Mets right-hander Chris Young has opted for surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his right shoulder. Young was considering whether to go through a second non-surgical rehabilitation program as he did last year. Mets assistant general manager John Ricco confirmed today that the scheduled operation is most likely season-ending. Young signed an incentive-laden one-year deal with the Mets in...
Read MoreKate Kelly of CNBC reported that billionaire hedge fund manager, Steve Cohen, is still very much involved in purchasing a 49% stake of the New York Mets and has some specific demands. Steve Cohen has offered to buy a 49 percent stake for about $200 million dollars, which is the cash that the Wilpons and Katz were hoping to raise. But, he does want some board seats in the Mets organization and he...
Read MoreThe Mets placed first baseman Ike Davis on the disabled list Wednesday with a sprained left ankle and a bone bruise. To replace him on the roster, the team recalled outfielder Fernando Martinez from Class AAA Buffalo. Davis was injured on Tuesday night when he collided with third baseman David Wright while trying to field a pop-up by the Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki near the pitcher’s mound. He...
Read MoreI don’t typically like to do these short rants anymore even though that’s all I did when I first started this site, but today is an exception, so let the good times roll. What the hell is this METS OBSESSION with putting their worst possible hitters in the two hole? METS NUMBER TWO HITTERS ARE BATTING .193 IN 2011! At first I thought it was just a Willie Randolph thing, but then it...
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Sadly, Bill Gallo, the beloved cartoonist and columnist for the New York Daily News, passed away yesterday. Gallo, who worked for the News for seven decades, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. He was 88. “His death closed a chapter in the storied history of The News,” said Daily News chairman and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman. “The passing of...
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