The Mets formally introduced former CAA super-agent Brodie Van Wagenen as General Manager on Tuesday at Citi Field. Van Wagenen, 44, was hired to a four-year contract earlier in the week, and the press was ready to hit him with all the hard-hitting questions as the Mets prepare to enter their biggest off-season in quite some time. So what exactly did we learn from the 13th General Manager of the...
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FINAL: BOSTON 9, LOS ANGELES 6 Game Four of the World Series opened with a moment of silence following the terror attacks in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania at a Synagogue, and then came a rendition of the National Anthem, and then play began. After much discussion and debate over who should start Game 4 for the Dodgers, it was Dick Mountain, A.K.A Rich Hill, who got the nod. He opened the first...
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Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan is reporting that CAA Agent and Co-Head of their Baseball Representation Division Brodie Van Wagenen is the significant favorite for the Mets’ general manager job. Passan also said the the job is Van Wagenen’s, if he wants it. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com is reporting that Van Wagenen is expected to take the Mets front office job, though the team is likely...
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The New York Mets third and final candidate to be their next general manager, Chaim Bloom, released the following statement on Thursday afternoon, “We had a productive meeting yesterday. There was a lot of baseball conversation and I enjoyed the time we spent together.” Bloom, currently the Tampa Bay Rays’ senior vice president of baseball operations, didn’t participate...
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The New York Mets will interview Chaim Bloom, the Tampa Bay Rays senior vice president of baseball operations, for the second time today as he will sit down with both Jeff and Fred Wilpon Bloom, 35, has been within the Rays organization for the last 14 years. He currently shares general manager duties with GM Erik Neander. The youngster was a finalist for the Philadelphia Phillies GM position in...
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