Mandel’s Musings

Mandel’s Musings – Mets Season On The Brink

Published on: 7th August, 2010

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 [...]

Yankees May Be At End Of Championship Run

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 [...]

Mandel’s Musings – LeBron’s Legacy Changed Forever

Published on: 9th July, 2010

New York – As a free agent in the National Basketball Association, LeBron James was entitled to make the choice to play for any team he preferred. He had the right to work anywhere for whatever amount of currency he chose to accept in exchange for his great skills on the basketball court. There’s no [...]

Mandel’s Musings – Knicks and Nets Have Contrasting Styles and Rosters

Published on: 3rd July, 2010

New York – Interesting that the Knicks believe Mike Miller is a suitable alternative for Joe Johnson. Can he shoot? Sure. Can he do anything else on the court? Uh, not really. Will he score a little more in D’Antoni’s system? Who doesn’t? Does anybody believe David Lee, nice player that he is, will go [...]

Baby Mets Lose To Baby Yanks in Brooklyn

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 [...]

Backman, Baseball Lifer, Is Back In Town

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 [...]

NBA Legacy Discussion Goes Into High Gear

Published on: 18th June, 2010

New York – Everyone seems to be hooked on this notion of legacies, today. The day after the Los Angeles Lakers took Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals from the Boston Celtics to win the franchise’s 16th championship, the L Word became the big topic of discussion. What makes legacy discussions fun are in [...]

National League Has Better Rookies Than American League

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 the game with a home [...]

Mandel’s Musings – Strasburg Makes Debut Tonight

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 [...]

Live Quotes From The Locker Room

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

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