According to ESPN, Manny Acta has been fired was manager of the Washington Nationals on Sunday. The Nationals were blanked by the Houston Astros on Sunday 5-0 to go into the All-Star break with the worst record in the league at 26-61. “I thank the Nationals for giving me this opportunity and I’m sorry that things didn’t work out as expected. It’s normal for the manager to...
Read MoreThe Mets got some good news today on the eve of the All Star break regarding shortstop Jose Reyes and first baseman Carlos Delgado. According to several reports, both Delgado and Reyes worked out before Sunday’s game against the Reds and by all accounts everyone was all smiles. They both participated in agility drills on the field, but then Delgado got his first batting practice...
Read MoreBuffalo 2, Scranton 3 cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, .290 lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, 2b, K, .303 dh Javier Castillo 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .280 rf Emil Brown 1 for 4, run, K, .252 3b Mike Lamb 2 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, .236 ss Angel Berroa 1 for 4, RBI, K, .308 1b Nick Evans 2 for 4, K, .110 (2 for 7 (.286) since returning) c Robinson Cancel 0 for 3, .224 2b Wilson Valdez 1 for 3, .209 Ken Takahashi 5 IP, 4 H,...
Read MoreIf any of you want to catch a glimpse of two of the Mets brightest prospects, I urge you to tune in to ESPN 2 this afternoon at 2:00 PM EST and watch the Futures Game. The New York Mets will have two players participating; pitcher Jenrry Mejia and shortstop Wilmer Flores. Mejia was 4-1 with a 1.97 ERA for St. Lucie, and is 0-3 with a 3.74 ERA since being promoted to Binghamton. Flores is...
Read MoreAfter being shutout by the Reds on Friday, the Mets returned the favor tonight and shut the Reds out 4-0 on the strength of a solid performance by Johan Santana and some clutch hitting by Jeff Francoeur!. The Mets got on the board in the first inning when our new rightfielder Jeff Francoeur singled with the bases loaded to plate Angel Pagan and Luis Castillo and put the Mets up 2-0. I had hoped...
Read MoreIt’s amazing how wide ranging the opinions have been on the trade that sent Ryan Church to Atlanta for Jeff Francoeur on Friday. It looks likes this trade has the fan base far more divided than the Lastings Milledge trade, with both sides either loving it or hating it. I took a spin around a few Braves sites, just to see what they were saying. Here is some of what I found: Another stupid...
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