Bisons 8, Norfolk 7 By Andrew O’Brien The Norfolk Tides committed three errors in the seventh inning and the Buffalo Bisons plated three runs en route to an 8-7 victory on Tuesday night. Buffalo jumped out to an early lead, scoring two runs in the bottom of the second inning when Sean Kazmar hit a two-out double to score Josh Satin and Valentino Pascucci. Then, in the bottom of the third...
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There are times when I think Omar Minaya takes a lot more flack than he should. During his tenure he did everything in his power to produce a winning ball club. He signed a lot of free agents to numerous big money contracts and for the most part I agreed with his decisions. I was even on board for most of his questionable ones. Due to a lack of better options at the time, I was even okay...
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The Amazins’ bounce-back and take advantage of their chances in a 11-2 victory of the Rays. Summary We needed this, we really did. This had bounce-back win written all over it, and with the way the ball was hit tonight, it was probably tattooed on the ball. A certain Chris Young equaled exactly half of his work from last year, by making his second start, on route to his first win of this...
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The upcoming weeks are probably the most stressful of the year for any general manager of a big league club. Year after year, they are faced with a tough decision- do you risk the future to try to win now? The Mets, 32-29, are currently five games back of division-leading Washington, and three back of the red-hot Braves. The division is rapidly spreading out, and the Mets seem to be caught in...
Read MoreAs the 2012 season continues, I am starting to think back to 2009 when many of us tossed everything off our desks and felt defeated after the Phillies acquired Roy Halladay. Fast forward to them “stealing” Cliff Lee, and were pegged the best rotation ever by some. Now, the Phillies are 29-33, sitting in last place in the NL East. About a week ago, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said “I thought...
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Some of you may have missed this revealing quote from David Wright with the distraction of the Subway Series Sweep. Columnist Mark Hale of the New York Post, caught up with the Mets third baseman who once again made very clear that he has no desire to negotiate any contract with the Mets until the end of the season. The time for negotiating ended once the regular season started, now it’s...
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