The Cleveland Indians made their second splash of the trade deadline this morning, acquiring star reliever Andrew Miller from the Yankees ESPN’s Buster Olney reports. In exchange for Miller, the Yankees will receive four prospects from Cleveland, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier and pitcher Justus Sheffield. The Yankees also added minor league right handers Ben Heller and...
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I was a teenager in the Tri-State area in the late 80s, early 90s; meaning I grew up in the midst of what is clearly the Golden Age of Rap or when Rap (Grandmaster Flash, KRS-ONE, Run DMC, Public Enemy) became Hip Hop (A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Wu-Tang). I know this era well because the baseball team I loved was painful to watch and routinely gave reason for a young fan to allow his heart and...
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According to Adam Rubin, Terry Collins ordered his club to turn up the tunes in the clubhouse after another disheartening loss where the Mets were only able to muster six hits during their third consecutive debilitating defeat. Collins is trying to keep the team loose and light, and continues to avoid admitting the sky is falling despite the team performing like Henny Penny with runners in...
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New York Mets rookie southpaw, Steven Matz was able to keep his team in the game in Friday’s 6-1 loss to Colorado. Without having his best stuff, Matz navigated nicely through six innings of work. Matz allowed just two runs on 10 hits while walking one and striking out five. His ERA lowered a tad to 3.35 on the season after Friday’s start. Matz navigated through troubling situation...
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The losses are mounting. Runners continue to be stranded. Opportunity after opportunity is being squandered. Slowly the ship is beginning to sink on what was supposed to be a promising season. After things were looking up for the team, getting back to being just 4.5 games out of first place. The Nationals have taken care of business yet again though and the Mets find themselves 7.5 games back...
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