By: Mike Rifkin On Tuesday the Baseball writers association of America elected one player into the 2022 Hall Of Fame class. That player is former Red Sox DH David Ortiz who was in his first year of eligibility and received 77.9 percent of the vote. Ortiz, a three time World Series Champion, World Series MVP,Continue reading “Re-Writing History”
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Three Cases For the Hall Of Fame
By : Mike Rifkin On January 25th the 2022 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame will be revealed. People will be focused on where Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens are at entering their tenth and final year on the ballot. People will also be interested to see where first time candidates AlexContinue reading “Three Cases For the Hall Of Fame”
The Buck Starts Here
By: Mike Rifkin and Mark Halpern Even though baseball is in a lockout the Mets still make news and for this season the news has been all positive. On Saturday the Mets hired Buck Showalter as their new manager. This is the first time the buck will start and end at the same place. ShowalterContinue reading “The Buck Starts Here”
New Look Mets
By: Mike Rifkin When Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets fans were thrilled because they knew and were told he was willing to spend his money. Last offseason the big splash was trading for Francisco Lindor and signing him to a 10 year 341 million dollar contract. This offseason Steve Cohen really spent onContinue reading “New Look Mets”
The Lighting may have left NY.
But, The Sun shined through like a beacon pointing to CITI FIELD. So with December 2nd is rapidly approaching, and teams are scrambling to sign free agents before a possible work stoppage could happen. Two weeks ago, the Mets believed that their qualifying offer to Noah Syndergaard would be enough to retain the fireballerContinue reading “The Lighting may have left NY.”
The Lighting is Leaving The NY Mets
Noah Syndergaard heads to Angels By Mark Halpern The New York Mets fans got some bad news this morning: All-Star pitcher Noah “Thor” Syndergaard has decided not to sign with the Mets and instead decided to sign with the Angels. It’s a one-year $21 million contract with no options. So yes, like many players inContinue reading “The Lighting is Leaving The NY Mets“
Baker: A True Winner
By Michael Rifkin For the third time in five years, the Houston Astros are going to the World Series. Before the 2020 season, MLB discovered that the Astros had been stealing signs by using a video camera in the center field to steal signs from the catcher and banging trash cans to tell hitters whatContinue reading “Baker: A True Winner”
Red Sox vs Astros: A Yankee Fan’s worst nightmare
By Bill Murphy If anyone has read Dante’s Inferno, there are nine circles of hell, this year’s American League Championship Series was my tenth circle of hell, It was the Boston Red Sox vs. The Houston Astros. As a die-hard New York Yankees fan watching this series hurts. On top of that, it hurts thatContinue reading “Red Sox vs Astros: A Yankee Fan’s worst nightmare”
61 In 61 60 Years Later
By Bill Murphy One of the greatest battles in sports history was the star of the New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and the kid from North Dakota Roger Maris going at it to beat Babe Ruth’s 1927 home run record. Mantle was seen as the heir apparent to the Yankee legacy (Ruth, Gehrig, and DimaggioContinue reading “61 In 61 60 Years Later”
9/11 Baseball Mets vs Yankees
20th Anniversary Edition NEVER FORGET Twenty years today started like any other day for me. I would get up and go to work at the store I managed while in college called Drug Mart of Millwood. I was resetting the front end when a customer whom I have known for at least ten years cameContinue reading “9/11 Baseball Mets vs Yankees“
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