Tonight, when you get ready to watch the All-Star Game with your cold drink in hand and bowl of chips about to tip over onto the carpet, you’ll probably be taken back to your childhood, when you used to watch players such as Gary Carter, Cal Ripken, Jr., Ozzie Smith and other future Hall of Famers take the field in a matchup of the best baseball players in the majors. But this year,...
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The Mets just ended the unofficial first half of the season out on the west coast, winning 3 of 4 games against the Dodgers, then dropping 2 of 3 against the World Champion San Francisco Giants. Games on the West Coast are tough for me to cover, because I can’t stay awake past the third inning of the night games. So, instead we have a special 3 Up & 3 Down, which looks at the season so...
Read MoreAccording to Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal, and also confirmed by Adam Rubin of ESPN, Scott Boras has officially announced that he will be representing Mets closer Fracisco Rodriguez effective immediately. Boras wasted no time in laying down the law and is ready to play some hardball. He strongly indicated that he will not accept any deal to team on K-Rod’s no-trade list if it...
Read MoreMets beat writer, Andy McCullough of the Star-Ledger stops by on my show Mets Talk Live! Wright or Wrong?!? to discuss the latest on the New York Mets. Hear Andy’s first half evaluations of the Mets, the latest trade rumors, Jose Reyes’ impending free agency, and the differences he’s seen between GM’s Sandy Alderson and Omar Minaya, as well as Manager’s Terry...
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This afternoon, NL manager Bruce Bochy announced that Mets right fielder Carlos Beltran will start as the National League’s designated hitter and bat second in the All Star Game. “I like the fact that he is a switch hitter,” Bochy said of Beltran during the All-Star Game press conference. “He gives you another dynamic in that two hole, which will help us.” In 89 games this season, Carlos Beltran...
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