There has been much discussion lately about the merits of having Joba Chamberlain go back into the bullpen as the setup man for Mo Rivera. It appears that the majority of fans are in favor of having him stay as a starter. Originally, I was all in favor of having him stay in the pen, [...]

Jay Sorgen has his “Random Thoughts” today I introduce my Saturday spring column which will give you some thoughts that I have. It’s up to you whether you want to “digest it” or not. – Ian Kennedy pitched well yesterday, but the detractors will say it’s against Minnesota’s “B” lineup. After a great winter ball [...]

I recently found an interesting website ProSports Presidential Campaign Donations that has a database that lists the donations from various pro-sports figures to the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama. It was quite interesting to browse through. Of note, only one major leaguer on the list, Curt Schilling, is listed as having donated [...]

First of all, great work by Phil Allard for bringing the much more problematic Johan Santana elbow problem to the readers of NY Baseball Digest, almost a full hour before WFAN had it in one of their updates. The recent information about Johan Santana having even bigger problems with his pitching elbow has caused quite [...]

There are some issues that I naturally can be called a “flip flopper” on my opinion. These are usually when both arguments are strong and the risk is high on both sides. The Derek Lowe vs. Oliver Perez was a classic example all winter. The Joba Chamberlain starter vs. the bullpen might be the latest. [...]

According to Met beat writer David Lennon in today’s NEWSDAY, Met’s ace Johan Santana is questionable to start the season. The headline above comes right from the Story. Because of his barking elbow, “the bottom line is that Santana is officially in limbo.” Lennon adds: “Santana said minutes ago that the elbow still is tight [...]

Since its inception, SNY has been known for its top-notch broadcasting team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. There might not be a better team in the business. The addition of Kevin Burkhardt, (the Mets’ clubhouse/field reporter since the 2007 season), has made them even better. Being a baseball field reporter is not [...]

Last year Eddie Kunz was in my top 10 prospects, now he barely cracks the top 15 getting #15. Kunz is a big right hander that the Mets drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2007 draft(their first pick of the draft) out of Oregon State University. He pitched poorly for Brooklyn in his [...]

Great job by David Wright and Ryan Church for not going on Mike Francesa’s show today. The Francesa rant afterwards also was uncalled for. Mike can say all he wants that it “doesn’t matter” if Wright or Church go on his show – in reality it does. The list of individuals who are tired of [...]

News trickled out last night that Manny Ramirez rejected the Dodgers latest offer. In a press release from the team they expressed “frustration with both Manny and Boras”. We are now days away from March 1st and this story still lingers. Would it be crazy to see Ramirez sitting out a part of the season [...]

- Livan Hernandez is 34 years old?  Come on…………. He has GRANDCHILDREN that are 34 years old. – If the Yankees get off to a slow start this season, Joe Gerardi will be fired and come out with his own tell-all book about managing the club.  It’ll be called “The Yankee Year”. – Now fans [...]

via Today’s Newsday. Cablevision Systems Corp plans to charge online readers of its Newsday newspaper, a move that would make it one of the first large U.S. papers to reverse a trend toward free Web readership. This is disappointing news. Alan Hahn, The Final Score, and Neil Best are three of my favorite blogs on [...]

Hear former Cy Young Award winner Randy Jones. Fans remember Randy as the crafty left hander that would complete his games in record time. He finished second in the Cy Young Award to Tom Seaver in 1975, and won it in 1976. Randy is also one of the few pitchers that can lay claim to [...]

Here in the Port for the Mets – Marlins game. For today’s lineup, Manager Jerry Manuel had starting pitcher Oliver Perez batting second. I saw one on line blog suggesting that maybe Manuel wanted to see Perez get one at bat, possibly a bunt if lead off hitter Luis Castillo got on base. As the [...]

According to Adam Rubin, Mike Francesa has arrived in Port St Lucie. It doesn’t appear that either David Wright or Ryan Church will appear as guests. Good for them, why should the Mets accommodate one of the most biased and uninformed talk show hosts, when it comes to baseball, in the country. Personally, the Mets [...]