“Happy Halloween, everybody. I just want to be the first to let Yankee fans know that we agreed to a contract extension. I’ll be coming back in 2012. I want to thank the Steinbrenner family for making that happen. My goal the whole time was to finish my career as a Yankee and hopefully I can do that. We seem to have gotten that accomplished today. So I look forward to seeing everyone...
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“There are better fits, places that give him a better chance to win, probably. If he really loves playing for the Mets, maybe he’ll give them a discount, so to speak, or work with them. Bit it’s his first go-round. It’s gonna be hard for him to take less money.” ~ David Cone “Whenever a star player says, ‘Let’s wait till November,’ that’s code red for, I wanna see what other teams are not only...
Read MoreFormer Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran has parted ways with agent Scott Boras and is now represented by Dan Lozano, according to ESPN.com. Lozano also represents Albert Pujols and Jimmy Rollins among other free agents this offseason. Tonight, ESPN2 will televise the first-ever “Rawling Gold Glove Awards Show”. It’s the first time the Gold Glove Award has had a show dedicated to...
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“We’ve got four or five guys that I would call ‘above the line,’ that we could go into the season with, in the rotation…We have far fewer than that in the bullpen right now.” ~ Sandy Alderson You’re squinting your eyes, scratching your heads, and wondering what the heck that means aren’t you? A new sabermetric principle perhaps? What is it? Where is it? Have no fear… Last...
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The Mets officially announced Monday that they will move in portions of Citi Field’s outfield fence next season, lower the height of the wall in left field and paint the entire fence blue. The changes will result in approximately 140 new seats, including roughly 100 in left-center field and 40 in an expanded Modell’s Clubhouse in right field. The Mets plan to add an angled eight-foot...
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