The date was October 19, 2002. 44,603 screaming fans packed Edison Field in Anaheim to witness Game One of the World Series. Giants Center Fielder Kenny Lofton walked to the batters box and dug in against Angels starter Jarrod Washburn. On October 1, 1903, almost a full century earlier, a less impressive crowd of 16,242 filled the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston to watch the Boston...
After a well deserved rest back home in his native Venezuela, Johan Santana is back in the good ole’ United States as he prepares for another Cy Young type season.Of course he has heard all the rumors and all the trade talk while he was away, but he offered very little in the way of shedding any light on the situation.Associated Press quoted him as saying the...
Did anyone happen to catch Willie Randolph’s interview last night on SNY’s Geico Post Game??The reporters who were asking the questions really got his temperature boiling especially on one particular question that was asked…Is your team approaching this as a big series, because it seems like the Braves are, and you’re not?What followed next was a clearly infuriated...
There was a great article by John Delcos this morning about the chances of Ben Johnson and David Newhan making the Mets final roster. Apparently they are both fighting for the final spot, and unless the Mets decide to carry one less pitcher than expected, one of them wont be traveling to St. Louis on Opening Night. (I hate those words, I like Opening Day much better) "It’s...
