By now you’ve all made the rounds and got everybody’s take on Sandy Alderson’s interview with Mike Francesa yesterday. You know the one right? It was the interview that was the exact opposite of the first interview he did with Francesa back in October. Remember that one? The one where the Mets were going to be transformed into a contender for 2013 and fans were going to see so...
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According to Multichannel News, it was another huge year in 2012 for the YES Network as they celebrated their 10th anniversary by finishing as the most-watched regional sports network in the country for a 10th straight year. In the New York regional viewing area, YES trumps SNY by nearly 75% more viewers. Yankees’ telecasts on YES averaged 290,000 households in the New York DMA last year,...
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Should the Mets induct Mike Piazza into the Mets Hall of Fame and retire his Number 31 during the 2013 season? Daniel Nelson – It doesn’t matter all that much to me. If I had to make a choice though, I’d say go for it. This season will be a trying year as far as getting fans to Citi Field. Any event the Mets can have to accomplish that will only be beneficial. It does irk me that...
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Updated by Joe D. on 1/17 The rosters have all been announced for the World Baseball Classic and David Wright will be the only Met player participating. Lacking any other legitimate star players, this is not really a surprise. In the last WBC the Mets had more players participating than any other MLB team including Wright, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, J.J. Putz, and others. R.A. Dickey will also...
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I totally loved digging into the first half of this reaction post by Bill Price of the Daily News, after learning that the Mets balked at Scott Hairston’s two year contract demand. Just who the heck does Scott Hairston think he is? According to reports, he has the nerve of asking the Mets for a 2-year, $8 million contract? If my math is right, that’s $4 million a year. Who does he...
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