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The New York Mets were four innings away from the early-season ignominy of being swept by the Miami Marlins Wednesday when Jordany Valdespin pulled another one of those crucial pinch-home runs he seems to have an endless supply of in his bag of tricks, a three-run shot to give the Mets…
When Mark Teixera went down this spring for the Yankees with a serious injury to his wrist, the organization was left scrambling to the waiver wire and the trade market to find a viable option to replace their slugging first baseman. General Manager Brian Cashman was forced to scoop up…
Prior to the 2013 season, the greatest closer in baseball history announced this would be his final year. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is a legend, not only in pinstripes, but in all of baseball. Baseball fans all across the country have one final season to watch one of the most…
Start me up. The title of the ubiquitous Rolling Stones song that Ike Davis employs as his walk-up music sounds more like it could almost serve as a plea. Somebody, please, start Ike Davis up. For the second consecutive year, the Mets first baseman is having a nightmarish April, as his…
New York Yankees captain and shortstop Derek Jeter held a press conference Thursday to discuss his process in recovering from a troublesome left ankle injury. At the news conference at Yankee Stadium, Jeter said that there is “no doubt” in his mind that he will return this season. Yankee fans, you can…
For the Somerset Patriots, their 3-1 record after four games is their best start since 2001 but they trail in the Freedom Division standings by a game behind two teams: Lancaster and the Sugar Land Skeeters. Lancaster swept a four game set versus Camden and Sugar Land swept defending Atlantic…
New leadership, new faces, new energy…that is what the 2013 Somerset Patriots look to be about. The first series of the Atlantic League season for the five-time champions against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs saw the Patriots bring power at the plate and the mound, taking three out of four…
Friday night’s New York Mets victory over the Washington Nationals was one of the most heartening since Citifield opened four years ago. Matt Harvey (4-0) outpitched Stephen Strasburg while Ike Davis and Lucas Duda each hit two home runs with Dwight Gooden watching it all from a front row seat.…
The Eastern League announced on Monday afternoon that Trenton Thunder slugger, Kyle Roller had earned Player of the Week honors for April 15-April 21. In seven games against Akron and Erie, Roller had at least one hit in each contest, hitting .455 with two homers and seven RBI while scoring…
After a rough 2012 season which saw the Somerset Patriots miss the playoffs for a second consecutive year, the 2013 season has plenty of changes and just enough pieces back to make a run at their sixth Atlantic League title. At times last year, the Patriots had the best pitching…
Tuesday night in freezing Denver, the Colorado Rockies commemorated the 20th anniversary of the franchise’s first game, which was against the Mets at Shea Stadium, by wearing their original 1993 road uniforms at home in Game 2 of a doubleheader. That was all well and good. For some reason, they…
Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda dominated the Baltimore Orioles Sunday night, throwing a complete game shutout and leading the Yankees to a 3-0 victory. Kuroda held the O’s to five singles and struck out five to record his fifth shutout of his Major League career. According to Bryan Hoch of…
