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The New York Yankees live and die by the home run, that’s no secret. A Thursday night loss to the Toronto Blue Jays extended their losing streak to three, making them 0-9 this season in games in which they don’t hit a home run. At the same time, Thursday’s starter Phil…
The Somerset Patriots continued their dominance at home with a 4-2 victory over the Bridgeport Bluefish Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark. With the victory, Somerset finished a three-game sweep of the Liberty Division leaders coming into the series. The Patriots also kept in touch with Freedom Division rival Lancaster…
New York – Tuesday evening New York Mets right hander D.J. Carrasco was involved in a controversial pitch that was thrown to Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers. In the eighth inning at Citi Field Wednesday night a home run ball sent him packing and designated for assignment. The Mets…
New York – Terry Collins said the game of baseball has unwritten rules when it comes to a retaliation pitch. Tuesday night, at Citi Field, the New York Mets manager said he would not risk David Wright from getting hurt because of a pitch that may have been intended for…
Yesterday is a prime example to why the closer situation over the weekend is a big issue. The New York Mets got their rear ends handed to them on a silver platter by the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-0. If the Mets had those two wins in their back pocket, they would have had a 6-0 road trip, fans would have backed…
Josh Thole, the New York Mets starting catcher, has been on the 7-day concussion DL. He is finally looking like he’s ready to come back. He will need a handful of rehab games before returning to the Mets. Thole was swinging a hot bat before he got knocked out and may not come back swinging as well right…
Last week, I thought it would just be a blip with Frank Francisco and the blown save. However, he came yesterday’s game and blew another one. Back when the moves were made in the off-season, I said Francisco, Rauch and Ramirez would backfire and, so far, their performances have been bad. Francisco has been wildly…
There are rumors flying around that Jenrry Mejia may be considered for the Mets open starting rotation spot previously filled by Mike Pelfrey. Mejia had his first start since surgery and looked good, despite still having some control concerns. That’s going to happen with young pitchers like Mejia. He may…
Mariano Rivera. Brian Wilson. Andrew Bailey. Just about everyone in the Angels bullpen. The list of closers who have gone down either to injury or ineffectiveness continues to grow in the 2012 season. Is this the year the closer role becomes obsolete? The answer, apparent to even the casual baseball…
When I saw yesterday’s New York Mets lineup, I thought it was a joke. But, after watching SNY during pregame, I can see it’s the real lineup. With Vinny Rottino, Scott Hairston and Justin Turner batting in front of Ike Davis, maybe it’s time to see the first baseman go to Triple-A and work on his issues. Ike has…
Home cooking is what the New York Yankees needed, even if it is five weeks into the season and a new closer is in the Bronx. Behind three home runs, two from Raul Ibanez and one off the bat of Curtis Grandeson, New York defeated Tampa Bay 5-3 in the…
The New York Yankees began a stretch of 16 games in 16 days last night with a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. After being swept by the Baltimore Orioles last week, the Yankees went to Kansas City and showed signs of waking up while splitting a four…