Have I missed something? When did James L. Dolan purchase the Mets?
Ok, the MSG Boss hasn’t reached out into Queens, but with the way the Mets are acting these days with their front office, you might think Isiah Thomas is running the team.
Sure, Thomas is safely away from New York starting his gig as coach [...]

FLUSHING, NY— Fernando Nieve shut down a potent Yankees lineup in front of a sold-out Subway Series crowd at the new Stadium last week. Not bad for a right-hander making his first start in three years.
Nieve enjoyed a friendlier environment Friday night and the result was a second quality start in as many attempts when [...]

When Luis Castillo of the Mets woke up Friday morning, it was not on his To Do list to drop a pop fly in the bottom of the ninth that evening and lose a game for his team.  When Rollie Fingers warmed up in the bullpen for the ‘82 Brewers the day Don Sutton came [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— In seasons past the fortnight before the All-Star game provided the home Citibank Park clubhouse with the ambiance of an airport terminal.
Players would arrive and depart in whirlwind fashion with then-manager Dave LaPoint seeking to rectify lineup and rotation deficiencies. LaPoint is still in charge of personnel decisions, though the roster movements [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – The small crowd left in the ninth inning of the Long Island Ducks game last night quickly had flashbacks of Met postseasons past.
There he was, Armando Benitez, wearing No. 48, as he trotted in to close the Newark Bears eventual 7-3 win.
Of course a dunker and a walk put two runners [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY- Ken Ray commenced his professional career as a starter before moving into the bullpen.  But while many pitchers switch between the two roles at some point, Ray is making the transition for the third time.
The Ducks right-hander made only relief appearances from 2006-07.  But Ray continued to find a comfort level as [...]

NEW YORK – It’s becoming like sports déjà vu at Madison Square Garden as the Rangers are starting to look like another New York franchise.
With the Rangers continuing to collapse and seeking some sort of bailout, they may want to look to Queens for their answer. Because they have become the hockey version of the [...]

The groundhog says there’s six more weeks of winter, while the calendar points to March 21st, but for every baseball fan, this is the first day of spring.
The warm sun of Port St. Lucie has made its way back to New York today, as the Mets go through their first workouts of the year. It [...]

The Aaron Heilman era in Seattle didn’t last very long.
The former Met reliever was shipped away from the Pacific Northwest yesterday when the Mariners shipped the embattled reliever to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Ronny Cedeno and left-hander Garrett Olson.
Actually, the trade brings the 30 year-old home since he grew up 140 miles away from [...]

Although the Mets have made major changes in the bullpen, one familiar face will be coming out to face batters. Avoiding arbitration, the organization re-signed reliever Duaner Sanchez to a one-year, $1,687,500 contract – a huge raise from the $950,000 he made in 2008.
After missing half of 2006 and all of 2007 with a broken [...]