Larry’s Blog
Reflections on First Day of MLB Playoffs
October 8, 2022
The changing face of baseball was on full display during the first day of the wild card round. Hits were scarce and runs even more so. Eight teams managed a total of 50 hits or just over six per game. The four losing teams — the Tampa Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals and […] More
American Political Challenges in the 1950s and Now
August 9, 2022
The Communist Party was banned by law in the United States in 1954, not because of the type of social constructions its adherents supported, but rather because of the seditious and undemocratic world that communist movements aimed to create, a condition that left no room for political parties beyond the dictatorial one in control and […] More
Yankee-Mets Preview of Tonight’s Subway Series Opener and a Peak Ahead to October Play
July 26, 2022
The Houston Astros and N.Y. Metropolitans have replaced the Boston Red Sox as the opponents that generate the most pregame hype for the N.Y. Yankees. Tonight’s match-up between the Yanks and Mets kicks off what may prove to be the most memorable combined year for those two teams since 2000 when they met in the […] More
New York Major League Baseball Off to a Good Start
April 30, 2022
It’s early days in the 2022 major league baseball — just three weeks completed from the six-month, 162 game marathon season. At 15-6 after 20 games, the New York Mets own the best winning percentage in the National League, and the New York Yankees’ record of 14-6 is the best winning percentage in the American […] More
Reflections on the 2021 MLB Baseball Playoffs
October 26, 2021
Unlike the other three major professional sports played in the United States, baseball as it was traditionally played changes the most influential position in each successive game. That would be the starting pitcher, who throws more innings than do relievers. In recent world series match-ups excluding the pandemic-abbreviated season of 2020, the 2019 series included […] More
Redefining What Bipartisan Support, Infrastructure, and Cancel Culture Mean
May 3, 2021
An unexpected string of policy accomplishments during the first 100 days of the Biden Presidency was helped by redefining the meaning of some concepts that previously had ground legislation to a halt. The first of these changes concerns the meaning of bipartisanship. President Biden campaigned that he would restore bipartisanship, and Republican lawmakers, who universally […] More
American Rescue Plan Embodies and Is Likely to Create New Paradigms
March 11, 2021
At 8:00 tonight, U.S. President Biden will deliver his first prime time speech. While the timing of his talk coincides with the anniversary of the imposition of social distancing restrictions to counter the Covid-19 crisis, the address provides an opportune time to justify the American Rescue Plan, which sacrificed the initial desire that the law […] More
U.S. Election: Some Reflections
October 28, 2020
Much controversy has been stirred up ahead of the U.S. 2020 election, and the suspense is unlikely to be fully settled on Election Day, which is less than one week away. In a country known for low turnout, amplified opportunities for early voting and mail-in ballots are expected to make 2020 an exception on that […] More
A World Series Match-Up from an Era Long Past
October 19, 2020
It’s a near miracle that professional sports are even being played in this pandemic year of 2020. It’s even stranger that the 2020 baseball world series pits the winningest National League team against the American League team that had the best regular season won-loss record. The first world series in 1903 and subsequent world series […] More
Yankees-Indians Thriller Bookends Game 7 of the 1960 World Series
October 1, 2020
Yesterday’s series-ending baseball marathon between the Yankees and Indians was kind of reminiscent of Game 7 of the 1960 world series but with a happier ending for Yankee fans. Against the Pirates, the Yanks trailed 4-0 after the 2nd inning versus trailing 4-1 versus the Indians at the same point. Yanks scored a run in […] More
