New York — No matter the trials and tribulations the New York Mets have gone through this season, from their well-publicized financial difficulties to the endless string of injuries to key players, they’ve been able to push aside their baseball-related challenges when it comes to their support of the United States military. This past week, the Mets [...]
Published on: 17th May, 2011
New York — Just when this franchise finally looked to be on a positive track, having come off a road trip in which they had won two consecutive series, the bottom dropped out for them tonight in two ways. Before tonight’s game against the Floridia Marlins even started, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson announced that [...]
Published on: 13th April, 2011
NEW YORK — Troy Tulowitzki hit a go-ahead homer through the thick fog and the Colorado Rockies, off to the best start in club history, beat the New York Mets 5-4 on Wednesday night. Ryan Spilborghs also connected and Esmil Rogers (2-0) won his second straight outing to begin the season as Colorado earned its [...]
Published on: 5th April, 2011
New York — A few early season wins and the financially-plummeting New York Mets can begin to open a few eyes among their fans and among other teams in the National League. With two out of three wins in Florida to open the season, new Mets manager Terry Collins has his team on the right [...]
Published on: 3rd April, 2011
R.A. Dickey strikes out seven as Mets win series vs. Marlins Associated Press MIAMI — Willie Harris and Ike Davis homered, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey picked up where he left off last year and the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins 9-2 on Sunday to win their season-opening series. Dickey (1-0) allowed an unearned run [...]
Published on: 2nd April, 2011
MIAMI — David Wright’s third hit of the game brought Jose Reyes home with the go-ahead run in the 10th, Willie Harris added a two-run single later in the inning, and the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 on Saturday night. Wright also homered for the Mets, who got a three-hit night from [...]
Published on: 11th March, 2011
FLUSHING, N.Y., March 11, 2011 – The New York Mets today announced that they have optioned seven players to minor league camp and re-assigned four players to minor league camp. Righthanded pitchers Armando Rodriguez, Josh Stinson and Manny Alvarez, infielders Ruben Tejada, Zach Lutz and Jordany Valdespin along with outfielder Fernando Martinez were optioned [...]
Published on: 27th October, 2010
New York — One thing everyone in baseball knows about Sandy Alderson, he is not the sort of man who takes guff from anyone, for any reason. The ex-Marine, ex-Harvard Law School, ex-Dartmouth undergraduate has a history of success in his life because he established early on, the formulas of work ethic and team-building that [...]
Published on: 4th October, 2010
New York – The Mets fired Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel. After the past four years of utter futility on the field and bad chemistry and character off the field, these moves were no surprise. They probably should have been made a year ago but if Mets management is nothing else, they are exceedingly loyal [...]
Published on: 24th September, 2010
New York – It’s not by accident that the New York Mets, a franchise initially known as lovable losers when they were born in 1962 and who maintained that losing tack until the Tom Seaver years commenced in 1967, have turned into losers, once again. The difference is, there’s absolutely nothing lovable about this team, [...]