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Directionless

By Mike Rifkin The MLB season is in full swing, and while most fan bases have a belief that their respective team can reach the postseason, that’s not the case for one team. The White Sox have started the season 3-18 and things are not looking great on the South Side. The White Sox areContinue reading “Directionless “

A GOLDEN SOMBRERO TO OPEN THE SEASON (Not Good)

BY Mark Halpern The term “Golden Sombrero” is used as a term in baseball for when a player strikes out in four at bats in a game. Now this happens way more than major league players want you to know about but, in this case the New York Mets open the season losing four straightContinue reading ” A GOLDEN SOMBRERO TO OPEN THE SEASON (Not Good)”

Spotlight Is On

By Mike Rifkin When you’re an athlete in New York the spotlight is always on. It was a horrendous opening series for the New York Mets, getting swept by the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field. But for one player in particular might have had the worst weekend. On Friday Brewers First baseman Rhys Hoskins slidContinue reading “Spotlight Is On”

DOME!!!!!!!!

BY MARK HALPERN Baseball returns today and most of America is happy that their teams will be kicking off the season today. However, for the New York Mets had to postpone their day to Friday March 28th due to inclement weather. Mets fans and fans in the Northeast have become accustomed to this problem andContinue reading “DOME!!!!!!!!”

WHAT IS MONTGOMERY WAITING FOR?

BY MARK HALPERN With the MLB season already begun the question is what is the best free agent pitcher Montgomery waiting for? Montgomery could pretty much pick any team that has interest in him but after seeing what clubs spent on pitchers at the beginning of the free agency period could have something to doContinue reading “WHAT IS MONTGOMERY WAITING FOR?”

A TRUE DH

BY MARK HALPERN For the better part of the off season and spring training the Mets were really only focused on one player and that was Yamamoto. The Mets organization had come out and said we will not be signing players (that includes extension for the Polar Bear) more than what we need. Well oneContinue reading “A TRUE DH”

Don’t Poke The Bear

By Mike Rifkin One of the big headlines entering the 2024 Mets season is the impending free agency of first baseman Pete Alonso. The 29 year old Alonso had 46 home runs and 118 RBI last season. Outside of 2020 Alonso has hit over 30 home runs and drove in more than 90 runs. OverContinue reading “Don’t Poke The Bear”

IS IT TIME FOR A SALARY CAP IN THE MLB?

By Mark Halpern For years and years many different sports teams are controlled by the use of a salary cap. A salary cap is a total amount a team is allowed to spend on their professional roster. The NFL, NBA and NHL all have salary caps but, the one that doesn’t is Baseball. Now youContinue reading “IS IT TIME FOR A SALARY CAP IN THE MLB?”

Big Names Still Available

By Mark Halpern There are Mets fans wondering why the Mets haven’t been more aggressive in going after talent. Picture yourself as Steve Cohen you could buy whoever you wanted and outbid every other team would just go and do that? No because Baseball is personal it’s a business and Steve Cohen is a smartContinue reading “Big Names Still Available”

Too Loyal?

By Mike Rifkin Spring Training is upon us, meaning Baseball is back. Every team has high expectations to compete for a World Series Championship. One team that people are going to have doubts about is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who saw the best player in the world (Shohei Ohtani) go across the I-5Continue reading “Too Loyal?”