Earlier today, I took the Boston media to task for how they handled the John Lackey divorce news, and chastised them for how they handled the situation. I was particularly hard on the Dennis & Callahan Morning Show for how they handled it: I can wonder about the local media that covers the team making [...]

CC Sabathia was 0-4 with a 7.20 ERA going into last night’s game in Boston. This caused many to worry after the Sox beat Sabathia in early August. Are the Sox in Sabathia’s head? How can the Yankees win an ALCS against them with their best pitcher unable to win against Boston? As I said before, [...]

I am all for players receiving the most money they can get from baseball. Although many, if not all, can’t comprehend salaries in the seven figure range, these are individuals who work hard at a skill that that employs only 750 people at a given time. It comes down to simple supply and demand. There [...]

Is the Yankees starting rotation being disrespected by the main stream media? Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle was on the MLB Network’s Hot Stove Show this past week and proclaimed to Hazel Mae that the Red Sox had the best starting rotation in all of baseball. Justice based his analysis on the fact that [...]

I said yesterday the Yankees and Sox have moved more to a pitching and defense philosophy. I am assuming we won’t see more of these types of games, which should make the scoreboard operator in Fenway resemble the “Maytag repairman”. As of today, the starting five for both would be: Yankees Sabathia (5.6) Burnett (3.3) [...]

Spoke to Joe Demayo last night and we have some Mets nuggets for the rumor mill: – If Carlos Delgado doesn’t get reinjured and shows solid mobility the Mets will resign him. The feeling is mutual since he prefers to play first base instead of being a full time DH. – Many feel it’s still [...]

I normally live by the credo that wives, families, and children are off limits when reporting, talking, or opining about sports. I wouldn’t want anyone in my family dragged into the equation and find it reprehensible when anyone does this to an athlete. Everyone, regardless of social stature, deserves some modicum of privacy. With that [...]

Pedro Martinez back in Queens? Is that heresy? Maybe not according to Jayson Stark earlier today. I will add another nugget to ponder: Is Pedro the best “value” pick for the Mets starting rotation? So far we have seen Randy Wolf sign for 3 years/$30 million and Jason Marquis 2 year/$15 million. They had a [...]

I will be hosting a mid week hot stove show tonight. Hear me give my thoughts on the Jason Bay negotiations, the impact of Halladay and Lackey deals on the locals, and Bud Selig’s newly minted advisory committee. I will also give some thoughts on why Jeff Francoeur might be the leader of the Mets, [...]

As the dust settles from “Black Monday” perhaps we can take a more pragmatic view of the Mets offseason and where they need to go. As much as John Lackey or Roy Halladay would have helped a dubious rotation, it should come as no surprise that neither player wound up in Queens. All along I [...]

I have mockingly called Theo Epstein “boy wonder” because he often gets too much credit from the media when he succeeds, and not enough blame when he fails- at least nationally. Yesterday he may have earned that moniker as he made a couple of bold moves that could vault the Sox back atop the AL [...]

It appears the Mets offseason is becoming Jason Bay or bust. Not only did they receive news yesterday that John Lackey signed in Boston, but Roy Halladay was acquired by the Phillies. As I said all is not lost, but then late last night two more pieces of news surfaced. First, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch [...]

After Mets fans reaction on Twitter, Facebook, WFAN, and the blogosphere to the Phillies acquisition of Roy Halladay, I had to pull my car over because I was afraid the end of the world as we know it had arrived. Although I don’t agree that Halladay is worth “one win” as some stat geeks contend, [...]

Before the winter meetings started, Brian Cashman reiterated how the Yankees off-season plans were geared toward pitching, pitching and more pitching.  So what did Cashman do in Indianapolis? He made a trade for Curtis Granderson. Yes, the Granderson deal was a good trade for the Yankees, but it did not address the team’s most pressing [...]

There are rumblings by Mets fans that an offer to Jason Bay is nothing more than an attempt to sell tickets. I wish there wasn’t a benchmark of Mets success in this area so I could laugh and debunk the theory. Unfortunately, the Mets recent history has been littered with mid tier shopping complemented by [...]