Sports Beat 4/1/11
Rip Van Winkle would have loved the Yankees based on their Opening Day roster. Seeing the names of Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia on their pitching staff makes you feel as if you have been asleep for...
View ArticleAudio: Mets Lose a Heartbreaker
The Mets lost in 10 inning 7-6 on Aubrey Huff’s homer off Taylor Buchholz to the San Francisco Giants. Below is sound from Bob Trainor. Aubrey Huff Ryan Vogelsong Taylor Buchholz RA Dickey Jose Reyes...
View ArticleSportsbeat – 4/15/12
Mets pitcher RA Dickey is certainly enjoying a high profile April. He has been promoting his autobiography, Wherever I Wind Up (Blue Rider Press), and is one of the subjects of a documentary,...
View ArticleSportsbeat – 6/23/2012
Was anyone really surprised that a jury found Roger Clemens not guilty on all counts? The government’s chief witness, Brian McNamee, is the personification of the term “reasonable doubt.” My gut...
View ArticleSportsbeat – 7/17/12
Although he doesn’t get the attention that RA Dickey or Johan Santana gets, Dillon Gee has been a very reliable starting pitcher who always keeps his team in the game and generally goes deep...
View ArticleSportsbeat – 9/10/12
The Mets showed class by honoring Chipper Jones with a ceremony that was held in their press conference room before the start of the Braves’ last visit to Citi Field this year. Jones talked about how...
View ArticleSports Beat “Mets off-season begins”
With the 2012 season now history the Mets look ahead to 2013. General manager Sandy Alderson makes no secret that the first order of business is to sign Cy Young Award candidate RA Dickey and third...
View ArticleSports Beat “Dickey deserved it”
Mets pitcher RA Dickey was a silver lining in yet another dark cloud of a season for our Flushing heroes. With little else to cheer for, Mets fans and the local media spent most of the second half of...
View ArticleSports Beat “Sayonara, Cy Young winner”
Mets shortstop Jose Reyes was the National League batting champion in 2011. The pending free agent did not receive a contract offer from the Mets and signed a six-year, $106 million deal with the Miami...
View Article2013 Mets Outlook “Waiting for d’Arnaud (and Wheeler too)
Mets fans have not had much to cheer about in recent years and it’s fairly safe to say that even the most optimistic fans of the Amazin’s cannot picture this team competing for a post-season berth this...
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