Girardi Gets Yankees Spot, Torre to L.A.
Yesterday afternoon Grady Little ‘resigned’ as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Joe Torree was named his successor. In this morning’s New York Post Mike Vaccaro opines about how quickly this happened. There’s lots of speculation regarding the makeup of Torre’s new coaching staff in L.A.. Rumors have included Don Mattingly, Larry Bowa and […]
Mr. Met Trashes Willie Randolph
I’m a little slow posting this but the New York Post featured a cartoon by Sean Delonas on October 2 that summed up Mets fans feelings toward Willie Randolph after the clubs demise this past season. The cartoon, pictured below, was published before general manager Omar Minaya announced that Randolph would return next season. Cartoon […]
It’s Still Not Over
I haven’t written much this month and am not likely to write regularly for the next couple of weeks. And, though I’m not very superstitious, I felt I should write something in the hopes that it would break the horrid slump the team has been in since my last post. Since that post on September […]
Sweep Proves Me Right
I wrote the other day criticizing Kevin Kernan‘s column in last Sunday’s New York Post in which he proclaimed the race in the NL East over. After the Mets got swept in a four game series in Philadelphia yesterday I now have the sad privilege of gloating. A 6 game lead has turned into a […]
The Race Is Not Over
New York Post columnist Kevin Kernan wrote a column for yesterday’s edition entitled “It’s Not Over Yet, But NL East Race is Over”. Kernan’s contention isn’t so much that the Mets have a big enough lead. after all, it’s still August and 6 game leads are still erasable. Instead he thinks that the Phillies and […]
Relive the Yankees 1977 Season (Yawn)
In yet another sign of the coming apocalypse the New York Post started running a series of game recaps from the New York Yankees ‘historic’ 1977 season. Every day they’ll be running a short recap and box score of the game the Yankees played that day in 1977 together with the standings as they were […]
It’s OK to Hate Bonds, Just Hate Him for the Right Reasons
In this morning’s New York Post Mike Vaccaro discusses the hypocrisy about to be experienced at Shea when fans cheer for Guillermo Mota, returning from a 50 game steroids suspension, and boo for Barry Bonds, who has never failed a steroids test. This is a point that I’ve talked about a lot. As much as […]
Post: To Hell and Backman
Today’s New York Post has a two page spread by Brian Costello on the trials of former Mets second baseman Wallly Backman. You may remember that Backman was fired after just 4 days as the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks during the off season a couple of years ago. He’s trying to work his way […]
Mota’s Apology Not Accepted
Guillermo Mota had been brought in to fill a hole in the bullpen when Duaner Sanchez was hurt in a cab accident in Miami just before last years trade deadline. Six months later he’s needed again to cover for a Sanchez injury but will not be able to answer the call because of his suspension. […]
Sánchez Mound Session Cut Short
According to Mark Hale’s blog on the New York Post‘s website Duaner Sanchez‘s first sessions throwing off a mound ended abruptly after only a few minutes with the right handed setup man ‘over behind the mound’. Stay tuned because this may get interesting. Manager Willie Randolph has already said that Aaron Heilman will assume the […]
