Author Archive
Piazza Coaching Italian Team for WBC
Former Mets catcher Mike Piazza is the hitting coach for the Italian team in the WBC. MLB.com has a profile on coach Piazza.
Verducci Inspired By Delgado, Me Too
I was watching my Twitter feed this morning and was struck by a message by bigleaguestew (from the blog Big League Stew) who quoted a recent article by Tom Verducci at SI.com. The quote was as follows: I would rather be fooled again by a rogue player in sheep’s clothing than indict them all and […]
Murphy in Left, Tatis and Church in Right
Not much more than a routine weekend at Mets camp this past weekend. In fact I’d probably have nothing to write about were it not for Jerry Manuel’s announcement that Daniel Murphy will be the starting left fielder with Fernando Tatis splitting time with Ryan Church in right field. Most people expected Murphy to split […]
HHR: ARod Cousin Suspects
I loved this post from the always entertaining Hugging Harold Reynolds Exactly the laugh I needed after watching the video of the last piece of Shea Stadium coming down.
And The Walls Come Tumbling Down
Video of the last piece of Shea being torn down: Thanks for the memories.
Beltran: We’ll Kill Hamels
Carlos Beltran had some very strong words for Cole Hamels yesterday. When asked about Hamels calling the Mets choke artists this winter beltran said “The only thing that I know is he will be watched every time he faces us. Hopefully we kill him, and then he’ll have to deal with the situation.” I always […]
ARoid Press Conference = Non Story
Today is a big day at Yankee camp. Alex Rodriguez will arrive at spring training and hold a press conference regarding last week’s report about steroids use. This is a good move on the Yankees part as it is an attempt to get all the talk of this subject out of the way as soon […]
Weekend Camp Recap
A few things happened over the weekend in Mets camp. The Mets signed Livan Hernandez to a minor league contract. He will be in camp to compete for the 5th spot in the rotation. The competition for that spot includes Hernandez, Tim Redding and Freddy Garcia. Elsewhere in camp Francisco Rodriguez talked with reporters and […]
Ramon Martinez Signed, Not Pedro
I’m seeing a lot of reports with the headline something to the affect of “Met Sign Martinez to Minor League Deal”. The report is referring to infielder Ramon Martinez who has been signed and invited to spring training. However the headlines are misleading as it’s very easy to confuse someone into thinking that somehow the […]
Pitchers and Catchers Report
Amazon.comis running a promotion for Valentine’s Day where you can download Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for free. Though the song doesn’t really capture the mood of the day it’s title certainly does. For today is the day die hard baseball fans have been waiting for all winter. Today is the day pitchers and […]
