It was reported the other day that former ESPN 1050 radio host Brandon Tierney would be joining former San Francisco 49er Eric Davis on SportsRadio 95.7 KBWF for the 2-6pm afternoon drive. It’s the radio home for the Oakland Athletics and the San Jose Sharks. BT, who also was on SNY’s WheelHouse, was one of my [...]

The Mets moved two games over .500 last night with their 16-9 win over the Tigers. Not often is a team going to score 16 runs without the aid of the long ball. The Mets are at the bottom of the league in home runs. Their pitching staff is decidedly average, some would say mediocre, [...]

Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports outlines what I call the “Selig Doctrine” in his column yesterday with this quote about MLB ownership: “Bud was consolidating,” one high-ranking baseball official said. “He wanted people who wouldn’t rock the boat – people who owed him and would serve under his throne.” MLB is trying to wrestle control of [...]

With Milwaukee in town it’s a rare chance for the Yankees to see Prince Fielder up close and personal. Fielder is the Brewers version of Jose Reyes. As he goes, so does the Brew Crew. A couple of weeks ago it was Fielder that stepped up and prevented a sweep at home against the Mets. [...]

A member of the Kansas City media reached out to me yesterday, asking if we had heard anything about the Yankees making another run at Royals closer Joakim Soria. Last summer, we reported Yankees interest in Soria, but the demands of Kansas City GM Dayton Moore were excessive. Bill Madden later reported the Yankees made overtures [...]

Going into the spring of 1997 the Mets were not highly regarded. The up and coming trio of Generation K was injured, the front office had made no significant offseason moves (or so they thought, John Olerud turned out ok), and the Yankees were coming off a World Series. Some prognosticators had them pegged for [...]

Yesterday was Jose Reyes 1,000th career game in the big leagues. We learned that only Ty Cobb has more hits/triples than Reyes after 1,000 games since 1898. You may have heard that Reyes is a free agent after the season, and will probably demand a major payday. Ty Cobb‘s highest salary came in 1927 when, according [...]

There is likely no bigger Derek Jeter fan than me. I don’t live and die with every Jeter at bat, but am a big fan in the way he has carried himself as a player and especially as a New York Yankee. As captain, Jeter has helped the Yankees win five World Series titles. With [...]

FULL NAME: Christopher Frank Capuano HEIGHT, WEIGHT:  6-2, 220 BORN: August 19, 1978 in West Springfield, Massachusetts MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: May 4, 2003 for the Arizona Diamondbacks NICKNAME: My teammates call me “Cappy”. HOBBIES: I enjoy playing Golf FAVORITE THING TO DO ON AN OFFDAY:  I enjoy visiting the museums in the city I am in [...]

Talk about whether Brian Cashman will return to the Yankees isn’t something new. Since the offseason, especially when he so openly took on Derek Jeter during contract negotiations, I have wondered if Cashman is acting like someone who doesn’t anticipate coming back when his contract is up at the end of the year. Buster Olney [...]

To date, has Jose Reyes had the best overall season in Mets history? Hard to compare him with pitchers; besides, no one will ever top Dwight Gooden‘s 1985 season (24-4, 1.53) in terms of total impact. He was the difference between the Mets being a contender, versus a third place also-ran. Offensively, however, I was surprised to [...]

Fans of gossip are probably familiar with Perez Hilton, which delves into the lives of celebrities, but there is a site called TerezOwens.com which appears to be doing the same for athletes. I know some like this sort of thing, and others don’t; regardless, it’s become part of the landscape so we have to talk [...]

Can’t make it up (assist to TerezOwens). Lenny Dykstra has created a website to help get him out of jail. He has the 500k  collateral required, but it’s the 50k cash to pay the bail bond agent that he is short. That’s where you come into play. Take a read and go to the website [...]

The good folks at Baseball Think Factory linked up the comments I posted by Goose Gossage during his interview with WFAN’s Evan Roberts. In case you aren’t aware, Goose basically said that Rivera’s job was far easier than closers in his day. As a matter of fact, Goose called himself a “relief pitcher,” not a “closer,” since [...]

The Mets wake up on their off day today to a .500 record, and only a 4.5 game deficit in the National League Wild Card. An outsider’s glance would say they are in good shape, especially when you consider they started the season 5-13. With over half the season left, they can now focus on [...]