Month: November 2007

Willie Randolph: “I Don’t Ever Want To Feel This Way Again”

Outstanding article today by Wayne Coffey of the Daily News. In the article he talks to Willie candidly about the past and the future and even provides some depth with comments from Willie’s wife Gretchen and his son Andre.Here is how Willie weighed in on some of these important issues…His Approach – "I’ve always been into fundamentals, discipline, playing...

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Why Did The Mets And Torrealba Deal Fall Apart? Here’s A Few Possibilities…

We may never know what caused the Mets and Yorvit Torrealba to cease all their negotiations. It’s obvious that there is more to this than meets the eye, but so far nobody is talking. Mums the word…I wouldn’t feel comfortable venturing a guess at this point, but I wanted to see what was being said on some of the Rockies blogs and found this posted a short time ago.It’s...

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Can David Eckstein Replace Lo Duca’s Intensity?

Much has been made about Paul Lo Duca’s clubhouse leadership and his on-the-field intensity. And now that the Mets have moved on without him, who will fill that void?Maybe the Mets are already seeking the answer to that question when they decided to meet with David Eckstein for dinner early this week. Willie Randolph, Omar Minaya and others, met with Eckstein to discuss his interest in...

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It Happens Evertime I Go Away For A Few Days…

Everytime I go away for a few days it seems that’s when the Mets make some moves or something big happens in baseball. Wow… What an interesting 72 hours…First of all, I was very happy to see that the Mets finally addressed the catching situation and re-signed Ramon Castro, and went ahead and signed Yorvit Torrealba. I’ll miss Lo Duca as he was one of my favorite Mets, but...

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He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother…

It looks like the Mets have more interest in Livan Hernandez than they’ve been letting on. Livan is Orlando Hernandez’s hefty half brother. Both Rotoworld and Mark Hale of the Post are reporting some serious interest in the very mediocre innings eater. Livan Hernandez’s agent, Greg Genske, said the Mets are among the teams who have shown interest in the free-agent right-hander....

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