Including the playoffs, A.J. Burnett has had 17 opportunities to throw pie in the faces of happy Yankee players who have delivered “walk off” hits. The last time was last Sunday at around 12:30 AM in game 2 of the ALCS, when he “pied” Jerry Hairston, who had singled and scored the winning run on Maicer Izturis’s throwing error in the 13th inning. A.J. has been so...
Read MoreBefore we get started, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Eric Stashin and I run www.rotoprofessor.com, a fantasy baseball website that has been around since January 2007. We cover all of baseball and I hope to bring some of that here to all of you. On top of that, I have the misery (I think we all feel that way right now) of being a life long Mets fan. I look forward...
Read MoreSports talk radio has gotten so boring in New York, that I rarely listen anymore. Five minutes of Mike Francesa is too much. Believe it or not, I’d rather listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. As history has recorded, July 1, 1987 marked the birth of WFAN and 24 hour sports talk radio. At 3:00 PM on 1050 AM radio, Suzyn Waldman signed on and was the first voice heard. Other...
Read MoreWith the news coming out over the weekend that the Detroit Tigers do not intend on bringing back slugger, Aubrey Huff, next season; the Mets now have another potential candidate to play first base next season. The soon-to-be 33 year-old first base seems like a perfect fit to bridge the gap between the incumbent, Daniel Murphy, and youngster, Ike Davis. Last season, Huff was rumored to be linked...
Read MoreI’ll be the first to say that a Yankees-Phillies World Series is the ultimate slap in the face to any Mets fan. Our two most hated teams going head-to-head in a best of seven series for the title of baseball’s best. But instead of whining and complaining that there’s no one to root for this year, let’s find the silver lining in this cloud. Two weeks ago when the Yanks...
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