Author: Marshall Field

It was understandable to expect a slight hangover. After all, the Mets played the Yankees into the early Monday morning hours in a four hour plus thriller won by the Mets to take the Subway Series. Both teams had to get right back on the horse and play, the Yankees with an afternoon make-up game against the Minnesota Twins, and the Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals at night. The Yankees slept...

You have a base open. You have a runner on third. You have the best hitter on the team, Bryan De La Cruz, up next and a guy named Lewin Diaz who’s hitting .108 on the on deck circle. Oh, it’s the bottom of the tenth. It seems like every manager from little league to the majors easily makes this call. Walk De La Cruz. But that’s precisely what did not happen and like clockwork...

Updated Post: August 29, 2021, 9:12 p.m. Sandy Alderson sent out a statement regarding the players’ feelings and reactions toward booing. The team president said the gestures some players made, including the “thumbs down” when celebrating hits, “are totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated.” He continued: “The players and the organization are equally...

The ink hadn’t dried on all the positive notes about the Javy Baez trade when a much-too-often dose of negativity struck the New York Mets on Friday.  Ace Jacob deGrom has suffered a setback in his rehab—some additional inflammation in his right arm–and will not throw for at least two weeks. The news was reported first by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com The two-time Cy Young Award...