Day by day it seems that The New York Mets remain snake bitten. The newest chapter shows us that a potential deal that would have made David Einhorn a minority owner of the team has fallen through. Einhorn was expected to pay Met owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon an estimated $200 million for a 25 [...]
The National League Central has been plagued by mediocrity this season. The division is home to The Houston Astros who have the worst record in Major League Baseball. The Chicago Cubs are still "the lovable losers" as they have already started the wait 'til next year campaign. Through July we saw a four team race [...]
When Ichiro Suzuki left Japan in 2001 to play for The Seattle Mariners nobody knew what to expect. The Mariners immediately had more press coverage as many flocked to The Pacific Northwest to get a glimpse of Ichiro. All Ichiro has done is put Major League Baseball on notice for his greatness. Ichiro has amassed [...]
Back in 1986, The New York Mets were the talk of The Big Apple. The team won 108 regular season games and then rallied to defeat The Boston Red Sox in The World Series. Going past '86 the team was destined for a dynasty that never came to fruition. Immaturity on that team left us [...]
Jason Isringhausen's baseball career has seen many highs and lows. In 2004 Isringhausen led The National League in saves with 47. Isringhausen has been a two-time All-Star selection. At 38 years old the majority of his baseball career is behind him, but for 2011 he is right back where he started, with The New York [...]
Like all of us who are fans of sports, there are some uniforms that stick out more than others. Some range from "what were they thinking" to straight classics. For the classics they are referred to as "throwbacks". These uniforms take fans and players alike into a time warp thinking of a different era. To [...]
Milwaukee Brewers first basemen Prince Fielder will enter free agency after this season and I think we can mark The Arizona Diamondbacks off of his list for teams to play for in 2012. Fans in Arizona didn't show Fielder love this week at The All-Star Game in Phoenix. Fielder was booed heavily during Monday's Home [...]
Through the first half of the baseball season we have seen teams emerge as contenders and those that have faded like pretenders. The success of a club must be attributed to the manager. He is the strategist of that 25-man chess board known as a ball club. The manager has to push all the right [...]