Is Jose Reyes the greatest NY baseball player ever?

This morning on WFAN Craig Carton said that if Jose Reyes keeps up this pace for the rest of the season you could argue that it would be the greatest “clean” season that any NY baseball player has ever had. To quote Vincent Vega–That’s a bold statement. The “clean” qualifier was because A-Rod had a [...] more...

Inter-League, the American League Advantage

Just as I was just starting to not hate Michael Kay, I hear his rant on 1050 ESPN radio this weekend on how the National League has a clear advantage in inter-league play. His reasoning confirms in my mind that this guy has some serious delusions. There’s just no other explanation. His main argument you [...] more...

Money Ball

The Mets, according to this have the 7th highest payroll in baseball, at $120.1M. This list is based on Opening Day rosters, so the Mets number doesn’t include Ollie and Castillo (or even Gary Matthews, Jr.) so it’s really more like $140M, which would be good for 4th highest. Whenever I hear people say something [...] more...

Media Changes Its Tune on Jose Reyes

How quickly the media changes it’s tune on Jose Reyes. At the beginning of the season, it was a done deal, Jose Reyes was being traded, no doubt about it. It was something portrayed as a must by Mets front office. Not so much now. It’s been a complete 180 of late. The same folks [...] more...

The Legal Art of Raping Baseball Fans

The Hardball Times took a look at how MLB teams use the ticket add-on fee to rape it’s own fans in an article titled, “The Year That Evil Became Stupid?” and the findings are pretty astounding. Our beloved Mets, the same Mets who can’t get fans into the stadium, the same Mets who’ve been the [...] more...

Don’t Trade Reyes Movement Goes National

One of the beauties of being in New York is you can’t subdue the fans voice. They will let you know how they feel. And when it’s about something that fans as a whole are feeling, the stadium speaks. Nobody knows this better than Knick fans, who’ve for the past ten years or so have [...] more...