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 [...]
Published on: 21st July, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 11th July, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 2nd July, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 22nd June, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 15th June, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 13th June, 2010
Mets Could Be More Interesting Team To Watch Than YankeesNew 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 [...]
Published on: 9th June, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 8th June, 2010
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 [...]
Published on: 18th May, 2010
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