Newsday.com - Ken Davidoff

All-Star Game took forever but had staying power

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

If they were unhappy, they hid it well.

All-Star Game took forever but had staying power

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:59:00 -0400

If they were unhappy, they hid it well.

All-Star Game lives up to billing -- eventually

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:02:00 -0400

If they were unhappy, they hid it well. The world's best baseball players - and, we all assume, the biggest prima donnas - had just finished a marathon All-Star Game, with the American League prevailing in a 4-3, 15-inning contest that took four hours and 50 minutes to complete at Yankee Stadium.

Marathon All-Star game ended a success

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:48:00 -0400

Close with NY flair

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Stadium crowd is low-key early, but Wagner, Mo deliver late juice

Alex Rodriguez left in the top of the fifth inning, Joe Crede replacing him with one out, and for a fleeting moment, you hoped ("you" meaning "I") that A-Rod would get down on one knee, whip a jewelry box out of his back pocket and propose to Madonna on national television.

Francona should have promised Rivera would close

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

'He's going to be a Hall of Famer, and he's earned that spot, and he's the best. He's the best in the business, and you will see Mariano Rivera closing the game."

Francona should have promised Rivera would close

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

'He's going to be a Hall of Famer, and he's earned that spot, and he's the best. He's the best in the business, and you will see Mariano Rivera closing the game."

On second thought, Mets look like winners

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The red-hot Mets. Breathing down the necks of the Phillies.

Hosts with the most

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The idea for this column emanated from years of traveling to previous All-Star Games. From seeing how people in Houston and Detroit, Pittsburgh and San Francisco fretted about what I and every other visitor thought of them, and their city, and their ballpark.

Ken Davidoff: How Bobby Murcer was big deal to me

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

My specific age, and my timeline of baseball consciousness, gave me a unique introduction to Bobby Murcer. When the Yankees reacquired him in a June 26, 1979 trade with the Cubs, I didn't even know he had played for the Yankees previously.