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Bleak Mets Offseason: Are the Wilpons Reeling from Madoff Mess?

Posted on 24 Jan 2011 by Mark Reichman.

Boof Bonser? That's the Mets offseason? C'mon Mets, you want me to re-emerge from blogging oblivion this winter and all you give me is a questionable pitcher whose first name is a sound effect for a punch to the face on the old Batman TV show? Indeed there was a loud *Boof* this winter, but I'm talking about the punch to the face of Mets fans. A Mets team that ranked near the bottom of near...

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Manuel Without Contract Extension

Posted on 14 Jan 2011 by Christopher Rowe.

One month until pitchers and catchers gather once more on the Elysian fields of dreams at the Carpenter Complex. It's almost that time again when rawhide, horsehide and man-hide emerge from the winter slumber to stretch on the warm, dewy baseball diamonds of Florida and Arizona. Grapefruit League and Cactus League games are slated for March. Free agents are still negotiating contracts while...

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Mexican League Predictions: La Apertura (Winter Tournament); MONTERREY ALL THE WAY??

Posted on 27 Nov 2010 by Timothy Ashe Jr..

The Apertura Winter Tournament is in full swing. It’s down to just 4 teams. It’s based on a two match aggregate total for each semifinalist in order to advance. Here’s my analysis and some predictions: Players to Watch: Dante Lopez (UNAM), Umberto Suarez (Monterrey), Vicente Vuoso (America), Cristian Benitez (Santos), Oswaldo Sanchez Dante Lopez (UNAM)-The 27yr old Paraguayan str...

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Sign Werth, Trade Ibanez and Praise Amaro

Posted on 18 Nov 2010 by Christopher Rowe.

GM Meetings over... nothing accomplished? Ruben Amaro Jr. left the general managers meetings Thursday without an established left-handed reliever and without saying anything about the status of negotiations – should we say non-negotiations? – with free-agent slugger Jayson Werth. But Amaro did have a lot of nice things to say about Raul Ibanez, which left one to wonder if the Phillies’ ...