Saying no to Zito
As far as I’m concerned, the Giants can have Barry Zito. Seven years?! $126 million!? Dude’s not Randy Johnson in ’98. He’s not even Nolan Ryan in ’88. He’s a curveball pitcher, a soft-throwing lefty with good control who benefits…
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Another season done
Oy. So here we are, post-World Series. The Mets’ injuries caught up to them and, despite pushing the Cardinals to a seventh game, their season ended five wins short of where it should have. The way the Tigers played in…
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Sticking it to the NL East for four more years
Jose Reyes, Shea Stadium, June 19, 2006 Outstanding move by the Mets to lock up Jose Reyes through 2010, or possibly through 2011. He’s one of three players for whom you could make the case is the Mets’ MVP. With…
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Vroom me out to the ballgame
So Pedro is back and the Mets are in good shape. What a nice, comforting win last night. So long as the Mets can take two out of three this series — and continue to win two out of three…
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The Mets are Wright on the Braves
Back in 1999 — as much as I hate to admit it — Chipper Jones won the National League MVP award with what he did against the Mets in September. Atlanta beat New York by 6 1/2 games that year,…
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Old home week for some Mets
The Mets seem to be on a reunion tour, or a You Can Go Home Again tour. Bon Jovi could sponsor it. First, it was Carlos Delgado in Toronto, where he went 3-for-11 with two runs, a double and an…
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Are the Shea fans too mean for Griffey?
My gut feeling is that Ken Griffey Jr. is a prima donna. A baseball diva — a divo, if you want to masculinize it. I went to Monday’s Mets-Reds game early to take some pictures during batting practice. I arrived…
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All is Wright with the Mets
Four years ago, I covered the South Atlantic League All-Star Game in New Jersey, and that’s when I met David Wright. The Mets’ affiliate in the league was in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time, a team in the league’s…
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Good job, GM
OK, look, I’m not stupid. I always knew that the 2004 trade that sent Scott Kazmir to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and brought Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato to the Mets was not a good one on the New…
