Published: August 15, 2010
New York – Top of the ninth Saturday evening and Francisco Rodriguez came out of the pen at Citi Field. It was the more familiar surroundings of the bullpen, not a holding pen at Citi Field where he was retained after his altercation Wednesday evening stemming from an ugly incident with his girlfriend’s father. The [...]
Published: August 14, 2010
New York – If a doctor were to sit down and write out a prescription for the Mets it would read like this: “A shutout a day will keep the losing streak at bay.” The New York Mets (58-57) were able to do just that behind a very strong starting performance from knuckleball specialist R. [...]
Published: August 12, 2010
New York - As ugly as the New York Mets 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies was Wednesday evening at Citi Field, things got worse moments later in the family room when closer Frankie Rodriguez assaulted his father-in-law and was charged with third degree assault. Rodriguez took his anguish out on reporters in the clubhouse [...]
Published: August 8, 2010
YANKEE STADIUM – Ramiro Pena has been flying under the radar for most of this 2010 season. The young utility player has been able to provide key hits for New York whenever they needed it, and in some of the most important games of the season. Pena, who is so vital on the Yankees bench, [...]
Published: August 5, 2010
Bronx, NY – As the game between the New York Yankees (67-40) and the Toronto Blue Jays (56-52) the 47,659 in attendance started to encourage and cheer on the Yankee third baseman and All-Star Alex Rodriguez. In hopes that the positive energy would inspire the slugger to hit his 600th career home run, in the [...]
Published: August 3, 2010
Flushing, NY – In a belated attempt to address criticism from fans that the New York Mets have ignored the team’s history since moving into Citi Field in 2009, the Mets inducted four new members on Sunday, August 1. Frank Cashen, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Darryl Strawberry, into its Hall of Fame. The four [...]
Published: July 31, 2010
New York – Last week at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona the Diamondbacks handed the New York Mets a three-game sweep. That continued, in what would be a dismal 2-9 west coast trip for New York that had them looking for redemption at Citi Field Friday evening, However, Mike Pelfrey continued to have his first [...]
Published: July 30, 2010
New York – Starting pitcher R.A. Dickey went a season-high eight and one-thirds innings, giving up only four hits to help the New York Mets (52-50) blank the St. Louis Cardinals (56-46) by the score of 4-0 in afternoon baseball at Citi Field on Thursday. Dickey (7-4) was able to stretch his scoreless streak this [...]
Published: July 28, 2010
New York – After a 2-9 west coast road trip where they batted .181 as a team, the New York Mets were happy to see the friendly confines at home Tuesday evening. Citi Field is where they have achieved most of their success prior to the all-star break with a 30-16 mark. And once again [...]
Published: July 18, 2010
Bronx, NY —The emotional and poignant Old-Timers’ Day ceremony with additional tributes to the recently deceased Yankees owner George Stenbrenner and former public address announcer Bob Sheppard moved all in the sold-out ballpark on Saturday. The most publicized event of the regularly scheduled contest between the two contenders for the American League East crown in [...]