The Mets are playing two games today, but all eyes are on Port St. Lucie where Johan Santana will make the start against St. Louis. Here are the Mets’ lineups for today’s split-squad games: St. Louis at Mets 1. Andres Torres, CF 2. Jordany Valdespin, 2B 3. Jason Bay, DH 4. Ike Davis, 1B 5. Justin Turner, 3B 6. Josh Thole, C 7. Adam Loewen, LF 8. Mike Baxter, RF 9. Ronny Cedeno, SSLHP Johan...
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The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip A Fan’s Guide to Major League Stadiums (2nd Ed.) I received an email about a week ago from Josh Pahigian, co-author of The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip: A Fan’s Guide to Major League Stadiums. He wrote to tell me that his great selling book has been updated to include Citi Field and will be released later this month on March 27th. In it he lists Mets...
Read MoreScott Boras insisted to ESPNNewYork today that he was not singling out the Mets owners in his comments to the Times. The agent just believes in a general sense that major-market teams have a duty to their fans to spend at competitive levels. “I didn’t speak of anyone’s name,” Boras said. “I didn’t speak of anyone’s franchise.” Original Post 08:00 AM...
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The Mets begin their 2012 Grapefruit League season against the Washington Nationals tonight at Digital Domain Park. The game begins at 6:10PM and it will be televised live on SNY. Mets Lineup Andres Torres, CF Daniel Murphy, 2B Justin Turner, 3B Ike Davis, 1B Jason Bay, LF Lucas Duda, RF Valentino Pascucci, DH Josh Thole, C Ruben Tejada, SS Dillon Gee will start for the Mets. He was 13-6 with a...
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Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the US District Court in Manhattan has ruled that the lawsuit filed by the trustree against the Mets owners will go to trial on March 19. The judge also ruled that the Wilpons are liable for the $83 million in fictitious profits. Irving Picard will have a chance to convince a jury that the Mets may be liable for an additional $300 million. So here we go… Original...
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