I live in New York with my family (wife and three kids). I have been a huge baseball fan since age 5. My first baseball experience was Yankees Spring Training in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1979. I insisted the Yankees were playing the Dodgers when in reality it was only pitchers and catchers. Hey, what do you want from a 5 year old?
Far be it from me to tell a manager how to fill out his lineup card. Although I am a pretty decent coach of my eight year old son’s Little League team (“stop drawing on the dirt!”),…Read More
Ever since I became part of the venomstrikes staff, this was the matchup I was hoping to avoid. Well, thanks to the magic of interleague play, it was bound to happen and now it is finally here. The…Read More
This past Sunday evening, J Levi Burnfin and I were privileged to appear on the yanksgoyard preview show hosted by Ricky Keeler. The three of us talked for close to an hour about the impending visit…Read More
The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped their second game of the season last night, a 5-3 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates. One may choose to point out that the D’backs are 5-0 in games not pitched…Read More
To me, there were two storylines coming out of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-1 loss last night to the St. Louis Cardinals. The first was the disasterous debut by Heath Bell which was covered perfectly…Read More
Here is an easy question to answer. Isn’t it great to have baseball back? The Arizona Diamondbacks…Read More
These are the fun times for those of us lucky enough to blog about the Arizona Diamondbacks at venomstrikes.com. …Read More
Opening Day is offically less than one week away but most postions for the Arizona Diamondbacks were…Read More
He pitched one of the best games of his life this past Friday. It was arguably the biggest stage…Read More
The race to become the number five starter of the Arizona Diamondbacks just lost one of its candidates. …Read More
The Arizona Diamondbacks made 15 roster moves on Thursday, trimming the number of players in camp to…Read More
Venezuela’s surprisngly early departure from the World Baseball Classic meant that some valuable…Read More
Josh Booty, the winner of MLB Network’s series “The Next Knuckler” made his in-game…Read More
It was announced yesterday that Cody Ross will be shut down for the next two to three weeks due to a…Read More
Don’t tell Kirk Gibson and Dusty Baker that Spring Training games don’t mean anything. …Read More
There was a Didi Gregorius sighting in the camp of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Steve Gilbert,…Read More
I know we are not supposed to be giddy about Spring Training statistics, particularly when the calendar…Read More
One of the most closely-monitored position battles in the camp of the Arizona Diamondbacks this Spring…Read More
Well, another piece of my childhood disappeared. On Wednesday, legendary baseball broadcaster Joe…Read More
Something very significant happened on Monday at the Spring Training facility of the Arizona Diamondbacks…Read More
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