Month: May 2012

Schwinden, Cohoon and Goeddel All Solid, Lagares Has Big Day At The Plate!

SWB 1, Buffalo 0 By Sean Kenny The Bisons pitching today was phenomenal, but the bats were stifled by the SWB Yankees staff, and the Bisons took a hard-luck loss to lose the series after their 1-0 defeat Chris Schwinden was effective, but couldn’t pitch himself deeper into the game due to some poor control, Schwinden went five and two-third innings, giving up one run on four hits while...

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Mets Don’t Need To Extend David Wright Just Yet

David Wright has been the star of the Mets this year. He is an early contender for the MVP award. He’s hitting right around .400, and he’s dominated at the plate. His fielding has looked a lot better this year too. Those are good reasons to offer him an extension now, but I think the Mets should wait. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Mets will extend him, but remember...

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Mets Blank Padres 2-0 As Dickey Delivers Another Ten Strikeout Gem

Recap: For the first time since 1996, Mets fans could walk the field parading their Mets banners and expressing their passionate love for their New York Mets. R.A. Dickey took the hill looking to take this four game set from the Padres with a win on such a special and fan-filled day and did not disappoint. Dickey went a dominant shutout 7.1 innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while...

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Don’t Mess With Han Solo!

This back page from this morning’s Daily News brought a smile to my face. What a remarkable comeback we are seeing from our ace Johan Santana! Santana has pitched solidly all season long, but yesterday took the cake and he looked and played the part of a true ace pitcher by delivering a complete-game shutout to beat the Padres and improve to 2-2 on the year. Santana struck out seven...

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Farm Report: Buffalo, St. Lucie & Savannah All Win On Saturday!

 Buffalo 8, SWB 7 By Pete Shapiro The Bisons squandered a 6-0 lead in this game and fell behind SWB 7-6 before rallying for two runs in the eighth inning to hand the Yankees an 8-7 defeat on Saturday. Jordany Valdespin tied the game 7-7 in the eighth, when he singled in Josh Satin from third with the tying run. Moments later with Pascucci on third and ‘Spin on first, Valdespin was caught...

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