In a matter of 48 hours, the Braves have rebuilt their bullpen. A day after signing Billy Wagner to be their closer, Atlanta wasted no time in locking up a setup man — Takashi Saito. Saito was signed to a one-year, $3.2M contract. And just like that, the 8th and 9th innings are solved for … Read more
So glad the Mets aren’t the only ones in the NL East making unusual free agent signings. The Phillies have signed Gold Glove second baseman Placido Polanco to a three-year, $18M contract to play third base. I like Polanco — a lot. If the Mets didn’t have Luis Castillo, I would have loved to have … Read more
According to The Morning Call, Brian Schneider has signed a one-year two-year, $3M contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Schneider grew up in Pennsylvania, graduating from Northampton High School, about an hour north of Philadelphia — and as you may have guessed, grew up a Phillies fan. According to Brian’s Uncle Mike (the Northampton HS Athletic … Read more
Not long ago, I gave you five reasons to root for the Phillies in the World Series. Which team to pull for was a difficult decision for any Mets fan. But now that the World Serious is over, and the Yankees are the 2009 World Champions, I have a question for those Mets fans who … Read more
According to a public statement issued by the couple, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie, the team’s chief executive, have separated. Though they have separated, there is no word on whether they will divorce. So, we won’t know if there could be another San Diego Padres situation, where the team has to be … Read more
Phillies 1 Mets 0 Well, at least they weren’t swept. Though, they were mathematically eliminated from winning the NL East (the Mets are now 20 games behind the Phillies with 18 games left to play). Tim Redding continued his remarkable ability to mystify the most powerful offense in the National League, holding the Phillies to … Read more
Phillies 5 Mets 4 The Mets magic number is down to one; that is, any combination of one Mets loss or one Phillies win mathematically eliminates them from the NL East Championship. Though, my calculations may be incorrect. Despite another ninth-inning rally against the Phillies bullpen, it was too little, too late for the Mets. … Read more
Mets 10 Phillies 9 David Wright, homerun slugger, finally re-emerged. Wright saved the day with two two-run homers in the final two innings, and drove in six runs on the day, to lead the Mets over the Phillies. Wright’s second dinger in the top of the ninth overshadowed an awful outing by Mike Pelfrey, who … Read more
