Mike Napoli

5 posts

  1. Prepping the Hot Stove

    At this time of year, baseball fans of leading teams spend a few minutes now and then daydreaming of postseason possibilities. Summer is easier to let go of when Autumn strikes if your baseball team is in contention.…

  2. Fantasy Baseball: Catchers

    At this time last year, I was readjusting to life in NYC after a three-week holiday in rural Bali. Two years ago, I wrote this piece from Valdelagrana, Spain. It's easy to miss Valdelagrana... Our criteria this year…

  3. Quick Look at the Final Four

    Just a few weeks ago, it was a widely believed that baseball's Final Four would include the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and a team the Phillies would defeat. After Chris Carpenter pitched himself into eastern Missouri…

  4. Player of the Fortnight

    We haven't handed out any hardware since August 1st, when Justin Upton , Clayton Kershaw , Hideki Matsui , and Justin Verlander won Player of the Fortnight for their on-field contributions at the end of July. With less…

  5. Prospect Spotlight w/Reggie

    Back in the glory days of Sports Talk radio in the mid-90s, we would sometimes try to make White Sox fans sound even more like complete morons than they really are. Before the days of caller ID, and thus before spoof ,…