Watch: Bob Sheppard Tribute from 2000
I thought Yankees fans would enjoy this video from Bob Sheppard Day on May 7th, 2000 now that it appears the Yankees “Voice of God” will retire permanently. I am sure Yankees fans agree the Stadium has not been the same without Sheppard.

Happy Thanksgiving From NYBD
Wanted to thank all the listeners, readers, and contributors to NYBD. Today is holiday and we are going to take the day off from talking baseball. You should too, but if you need your fix you can download last night’s Thanksgiving Eve show where I talked baseball with Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball and Mike Newman from Scouting the Sally

Biz of Baseball, Scouting the Sally, Hot Stove @7pm
Before you head out to celebrate Thanksgiving join NYBD for their annual Thanksgiving Eve Show! Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball leads off the show to talk about the economics of the game. I will get his perspective on collusion, Florida baseball, and the economics of the game. Mike Newman of Scouting the Sally gives us his take on the Mets and Yankees top prospects in the South Atlantic League. Finally Joe Demayo gives us the latest on the Hot Stove and why the Omar Minaya of 2004-2006 may be back!

How About Eliminating Pitcher Won/Loss Record?
Just mentioned this in the comments section and wanted to expand on this thought. With all the arguments about advanced statistics and how to evaluate a pitcher why not just eliminate the W/L column? That’s right just take the stat and throw it in the garbage. Even I have to admit that it’s virtually worthless to have relievers with a W/L record. It holds more weight with starting pitchers, but obviously the game is changing where they have less control over the outcome due to pitch counts. The hockey goaltender is the only other position player in North American sports where a win or loss is credited. Hockey fans might even argue that’s unfair because how

Observations From Dominican Republic
No, I can’t produce a Dominican dateline, much to my disappointment. Instead, I’m in New York, but with ESPN Deportes, I was able to get a look at several players, including Tobi Stoner (written up by the terrific Jed Weisberger below) during a broadcast from the Dominican Winter League last night. Let’s start with Stoner. Overall, his performance was quite good- 87 pitches, 56 for strikes through six innings, mixing his slider and curveball with his fastball nicely. But I noticed a similar inability to one he displayed with the Mets- a lack of a consistent out pitch. He tried early on to make it his fastball, but hitters deposited between the fielders. (His fast