Erica Block
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Sports journalist + researcher | Video producer w/ NYPost Sports | Previously: YES Network, Jomboy Media 🙋🏻♀️ she/her
A reminder that this isn't normal As an Asst US Attorney my father prosecuted Westies mob guy Mickey Featherstone Featherstone later relied on my dad for advice in approaching the DOJ to cooperate because my dad, in Featherstone's words, "dealt with him fairly" (from TJ English's THE WESTIES)
George Lombard Jr. is greeted by his teammates in the dugout after notching his 1st MLB hit and HR at Yankee Stadium
Ray Burris remembers his late teammate Thurman Munson and reflects on how the 1979 Yankees mourned the tragic, sudden passing of their Captain Full interview: youtube.com/post/Ugkxeym...
Kenny Lofton tells a hilarious story to describe Albert Belle's obsession with collecting RBIs when they were teammates in Cleveland in the 1990s #sabr54
Ben Rice hitting in 2026 vs. Ben Rice's dad hitting in 1986 (Ben's dad will pitch to him in next week's Home Run Derby)
A very cool moment for both of them. Here's a clip of Dan Rice busting it out of the box for the Brown Bears in 1986
With all the FARTSLAM talk, it's.... Time to Update the Spreadsheet (TUSH)
If it's the FARTSLAM I'm thinking of, Manny committed a FARTSLAM on 7/21/04 by inexplicably and unnecessarily cutting off a throw from Johnny Damon, which led to a inside-the-park HR So, imo, Manny committed a FARTSLAM by being Manny, and not b/c he forgot how many outs there were (lol)
8/12/2000: Benny Agbayani commits a FARTSLAM by forgetting how many outs there were Agbayani makes a kid's day by giving him the baseball and then steals the kid's joy by snatching back the baseball
Good news is, Cooper Ingle is in good company w/ fellow MLB players who've committed a FARTSLAM (Fielder Allows Runner To Score Like A Moron) by forgetting the out count Here is Milton Bradley in 2009 throwing a ball into the stands after forgetting how many outs there were
Forgetting the out count is a classic FARTSLAM ( fielder allows runner to score like a moron) Unfortunately this FARTSLAM led to a go-ahead run scoring Cooper Ingle joins: 8/12/2000 - NYM OF Benny Agbayani 5/17/2003 - BOS OF Trot Nixon 6/12/2009 - CHC OF Milton Bradley
NBC broadcast of Yankees-Red Sox looking like '90s scrambled porn
MLB players w/ most HR hit on Father's Day (since 2010) 6 Matt Holliday 5 Albert Pujols 5 Anthony Rizzo 5 Carlos Correa 5 Nolan Arenado 5 Trevor Story
2021 college kid aside, tarps off happened at Coors Field in early April, before it happened in St Louis
My 78-year-old dad's hearing aid alerts him he's in a "harmfully loud environment" and is "vulnerable to further hearing loss" Ppl around us complained of unyielding, suffocating volume + sound. I have a high noise tolerance and nearly left early @yankees.com Why is Yankee Stadium like this?
Who's won a World Series w/ the same MLB team as a player & manager? (🚫 player-managers) I count 6: Alex Cora BOS '07 | '18 Joe Girardi NYY '96, '98-'99 | '09 Billy Martin NYY '50-'53, '56 | '77 Ralph Houk NYY '47, '52 | '61-'62 Red Schoendienst STL '46 | '67 Billy Southworth STL '26 | '42, '44
Since 2008, the fastest pitch velo resulting in a hit batsman belongs to Jordan Hicks! 7/4/2018 ARI vs STL Hicks hits AJ Pollock w/ a 104.3 mph sinker
Freeman getting hit by Misiorowski's 98.2 mph heater got me wondering: who's been hit by pitch *hardest* in 2026? 101.5 mph Jacob Misiorowski hits Kyle Stowers' hand (4/19) 101.0 mph Edgardo Henriquez grazes Jorbit Vivas' elbow (4/4) 100.3 mph Adrian Morejon grazes JJ Wetherholt's elbow (5/9)
TIMELINE: CROTCH-CHOPPING DISCIPLINE IN SPORTS 1981: Cardinals' SS Garry Templeton ejected for crotch grab 2003: RHP Derek Lowe crotch chops after Red Sox ALDS win 2015: QB Carson Palmer 2018: Dodgers OF Yasiel Puig 2022: Wisconsin football strength coach Jim Snider 2023: 76ers' Joel Embiid
Since last year, McMahon has improved his ability to hit to the opposite field more than nearly anyone else in MLB 2025-26: Biggest Oppo% ⬆️ +14.9 Gleyber Torres +11.4 Kyle Isbel +10.3 Ryan McMahon 3rd-largest improvement in the league!
RIP to one of the Greats. Rollins was 95 which is 374 in jazz musician years
Should outfield walls be less dangerous? Corbin Carroll just tweaked his wrist on the OF screen in Arizona Earlier Brandon Lockridge ran into exposed concrete in Milwaukee's OF, where wall padding doesn't extend to the ground Jasson Dominguez is on the IL b/c of Yankee Stadium's chain link fence
MLB vs. chain-link 1991: Lenny Dykstra breaks collarbone colliding w/ chain-link fence at Riverfront Stadium 2008: Mark Kotsay says “chain link fences should be banned," referring to Nats' new park 2024: Giants reconsider chain-link wall in SF after scary crashes w/ Jung Hoo Lee & Austin Slater
Questions I have re: Yankee Stadium outfield wall: -Is there a functional reason why chain link fencing--as opposed to padding--lines this part of the OF wall? -Is there a structural reason why that gray ledge needs to be there? I would think a flush/flat surface is safer