Buster Olney of ESPN discussed the Willie Randolph situation in his blog today. To avoid redundancy, I won’t get in to too much of what he said, because a lot of it is similar to what was said in this blog yesterday. But one interesting item he had in there was something [...]
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“Let me tell you this: Without Santana, we felt as a team we have a chance to win in our division. With him now, I have no doubt that we’re going to win in our division. I have no doubt in that. We’ve got what it takes. We have good chemistry as a team. He [...]
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Tomorrow afternoon Fordham University will hold its commencement for the Class of 2008. Charlie Rose will give the commencement address and I’m sure that all of the graduates and their families will be praying for nice weather. This time of year makes me think back to last spring, when I was graduating from [...]
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Yesterday on the blog, immediately following the Mets’ 1-0 loss to the Washington Nationals, I wrote that I no longer endorse Willie Randolph as manager. Furthermore, I could see him being fired as early as in two weeks from now.
Being a more or less optimistic person, I went to the bed last night thinking I’d [...]
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This is a case of “enough is enough.”
With a 1-0 loss this afternoon, the Mets have finished their latest homestand with a 3-4 record, one that included the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals. Both the Reds and Nats are last place teams, both have inferior rosters in comparison with the Mets.
While the Mets [...]
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In order to clear the way for reliever Matt Wise to return from the disabled list, the Mets designated Jorge Sosa for assignment. Sosa had been awful this year, with a 7.06 ERA and a deceiving 4-1 record. The Mets also cleared the way for Claudio Vargas to begin his Mets career, ending the Nelson [...]
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As a Mets fan, it is very easy to root for Nelson Figueroa, the Coney Island native, who has been solid for the Mets so far this season in replacement of Pedro Martinez. Figueroa, however, was not effective last night at home against the Washington Nationals, allowing six runs (4 earned) in five innings.
But the [...]
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In a new biweekly article for our blog, I have decided to throw my opinion into the circle on who the most important players and least important players are on our local baseball teams. These rankings will change from week to week based on performances, and at the end of the baseball season, I will [...]
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Continuing the trend of locking up young stars to long-term deals before they hit free agency, the Florida Marlins, I repeat the Florida Marlins, have signed DY-NO-MITE shortstop Hanley Ramirez to a 6-year $70 million contract. It is easily the largest contract in Marlins history and is a very unusual move for the cheapest [...]
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In today’s New York Post, Mets manager Willie Randolph is quoted as saying that the Mets play better on the road, where they can avoid the wrath of the Shea faithful.
Willie Randolph doesn’t think it was an accident that the Mets New York Mets looked so relaxed while taking two of three from the [...]
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