http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/home.aspxInside Pitch Blog. en-usCopyright 2012, WDHA-FMSat, 25 May 2013 20:24:59 GMTFri, 28 Sep 2012 14:41:44 GMT1http://emmisinteractive.comThat sound you heard last night was the collective football community breathing a sigh of relief - the NFL's lockout of its game officials was finally over. You didn't need to be a cast member of "The Big Bang Theory" to know that after the National Football League gave us the Green Bay/Seattle debacle on national television Monday night, an end to the NFL's lockout of game officials would come to an end sooner rather than later.  It almost didn't matter what the replacement officials did in the pre-season because the games mean so little.  But once the season started for real.... Using a collection of high school, collegiate and even lingerie league officials, the league owners were hopeful that they could keep the 121 regular game officials off the field long enough to get them to crack.  The biggest issue?  Simply put, it was pensions.  Technically, NFL officials are considered part-time employees ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10443724http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10443724Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:41:44 GMThttp://youtu.be/9rMoI43qSAU The news broke last week that former Yankees outfielder Melky Cabrera had tested positive for testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance, with the result being a 50-game suspension.  Quickly, Cabrera owned up to the transgression and accepted the punishment levied by Major League Baseball.  His response was a far cry from the dog & pony show that followed the revelation that 2007 National League Rookie of the Year and 2011 NL Most Valuable Player Ryan Braun had tested positive for a PED.  That is, until the New York Daily News broke a story over the weekend that said a fake website had been set up by a Cabrera associate in an effort to creat doubt about whether Cabrera knew he was taking a banned substance. The song in the link to the video clip above (the band is called the Baseball Project, featuring former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck) asks why, and the ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10417570http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10417570Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:24:23 GMTA couple of weeks ago, we were talking about marking September 24th on your calendar.  The Mets and Pirates at Citi Field with possible playoff implications for both teams.  Kim Mulligan and I were positively giddy at the prospect of these two teams actually playing a meaningful late-September series. The best laid plans.... The Mets went into the All Star Break with a record of 46-40, sitting just a half-game out of the Wild Card.  At 48-37, the Pirates were in 1st place in the National League Central Division and had won 8 out of 10 games.  Since the All Star Break, the Pirates have stumbled a bit, and the Cincinnati Reds have gone on a ridiculous tear to pull ahead in the division.  But make no mistake, the Pirates are hanging tough at 14 games over .500.  The Mets on the other hand have won just 4 of their ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10411373http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10411373Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:33:47 GMTBack in April, I don't think there was anyone on the planet who looked at the New York Mets 2012 schedule and said, "Boy, I sure can't wait for that 4-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in September."  Sure, the Pirates had put together that nice run for a few weeks in 2011, to the point that Kim Mulligan and I dubbed them "our Pirates" on the Morning Jolt before the reality of the 162-game season set in.  And coming out of spring training, the Mets had at least a few reasons to be optimistic.  But beyond that? As Major League Baseball comes out of the 2012 All Star break, the reality is that the Pirates have a 1-game lead in the National League Central Division and as winners of 8 of their last 10 games, they're baseball's hottest team.  A.J. Burnett - still on the Yankees payroll - has 10 wins, or ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10403541http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10403541Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:30:45 GMTSaturday night at the Rock, the New Jersey Devils will attempt to stave off elimination by doing something they've only been able to do once in the first four games of the Stanley Cup Finals - beat L.A.  With the exception of the 3-1 New Jersey win in Game 4. the Kings have outplayed the Devils on both ends of the ice, though it really appears that the puck has spent far more time in the Devils zone driving goaltender Martin Brodeur crazy. The casual fan might not know a whole lot about the Kings but through the first three games, Los Angeles has clearly been the better, more athletic team. But there's more to the story tomorrow night than just the fate of the Devils' 2011-2012 season.  It could also be the last time we see Brodeur and Zach Parise on the ice together as members of the team.  ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10391569http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10391569Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:32:10 GMTFifty years.  8019 games.  A list of some of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game on their all-time roster like Seaver, Ryan, Gooden.  Ten pitchers who did it in their career BEFORE joining the Mets.  Seven pitchers who accomplished it AFTER leaving the Mets.  Opponents did it to the Mets six times, including Jim Bunning's 1964 perfect game on Father's Day at Shea Stadium.  A grand total of 35 - THIRTY-FREAKING-FIVE - Mets pitchers had thrown 1-hitters including two by Tom Seaver who both times got into the 9th inning before giving up a base hit.  But until Friday night, no Met in the entire history of the franchise had ever thrown a no-hitter. Who could have even seen this one coming, too?  In the fall of 2010, Johan Santana underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder.  It was the third year in a ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10389695http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10389695Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:02:41 GMTWe buy tickets to see them, or we pay for a cable link/satellite dish to watch them play, we buy the shirt with their names on the back, we may even try to emulate them in some way.  They play for OUR team and wear OUR uniform, so they must be nice guys, right? This past Sunday Andy Pettitte made his return to the Yankees against the Seattle Mariners.  He was met with a resounding ovation both before the game and as he was leaving the field, even though he had given up a pair of home runs and was on the losing end of what was happening.  Meanwhile a couple hundred miles to the north, Red Sox Nation was blasting one of their starting pitchers, Josh Beckett, for what is being perceived as a lack of proper commitment to THEIR team. Pettitte is regarded as one of the good guys ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10383432http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10383432Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:48 GMTHe was born in a small northeastern Pennsylvania coal-mining town, the kind of small town people reminisce about all the time.  When his country called, he enlisted in the Navy right out of high school near the end of World War II.  He came home from the war and after working for Pennsylvania Power & Light for a few years he enrolled in Fordham University and graduated in 1954.  By chance, he had met a girl from Brooklyn near his home town in the early 50's.  Never one for overly showing his emotions, he tapped her on the head with a newspaper after a date; that was when she knew he had fallen for her.  They got married after he graduated from school and raised two kids in places like Elkins Park, King of Prussia, and Basking Ridge.  He never had a chance to meet his three grandhildren; they understand ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10372827http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10372827Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:59:53 GMTIt's the WDHA Morning Jolt broadcasting LIVE from Shenanigans Field for our 3rd Annual Opening Day festivities.  Watch all the excitement live! http://j-tv.me/HjQoq1 Aerial coverage provided by the WDHA 2012 Rock Madness Champion Led Zeppelin blimp.http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10367881http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10367881Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:35:58 GMTIt usually never happens this way...not with a "backup" quarterback at least.  Amid a flurry of activitiy including a contract that may or may not have been fully examined before the trade was announced, a shirt for sale on the Jets website almost immediately, the trade in danger of not happening at all, a private jet with the player's number on the tail landing in Morristown, grade school kids in Chatham and Madison already running around claiming that a new Jet player is moving into their town, and assurances that Mark Sanchez is indeed still their #1 quarterback, the Jets managed to secure the back pages of the Post and Daily News for a few days with the announcement that they were bringing in Tim Tebow to back up Mark Sanchez. In just a short while, the Jets will hold a press conference at their Florham Park training facility.  They're ...http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10363924http://www.wdhafm.com/Blog/InsidePitch/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10363924Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:59:35 GMT