The Basement View

Major League Baseball has a problem… there are too many foul balls. For the past two seasons (with 2019 continuing the trend) for the first time ever there has been more foul balls than balls in play. That is clearly a problem and other than fundamentally changing how many foul balls can occur during an at-bat—finding a work around to this problem will be extremely tricky. The new way of playing the game where strike outs are as penalized and a ground ball up the middle becoming a ground out instead of a base hit, foul balls have incrementally changed the game as well. More players are trying to create a launch angle to produce a home run instead of just getting on base. Naturally more fly balls will happen that way. Add the increased velocity hitters are seeing on a daily basis, and the weaker fly ball contact will be produced. The analytical era was an overcorrection to the way the game has been played since the dawn of time so, the game needs to over correct itself again. This...

The past few NFL Drafts both the Jets and Giants have tried to rebuild their franchises and usher in a new era. An era that hopefully will be filled with winning football. On Thursday night the two New York rebuilds continue, and if it wasn’t clear by now, the two teams that share Metlife Stadium are going in opposite directions. Gang Green was up first (per usual) and selected Defensive End Quinnen Williams from Alabama. With new Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams and his 3-4 defense, the Jets the run stuffer and hopeful pass disrupter in the middle to put the polish on an offseason that saw them key pieces to sure up one of the worst defenses in the league in 2018-19 (25 th in total defense). For the New York Football Giants, I have some good news… you have your quarterback of the future! There is only one problem, he might be the best quarterback in the draft. That honor could very well be given to the first overall pick Kyler Murray, but the conscience pick from the “exper...

I’m having the song I’m Coming Home by P Diddy playing in my head. It has been over a year since I announced that I was moving to Medium. And since then, I got published in my school newspaper and a mainstay on WBCR with my show The Walk-On. In that time, I have become a better writer and a better storyteller. However, something was missing. I even tried to bring back the Fresh Start series and failed tremendously. So, as I try to come back to writing full-time, I’m coming back to the first outlet that I had in expressing my opinions. Back to the place that I originally found my voice and look to continue to grow. I want to continue to build my brand and just create. If you missed anything in the year plus, here is the link to everything you may have missed: https://medium.com/@BasementView   https://medium.com/@TheBasementView