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: June 21, 2010
New York -Prior to the rubber game of their three game series in the Bronx Sunday against the Yankees, New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel was asked about his starting pitcher Johan Santana. Is this the typical first half of the season for Santana, 5-3 and a 3.13 earned run average? “That’s just his history,” [...]
Published: June 1, 2010
Bronx, NY—The Yanks had a large Memorial Day crowd; the weather was excellent; Andy Pettitte pitched an outstanding game; Alex Rodriguez hit his 20th grand slam home run; the Yanks had a season-high of 18 hits, and won easily by a score of 11-2. It would have been a perfect day for the Bronx organization [...]
Published: May 29, 2010
BRONX, NY – The combination of effective pitching and the long-ball led to the easy 8-2 victory of the Yankees over the Cleveland Indians in the opening game of the seven game Yankees homestand. The organization and its rooters are hopeful the relatively weak opposition, Cleveland Indians (4 games) and the Baltimore Orioles (3 games), [...]
Published: August 5, 2009
Flushing, NY – Joel Pineiro the St. Louis Cardinals right handed pitcher and Johan Santana who had been perfect in three games against St. Louis should have been the story Tuesday evening at Citi Field. They would not figure in the final outcome but the bat of Albert Pujols did. There was Pujols, in the [...]
Published: April 5, 2009
New York – Citi Field is the new state of the art stadium that the New York Mets unveiled the past two days in their final exhibition games with the Boston Red Sox. Mets pitcher Oliver Perez may not want to forget some of his putrid outings at the old ballpark, Shea Stadium, after failing [...]