I talked about the market for Carlos Beltran earlier this morning, but there is another Mets player that I think might be desirable to contenders: Mike Pelfrey. After losing to the Phillies on Sunday afternoon Mike Pelfrey is 5-9 with a 4.67 ERA. After making so much progress with his splitter last season it appeared [...]

Brent Mayne takes a walk down memory lane over at his site The Art of Catching. He talks about a book he received during the holidays called “The Fortress of Solitude”, which is story of a boy growing up in downtown Brooklyn in the late seventies. Part of the lore of that era was kids [...]

- As I said on last night’s show I have no problem with the behavior of Johan Santana and K-Rod. When Santana didn’t want to come out of the Philly game I thought it showed a fire and passion, not disrespect for Manuel. K-Rod does his celebrations, which can be over the top, but the [...]

- From the “one play says a thousand words department”……………. Does any play sum up the Karma surrounding the Mets and Yankees more than the final play of Friday night’s game? – Not one announcer mentioned the hustle of Mark Texeira on that final play. Didn’t anyone wonder how a below average runner scored so [...]

You’ve heard the sayings,” Politics make strange bed fellows,” or “The enemy of my enemy is my friend?”  Two weeks ago, the allegiances of the New York baseball world became slightly shook up as the Mets played the Red Sox in Boston and the Yankees took on the Phillies in “The New House.” This wacky [...]

It appears, according to People Magazine, that Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson are an item. It’s been a while since we can talk about any off the field news with respect to A-Rod. To quote the title of Hudson’s 2003 film will she wind up trying to lose this guy in 10 days?

- I still think the highlight of yesterday’s 10-1 Mets win over the Pirates was Gary Dell’Abate aka Baba-Booey” first pitch. I have seen some lousy ceremonial first pitches, but never one that hit the umpire. – I am not ready to push the panic alarm for the Yankees. However, there are some signs that [...]

- The theme of tonight’s Mets game should be the state of umpiring. Across the board the umpires, in my opinion, have been terrible this year. Normally my biggest complaint would be the inconsistent strike zone, but now basic calls are blown. Bill Welke is becoming the symbol of this problem. If you remember, he [...]

Howard and I have lots to talk about tonight. First, we will discuss whats wrong with CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira. I will also tell you why the Yankees can’t be screwed up by A-Rod. The Mets need, to quote Jon Heyman, Sigmund Freud to help them at this point. I will tell Howard why [...]

- On the same night that K-Rod shut the Phillies down in the ninth inning, Brian Fuentes melts down at Yankee Stadium. Remember, during the offseason, that this site had reports how league sources questioned Fuentes makeup for closing in a big market. So far they have not been wrong (2 blow saves and ERA [...]

It took till almost August last year for Mike Francesa to sound the panic alarm. This year a simple three game sweep by the Red Sox did the trick. Francesa ran the gamut during his monologue this afternoon. He basically praised all things colored in red. The Red Sox pitchers are better, front office is [...]

- How appropriate that the Yanks and Sox play to a football score the same day as the NFL draft. Does Lowell driving in six make him the Sox QB? – The Mets couldn’t have asked more out of the schedule maker than putting the Nationals in New York this weekend. Even the stripped down [...]

According to reports, the release of Selena Roberts’s unauthorized biography “A-Rod” will be delayed till May 12th. If you remember, Harper Collins originally had mid-May as a release date. When the steroid scandal broke it was moved up to mid-April. Any chance this has to do with the reports A-Rod will be back May 15th? [...]

The Yankees announced on Sunday that Alex Rodriguez is going to have a microscopic procedure to fix the tear in his labrum. The procedure in question, a “hybrid” type of arthroscopic surgery, will be performed Monday afternoon in Vail, Colorado by Dr. Marc Philippon, who actually recommended the surgery. The rehab time for this “alternative” [...]

The feeding frenzy on Alex Rodriguez these last few days is a definitive statement on the insatiable tabloid mentality of the press.  Nothing more. It’s not so much the questions that were asked by reporters at yesterday’s press conference that I take issue with–although George A King III asking A-Rod to surrender his “cousin’s” name [...]