This snowbound day has made for a flurry of writing. A-hem. Anyway, Ted Berg’s thoughts about the Mets’ offseason prompted me to comment (along with 56 other comments, if not commenters, to that point), but as I thought more about…
As I sit here going back and forth between being frustrated at the Mets’ offseason (leading to doubts about the coming season) and letting the fan in me have hope, let’s take a look at some forced parallels and other…
So it sounds like Fernando Tatis is coming back. Fine. Some right-handed power. A versatile player who can fill in at first base, second, third and the corner outfield spots when needed. A double-play machine. We know what we’re getting….
MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch was at the Baseball Assistance Team‘s annual dinner last night and filed a story comprised of several conversations with some of the Hall of Famers and other baseball illuminati. This one particular anecdote from former Mets manager…
Not only did the Mets win 35 more games than the Dodgers in 1986, but they produced an exponentially better music video that year.
This post was going to be about Ben Sheets, but it just took on a life of its own and went in a totally different direction. So here’s this … For myriad reasons, the Mets’ list of offseason acquisitions is…
The Jets’ run may be over, but there is a fabulous George Vecsey column from yesterday that is worth a look. (It was one of those times where I had opened the story in a tab to read it, but…
The interest in free-agent rehab project Ben Sheets seems to involve four teams: the A’s, Cubs, Mets and Rangers. There might be a few others lurking on the fringe, waiting to swoop in with a stealth offer, but it seems…
I’ve been sitting on a recent article by Tyler Kepner in The New York Times because I haven’t had the time to finish all the research I’d intended for this post. The piece included an interesting statistic (and echoed some…