We begin this week’s look at the NL East with the team that has had the most tumultuous week, the Washington Nationals. Jim Bowden, GM of the Nationals resigned amid allegations of skimming money from signing bonuses from Dominican player signings. Stan Kasten, team president will take over on an interim basis, while the team looks for a permanent replacement. Kasten has prior GM...
Read MoreThe 2009 World Baseball Classic is fast approaching. Sunday players from around the major leagues left their major league teams and reported to their teams for the WBC. The Mets have a total of 15 players representing 8 different countries. Some of the players are David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, J.J. Putz, K-Rod, and Oliver Perez to name a few. As you can see...
Read MoreI have an idea on how to end the stalemate between Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers:Have Manny request a bailout from the federal government. Every other business in the United States has, why not Manny? He’s as entitled as the rest of them, and probably more productive. At least he’s upfront with his demands and won’t pay one cent of bonuses after he receives the...
Read MoreComing into Spring Training, everybody has pointed out someone who has something to prove to the organization and to the fan base. Luis Castillo has been the number one player mentioned followed closely by Ryan Church and Daniel Murphy. For awhile, even I had to agree. I wrote endless blogs about how Castillo had better get his act together or he should be shipped out. No questions asked!...
Read MoreAs the last bit of Shea Stadium rubble turned melted into what will be a parking lot for Citi Field last week, I couldn’t stop the memories of Shea that came flooding back to me, and in particular one of our greatest eras as Mets’ fans–the mid ’80’s. We were just a few years removed from that ridiculous ad campaign, “The Magic Is Back,” only now...
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