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Tragedy and Comedy
NEW YORK NIGHTS
As Mel Brooks once said, “tragedy is when you slip on the ice and fall…comedy is when someone else slips on the ice and falls”! Caballero has always been the guy you hate on the other team but love on your team (Jose Alvarado, anyone?). Yet what is this nonsense about “acknowledgement”? Pitchers have 15 seconds to throw a pitch if no one is on base and 20 if there are runners. So just throw the ball! If the batter’s not ready, it’s on him. If Toronto really wants to complain about something, let them complain about their stupid artificial turf!
— Jeff and Joan Ganeles, Utica, NY
| Year | Letters | Published | Avg. | Avg. Wait Time (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 | .875 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 | .875 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 | .917 | 5.5 |
| 2020 | 16 | 10 | .625 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 | .769 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 | .846 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 12 | .923 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 26 | 13 | .500 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 48 | 31 | .646 | 3.5 |
| 2026 | 56 | 33 | .589 | 4.2 |
| Career | 219 | 151 | .689 | 4.1 |
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