Unfortunately, both Manny Ramirez and Newsday seem to be misreading the current economic climate. At a time when both should be accepting the fate of their lower earning power, they instead have unrealistic expectations of their current realtime value within their markets. Manny Ramirez rejected the Dodgers’ third, and most likely last offer to the star slugger. Ramirez expects...

This morning at CNNMoney.com, there was a featured story on CitiGroup and the bailout. Take note of the ads that were running on the webpage… I don’t think this whole CitiField naming rights fiasco is going away anytime soon… Hat tip to Deadspin…

Batter Up The Mets absolutely pounded the Marlins today led by shortstop Jose Reyes who batted third and hit a grand slam as well as a solo home run to cap off a big six RBI day. (We’re not worthy, we’re not worthy!) Reyes wasn’t the only one swinging the lumber today as Carlos Beltran had a two run blast and three RBI’s, and David Wright...

Several sources are now confirming that Johan Santana will be skipped from Friday’s scheduled start because of a tender elbow. Ben Shpigel writes: Johan Santana, scheduled to pitch two innings in a “B” game against Team Italy tomorrow, has been scratched because of a tender elbow that Jerry Manuel said pops up from time to time. Citing the length of spring training, Manuel said...

Unless the Mets plans go terribly awry this spring, two of the following will make the team between fifth starter candidates Freddy Garcia, Tim Redding, Jon Niese and even Livan Hernandez who has impressed so far with a lively fastball. One of those four will obviously be slotted right behind John Maine, but one other should make the bullpen as a long reliever. That means quite a battle for...