Author: Former Writer

The Steroid Scandal Continues

Like a recurring nightmare, the steroid scandal just won’t go away.  Baseball fans awake in a cold sweat and are bombarded with analyst of why players with superior talents, such as Alex Rodriquez, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Andy Pettitte, and Roger Clemens, among too many others, would tarnish their lofty accomplishments in the name of greed.   That is what starting the...

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Baseball Dies With The Player’s Association

Imagine a clear, blue summer day. The sun is shining brightly and you are on your way out the door to see a baseball game. Upon arriving to the stadium, the only thing you hear is dead silence. There are no other fans walking around. No children excited to see their favorite baseball players. No sounds of the crack of the bats during warm-ups. Nothing! Just silence!Then you suddenly remember...

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Attention F-Mart Fans: Fernando Martinez Injured Again

MLB.com is reporting that the Mets top prospect Fernando Martinez is suffering from a sore elbow and is on his way to New York for a checkup.  Martinez said of the injury: “I felt my elbow tighten up the day before yesterday,” Martinez told MLB.com.  “It was a little swollen.  It’s better.  I feel I can play again. I  don’t think I need to...

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Slamming The Door On Manny

The Manny to the Mets pipe dream is finally over.  It had nightmare written all over it.  GM Omar MInaya officially declared this last Tuesday. Let him go back to the Dodgers, hat in hand (for 25 mill, who wouldn’t grovel at that?). Whether Omar was parroting what the Wilpons have decreed is irrelevant.  Ramirez never stopped being a handful even as his stock plummeted lower...

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You Want Something To Worry About?

Hello fellow Mets fans.  My name is Mike Farley and I’ve been a Mets fan since the early ’70’s.  Yeah, I’m 40-ish but only 6 in dog years, and that makes me feel young.  But this Mets’ team is trying to take years off my life, and after doing a bit of research today, I’m more than a little concerned.   I just read the earlier post from...

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