“I’m Sorry” Baseballs to be Auctioned
Pete Rose has autographed baseballs with the inscription “I’m sorry I bet on baseball”. The 30 balls will go up for auction in April 2007. They are sure to fetch a good ammount of money but the inscription is incorrect. Rose is not at all sorry that he bet on baseball. He’s only sorry that […]
Reyes: Player of the Week… Again
I don’t think my praise of Jose Reyes yesterday had anything to do with this but Reyes was named NL Player of the Week yesterday. It was the second week in a row he won the award. The first time he shared it with teammate David Wright. Ths time he gets it solo and it’s […]
Reyes is Also a Deity
A couple of weeks ago I praised David Wright. He’s been great all year and gets better every time I watch him. Now it’s Jose Reyes‘s turn. He had two consecutive 4 hit games this weekend, has had 4 hit games in 3 of the last 4 and has a 13 game hit streak going […]
Wright & Reyes: Players of the Week
David Wright and Jose Reyes were announced co-winners of NL Player of the week honors for the week of June 11-18. It seems like only a week ago that I wrote about Carlos Beltran winning NL Player of the Week honors. Oh, yeah. It was.
Mets All Star Leaders
David Wright has taken the lead in fan balloting over Scott Rolen by 17,000 votes. He had trailed Rolen by as many as 34,000 votes. Othe Mets on track to get into the game based on fan voting are Paul Lo Duca, who leads Mike Piazza by 100,000 votes, and Carlos Beltran, who has about […]
Beltran Named NL Player of the Week
Carlos Beltran‘s .483 AVG. (14-for-29) with 12 RBI, 13 runs and five stolen bases earned him NL player of the week honors for the week of June 5-11. The Mets were 6-1 in that span.
Grimsley Suspended
If there was any doubt about Jason Grimsley‘s future in the major leagues it was wiped out today. Grimsley has been suspended from baseball for 50 games. The suspension will take affect upon Grimsley being added to a team’s 40-man roster. Grimsley’s numbers were not very good this year even with the HGH he was […]
R.I.P. Moe Drabowsky
Those of us who delighted in Roger McDowell’s antics as a young pitcher for the Mets owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Moe Drabowsky. Drabowsky was a prankster pitcher from 1956-1972. Among other well known pranks Drabowsky once gave a hotfoot (McDowell’s favorite trick) to then commissioner of baseball Bowie Kuhn. Drabowsky died this […]
A Grim-sley Affair
The government has a new informant on drug use in baseball and his name is Jason Grimsley. In the wake of an interview with the FBI in which he named names the Arizona reliever asked for (and was granted) his release from the Diamondbacks. Most commentators are up in arms over this and Congress will […]
Pujols vs. Bonds
When Albert Pujols hit his 18th homer of the season yeaterday he became the second fastest to hit that mark. (The fastest guy did it in 1923.) This got me thinking about Barry Bonds.
