October Virus

by Peter Lemieux | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

OCTOBER VIRUS In an act of transparency I will admit that I am a Yankee hater. I can not honestly remember when this started. I actually have fond memories of Roger Maris in 1961 chasing Babe Ruth’s Home Run record. Something happened along the way that turned me very...

September 28

by Peter Lemieux | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

Final Day Drama Times 3 PRELUDE September 28, 2011, was the last day of the regular season. The drama of this day never happened before and is unlikely to ever happen again. Four important games were scheduled. Three of them were strenuous “last out” drama that...

Cleveland Spiders

by Peter Lemieux | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

Losing As an Art Form In a game measured by statistics, at some time one looks toward the Lovable Losers. What teams were so bad that they set a standard for losing? As a fan of the New York Mets when I was young, I thought their 1962 season when they only won 40...

1 YRS $9 MILLION YADILIR MOLINA – CARDS

by Peter Lemieux | Oct 2, 2020 | Leaderboard

Let’s recap the last year of Molina’s wonderful All Star Career – In playing only in 78 games his last game ended with a single in the playoffs. Enjoy your retirement and the last    

RAUL MONDESI -$1.75M/YR FOR 1 YEAR

by Peter Lemieux | Oct 2, 2020 | Leaderboard

Raul was turning 33 and by today’s standards would be entering his prime earnings year (looking at you A-rod) and nothing indicated the rate of the decline forthcoming. Leading up the to his contract as his batting average shot upwards to .272 while his homerun...