I thought the signing of Preston Wilson by the Long Island Ducks meant the end of Carl Everett in the Atlantic League. I couldn’t be any more wrong. According to Scott Stanchak of Atlantic League Baseball, Everett will play for the Newark Bears this season. I had the opportunity to follow Carl in Long Island [...]

When the MLB Network launched in January my initial thought was what becomes of ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight”. Opening Day 2009 answered that question: See ya! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. MLB, who I criticized earlier today for their punitive blackout policy, has hit the proverbial homer with their network. A [...]

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 [...]

After Mike Silva listed his five worst WFAN callers, I decided to add my own list. Unlike Mike’s, my list is an all-time list which is derived entirely of Yankee haters. The members of this “worst of the worst” list all have crossed the lines of acceptable decorum and good taste, bringing sports talk radio to [...]

One name that has flown under the radar on the list of impending free agents that the Yankees might have interest in is Angels pitcher Jon Garland. Garland, who just turned 29 on September 27, is a reliable pitcher who has accrued a lifetime 106-89 record with a 4.47 ERA and 1.385 WHIP in 278 [...]

In our last column we profiled AJ Burnett and the reasons why the Yankees, and other teams are targeting him. I was truly surprised by the amount of internet chatter my column brought about. This time around we take a look at CC Sabathia, the likelihood of him landing in pinstripes, and the other teams [...]

Billy Wagner threw his last pitch for the Mets this season (and possibly his Mets career) on August 2. Coincidentally, it was also his last blown save of the year – his 7th of the season. With a total of 27 saves on the year, Wagner saved 79.4% of his opportunities. This means he also [...]

The Mets are a flawed team, but damn if they haven’t shown me a lot of backbone over the past week.  Nice comebacks in Philly on Wednesday, Florida on Friday and Milwaukee on Monday.  Three games they would NOT have won last year under Willie Randolph. Is it just me, or does Dustin Pedroia deserve [...]

Don’t look now but the Washington Nationals have won 7 in a row after beating the Phillies yesterday afternoon 7-4. September is always a time that we look towards the schedule and analyze who has the “easy” and “difficult” stretches. September is too unpredictable, with minor league call ups and teams with axes to grind, [...]

Last night, during the Sunday NY Baseball Wrap with Howard, Eddie Mata called into the show. Unbeknown to us Eddie, who appeared on the YES Ultimate Road Trip Show, is a fan of NY Baseball Digest. In order to give back to one of our loyal listeners, I am posting information about the contest that [...]

During Last night’s show, Dr. Mark Filippi of blogsoma was discussing the Mets bullpen woes with Howard and I. All season we have tried to figure out what the best roles would be for this ‘pen to be successful. No matter what scenario we have put together it seems to not work out. Jerry Manuel [...]

The video below was found by Neil Best at his Watchdog blog on Newsday. Its the former Sarah Heath, now Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election. Why am I post this? No, I am not trying to push a political agenda (we have our buddy Howard Megdal doing that!, [...]

Listen to Howard Megdal join me once again tonight to discuss the week of baseball. We will being our September pennant push by talking about the Mets bullpen, Jonathan Niese, Carl Pavano, and A-Rod during close and late situations. Dr. Mark Filippi will chime in giving us his thoughts on why players “behavior profiles” might [...]

Teams rely on pitching down the stretch. Whether it’s a set number of innings from your starter, or the mix and match of the bullpen, its pitching that wins. When you look at the possible clubs punching their playoff tickets this year, you will see a tremendous 1-2 punch of hurlers on each team. With [...]

I still can’t get over the fact that with a team in a playoff race, fans still do not show up at the game, as there were only around 25,000 at the stadium. The paid attendance was 28,000 and change, and that looked like a stretch. I miss going to Shea on a Saturday night [...]