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Mandel’s Musings – Mets Season On The Brink

Published on: 7th August, 2010

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New York – It’s over, boys and girls. If you are a New York Mets fan, there are many clichés you can come up to describe another season of great disappointment and futility for your men in orange and blue.
You can kiss it goodbye.
The ship be sinkin’.
Wait till next year.
Nice guys finish last.
Goodbye Omar.
Goodbye [...]

Yankees May Be At End Of Championship Run

Published on: 21st July, 2010

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Yankees May Be At End Of Championship Run  | read this item

New York – It wouldn’t be the first time a great sports franchise has gotten old, seemingly all at one time but the New York Yankees should be aware, very aware, just how close they are to falling into loser’s oblivion in the very near future.
If any team should be acutely tuned-in to how [...]

Cyclones Hitters Warming Up With The Weather In Brooklyn

Published on: 11th July, 2010

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Cyclones Hitters Warming Up With The Weather In Brooklyn  | read this item

Brooklyn – As the parent club New York Mets continues to struggle to score runs lately, perhaps they should look downward at their farm team out in Coney Island, where the Brooklyn Cyclones sport a lineup of offensive-minded young hitters who enjoy nothing more than hitting the ball as hard and as far as they [...]

Baby Mets Lose To Baby Yanks in Brooklyn

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

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Baby Mets Lose To Baby Yanks in Brooklyn  | read this item

Brooklyn – The Mets and Yankees are not the only winning teams in New York, these days. Out in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, the Mets affiliate single A team, the Cyclones have been tearing it up in the New York-Penn League this season with a 9-4 record and a solid grip on first [...]

Backman, Baseball Lifer, Is Back In Town

Published on: 22nd June, 2010

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Backman, Baseball Lifer, Is Back In Town  | read this item

Brooklyn – If ever there was a baseball player in New York over the past 25 years who baseball people would look at and view as a future big-league manager, it was Wally Backman.
You remember Backman. The scrappy, hustling second baseman on the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. The little guy from Oregon who [...]

Chipper Looks to Be Near Retirement Decision

Published on: 15th June, 2010

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Chipper Looks to Be Near Retirement Decision  | read this item

ATLANTA — Chipper Jones has hinted that he could retire at the end of this season. But it appears the veteran third baseman may now be even more serious about pursuing that option.

Jones is expected to discuss his plans for the future with Braves general manager Frank Wren and manager Bobby Cox on Tuesday afternoon.
“It’s [...]

Mets Could Be More Interesting Team To Watch Than Yankees

Published on: 13th June, 2010

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Mets Could Be More Interesting Team To Watch Than Yankees

New York Mets' Hisanori Takahashi of Japan, delivers to a Baltimore Orioles batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Original Filename: Mets_Orioles_Baseball_BAB102.jpg  | read this item

New York — The 2010 baseball season is still young, but not quite that young anymore. There remain over 100 games to play but from the first 60 or so, one unassailable fact has been yielded. This major league season is going to be an exciting one for fans here around New York City and its environs, but particularly so [...]

National League Has Better Rookies Than American League

Published on: 9th June, 2010

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National League Has Better Rookies Than American League  | read this item

New York — The future of the National League East came alive Tuesday, up and down the Atlantic Coast. In Washington, the Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg blazed into the majors with 14 strikeouts. In Philadelphia, the Florida Marlins’ Mike Stanton smacked three hits in his debut. In Queens, the Mets’ Ike Davis ended [...]

Mandel’s Musings – Strasburg Makes Debut Tonight

Published on: 8th June, 2010

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Mandel's Musings - Strasburg Makes Debut Tonight  | read this item

New York – Stephen Strasburg makes his major league debut tonight for the Washington Nationals. Calm down, everyone. This is a young pitcher with very little experience at the minor league level. He may have a live arm, a good sinker, and according to most scouting reports, real good presence on the mound but there [...]

Live Quotes From The Locker Room

Published on: 18th May, 2010

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Take a listen to Yankees post-game quotes, directly from the locker room….
Posada After Yankees-Texas Game On April 18
Rich Harden of Texas after Yankees-Texas game on APRIL 18

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