Month: July 2011

Trustee Irving Picard Drops Damages Claim Against Wilpons

After almost a year of denying any wrong doing in the Bernie Madoff Ponzie scheme, the Wilpons may now be off the hook as news has broken that the trustee, Irving Picard, has dropped the damages claim. The Post writes: Seven months after kicking off an aggressive campaign to collect $80 billion in damages from firms associated with Bernie Madoff, the trustee liquidating the Ponzi scammer’s...

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Defensive Struggles Kill The Mets In 6-2 Loss

Jonathon Niese had a good outing, but two errors in the fifth inning lead to two unearned runs, and the Mets offense struggled today in its 6-2 loss to the Cardinals Game Notes Jonathon Niese pitched a good game, but his pitching line will not show that. Jonathon went six innings, giving up five runs (three earned) on five hits, walking one while striking out seven and giving up a two-run HR to...

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Few Show Up For Beltran’s Finale, Where Does He End Up?

In what may very well have been the final home appearance for Carlos Beltran as a Met, the spattering of fans that did show up gave him a muted ovation during his final at-bat in the ninth inning – a shallow flyball to Matt Holliday. Beltran wenr 0-3 with a walk, and the look on his face spoke volumes – where did those seven years go? There would be no grand finale for one of the...

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Mets Opt To Keep Izzy As Mentor, Won’t Trade Him

According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Mets have decided that they want to keep Jason isringhausen rather than trade him before the deadline, despite some interest from other teams including the Cinicinatti Reds. The reasoning behind it is that the Mets feel that Izzy’s experience will serve to mentor yound relievers like Bobby Parnell and Pedro Beato, both of whom will be groomed to be...

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Justin Turner, One Of the League’s Best RBI Guys?

That’s right, Le Petit Orange is the 6th-best RBI guy in the league, he of the 36 total RBIs. Jimmy: “But wait, I just checked (insert stats source) and it says he’s got 36 RBI and that’s tied for 51st!” Xtreem: “That’s right, Little Jimmy, but RBI TOTAL is not a good measure of talent and ability. And that’s the truth.” See, it’s not just how often you succeed that matters most, but how often...

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