Jimmy Sez

In the euphoria immediately following the Knicks' chef's kiss on one of the most remarkable championship runs I'll ever witness, I had multiple friends insist that we attend the ensuing parade parade up Broadway. I mostly didn't want to do it. At my age I'm prefectly comfortable not doing crazy things anymore, but when the Knicks accomplish something you've spent most of your life thinking would never happen, well... On Thursday morning I woke up before 4 AM to pick up the friend that I watched Game 4 with. We made our way to Hamilton, NJ where we would start the train leg of our trip. I expected the parade to be extremely crowded, but the scene at the Hamilton train station at 5 AM led me to believe that it would be even more crowded than that. We arrived at Penn Station by 6:30 AM and headed downtown on the C train. I heard from some Long Island friends that they managed to get on the same train as us. We planned to meet up near Fulton St. As we got to the to...

It's past my bedtime. I'm sitting at a bar about a mile from my house in southeastern Pennsylvania and about 100 miles The World's Most Famous Arena which is being broadcast on a 10-foot TV screen on the other side of the room. Sitting next to me is another transplanted New Yorker. We promised ourselves we would get together in the wild to watch at least one game of the NBA Finals. As lifelong Knicks fans, we know that these opportunities don't come along very often. An hour before this moment, our choice of watching this game at a bar seemed unwise. The San Antonio Spurs defense was suffocating the Knicks' backcourt. In the rare instance that they had an open look at the basket, shots that were falling with ease for the last two months were clanking off the rim. On the other end of the court, the Knicks were struggling mightily to close out on Spurs shooters who couldn't miss from deep. New York was losing by 29 points on their home court in the third quarter ...

It's no secret that my affinity for dogs runs deep. At the Sez household we were dogless for over a year after saying goodbye to Buddy  - possibly the greatest dog who ever lived - and decided to take on the journey of finding a new dog this past fall. On that journey I've learned two very important life lessons when it comes to dogs: (1) Finding the right dog for your time, place, and situation is difficult at best and (2) separation anxiety in dogs is a very real thing with no clear solution. Before a stroke of luck landed Buddy in my lap, Mrs. Sez and I would regularly visit the local SPCA to see what dogs were available. We learned then that the dogs that wind up at these places are not the type to gamble on when you're trying to start a family. This time, I started by scouring the internet for dog rescues and found that going this route is...just as difficult. There are tons of reasons for this. A few examples: Dogs that appear to be within reasonable driving distance...

It's early, but the 2026 Yankees are looking like a very solid team. Sure, it was an uneventful offseason with no splashy moves, but let's not forget that they basically kept a 94-win team intact. As has been the case for over a decade now, we should expect another 90-plus wins this year and then hope they catch lightning in a bottle come October. Despite what the owner of the team says publicly, this is the blueprint he steers into. One thing that stands out about this good roster is the lack of very young talent on it. The youngest player on the big league roster right now is  25-year old  starting pitcher Cam Schlittler and the youngest everyday player in the lineup is 26-year old catcher Austin Wells. Otherwise, we're mostly looking at a team filled with grizzled veterans. That will work for this year, and maybe even the next couple, but sooner or later the Yankees will need to start supplementing the roster with cost-effective Baby Bombers. Is their farm system prepare...

I recently attended the Pinstripe Pride autograph show in north Jersey, making it four straight years of meeting guys that I wrote about in The New York Yankees All-Time All-Stars . This year I secured the signatures of two more All-Time All-Stars, one a Hall of Famer, and one a favorite of my youth that had me a little star struck. Of the 17 living All-Time All-Stars in the book, those two bring me to ten signatures and over the halfway mark on this journey I started in 2023. It'll be tough sledding from here to get the remaining seven. In addition to those two I also snagged the signature of one more Honorable Mention that was in attendance this year and had the honor of meeting a fan favorite and playoff hero of the 90's. It was a great experience, as usual, and I just hope that more guys in the book continue to show up at this event. Without further ado, here's the rundown. Goose Gossage I fully expected Goose to be a bit of a curmudgeon given his public persona about...

In our first look at former Yankees on the 2026 BBWAA ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame, we focused on players who spent only a brief portion of their career with the Yankees. This time around, we'll dig into two players who are primarily known as Yankees and would likely be in the Hall of Fame already had steroids not been an issue during their careers. Before we get to those juicy stories, there's one more former Yankee on the ballot who has the best shot at election this year. Albeit with his own bit controversy that likely held him back from enshrinement in Cooperstown last year. Get your popcorn ready, it's high drama Hall of Fame time here at Jimmy Sez! For each player, their JAWS (Jaffe Average WAR Score, developed by Jay Jaffe) value is given along with the average Hall of Famer's JAWS at the player's position. JAWS is a Hall of Fame rating system based on WAR that incorporates both career and peak value. If you're interested in learning more about t...