Last year out in Sin City, the Mets knew what they wanted and in old Las Vegas style, they lined up the closers like a cattle call for showgirls.
But this year is different, with so many holes to fill, so the Mets, the field is wide open for the Amazin’s in Indianapolis, just like the [...]

PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies finally got one after losing three straight to the New York Yankees. This was not easy for the Phils, although it appeared that way when they were leading 8-2 going into the top of the 8th inning.
Chase Utley is for sure my “hero” of the game, as he hit two homeruns [...]

BRONX, NY – Hideki Matsui has hit a lot of home runs in his long and storied career, but none bigger than his blast that evened up the World Series on Thursday night.
Matsui’s solo shot off Philadelphia’s Pedro Martinez in the sixth inning of Game 2 broke a 1-1 stalemate and was the key blow [...]

Before this World Series started Wednesday in the Bronx it was supposed to be the home run production of the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Staring pitching was also going to be a factor and has been in the first two games, and a determining point as to who would win was the [...]

So they head to a game 6 Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.  These Yankees and Angels are making the Phillies wait to see who they will get come Wednesday.  For the time being we continue to enjoy the drama, expectations and unexpected of this American League Championship Series.
Perhaps the managers, Joe Girardi [...]

Bronx, NY – It was a long, sloppy and frustrating game to watch.  But to the New York Yankees, now being up 2-0 in their best-of-seven series against the Los Angeles, it was a beautiful victory.
Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez continued his newfound postseason heroics with a game-tying solo home run in the 11th, and [...]

(Central Islip, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2009) – The 2009 season came to an end for Long Island on Tuesday night, as the Ducks were defeated by the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, 7-5, in Game Five of the Liberty Division playoffs. The win gave the Blue Crabs a 3-2 series win and a berth in the Atlantic [...]

FLUSHING, NY – Tim Redding pitched like a man who wanted to come back to the Mets next season. His five inning, one hit performance in the Mets eventual 4-1 loss to the Phillies was everything New York could ask for after they released Livan Hernandez on Thursday.
But Redding is a realist and knows returning [...]

Even with a four-game sweep over the Boston Red Sox there is still caution around the New York Yankees clubhouse. In a matter of a few months the complexion of both teams has changed, as it can during the course of a long season. But the caution about how the Yankees now have command of [...]

NEW YORK – Nelson Figueroa on the mound for the New York Mets made it that more difficult Monday evening for his team to get one step closer to shaving their facial hair.  Last week the Mets made a pact, shave when they reach the .500 mark. But Figueroa, called up from Buffalo to make [...]