One of my favorite Rites of Spring has always been a hearty re-reading of this great baseball classic that dates back over a hundred years ago. Enjoy. Casey At The Bat By Ernest Lawrence Thayer, San Francisco Examiner – June 3, 1888 The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at...
Read MoreNow that we’ve pushed football and soon basketball and hockey off the the page, it’s time to bring on the real game of New York; the Mets and Yankees. Yes, the Mets and Yankees are playing baseball again. Both teams have had a winter of discontent, but now as the weather turns and folks are flocking to Tampa and Port St. Lucie to see the guys, I know it’s Spring. Take the...
Read MoreLuis Castillo arrived at Digital Domain Park in Port St. Lucie this morning and immediately met with manager Terry Collins. Castillo told Collins that there was a medical issue in his family that prevented him from arriving earlier. On Friday and again on Saturday, Collins commented that he would have preferred that Castillo arrived earlier, but today said if he knew there was a family issue he...
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Here is the low-down on the first three games of the Mets 2011 Spring Schedule. Saturday, February 26th Jenrry Mejia will get the ball for the Spring Training opener, a 1:00 PM start against the Atlanta Braves. The game will be broadcast live on WPIX and WFAN. Sunday, February 27th The Mets will have a split squad on Sunday. Chris Capuano is scheduled to face the University of Michigan at...
Read MoreBeltran is here, Bay is here, Castillo is not, and Collins is irked about it. When asked if had met yet with Castillo, Collins replied, “I haven’t seen him. You guys see him yet?” “You guys were around him last year. … He was unhappy with the way things ended. He’s expressed that to me. And I said … ‘You have to understand we have new people here....
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