The 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot was released on Tuesday and there were quite a few familiar names among the eligible candidates. Here they are: Roberto Alomar, 2B Carlos Baerga, 2B John Franco, RP Lenny Harris UT Al Leiter, P John Olerud, 1B Roberto Alomar never gave the Mets anything close to Hall of Fame worthy as a Met, but he’ll certainly get in because of his past exploits. The only...
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Yesterday, on his WFAN/YES afternoon program, Mike Francesa had a one man guest show with Governor David Paterson, who will be leaving his gubernatorial office at the end of the year. He was promoted from Lt. Governor when the former governor – Eliot Spitzer – was found to have been spending more time with hookers than he spent tending to the business of New Yorkers. Spitzer now has...
Read MoreToday is “Non-Tender Day,” and by midnight tonight, the free agent pool is expected to get a little bigger. Here is an interesting spattering of players who are each expected to be non-tendered by Thursday’s deadline as presented by Doug Miller of MLB.com. J.J. Hardy, SS, Twins: Rumored to be a non-tender candidate all season, Hardy’s prospects of being offered a 2011...
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This morning on WFAN, Terry Collins appeared on WFAN and said that the second base job for the Mets is unsettled and up for grabs. Some might say it’s a nice way of saying he isn’t thrilled with his options at second base which includes 20-year old Ruben Tejada – who many believe is not major league ready, Justin Turner – who is with his third organization as a minor...
Read MoreTrolling Fangraphs today, as I am wont to do, I came across a brilliant piece by a contributor of theirs named Matt Klaassen. It’s a yearly award “given to the player whose Runs Batted In most exaggerates his actual offensive value.” It’s such a simple formula, my first thought was self-deprecating, as I was mad for not thinking it up myself, especially in light of some...
Read MoreI’m a little frustrated about the pace of our offseason so far, with regards to player acquisitions either via trade or free agency. We’ve heard so much in the last two months about this new philosophy and how everything is going to be so much better, and we haven’t had one move that we can pick apart and analyze yet. I wish they’d throw us a bone or something. What we do...
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