MLB.com reports that Yankees slugger Jason Giambi won’t face any disciplinary actions from Major League Baseball for his comments about his own use of performance-enhancing drugs, which received wide circulation in May, Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday. "I’m happy with it," Giambi said in New York before the Yankees started a four-game series with the Tigers. "Now...
Read MoreMike Vaccaro of the NY Post asks the tough questions this morning.Questions that only the Mets can answer.Every few weeks, you keep waiting for the shock to the system that will finally apply the kick-start necessary for the Mets to achieve the manifest destiny in the NL East everyone seems to expect of them. The first three series losses to the Braves didn’t do it. The 4-14 death march...
Read MoreDid anyone happen to catch Willie Randolph’s interview last night on SNY’s Geico Post Game??The reporters who were asking the questions really got his temperature boiling especially on one particular question that was asked…Is your team approaching this as a big series, because it seems like the Braves are, and you’re not?What followed next was a clearly infuriated...
Read MoreThis will be my last blog for August, both ‘Orange Seats and the Minor League Report. I’m taking a two-week vacation with my family. So, yeah. I’ll be back the 26th. On with the blog!Sitting in front of a computer while watching some SNY made me think, what does the future hold for us? Well, I know we have the best left-infield in the NL East, if not the MLB, but what about the...
Read MoreAfter blowing Tom Glavine’s first attempt to win game 300, the Mets bats came alive and the bullpen was able to hang on to beat the Cubs 8-3 and secure the historic win for Glavine.Once again Tom’s family was on hand to witness the big win in a game that was fraught with plenty of emotion for the crafty left-hander. Glavine even drove in the first run of the game in the third inning...
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