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5 cities where the MLB should expand to.

By Lawrence Lang With the recent talk of Major League Baseball wanting to expand to 32 teams, the question is, where does MLB go if they were to expand to 32 teams. Here are my top five cities that I think deserve an MLB team. Las Vegas and Montreal would be excluded since Vegas willContinue reading “5 cities where the MLB should expand to.”

Angels Need to Be Careful

By : Mike Rifkin Every Season we expect the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to be a playoff team. And every year it is the same result they aren’t. The Angels just got swept in Baltimore by the Orioles and are now 38-49 fourth place in the AL West and seven games back of theContinue reading “Angels Need to Be Careful”

How Is Keith Hernandez Not A Hall Of Famer?

By : Mike Rifkin On Saturday the New York Mets will retire the number seventeen in honor of First baseman Keith Hernandez. The Mets acquired Hernandez from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983 for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. Hernandez was the first captain in team history and was a big piece when theContinue reading “How Is Keith Hernandez Not A Hall Of Famer?”

Houston We Have The Best Team in Baseball

By : Mike Rifkin The Houston Astros have a 48-27 record and lead the American League West by 11.5 games. Now all of the talk in the American League has been about how good the Yankees are, how much fun the Blue Jays are to watch, the White Sox struggles, etc…. The division they playContinue reading “Houston We Have The Best Team in Baseball”

Starting To Need

By: Mike Rifkin In the third inning of Wednesday’s loss to the Astros Mets starter Carlos Carrasco exited with what the team called lower back tightness. Another blow to a rotation that is already without Jacob DeGrom, Tylor Megill and Max Scherzer who might be back Sunday. But Carrasco’s 2.1 innings comes a day afterContinue reading “Starting To Need”

This Is Francisco Lindor

By : Mike Rifkin When the Mets traded for and signed Francisco Lindor to a 10 year 341 million dollar contract Mets fans were excited. In 2021 Lindor struggled mightily. Lindor’s slash line in 2021 was .230/.322/..412 with 20 home runs and 63 RBI. In Sunday’s 6-2 loss to the Marlins, Mets Shortstop Francisco LindorContinue reading “This Is Francisco Lindor”

Split Decision

By : Mike Rifkin In what was one of the biggest series of the first half of the Major League Baseball season the Mets and Dodgers series lived up to they hype this weekend. The two best teams in the National League split a great four game series in Los Angeles. On Thursday Tony GonsolinContinue reading “Split Decision”

Heavyweight Battle

By : Mike Rifkin On Thursday night the two best teams in the National League will begin a four game series as the New York Mets will travel to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers. In 2021 The Dodgers took six of the seven meetings. The Mets are coming into LA hot, after sweeping aContinue reading “Heavyweight Battle”

Extending Brandon Nimmo

By Mark Halpern and Mike Rifkin The New York Mets currently sit in first place in the National League East. One of the things the Mets had going for them going into the offseason was that they had figured out part of their core going forward However there is a player who has the greatestContinue reading “Extending Brandon Nimmo”

A Blow To The Max

By : Mike Rifkin Mets pitcher Max Scherzer pulled himself out of his start on Wednesday. On Thursday the club announced that Scherzer has a strained oblique and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks. On top of the fact that ace Jacob DeGrom has yet to throw a pitch this season, although theContinue reading “A Blow To The Max”