to begin. Start with the bullpen
No Relief…When .Mariano Rivera starts to [...]

Book Review: "The Yankee Years" Explains Rise and Fall

After winning four World Series in five years between 1996 to 2000, the Yankees and their fans expect to win the Series every year.
After reading “The Yankee Years” by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci, it’s a wonder they even made the playoffs with some of the flawed teams they’ve fielded since 2002..
Joe Torre’s reign in [...]

Family Affair: Lacrosse Marks the Spot at West Point

Lacrosse, is a sport of Native American origin and one of the oldest team sports in the Americas Some believe it may have developed as early as the 12th Century.
In the traditional Native American version of the game, each team consisted of anywhere from a hundred to a thousand men on a field that stretched [...]

Winning and Losing in the Sports Book

Ever since I first stumbled into a sports book, at Caesar’s Palace in Last Vegas more than 20 years ago, I’ve wanted to have a “book” right in my playroom.
Imagine a room with dozens upon dozens of huge, high-definition screens, bringing you live action from ballparks, race tracks, arenas and stadiums around the country.
A place [...]