“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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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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Hall of Famer Goose Gossage spoke to some officials from MLB.com on Monday during a tour of the Hall of Fame, and had a lot to say about Joba Chamberlin’s celebrations on the mound.
Here is a few highlights:
“There’s no place for it in the game,” Gossage told reporters Monday during a tour of the Hall [...]
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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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Not that this has any relevance to sports, but the New York Post apparently got a preview of Cynthia Rodriguez’s interview with YES on the show YESterday’s, and she relayed a story that A-Rod had passed out during the birth of his first daughter. Some quotable stuff right here:
“The one nurse had a cold cloth [...]
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In his ESPN Insider column, Peter Gammons notes that this past off season, the Texas Rangers asked the Mets for Aaron Heilman, Mike Pelfrey, and Deolis Guerra in exchange for Vincente Padilla.
Ummmmmmmmmmmm. So basically we got Johan Santana for cheaper then Vincente Padilla. Is Jon Daniels on crack? The only GM who would be stupid [...]
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Peter King, in his fantastic weekly column Monday Morning Quarterback has made his initial rankings for the 2008 season. Here is what he had to say about the defending Super Bowl Champion Giants and the Jets.
6. New York Giants. This is a team that caught fire at the right time and rode the wave to [...]
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Dear Sidney “Cindy” Crosby and Evgeni Malkin,
I despise both of you. Thanks for making all of my Stanley Cup dreams not come true. I acknowledge that you are both fantastic players, and if you were both on my team I would probably love your fire and grit more than anything, but you aren’t, and so [...]
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The Yankees optioned RHP Ian Kennedy to Triple A Scranton Wilkes-Barre before today’s game against the Seattle Mariners. It is most likely that the Yanks will go with a four man rotation since the need for a fifth starter shouldn’t arise too much during the month of May. Kennedy has struggled immensely in his first [...]
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The New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins last night by a score of 3-0 in game four of the Eastern Conference Semi Finals. The victory allowed the Rangers to stave off elimination for another game, but are still down 3-1 in the best of seven series. Henrik Lundqvist and Jaromir Jagr came up big [...]
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