Updated 2:00 PM “Mark Madoff took his own life today. This is a terrible and unnecessary tragedy,” said Martin Flumenbaum, an attorney representing Mark and his brother Andrew. “Mark was an innocent victim of his father’s monstrous crime who succumbed to two years of unrelenting pressure from false accusations and innuendo.” Original Post 9:00 AM According to a...
Read MoreIn the following video courtesy of SNY, Kevin Burkhardt interviews Sandy Alderson and gets him to recap the Rule 5 Draft and discuss the Mets strategy going into the draft. At the end of the interview, Burkhardt brings up the huge contracts landed by Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth and asks for his thoughts on how the market is going and if these longterm deals are a new trend that won’t go...
Read MoreWith the recent statements by both Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson that Ruben Tejada would best be served by spending 2011 in Triple-A Buffalo where he can gain more experience, most of Mets nation has turned their eyes to Daniel Murphy who is getting a crash course at second base in Winter League Baseball, and of course hold-over Luis Castillo who has fallen on hard times defensively and...
Read MoreThe Mets selected Pedro Beato with their second pick in the Rule 5 Draft. He projects as a middle reliever and might be able to have an immediate impact on the major league roster. Beato was actually drafted by the Mets in the 17th round in 2005 but did not sign. The following year, the Orioles selected him with the 32nd overall pick and were able to sign him. The Mets brought in D.J. Carrasco...
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Here’s the latest installment of MMO’s newest feature entitled, Amazin’ Happenings! Wild Strawberry Weekend! Looking for some fun this weekend? Then head on over to Strawberry’s Sports Grill and have good food, refreshing drinks and a great atmosphere! Darryl Strawberry will be in the house Tonight, Tomorrow, & Sunday Morning for Breakfast with Santa. Come Join your...
Read MoreWhat some Mets fans are going to have to start realizing is the simple fact that there is more to running a baseball organization than just offering up boat loads of money to free agents over 30 years old. That’s where we as a fan base are stuck. We see the Yankees do it, and we think, “well why can’t we?” We can. But the problem is, that’s not the only thing the Yankees do. The Yankees develop...
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