Seven Reasons for Mets Optimism

Seven Reasons for Mets Optimism

By Gary Armida • on March 15, 2010

The news is terrible for the New York Mets. After suffering through a litany of sometimes embarrassing injuries during their 70 win 2009 season, they will begin the 2010 season without Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes. It seems that everything that they suffered through in 2009 is happening all over again from the rash of injuries to the bizarre announcements

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Lest We Forget, Johan Santana

Lest We Forget, Johan Santana

By Gary Armida • on February 16, 2010

Baseball observers have short memories. Check that, people have short memories. Perhaps it is not even a short memory but rather an inborn tendency to look for the next “best thing” rather than watch what is going on in the present. It is a human flaw that is only heightened in Baseball. It happens

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First Pitch 8/25: Peavy, Giambi, More Mets Misery

First Pitch 8/25: Peavy, Giambi, More Mets Misery

By Gary Armida • on August 25, 2009

Peavy on the comeback trail, Big G returns, more Mets Misery, and the Rockies’ shot at the Dodgers highlight Tuesday’s First Pitch. Peavy Returning Jake Peavy took another step towards helping the White Sox’s playoff push last night as he threw five shutout innings in his rehab start. He threw

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Call the Cops…The Mets Stole Johan

Call the Cops…The Mets Stole Johan

By Gary Armida • on January 30, 2008

By Gary Armida   Steal. Embezzle. Burglarize. Fleece. Heist. Poach. Pillage. Ransack. Swindle. Those are all appropriate words to describe what the New York Mets organization did to the Minnesota Twins organization. Ok, that might have been a tad dramatic, but you get the idea. Pending the signing

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Long-Term Contracts for Pitchers

Long-Term Contracts for Pitchers

By Gary Armida • on December 4, 2007

Is signing pitchers to long-term contracts worth the risk?  By Gary Armida With a Johan Santana trade seemingly imminent, baseball analysts have started to discuss the value of signing a starting pitcher to a long term contract yet again. In this case, Santana is rumored to score a contract of seven

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Fungos 12/3

Fungos 12/3

By Gary Armida • on December 3, 2007

A Quick Look Around the League to get your Week Started… With the Winter Meetings beginning today, we should see some trades start to fly. Once the Johan Santana sweepstakes ends, it will get more interesting with Dan Haren, Erik Bedard, and Dontrelle Willis all possibly available. Over the

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Fungos 11/30

Fungos 11/30

By Gary Armida • on November 30, 2007

A tour of the MLB newspapers for your Friday… Ah, the calm before the Winter Meetings, which begin Monday and run until Thursday. I am looking forward to some trades this year. The past few years have been a bust on big name deals, but with the lack of quality free agents available, the one way

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On second thought…Call the Twins’ Bluff

On second thought…Call the Twins’ Bluff

By Gary Armida • on November 28, 2007

Johan is not worth the price of admission…this year. By Gary Armida A pitcher as great as Johan Santana is rarely available when he is in his prime. In a rare case such as this, fans and media outlets will yell, “Trade whoever to get him.” We even read in the Fungos section here that

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