Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, John Coppolella will resign as General Manager of the Atlanta Braves today. The Braves confirmed and announced the resignation, which “is a result of a breach of MLB rules regarding the international player market.” Special assistant to the general manager Gordon Blakeley will also resign. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports tweeted that Major League...
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3 UP 1. THOR! Noah Syndergaard took the mound in the season finale, and, well, he was Thor. He was painting the black with fastballs over 100 MPH. He dominated the Phillies needing just 26 pitches to get through two innings. You want hope the Mets can complete next season? You saw it right there on Sunday. 2. Cabrera’s Strong Finish Asdrubal Cabrera had another torrid stretch to end the...
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Keith Hernandez and David Ortiz will serve as analysts for FOX Sports this coming postseason. After recent allegations surrounding Pete Rose, FOX parted ways and will replace him with the pair of first basemen this postseason. Hernandez, 63, has been calling Mets games on SNY for 12 years alongside Gary Cohen and former teammate Ron Darling. At FOX, he will be reunited with Kevin Burkhart and...
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Sometimes, no matter how hard we use sports to distract us and give us a reprieve from a tedious and exhaustive news cycle, a tragedy unfolds that gives us pause, tugs at our hearts, and leaves us stunned and saddened. Last night, during an outdoor concert on the Las Vegas strip, a lone gunman armed with over a dozen military grade rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition, unleashed a...
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For the next six months my husband will welcome the sight of me shaking my head in front of the TV without having to question, “The Mets?” My relationship with the only baseball team I’ve ever loved had its share of difficulties this season. Without getting into too many details, let’s just say while I was in the bedroom, the Mets were sleeping on the couch. In a year fraught with a flurry of...
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